Dier/Adiah Lawson, son of David and Mary was born 1793/98 (according to census reports).  Death Certificate says he died age 80 years and 9 months on 1 November 1880 (second wife turned this data in).  Ada Grace Catron listed his death as 1 November 1878, age 80 years and 9 months.  He married: (1) Jane England and (2) Charlotte Lawson Hart.  Lawson Newsletter #30, page 305.

1806 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
March 31, Lawson, Ambrose, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 31, Lawson, David, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 31, Lawson, Hutson, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
March 31, Lawson, Moroman, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
March 31, Lawson, Stokely, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 31, Lawson, John, 1 white male over 16 years

1807 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
April 15, Lawson, Hutson, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
April 15, Lawson, Moroman, 1 white male over 16 years, 3 horses
April 15, Lawson, David, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
April 15, Lawson, Ambrose, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
April 15, Lawson, John, 1 white male over 16 years

1810 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
April 17, Lawson, David, 1 white male over 16 years, 3 horses
May 18, Lawson, Moroman, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
May 18, Lawson, Hutson, 1 white male over 16 years, 3 horses
May 18, Lawson, John, 1 white male over 16 years
May 18, Lawson, Thomas, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
May 18, Lawson, Stokely, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse

1811 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
April 16, Lauson, Bartlett, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
April 30, Lauson, David, 1 white male over 16 years, 4 horses
April 30, Lauson, Hutson, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
April 30, Lauson, Thomas, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
April 30, Lauson, Stokely, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
April 30, Lauson, John, 2 white males over 16 years
April 30, Lauson, Morman, 1 white male over 16 years

1812 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
April 9, Lauson, Bartlett, 3 white males over 16 years, 1 horse
May 20, Lauson, Stokely, 1 white male over 16 years
May 20, Lauson, Thomas, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
May 20, Lauson, Hutson, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
May 20, Lauson, Morman, 1 white male over 16 years
May 20, Lauson, David, 1 white male over 16 years, 5 horses

1813 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
May 12, Lawson, David, 1 white male over 16 years, 5 horses
May 12, Lawson, Hudson, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
May 12, Lawson, Thomas, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
May 12, Lawson, William, 1 white male over 16 years
May 12, Lawson, John, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse

1815-1826 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
Note found in the records indicated “are not extant.”

Virginia Land Office Grants, No. 66, 1816-1817, page 188, (Reel 132) dated 30 December 1816, Morman Lawson, 200 acres on the southeast fork of Blackwater adjoining a tract of James Branch’s, Lee County, Virginia.
JAMES P. PRESTON, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia:  TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, that in conformity with a survey made on the 9th day of March 1810 by virtue of Preemption Warrant No. 1750 issued the 10th of May 1782, there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Morman Lawson a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two hundred acres, situate in the County of Lee on the South East fork of Blackwater and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at two white oaks a corner to a tract of land patented in the name of James Branch, thence south fourteen degrees East, one hundred and forty poles to an ash and two hickory saplings on the South side of a hill, South seventy three degrees West, one hundred and forty poles to a chestnut oak, maple and service bush, North twelve degrees West, three hundred and forty poles crossing said fork to a stake and thence South forty eight degrees East, two hundred and thirty two poles to the beginning: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with it appurtenances, to the said Morman Lawson and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said James P. Preston, Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen and of the Commonwealth the forty-first.
Signed
James P. Preston

The 1820 Lee County, VA census listed the following: –
Hutson Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male, 26-45, 1 female under 10 and 1 female 26-45 years (the older Hudson?).David Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 4 males under 10 years; 1 male 10-16; 1 male 16-18; 1 male, 26-45; 1 female under 10; 2 females 10-16; 2 females 16-26 and 1 female over 45 years.Dice Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 10 years; 1 male, 16-26 and 1 female 16-26 years.John Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male, 16-26, 1 female under 10 and 1 female 26-45 years.

Stokely Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 10 years; 1 male 10-16; 1 male, 26-45; 4 females under 10; and 1 female 26-45 years.

Morman Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 10-16 years, 1 male over 45 years, 1 female under 10 years, 1 female 10-16 years and 1 female over 45 years.

Ambers Lawson is enumerated in the 1820 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 2 males under 10 years, 1 male 26-45 years, 2 females under 10 years and 1 female 26-45 years.

Virginia Land Office Grants, No. 73, 1823-1825, page 313, (Reel 139) dated 6 August 1824, Rial Lawson, 50 acres on the waters of the North Fork of Clinch River, Lee County, Virginia.
James Pleasants Jr., Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia:  TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, that in conformity with a survey made on the fourteenth day of January 1823, by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 7043 issued February 28th, 1821, there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Rial Lawson a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing fifty acres, situated in the County of Lee on the waters of the North Fork of Clinch River and bounded as follows to wit: Beginning at two white oaks, two beeches and an ash corner to David Lawson, thence N 36 degree E, 40 poles to a large white oak, N 35 degrees E, 34 poles to a hickory, an oak and Spanish oak, S 52 degrees E, 75 poles to a beech and gum on the bank of a branch, thence S 8 degrees W, 63 poles to pointers and thence N 61 degrees W, 120 poles to the beginning, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with it appurtenances, to the said Rial Lawson and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said James Pleasants Jr., Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four and of the Commonwealth the forty-ninth.
Signed
James Pleasants Jr.

