My Lawson Line
To see my Lawson family line visit my website on RootsWeb to meet my Walker County, Alabama relatives. The oldest documented and proven member of my Lawson family is John Lawson who was born in North Carolina. John and Sarah Lawson are my “brick wall” and the reason I joined the Lawson DNA Project.
The Lawson DNA Project
Visit the Lawson DNA Project website, where you can get information about our project, what our objectives are and how to join the Project. It is a standard surname project, where we hope to connection those of us with the surname of Lawson or it’s various spelling. We believe that there are a number of clusters of Lawsons that share a common ancestor. By grouping the various lines of Lawsons in a database by their Y-chromosome DNA signature and then comparing their submitted pedigrees, we hope to be able to make additional connections for our families and push back the “brick walls”.
Two more sites to visit and get an idea of the information that we collect and share with each member, are the Working Charts for the DNA Project. The first chart is for 37 Alleles and also contains a Short Pedigree for those members who supplied one. The second Chart is for 67 Alleles.
To join the Lawson DNA Project visit the FamilyTreeDNA site “Join the Lawson Surname Project” and sign up. By joining through a surname project you will get a group discount on the cost of joining.
Lawson One name Study
Gerald D. Lawson has an excellent site for those researching the Lawsons in the US and the United Kingdom. Check out this excellent website.
William Lawson, a Scottish Rebel
There is one cluster of Lawsons that can trace their family line back to one William Lawson know to many of us as “The Scottish Rebel”. They have an excellent website where you can find many of the descendants of the Rebel located at Lawson Family Heritage Program.
They also publish a Lawson Family Heritage Program Newsletters and here are their issues.
| Vol. 1, Issue 1 | Vol. 2, Issue 1 | Vol. 3, Issue 1 | Vol. 4, Issue 1 |
| Vol. 1, Issue 2 | Vol. 2, Issue 2 | Vol. 3, Issue 2 | |
| Vol. 1, Issue 3 | Vol. 2, Issue 3 | Vol. 3, Issue 3 | |
| Vol. 1, Issue 4 | Vol. 2, Issue 4 |
Falling River Lawsons
We have another cluster of Lawsons that lived in the Lunenburg/Bedford Counties, VA area and they are referred to as the Falling River Lawsons. This seems to be the largest group of Lawsons that we have in the Lawson DNA Project and they trace their line back to a William Lawson also.
Just north of the Falling River is Goochland County, VA was a Jonas Lawson and his family lived. More than likely they are also related to these Falling River Lawsons.
The following are timelines for 4 of these Lawson.
Jonas Lawson - of New Kent, Hanover and Goochland Counties, Virginia
William Lawson - born about 1680 and died about 4 February 1754.
Bartholomew Lawson - son of William-1 Lawson and born about 1720 and died 1765.
John Lawson - son of William-1 Lawson, born about 1713 and died after 1758.
Timelines for Lawsons in Virginia
Maps of Virginia counties 1634-1800
Timelines for Lawsons in North Carolina
Timelines for Lawsons in North Carolina
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Stokes County, North Carolina
Surry County, North Carolina
Maps of North Carolina counties 1700-1912
North Carolina Counties 1700-1790
North Carolina Counties 1800-1912
Dates for North Carolina County Development
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