Stafford County, Virginia

Lawsons Named	Date	County in Virginia	Documentation
	1664	Stafford	Stafford County was formed from Westmoreland County in 1664. See map 1661-1670
Rowland	21 Oct 1669	Stafford	Virginia Patent Book 6, page 262, 21 October 1669 - Mr. Robert Howsing (Houseing), 6000 acres on the west side in the freshes of Potomac River, above the dividing branches. Opposite my Lord's Island, &c. to north point of a Creek named by the English the Indian Cabin Creek, dividing this and land surveyed for Jno. Mathewes. Trans. of 120 persons: Row. Lawson was one of these persons.
Gavin	1785	Stafford	The following list is from the 1785 Stafford County, Virginia - Heads of Families: - Gavin Lawson, 4 white souls, 1 dwelling, 4 other dwellings
William & Gavin	1801	Fauquier	William Lawson witness to will of James Craig in 1801in Fauquier County, Virginia. Exec. Gavin Lawson of Stafford County, Virginia.
Gavin, Anne & Jane	1803	Stafford	Found in a book about the Nicholas Family. John Nicholas married Anne Lawson, daughter of Gavin Lawson, of Stafford County, VA. Robert Selden Rose married another daughter, Jane Lawson. Messrs. Lawson, Nicholas, Rose and a kinsman, Colonel Fitzhugh, with their families and slaves, removed from Virginia in 1803 to what was then called the “Genesee Country” in western New York, where they had large landed estates in the vicinity of what is now Geneva, Ontario County, NY.
Gavin	28 Jun 1804	Botetourt	Lawson, Gavin, date 28 June 1804, Botetourt County, Virginia, 18 acres, on the waters of Craigs Creek a branch of James River, Grants 53, 1804, page 175.
Gavin	Apr 1805	Stafford	Court Records Digest, Presented by the Records Conservation Project in cooperation with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia Style: Beverley vs. Lawson Plaintiff Byrd Beverley vs. Defendant Gavin Lawson Places Mention: Stafford Remark(s): Death ref. - abated April 1805 by death of Gavin Lawson.