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