Sylvester Matthew Lawrence Family of Attala County, Mississippi
Subject:
Sylvester Matthew LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participant #399465
Birth: __ ___ 1799 Bertie Co., North Carolina
Census: 1 Jun 1840 Madison Co., Mississippi
(1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 30-39)
Census: 26 Oct 1850 Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer $1200)
Death: 5 Apr 1855 Attala Co., Mississippi
Parents: unknown
Note: DNA match to the descendants of
Robert LAWRENCE (b. 1611, d. after 1682) of Virgina.
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Marriage: circa ___ 1825 Georgia
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Spouse:
Martha Malinda LYON
Birth: __ ___ 1801 Georgia
Census: 6 Jul 1870 Beat No. 5, Attala Co., Mississippi (widow $400 $200)
Death: 15 Mar 1874 Attala Co., Mississippi
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Eight Known Children
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1/M
Hartwell LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1826 Mississippi
Marriage: circa ___ 1846
Mary C. RYALS (b. 8 May 1829, d. 22 May 1894); Mississippi
Daughter: __ ___ 1847 Martha P. LAWRENCE; Mississippi
Son: __ ___ 1850 James Artemis LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 26 Oct 1850 Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer $300)
Son: __ ___ 1853 William P. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: __ ___ 1854 Garland W. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: __ ___ 1856 Richard M. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 14 Aug 1860 Twp 13, Range 8, Attala Co., Mississippi (farming $_ $100)
Son: __ Jun 1860 Nathaniel David LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Death: __ ___ 1874 Attala Co., Mississippi
2/M
Harrison LAWRENCE
Birth: 5 Apr 1827 Mississippi
Marriage: circa ___ 1859
Margaret N. CULPEPPER (b. 1831, ); Mississippi
Son: 24 Jun 1860 Benjamin F. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 12 Jul 1860 Twp 13, Range 7, Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer $500 $500)
Daughter: __ Aug 1863 Emily Melvina LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: 14 Jun 1867 William H. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 6 Jul 1870 Beat No. 5, Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer $1280 $700)
Son: 26 May 1873 Milton Homer LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 9 Jun 1880 Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer)
Death: 30 Apr 1898 Attala Co., Mississippi
3/F
Narcissa LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1830 Mississippi
Death: __ ___ 1904 Attala Co., Mississippi
4/F
Levisa LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1831 Mississippi
5/M
Andrew J. LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1833 Mississippi
Marriage: 22 Jan 1851 Elizabeth RYALS (b. 1826, ); Mississippi
Son: __ ___ 1852 Matthew W. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Daughter: __ ___ 1854 Jane LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Daughter: __ ___ 1856 Jantilliann LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Daughter: __ ___ 1860 Drucilla LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 15 Aug 1860 Twp 13, Range 8, Attala Co., Mississippi (farming $300 $100)
Death: 21 Jan 1863 Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee
6/F
(female) LAWRENCE
Birth: say ___ 1836 Mississippi
Death: before 1850 Mississippi
7/F
Almeda LAWRENCE
Birth: 14 Jan 1841 Mississippi
Marriage: 14 Sep 1865 G. W. SMITH (b. 2 Sep 1841, d. 20 Sep 1923); Mississippi
Death: 25 Feb 1926 Attala Co., Mississippi
8/M
Sylvester David LAWRENCE **
Birth: 21 Nov 1848 Attala Co., Mississippi
Marriage: circa ___ 1874
Mary Catherine DILL (b. May 1854, d. 1904); Mississippi
Son: 31 Dec 1874 Wiley Matthew LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: 12 Mar 1876 Henry Lindsey LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: __ Dec 1877 George W. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 9 Jun 1880 Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer)
Daughter: 26 Sep 1880 Almeda C. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: 15 Mar 1882 Sylvestor "Dill" LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Daughter: 30 May 1884 Mary Evie LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Daughter: __ Oct 1886 Roxie Ella LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Daughter: 15 Aug 1889 Esther Ethel LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Son: 23 Dec 1893 Marion Otis LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
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Daughter: 2 Apr 1896 Geneva E. LAWRENCE; Attala Co., Mississippi
Census: 28 Jun 1900 Beat 5, Attala Co., Mississippi (farmer)
Death: 18 Jun 1937 Madison Co., Mississippi