Family Group Sheet
NameJames P. Lawson
Birth1794, Montgomery Co., Virginia
Death1865, Carter Co., Kentucky
Other spousesEliza Margaret Simpkins
Marriage8 Aug 1831, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary “Polly” Ward
Birth29 Jan 1804, Kentucky
Death7 Feb 1880 (?), Elliott Co., Kentucky
BurialLawson Cemetery, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Children
SpouseLevi Hansford Sparks
2 MJohn Nelson Lawson (Twin)
Birth25 Jan 1841, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1 Mar 1930, Elliott Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Catherine Sparks
3 MHenry Lawson (Twin)
Birth25 Jan 1841, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseElizabeth A. Tackett
Notes for Mary “Polly” Ward
Her gravestone, an old hand engraved one, is inscribed POLLOY WIFE OF JAMES LAWSON BORN JAN 29 1804 DIED FEB 7 1880. She is recorded in the 1880 census, though, taken in June, with her son John, as Mary Lawson, age 76, mother, widowed, b. Ky NC NC. So either the death date on the stone is wrong, or she was incorrectly listed with her son after her death.
Census Notes for James P. & Mary “Polly” (Family)
1850 census of Montgomery Co., Ky, district 2, enumerated 5 June, lists on pp. 27-28 as family #177:
Lawson, James Jr, 62, b. Va; Mary, 46, b. Ky; F. G. S. (male), 15; Cythia, 13; Nancy, 10; Henry, 8; John, 8; Jerry, 6; George W., 4. All children born in Kentucky.
1860 census of Carter Co., Ky, Bruin P.O., enumerated 22 Aug, lists on p. 199 as family #1429/1313:
Jas Lawson, 65, farmer; Mary, 55; John, 19; Jeremiah, 16; G. W., 15. All listed as born in Kentucky, although that conflicts with other records that James was born in Virgina.
The following household is headed by Henry Lawson age 19 with wife Elizabeth age 16, presumably the son listed as Henry age 8 in 1850. The four households after that are all headed by Sparks families.
(Bruin was in the part of Carter Co. that became part of Elliott Co. when it was formed in 1969.)
Lawson, James Jr, 62, b. Va; Mary, 46, b. Ky; F. G. S. (male), 15; Cythia, 13; Nancy, 10; Henry, 8; John, 8; Jerry, 6; George W., 4. All children born in Kentucky.
1860 census of Carter Co., Ky, Bruin P.O., enumerated 22 Aug, lists on p. 199 as family #1429/1313:
Jas Lawson, 65, farmer; Mary, 55; John, 19; Jeremiah, 16; G. W., 15. All listed as born in Kentucky, although that conflicts with other records that James was born in Virgina.
The following household is headed by Henry Lawson age 19 with wife Elizabeth age 16, presumably the son listed as Henry age 8 in 1850. The four households after that are all headed by Sparks families.
(Bruin was in the part of Carter Co. that became part of Elliott Co. when it was formed in 1969.)
