JAMES MOSELY LAWRENCE 3, (GEORGE WASHINGTON 2, JOHN 1), was born October 6, 1813 in Wilkes County, North Carolina and died October 4, 1897 in Paulding County, Georgia. He married CAROLINE FERGUSON, the daughter of JOHN WILEY FERGUSON and SARAH ANDERSON on December 29, 1835. She was born March 9, 1818 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina and died August 24, 1899 in Paulding County, Georgia.

Children of JAMES LAWRENCE and CAROLINE FERGUSON are:

1. SARAH ANN ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b. November 30, 1836, Paulding County, Georgia; d. July 24, 1915, Fulton County, Georgia.
2. GEORGE JACKSON LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
3. JOHN L. LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
4. MARY FRANCES LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
5. THOMAS JAMES LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
6. FRANCES LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
7. MARTHA JANE LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.

Note: Research shows this family had eight children.

 

MARTIN NEWTON "NEWT" LAWRENCE 3, (GEORGE WASHINGTON 2, JOHN 1), was born July 19, 1825 in Gwinnett County, Georgia and died June 9, 1883 in Paulding County, Georgia. He married AMANDA UNKNOWN.

Children of MARTIN LAWRENCE and AMANDA UNKNOWN are:

1. SAMUEL J. LAWRENCE, b. About 1857, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
2. JAMES F. LAWRENCE, b. About 1861, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
3. SAMANTHA LAWRENCE, b. About 1863, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
4. ALICE LAWRENCE, b. About 1865, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
5. MARTIN NEWTON LAWRENCE, JR., b. About 1867, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
6. LEWIS B. LAWRENCE, b. About 1870, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
7. SARAH M. LAWRENCE, b. About 1873, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
8. PIERCE LAWRENCE, b. About 1876, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
9. ANDERSON G. LAWRENCE, b. About 1879, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.

 

HENRY CLINTON LAWRENCE 3, (GEORGE WASHINGTON 2, JOHN 1), was born June 10, 1832 in Georgia and died October 5, 1880 in Paulding County, Georgia. He married NANCY ANN CHANDLER. She was born June 13, 1835 in Paulding County, Georgia and died December 14, 1909 in Paulding County, Georgia.

Children of HENRY LAWRENCE and NANCY CHANDLER are:

1. MARTHA L. LAWRENCE, b. May 16, 1858, Paulding County, Georgia; d. March 22, 1889, Paulding, Georgia.
2. SILAS ROLLINS LAWRENCE, b. Unknown, Paulding County, Georgia; d. Unknown.

 

JOHN W. LAWRENCE 3, (JAMES O. 2, JOHN 1), was born April 11, 1821 in Gwinnett County, Georgia and died May 26, 1862 in Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi. He married DELCENA DULCEMORE "SAENA" TAPP, the daughter of WILLIAM TAPP and UNKNOWN in Chattooga County, Georgia About 1842. She was born December 3, 1822 in Cherokee County, Georgia and died January 26, 1904 in Carroll County, Arkansas.

 

 

 

More About JOHN W. LAWRENCE: Military: Captain, C.S.A

John W. Lawrence was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia and moved from there to Chattooga County, Georgia with his parents when he was 12 years old. After his marriage to Dulcena Dulcemore "Saena" Tapp in 1842, John moved his new family to Walker County, Geogia. In June of 1851, John moved his family again, this time to an 80 acre tract northwest of Timbo, Arkansas which was in Searcy County, Arkansas at that time.

In 1861, John helped organize Company K of the 16th Arkansas Infantry, CSA and then was chosen captain of the 79 men in that company. John reported to Colonel John F. Hill of General Ben McCulloch's division. Genenral Earl VanDorn assumed command of that division in March of 1862 and immediately ordered the men north from its winter encampment in the Boston Mountains in Western Arkansas to engage the Union forces at what became known as the Battle of Pea Ridge. At the conclusion of that conflict, VanDorn's division traveled east to join General G.T. Beauregard's forces for the what was to become known as the Battle of Shiloh. Arriving too late to participate in that battle, Captain John W. Lawrence and his men were assigned to help slow the advancement of Union troops on the Confederate encampment at Corinth, Mississippi while the Confederate army prepared to withdraw from there. It was near Farmington, Mississippi on that assignment that Captain John W. Lawrence was struck in the head by a mini ball and mortally wounded. He was taken to Corinth, Mississippi where he lived a very short time. His body is believed to have been placed in a trench there with other Confederate army causalities by his withdrawing comrades due to there being insufficient time to bury each body seperately.

