Falling River Lawson’s

According to research available my Lawson genes come from what has been labeled by the Lawson DNA project as Falling River Lawson’s.   http://lawsondna.org/home/the-lawson-dna-project/
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Falling River Lawsons

The cluster of Lawsons that lived in the Lunenburg/Bedford Counties, VA area are referred to as the Falling River Lawsons. This seems to be the largest group of Lawsons that are in the Lawson DNA Project that trace back to William Lawson 1680.

William Lawson – born about 1680 and died about 4 February 1754.
Bartholomew Lawson – son of William Lawson of Falling River, born about 1720 and died 1765.
John Lawson – son of William Lawson of Falling River, born about 1713 and died after 17—

Documentation for this group and William Lawson of Falling River:  William received a patent, 20 August 1745, of 143 acres of land on the north side of Falling River in Brunswick County, VA. The name of the county where this land was located changed to Lunenburg in 1746, then to Bedfordin 1754, and lastly to Campbell County in 1782.

By 2 April 1754, William Lawson had died and his three sons, John, Jonas and Bartholomew Lawson of Lunenburg County, VA sold to Thomas Watkins of the same county, for 30 pounds, the land on the north side of Falling River, being that land where their father William Lawson did live, containing 143 acres. John Lawson executed the land sale and from this it is assumed he was the oldest of the three brothers. At this time these are the only proven sons of William Lawson of Falling River.

William’s three sons are shown in the tax records of Lunenburg County for 1748 – 1751. In these tax records John Lawson is shown to have three sons, William, John Jr. and Jonas Lawson. Bartholomew and Jonas are not shown with any males of taxable age except themselves.

The Falling River area of Lunenburg County where the Lawsons are living changes it name to Bedford County in 1754. Found in the early records of this county are John, John Jr., William, Bartholomew, Jonas and a new name, David. The “Insolvents List of 1762” and the numerous 1863 court judgments against the Lawsons indicates they were having financial problems. It is in these records we see the first use of John B. E. Lawson, which could be John Lawson Jr. Also it is found that Bartholomew Lawson was married to Susannah Simpkins, the daughter of John Simpkins when Bartholomew sold her part of her inheritance from her father in 1863.

My research continues.