Individual Details
David Wesley Lawrence
(ABT, 1785 - 1842 - 1846)
Events
| Birth | ABT, 1785 | Lincoln County, North Carolina |  |  | |
| Marriage | CA, 1810 | Unknown Lawrence | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1812 | Tax Roll - Bedford County, Tennessee | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1824 | Residence - Lincoln County, Tennessee | | | |
| Miscellaneous | FEBRUARY 20, 1824 | Family Relationship - Smith County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | Bet 1835 and 1841 | Henderson County, Tennessee - