This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3250.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for the info. I have printed it out to add to my files.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3250.1 Message Board Post: The census data seems to suggest that Nelson Lawson could be a descendent of either Stephen Lawson or Reuben Lawson. The children of Stephen suggest that either Stephen or Mary or both were married before. Both Stephen and Reuben Lawson were in Hawkins County, TN in the early 1800s. Stephen Lawson was the son of William and Sarah Hinton Lawson. Stephen was known to have lived in Greene County, TN at one time. There were also a number of Nelson Lawsons in Bradley County in 1850, which is adjacent to Polk County. 1830 Roane County, TN Lawson, Reuben TN ROANE CO. 26 1830 Lawson, Stephen TN ROANE CO. 26 1830 1840 Polk County, TN Lawson, Nelson TN POLK CO. ? 1840 Lawson, Stephen TN POLK CO. ? 1840 1850 Polk County, TN Nelson Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1806 Tennessee Mary Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1813 Tennessee Louisa Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1834 Tennessee James H Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1836 Tennessee Hastings Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1838 Tennessee Thos N Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1841 Tennessee Sarah J Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1843 Tennessee Geo M D Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1845 Tennessee John H Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1847 Tennessee Marthe E Lauson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1848 Tennessee Russell Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1818 Tennessee Lucinda Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1824 Tennessee Saphronia Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1842 Tennessee Rosannah Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1844 Tennessee James K P Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1846 Tennessee Winney Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1775 Virginia Tobithia Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1802 Tennessee Winney Lawson District 2, Polk, TN abt 1815 Tennessee Stephen Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1789 Tennessee Rosannah Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1796 Tennessee Albert Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1828 Tennessee Mathew N Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1831 Tennessee Eveline Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1832 Tennessee Adeline Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1834 Tennessee Jane Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1836 Tennessee Marshall Lawson District 3, Polk, TN abt 1843 Tennessee Howson h Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1816 Tennessee Lawrance Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1815 Tennessee Wm N Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1837 Tennessee Isom Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1839 Tennessee John T Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1843 Tennessee Pleasant A Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1845 Tennessee Johnson S Lawson Subdivision 25, Polk, TN abt 1849 Tennessee

Joseph Epperson married Jane Walker. His will of 26 Sept 1814 Hawkins Co, TN list following children: Betsy Allen; Nancy Epperson, John Epperson, Polly Epperson, Peggy Epperson, Thomas Epperson; Hester Epperson & Patsey Epperson. Your Joseph may likely be descended from this one.

My wife's great-grandfather, Ambrose Schlegel immigrated from Bavaria, Germany to America in the early 1880s. He was a famous potter and founding member of the Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs, CO: http://www.ppld.org/SpecialCollections/Project/admin/FullDisplay.asp?ID=1095 It is still in business today... CM >From: ViniL@aol.com >To: TNHAWKIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNHAWKIN] Popular names >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:21:04 EST > >It is always interesting to me where and why popular names came about. We >often see president's names but others are not so obvious. I wonder where >Ambrose came from originally? >