Obediah Lawson, Author: Debra Price, Date: 17 Apr 2000
Matilda Lawson born about 1826 Lee County, Virginia died 2 September 1867 Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia, Daughter of Obediah (Dyer) Lawson and Jane England married Joseph Willis on the 1st January 1843 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. I have the settlement of the estate of Obediah Lawson and Matilda’s children were named as heirs. She is my third Great Grandmother. Joseph Willis is buried in the Willis Cemetery (now Wallen) with his second wife Kissarah Roberts at Blackwater, Lee County, VA.

1827 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
March 2, Lawson, David, 2 white males over 16 years, 2 horses
March 2, Lawson, Rial, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
March 2, Lawson, John, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 2, Lawson, Dyer, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 2, Lawson, Hudson Jr., 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 2, Lawson, Stokely, 1 white male over 16 years, 4 horses
March 2, Lawson, Thomas, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
March 2, Lawson, Hudson Sr., 1 white male over 16 years, 4 horses

The 1830 Lee County, VA census listed the following: –
Rial Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10,, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, and 1 female 20-30 years.Hutson Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60 and 1 female 40-50 years.Thomas Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, and 1 female 40-50 years.Wine Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 15-20 and 1 female 15-20 years.

Morman Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 50-60 years.

David Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 2 males 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20, and 1 female 50-60 years.

Stokely Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 15-20, and 1 female 15-20 years.

Dier Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 20-30 years.

John Lawson is enumerated in the 1830 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 3 females under 5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 20-30 years.

David Lawson sold property to Dyer Lawson in Lee County, Virginia in 1835.  Lawson Newsletter #24, page 229.

1835 Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax Records
Eastern District, taken by Robert W. Wynn
Mar 24, Lawson, Rial, 1 white male over 16 years, 1 horse
Mar 24, Lawson, Dyre, 1 white male over 16 years, 4 horses
Mar 24, Lawson, John, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
Mar 24, Lawson, Peter, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
Mar 24, Lawson, Charles, 1 white male over 16 years, 3 horses
Mar 24, Lawson, Hudson, 1 white male over 16 years, 2 horses
Mar 24, Lawson, Winder, 1 white male over 16 years
Mar 24, Lawson, David, 1 white male over 16 years

Virginia Land Office Grants, No. 87, 1837, page 395, (Reel 153) dated 20 October 1837, Peter Lawson, 49 ½ acres on waters North Fork of Clinch River, Lee County, Virginia.
DAVID CAMPBELL, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia:  TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, that in conformity with a survey made on the 16th day of March 1836 by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 12406 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Peter Lawson a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing forty nine & a half acres, situate in Lee County on waters of the North fork of Clinch River: Beginning at an oak, buckeye & beech, by a branch, near a spring, S 59 degree W, 66 poles to a water oak & white oak on a spur of Newman’s Ridge, N 39 degrees W, 103 poles to a poplar & chestnut on the top of the same, N 42 degrees E, 78 poles to two hickories, S 34 degrees E, 125 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with it appurtenances, to the said Peter Lawson and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said David Campbell, Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the 20th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven and of the Commonwealth the sixty-two.
Signed
David Campbell

Virginia Land Office Grants, No. 87, 1837, page 498, (Reel 153) dated 21 October 1837, Hudson Lawson, 50 acres on south side of the east fork of Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia.
DAVID CAMPBELL, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia:  TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, that in conformity with a survey made on the 22nd day of December 1835 by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 12402 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Hudson Lawson a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing fifty acres, situate in the Lee County on the south side of the east fork of Blackwater: Beginning at a white oak near said Lawson’s house, a corner of James Beanche’s land, thence S 64 degrees E, 140 poles to 2 hickories, S 74 degrees W, 14 poles to 2 white oaks, S 36 degrees E, 54 poles to two beeches & a white oak on a spur of Newman’s ridge, N 56 degrees E, 54 poles to a stake N 23 degrees W, 62 poles to a buckeye, N 81 degrees W, 33 poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with it appurtenances, to the said Hudson Lawson and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said David Campbell, Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the 21st day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven and of the Commonwealth the sixty-two.
Signed
David Campbell

The 1840 Lee County, VA census listed the following: –
David Lawson is enumerated in the 1840 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 60-70, 1 female under 5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 60-70 years.Carter Lawson is enumerated in the 1840 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5 and 1 female 20-30 years.Rial Lawson is enumerated in the 1840 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 3 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 30-40 years.Preston Lawson is enumerated in the 1840 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 30-40 and 1 female 30-40 years.

Hutson Lawson is enumerated in the 1840 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male 60-70 and 1 female 50-60 years.

Wyander Lawson is enumerated in the 1840 Lee County, Virginia Census. In his household are 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 20-30 years.