This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GayleEllison29 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/3627.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Could the Thomas Lawson in Hawkins County, TN, be the same Thomas Lawson as in Surry County, NC? There could be two Thomas Lawsons in Surry, a father and a son because a Thomas Lawson first appears in 1779 purchasing 100 acres from the State of NC on Rocky Creek. Also a Martin Lawson bought 5 acres on Cadles Creek from Thomas Bryant in 1779. Part of the description is Thomas Lawson's corner. The witnesses were Martin D. Word and Thomas Word, father and son. Martin D. Word was bondsman when Elizabeth Lawson b.1803 m. my ancestor, Boardvine Braswell b. 1799, so I know this is my family. So, it looks like there are two different sets of Thomas Lawson and Martin Lawson, different generations. I have a note, "Elizabeth Lawson stated her husband's sister, Elizabeth Lawson & her husband's cousin, Wm. Bryant, 'now a resident of Patrick Co., VA, but a former resident of Stokes Co., but went over the state line to marry Moses Amos Lawson in Caswell Co, NC." Moses Amos Lawson b. 1765 Halifax Co VA d 1813 Stokes Co NC m. 1789 Caswell Co, NC, to Elizabeth Bradley b. 1766 Halifax Co, VA, d. after 1855 Stokes Co. See Stokes Co. History Book #624, pg. 332. Could there be two different Lawson families in this area? Does the Bryant connection connect the Surry and Stokes Lawsons? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.