Captain John W. Lawrence had been in command of Company K of the 16th Arkansas Infantry, CSA for just over seven months. During that time, three men under his command; including himself, were killed, one was captured, and eighteen deserted. The 16th Arkansas Infantry as a whole suffered its greatest causalities of the Civil War at Corinth, Mississippi where it was reported that seven of every twelve men in that command was killed, wounded, or among the missing.

Captain John W. Lawrence's body was not returned to Arkansas. A memorial marker for John was issued by the Veterans Administration and placed next to that of John's father, James Lawrence, in the Timbo Cemetery during dedication ceremonies there in 1994.

Source:
"Ancestors and Descendants of William Henry Lawrence 1850–1924 and his wife, Martha Mary Ann Ham 1848–1898"
Robert Dean Lawrence, Author
Published 1986
Used by Permission

 

Children of JOHN LAWRENCE and DELCENA TAPP are:

1. MARTHA ANN LAWRENCE, b. December 29, 1842, Georgia; d. August 7, 1918, Carroll County, Arkansas; m. JONATHAN EDWARD STITES, September 18, 1881, Carroll County, Arkansas. He was b. June 6, 1837, Terre Haute, Indiana; d. May 15, 1918, Carroll County, Arkansas. Note: MARTHA and JONATHAN both died during the flu epidemic of 1918.
2. AMANDA JANE LAWRENCE, b. December 7, 1844, Georgia; d. January 21, 1901, Carroll County, Arkansas.
3. JAMES MADISON LAWRENCE, b. July 23, 1846, Chattooga County, Georgia; August 1864, Searcy County, Arkansas. More About JAMES MADISON LAWRENCE: In August of 1864, a group of men known as the "Home Guard" came by the Lawrence farm in Searcy County, Arkansas and forced James to go with them saying, he should be in the Army. His family never heard from him again and that month and year were entered in the family Bible as his death date, although the actual date of his death is unknown. The "Home Guard" were a group of men that were too old for service in the regular army. They were organized by Christopher "Chris" Denton to keep the peace in southern Searcy County and northern Van Buren County, Arkansas. Denton was given a Captain's Commission in the Arkansas' Union Militia on March 27, 1865 for his efforts. — Source: Byron D. Lawrence.
4. LUCINDA BEHEATHLAND LAWRENCE, b. July 3, 1849, Walker County, Georgia; d. September 29, 1927, Stone County, Arkansas.
5. WILLIAM HENRY LAWRENCE, b. May 31, 1850, Walker County, Georgia; d. September 4, 1924, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.
6. LYDIA ADALINE LAWRENCE, b. November 29, 1851, Arkansas; d. September 1920, Stone County, Arkansas; m. SILAS "MONROE" GRAY, b. May, 1834, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. June 1, 1925, Stone County, Arkansas.
7. JOHN "MILTON" LAWRENCE, b. July 16, 1853, Stone County, Arkansas; d. November 29, 1928, Pulaski County, Arkansas; m. NANCY ANN REED, daughter of WILLIAM HENRY "BILLY" REED and MARY ELIZABETH "POLLY" BRANSCUM. She was b. September 3, 1847, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. About 1920, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
8. SILAS BENNETT LAWRENCE, b. March 4, 1855, Stone County, Arkansas; d. July 4, 1945, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
9. ASA "MONROE" LAWRENCE, b. Sep. 16, 1857, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. February 19, 1923, Cherokee County, Oklahoma; m. REBECCA ANN "BECKY" SCOTT, b. February 22, 1865, Tennessee; d. September 1, 1947, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
10. FRANCES THEODOSIA "FANNIE" LAWRENCE, b. March 26, 1859, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. September 27, 1928, Stone County, Arkansas; m. UNKNOWN TERRY.
11. MARY ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b. October 7, 1860, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. November 22, 1942, Stone County, Arkansas.

 

ASA MONROE LAWRENCE 3, (JAMES O. 2, JOHN 1), was born July 4, 1823 in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia and died April 2, 1870 in Searcy County, Arkansas. He married MARY ADELINE THACKER, the daughter of ANDREW BENJAMIN THACKER and MARY "POLLY" BURTON on January 30, 1848 in Cherokee County, Georgia. She was born September 24, 1824 in Pickens County, South Carolina and died August 7, 1925 in Searcy County. Arkansas.

