Posted on: Amherst County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Amherst/10854 Surname: Edward Lawson, Mary Malvina Pearl ------------------------- I am researching my g.g.grandfather Edward Lawson b. 8 July 1829 (Ireland? Maryland?) He married Mary Malvina Pearl 4 Jan. 1851 in Boston, Mass. 1870's census shows them living in Lynchberg, Va. with his mother Margaret, 55 shown as having been born in Ireland. I am posting on all the surrounding counties in hopes of connecting with other Lawson researchers. Amherst, too. email direct ccedar9@hotmail.com Mary