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/3248.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have looked through all of the court records for Hawkins County on microfilm. I now believe that the Peter Lawson mentioned in the court records before 1840 was none other than Peter the son of Thomas Lawson Sr. Peter was born sometime around 1800, so the age is ok. David