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James Preston Lawson 1788 – 1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1788

Birth Location: Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 11 Jan 1878

Death Location: Moccasin, Elliott, Kentucky, United States

Father: Travis Lawson

Mother: Martha Simpkins

Spouse(s): Eliza Simpkins

Children(s): Travis Lawson

The birth of James Preston Lawson took place in 1788 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, to Travis Lawson and Martha Maysie Simpkins. James Preston Lawson married Eliza Margaret Simpkins, and together they had Travis T Lawson. James Preston Lawson's death occurred in 1878 in Moccasin, Elliott, Kentucky, United States.

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Parents

Travis Lawson
1766 – 1855
Birth Location: –
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Martha Simpkins
1767 – 1850
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Simpkins
1794 – 1829
Birth Location: Virginia
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Children(s)

Travis Lawson
1824 – 1896
Birth Location: Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: December 1793
    Event Place: Montgomery, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1794
    Event Place: Montgomery County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1794
    Event Place: , Montgomery Co, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Dec 1788
    Event Place: Montgomery, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: bet 1810-1816
    Event Place: , Floyd, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1813
    Event Place: Morgan, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 10 March 1819
    Event Place: Floyd Co, KY

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1831
    Event Place: Morgan, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Jan 1878
    Event Place: Wolfe, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Moccasin, Elliot, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1865
    Event Place: Moccasin, Elliott Co., Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1865
    Event Place: Moccasin, Elliott Co., Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Jan 1878
    Event Place: Moccasin, Elliott, Kentucky, United States
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