Another family group for you to ponder List. I'm forwarding this message I received on for everyone to read. Does anyone connect with some of the early Lawrence County families or now the early history of the county that they might share? I'm an Allegheny County girl and more familiar there and with other counties my family dropped anchor for a bit. If anyone has any information for Merry Ann (what a perfectly wonderful spelling), please send it on to the List. Who knows what that snowball might pick up or how much Merry Ann might be able to share. Keep 'em comin' -- Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas F. Shultz & Merry Anne Pierson" <tfsengnr@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 7:35 AM > > Hello , Kathleen. My area of interest in Lawrence county is the Pearson family. I'm seeking information to connect my Samuel Pierson/Pearson born 14 February 1821 in PA to this line. My Samuel went down the Ohio river with a family named White from the Beaver county area in 1840. The Whites were on the 1840 census for Beaver County but by 11 Dec 1841 they were down river in Jackson county VA now WV. He married Sarah A White, daughter of John B. White and Susannah Pounds White. (These folks surnames also appear in Lawrence county). I have much information regarding Samuel and his descendants but have been unable to locate Samuel's parents. The portion of Beaver county that > the White family lived in became Lawrence County in 1849. > > I have well documented information about the Pearsons in the area. Would love some help solving this mystery . I've been at it for 8 years. Much of the information I've collected about these surnames can be found at worldconnect.com in my DB maptfs. > > All help welcome > Merry Anne Pierson >