James ‘Red Jim’ LAWSON
  b. 1800, Georgia
  d. 17 Jul 1869, Whitley County, Kentucky
& Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ CROLEY
  b. ca 1805, Tennessee
|            Nathaniel LAWSON
|              b. 13 Jan 1827, Frakes, Bell County, Kentucky
|              d. 24 Jul 1920, Whitney County, Kentucky
|            & Malinda BENNETT
|              b. 22 Jun 1832, Kentucky
|              d. 28 Oct 1918, Whitley County, Kentucky
|              m. 23 Dec 1846, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |            James Madison LAWSON
|            |              b. 5 Jun 1869, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |              d. 9 Apr 1949, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |            & Minnie Margaret SILER
|            |              b. 13 Oct 1879, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |              d. 28 May 1935, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |            |            Everett LAWSON
|            |            |              b. 18 Jan 1901, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |            |              d. 24 Feb 1967, Whitley County, Kentucky
|            |            |            & Opal M. OAKS
|            |            |              b. ca 1914