Samuel Lawrence Family of Caroline County, Virginia



Subject: Samuel LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant #266747

Birth: 29 Nov 1779 Virginia

Census: 7 Aug 1820 Caroline Co., Virginia
              (3 males 0-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 19-26, 3 males 26-45, 2 females 0-10, 1 female 16-26)

Census: 1 Jun 1830 Caroline Co., Virginia
             (1 male 0-5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 50-59, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-39)

Census: 1 Jun 1840 Sumner Co., Tennessee
             (2 males 5-10, 1 male 40-49, 2 females 0-5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 40-49)

Census: 5 Sep 1850 District 2, Macon Co., Tennessee (farmer $800)
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Marriage #1: __ ___ 1808 Virginia
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Spouse: Matilda PEATROSS
Birth: say __ ___ 1795 Virginia
Death: before __ ___ 1827 Caroline Co., Virginia
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Six Known Children
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1/M Richard P. LAWRENCE
Birth: 4 Apr 1809 Virginia
Anecdote: 1 Nov 1848 Richard bought 40 acres of land in Union County, Arkansas.
Census: 4 Oct 1850 El Dorado Twp, Union Co., Arkansas (farmer $1100)
Death: 24 Jan 1864 Union Co., Arkansas
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2/F Clarrisa LAWRENCE
Birth: circa __ ___ 1811 Caroline Co., Virginia
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3/M James LAWRENCE
Birth: circa __ ___ 1815 Caroline Co., Virginia
Census: 1 Jun 1840 Sumner Co., Tennessee (1 male 0-5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 20-29)
Death: between 1847 and 1850 Macon Co., Tennessee
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4/F Mary LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1816 Caroline Co., Virginia
Census: 5 Sep 1850 with father; District 2, Macon Co., Tennessee
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5/M William T. LAWRENCE **
Birth: 16 Aug 1817 Caroline Co., Virginia
Census: 1 Jun 1840 Fayette Co., Illinois (1 male 20-29, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 15-20)
Census: 11 Sep 1850 Fayette Co., Illinois (farmer $200)
Death: 12 Feb 1857 Patoka, Fayette Co., Illinois
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6/M Samuel R. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1820 Caroline Co., Virginia
Marriage: circa ___ 1848 Frances JORDAN (b. 1825,d. Before 1860 ); Virginia
Son: __ ___ 1850 Samuel LAWRENCE; Virginia
Census: 5 Oct 1850 Richmond City, Virginia (woolen fa?). Census: 16 Jul 1860 Ward 1, Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia (widowed? carpenter)
Census: 21 Jun 1880 Samuel R. Jordan farm, Harrison, Charles City, Virginia (brother-in-law farm laborer)
Death: 21 Nov 1883 Charles City, Virginia
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Marriage #2: 17 Sep 1829 Caroline Co., Virginia
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Spouse: Leanna SAUNDERS
Birth: __ ___ 1797 Virginia
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Six Known Children
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1/F Judith Agnes LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1830 Caroline Co., Virginia
Census: 16 Jul 1870 Kaskaskia, Fayette Co., Illinois (widowed farmer $1100 $600)
Death: __ ___ 1872 Fayette Co., Illinois
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2/F Caroline Virginia LAWRENCE
Birth: 8 Jul 1831 Caroline Co., Virginia
Death: 16 Jan 1875 Marion Co., Illinois
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3/M Yelverton Peyton LAWRENCE
Birth: __ Nov 1832 Sumner Co., Tennessee
Census: 11 Sep 1850 with William T. LAWRENCE; Fayette Co., Illinois (farmer $200)
Census: 25 Jun 1870 Twp 4 Range 1, Marion Co., Illinois (farmer $800 $400)
Census: 7 Jun 1880 Twp 4 Range 1, Marion Co., Illinois (farmer)
Census: 25 Jun 1900 Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois (farmer)
Census: 6 May 1910 Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois (farmer with 4 of 8 children living)
Death: 18 Oct 1914 Marion Co., Illinois
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4/M Wesley Clark LAWRENCE
Birth: 1 Mar 1834 Sumner Co., Tennessee
Marriage: 26 Jul 1855 Susan F. LAWRENCE (b. 2 Oct 1830, d. 19 Nov 1872); Fayette Co., Illinois
Death: 19 Feb 1875 Marion Co., Illinois
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5/F Hester Ann LAWRENCE
Birth: 4 May 1837 Sumner Co., Tennessee
Census: 5 Sep 1850 with father; District 2, Macon Co., Tennessee
Death: 19 Apr 1866 Marion Co., Illinois
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6/F Frances Leanna LAWRENCE
Birth: 18 Jun 1835 Sumner Co., Tennessee
Census: 5 Sep 1850 with father; District 2, Macon Co., Tennessee
Death: 16 Dec 1868 Marion Co., Illinois



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