Sarah F. (Lawson) Johnson, the oldest daughter of Albert Gallatin Lawson, was born on December 25, 1859, in the Pleasant Grove area of Walker County, Alabama. She passed away on January 5, 1926, in Talihina, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Sarah married Columbus Washington Johnson in Alabama, and they later moved to Indian Territory.

In the photograph taken before 1896, the back row, from left to right, shows Sarah Mellinda, Leona, Fleeter, and Mary E. Harrietta. In the front row, from left to right, are Columbus Washington, Nancy Idella, Sarah F. (holding Mattie Lee), and George Washington Johnson. Two of their younger children were not yet born when this picture was taken.

Sarah F. and her youngest son, William Lee Johnson.