Hello Hawkins County TN Mail List Subscribers: I am an Epperson descendant seeking information on the Epperson families in Claiborne, Hawkins, and Washington Co., TN. I am specifically interested in any records you might have for Joseph EPPERSON, who was born about 1795 in TN and died after 1880 in AL. Joseph Epperson married Mary Unknown about 1814. Mary was born about 1793 in TN and died after 1860 in AL. Joseph and Mary had the following children; all are presumed born in TN: i. Nancy EPPERSON born 1815. ii. Hulda EPPERSON born 1816. iii. Alsey Ellet? EPPERSON born 1818. iv. John Jackson EPPERSON born 1820. v. James Harrison EPPERSON born 1822. vi. Rutha Jane EPPERSON born 1825. vii. Mary EPPERSON born 1827. viii. Martha Ann EPPERSON born 1828. ix. Jesse Martin EPPERSON born 1830. x. Elizabeth EPPERSON born 1833. xi. Harriett Rebecca Gulledge EPPERSON born 1835. I have no records of Joseph Epperson's early life, and have found no marriage record for Joseph and Mary. The records that I have noted in this message have been compiled from census records and Bible records attributed to Jesse Martin Epperson. It is likely that Joseph and Mary Epperson left TN some time after 1835. It is possible (but not proven) that Joseph lived for a short time in GA before removing to Coosa Co., AL. Two of Joseph's sons were married in Coosa Co., AL in 1843. Joseph was enumerated on the 1850 - 1870 census for Coosa Co., AL, and the 1880 census for Shelby Co., AL. According to the 1880 Shelby Co., AL census, Joseph Epperson's Father was born in Virginia and his Mother was born in Tennessee. Joseph was a farmer in early census records, although his occupation is most often recorded as a blacksmith. These records also indicate that Joseph could read and write. I would appreciate any advice, assistance or information you might lend in identifying the lineage of my ancestors, Joseph and Mary Epperson. Thank you, Linda Sharpe MacArthur Email: eppersonfamilyresearch@yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson, Winstead Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: That would still fit. We know that the 1830 Hawkins County, TN Census was actually taken in 1832, so this is probably the Preston in the "1830" Census.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Am posting the obit of Winny Lawson dau of Preston as it appears in Rogersville Herald, 8 June 1892. Lawson, Winny, Died. Four miles north of Rogersville, Hw. Co. Tn. on the 26th day of May 1892. Mrs. Winnah Winstead, wife of Jacob H. Winstead, in her 67th year. Mrs. Winstead was daughter of Preston Lawson, and was born in the State of Georgia in the year 1825. Her father moved to Hawkins County in the year 1831. She joined the M.E. Church near Big Creek at the age of 14 years, and remained a member in good standing until the year 1866, when she joined the Baptist Church, of which she remained a faithful member until the day of her death. She often talked to her grandson, who watched around her bedside, and exhorted him to be a Christian and meet her in Heaven. Mrs, Winstead was a good woman, a kind neighbor and Mother, and a true wife. The family. This obit has cause me much labor and looking and still have not got past Preston. The 1850 census dist 15, show him as born in NC.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Clinton could be a nickname for McClellan/McClennan. We know that Clen was sometimes used in its place, and Clinton sounds much like it. My guess is that since there were no birth certificates, the name that someone used as a child tended to become the census name.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Which Lawsons of NC and TN of the ages b: 1790 - 1820 abt. were named or had sons named Samuel ? I think this is rarer than Clem. Samuel Clement Lawson [Clemuel truncated "Clement Samuel"] ? Clements / Klemenz / Clemmons Lawson (hmmm Mark Twain Lawson?) ? I think McClendon/Clendon/Clinton are totally different names. Off topic totally, do you think Clinton (as in Manis) could be a nickname for McClendon/McLennan/McClennon in all its spellings ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: William Lawson married to Sarah Hinton sold property to Reuben Lawson, so I presume the two were related. Clement shows up as Clement in Stokes County, Hawkins County, and Henry County, so I wonder if he was really Samuel. We have the same problem with "David" Preston Lawson. I am not sure he was every "David".

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Strange thing about the Ambrose who married Charlotte is this... A descendant made a claim, somewhere on the internet / a message board, that this particular Ambrose was a Native American who took his wife Charlotte's last name so he may not be a Lawson but his wife may have been. Now, weren't the descendants of William the Scottish Rebel in Morgan Co., KY later on ? re: Mabe connection, as you know, there was an Edmund Mabe and Edmund Lawson and Edmund Hall. Reuben Mabe Sr. near "Samuel"/?old Clemuel/Clement Lawson and Banks near Reuben Mabe Jr.. Clemmons Lawson / Reuben Mabe connection via court record. I wonder if there is a Mabe-Hall connection or further Lawson-Mabe connection.

