NameTravis Simpkins Lawson
Birthabt 1813, Floyd Co., Kentucky
Deathabt 1884, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Marriage1 Jan 1841, Estill Co., Kentucky
SpouseFrancis Shackelford
Birth30 Dec 1822, Estill Co., Kentucky
Death2 Jan 1862, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Children
Birth22 Feb 1842, Estill Co., Kentucky
Death1 Jan 1915, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birth28 May 1844, Estill Co., Kentucky
Death24 Jan 1915, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1846, Kentucky
Birth1 Jan 1850, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death5 Sep 1915, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birth28 Mar 1852, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth22 Feb 1855, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death22 Mar 1912, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birth23 Aug 1859, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1 May 1880, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birth2 Jan 1862, Ezel, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death6 Jul 1944, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Census Notes for Travis Simpkins & Francis (Family)
1850 census of Morgan Co., Ky, enumerated 21 Aug, lists on p. 53 as family #342:
Travis Lawson, 37, farmer; Francis, 27; Carline, 8; Nancy, 6; Abner, 3; Isabel, 7/12. All born in Ky.

1860 census of Morgan Co., Ky, division 2, enumerated 28 July, lists on p. 103 as family #682:
Travis Lawson, 47, farmer; Francis, 37; Carline, 18; Nancy, 16; Abner, 14; Isabel, 11; Mary E., 8; Amos, 5; Sanford, 1. All born in Kentucky.

1870 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Black Water precinct, enumerated 31 Aug, lists on p. 16 as family #105/103:
Lawson, Travis S., 56, farmer; Caroline, 28; Isabella, 19; Mary, 17; Davis, 15; Sanford, 11; Francis, 8. All born in Kentucky.

Caroline is not Travis’s wife, but his daughter.

1880 census of Menifee Co., Ky, Ridge precinct, enumerated 12 June, lists on p. 33 as family #271/288:
Lawson, Travis, 60, farmer, b. Ky Va Va; Ibbey, 26, dau, single; Francis, 17, dau; Amos, 24, son, married; Marry, 20, dau-in-law, married; George V., 2, son-in-law. All children born Ky Ky Ky.

The identification of George as a son-in-law rather than grandson may mean that he is Mary’s son by a previous marriage, and thus a step grandson to Travis. Or it may just be a recording error.
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