Children of ASA LAWRENCE and MARY BURTON are:

1. MARY LUCINDA LAWRENCE, b. December 8, 1849, Georgia; d. August 7, 1925, Carroll County, Arkansas.
2. JULIA "JULY" ADALINE LAWRENCE, b. About 1850, Georgia; d. About 1888, Stone County, Arkansas.
3. AMANDA LAWRENCE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
4. LOUIS WALKER LAWRENCE, b. About 1855, Georgia; d. About 1935, Stone County, Arkansas.
5. MARTHA ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b. September 7, 1857, Georgia; d. August 1, 1941, Stone County, Arkansas.
6. CYNTHIA E. LAWRENCE, b. About 1861, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. November 30, 1939, Santa Ana, Orange County, California.
7. SARAH "NARCISSA" LAWRENCE, b. About 1865, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. About 1890, Stone County, Arkansas.
8. MARGARET ALICE LAWRENCE, b. January 24, 1866, Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. March 28, 1940, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.

 

BENNETT SILAS LAWRENCE 3, (JAMES O. 2, JOHN 1), was born August 7, 1827 in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia and died December 20, 1861 in Searcy County, Arkansas. He married SARAH ELIZABETH BAKER, the daughter of LITTLETON BAKER and MARTHA ADELINE MORGAN on December 21 1848 in Chattooga County, Georgia. She was born July 21, 1832 in Gwinnett County, Georgia and died May 24, 1908 in Stone County, Arkansas.

More About BENNETT SILAS LAWRENCE: Military: Confederate Militia. He died of exposure in the winter of 1861 near Norfolk, Arkansas.

More About SARAH ELIZABETH BAKER: During the American Civil War, her mother was suspected of being related to Confederate General, John Hunt Morgan. She was arrested and charged with "disloyalty" by Union troops passing through the area. She was placed in prison in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Missouri where she died under questionable circumstances.

 

 

 

Children of BENNETT LAWRENCE and SARAH BAKER are:

1. VIRGIL MARION LAWRENCE, b. March 9, 1850, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. November 18, 1926, Big Flat, Searcy County, Arkansas.
2. GEORGE COLUMBUS LAWRENCE, b. October 20, 1851, Chattooga County, Georgia; d. September 4, 1928, Stone County, Arkansas.
3. JAMES LITTLETON LAWRENCE, b. December 14, 1853, Big Flat, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. February 25, 1942, Stone County, Arkansas.
4. MARTHA KAY LAWRENCE, b. About 1855, Big Flat, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. Unknown.
5. ASA BENNETT LAWRENCE, b. January 4, 1857, Big Flat, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. About 1916, Stone County, Arkansas.
6. MARY JO LAWRENCE, b. About 1860, Big Flat, Searcy County, Arkansas ; d. Unknown.

Note: Children may not be in proper order.

 

ELISHA WILLIAM LAWRENCE 3, (JAMES O. 2, JOHN 1), was born About 1829 in Gwinnett County, Georgia and died About 1862 in Searcy County, Arkansas. He married CATHERINE MARTHA "KATIE" ROBERSON, the daughter of JAMES BURRELL ROBERSON and ESTHER O'STEEN on October 3, 1850 in Chattooga County, Georgia. She was born About 1829 in Chattooga County, Georgia and died January 12, 1876 in Searcy County, Arkansas.

Children of ELISHA LAWRENCE and CATHERINE ROBERSON are:

1. JAMES LAWRENCE, b. About 1855; d. Unknown.
2. LUCINDA LAWRENCE, b. About 1857; d. Unknown.
3. JOHN LAWRENCE, b. About 1860; d. Unknown.

 

MARY J. LAWRENCE 3, (JAMES O. 2, JOHN 1), was born August 21, 1831 in Gwinnett County, Georgia and died March 8, 1900, Carroll County, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM SATTERFIELD in Georgia. He was born August 9, 1830 in Habersham County, Georgia and died March 8, 1909 in Carroll County, Arkansas.

Childred of MARY LAWRENCE and WILLIAM SATTERFIELD are:

1. JOSIAH JOE SATTERFIELD, b. About 1853, Georgia; d. Unknown.
2. NANCY ANN SATTERFIELD, b. About 1858, Georgia; d. Unknown.
3. EDWARD HAMILTON SATTERFIELD, b. March 4, 1861, Madison County, Georgia; d. December 22, 1932, Carroll County, Arkansas.
4. SARAH JANE SATTERFIELD, b. About 1864, Madison County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
5. JAMES SATTERFIELD, b. About 1867, Georgia; d. Unknown.
6. GEORGE WASHINGTON SATTERFIELD, b. June 10, 1868, Chattooga County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
7. MARTHA MATILDA SATTERFIELD, b. April 29, 1871, Madison Bounty, Georgia; d. Unknown.
8. OREM MAYBERRY SATTERFIELD, b. May 14, 1873, Chattooga County, Georgia; d. Unknown.

 

 

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