Does anyone know if there are still any Brotherton's living in Hawkins Co., Tn? Thanks, Frances Barrow, Alaska

My G-grandfather was A.J (Bud) Stewart he est. the funeral home in Bulls Gap. Was his funeral home the olds or was there some other funeral home before him? I have heard that his father help buried people in hawkin co. He began in the Commiuty of Summit Hill at his blacksmith shop, and then move to Bulls Gap About 1932, taken the old frame school house and turning it into the funeral home that in Bulls Gap now. My G-unlce Homer Stewart remodeled the funeral home in about 1964-65 .Is there anyone that might now the answer ? Thanks Jewell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3248.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The Morgan County, KY Ambrose Lawson b. 1810 and married to Charlotte is just about the right age to be the son of Ambrose b. 1785 or so. The fact that Ambrose Lawson from 1850 Stokes County, TN had a son Richard born in TN about 1837 brings up the possibility that he was the 1836 Hawkins County District 4 Ambrose. That location could have been in future District 3. It is interesting that Ambrose from Stokes County was living next to Samuel Mabe in 1850 Stokes County.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Manis, Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3232.1.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have an answer for it. The first thing that we need to do is to figure out who this Clinton Manis was. That will help to pin down his wife/wives. David

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/619.2 Message Board Post: PEGGY MY NEW EMAIL ADD IS SISB1943@SBCGLOBAL.NET KATHY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/619.1 Message Board Post: HI PEGGY....SINCE WE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SME FAMILY...MYBE THIS WILL HELP IF IT NOW ALREADY CAME TO U....EVEN AS FAR BACK AS 1830 IT SEEMS THAT THE BOWLINS HAVE BEEN MARRYING (COLLINS) AND (LAWSONS) THEY STILL LIVE CLOSE TOGETHER EVEN IN THE MOVE TO OKLAHOMA UP ITO THE 1910 CENSUS..MAYBE THAT WAS A MAIDEN NAAME THAT COULD HELP UR SEARCH...DID U EVER FIND THAT PICTURE OF PLEASANT AND MALVINA...SURE WOULD LIKE A COPY...ANYWAY HAPPING HUNTING KATHY

It is always interesting to me where and why popular names came about. We often see president's names but others are not so obvious. I wonder where Ambrose came from originally?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3250 Message Board Post: In the January 1987 issue of Distant Crossroads vol #4 #1.page 20. Lawson, Thomas N. of Johnson Co. Texas, was born in Polk Co. Tn. 7 April 1841. He was the son of Nelson Lawson, a native of Hawkins Co. TN, moved to Monroe Co. 1836 and then on to Polk Co. TN. Nelson Lawson married 1840 Miss Mary Jones, a daughter of Thomas Jones, a native of SC and soldier of War of 1812. Mr & Mrs Nelson Lawson had nine children. 1 Thomas N. 2 Sarah J. 3. George M.D. 4 John H. 5. Martha, 6. William P. 7. Mary Lawson, 8, Alonzo A. 9. Mariah Lawson. From this message Nelson was not married when he moved from Hawkins Co. Who did he moved with? Can any of you Lawson reseachers tell me who this Nelson was? Thank you. Peggy

A lot of names you see a lot of may be from generals and such who were famous at the time but we really don't remember all that well now (Francis Marion comes to mind as a prime example). Ambrose is among other things a saint, and also a surname, so there are several possible paths for it to get to being a first name. http://magnificat.ca/cal/engl/12-07.htm Episcopalians are just as prone as Catholics to insist on saints' names for children, so an Anglican ancestor can be the start of a trend as well. --pig On 2/27/05 12:21, "ViniL@aol.com" <ViniL@aol.com> wrote: > It is always interesting to me where and why popular names came about. We > often see president's names but others are not so obvious. I wonder where > Ambrose came from originally? >