Carol just ro let you know that my line bradley co tn has two sevier lawson`s the bhers of my jacob b lawson, named each a child sevie la2wson george washigton lason and wife rebecca jane fox named a child jacob sevier b. o4 june 1846 bradley co tn married clara biddle locke other brother Alford hendrson lawson and wife named a son bascomb sevier lawson b 1856 bradley co tn wife cvora eggleton darral lawson kit #29618 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol" <carol@theroysweb.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <lawson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [LAWSON] Joshua Lawson, Sevier Lawson > Could you tell me if your Lawson's were Methodist and Democratic? Mine > were > and also of the Falling River group. My oldest Lawson who moved to East > Tennessee got in a heated argument with another (probably a Republican and > he was shot and killed. Carol > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <LAWSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: [LAWSON] Joshua Lawson, Sevier Lawson > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: tcealawson >> Surnames: >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6719.4.3.3.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I have yet to connect Joshua or Telitha to anyone. The only "proof" we >> have to connect us to the "Falling River" group is DNA testing. There >> have been three of our lines to test. My husband, Tim, being of Governor >> Sevier Lawson's line. The other two are by chance closely related but >> not >> 100% the same as Tim's dna - and I believe, quite a surprise. I would >> LOVE for another family member to test....but it seems very expensive to >> have another family member test to get the same results. I find it >> difficult to find another family member - cousin - of Tim's to test. Not >> many of the Lawson men had boys or boys that then had descendants. >> >> ps....the "governor" part of Sevier's name was found thru the >> will/probate >> of Joshua. Again, very patriotic/political family! All of the boys have >> a political name. >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LAWSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAWSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message