{"id":128,"date":"2014-12-28T04:02:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2025-01-10T13:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:48:16","slug":"stafford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/genealogy\/stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Stafford County, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawsons Named<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
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County in Virginia<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
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Documentation<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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1664<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stafford<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stafford County was formed from Westmoreland County in 1664. See map\u00a01661-1670<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rowland<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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21 Oct 1669<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stafford<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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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.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gavin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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1785<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stafford<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The following list is from the 1785 Stafford County, Virginia – Heads of Families: – Gavin Lawson, 4 white souls, 1 dwelling, 4 other dwellings<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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William & Gavin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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1801<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Fauquier<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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William Lawson witness to will of James Craig in 1801in Fauquier County, Virginia. Exec. Gavin Lawson of Stafford County, Virginia.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gavin, Anne & Jane<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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1803<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stafford<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Found in a book about the Nicholas Family.\u00a0 John Nicholas married Anne Lawson, daughter of Gavin Lawson, of Stafford County, VA.\u00a0 Robert Selden Rose married another daughter, Jane Lawson.\u00a0 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 \u201cGenesee Country\u201d in western New York, where they had large landed estates in the vicinity of what is now Geneva, Ontario County, NY.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gavin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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28 Jun 1804<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Botetourt<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gavin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Apr 1805<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stafford<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Court Records Digest, Presented by the Records Conservation Project in cooperation with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia
\nStyle: Beverley vs. Lawson
\nPlaintiff Byrd Beverley vs. Defendant Gavin Lawson
\nPlaces Mention: Stafford
\nRemark(s): Death ref. – abated April 1805 by death of Gavin Lawson.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lawsons Named Date County in Virginia Documentation 1664 Stafford Stafford County was formed from Westmoreland County in 1664. See map\u00a01661-1670 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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476,"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/2476"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsondna.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}