Reuben Lawsona biographyReuben LAWSON was born about 1810 in Georgia, county unknown. He died sometime between 1860 and 1870 near or in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Reuben LAWSON may have been the son of John LAWSON who is enumerated in the 1830 Merengo County, Alabama census, living a few households away from Reuben LAWSON. Reuben LAWSON married Emaline or Evaline about 1830. They are enumerated in the 1830 census of Merengo County, Alabama with the correct ages and no children in the household. Reuben and Emaline are said to have had the following children:
The movements of this family are as follows: Merengo County, AL in 1830, Benton County — now Calhoun County, AL — in 1840, Cherokee County, AL in 1850, and Palo Pinto County, TX in 1860. Reuben LAWSON purchased land in Alabama in 1820 and 1837. He was the owner of at least 3 slaves.In 1850 he lived near a Martha BRADFORD who was also a slaveholder. The BRADFORD family married into the LAWSON family. We cannot place what relation the before mentioned Martha BRADFORD may be. But the BRADFORDS and LAWSONS resided in the same era in Cherokee County, AL. In 1860 Reuben is living in Texas next to Robert NEWBERRY whose granddaughter would marry a grandson of Reuben LAWSON. Sources:
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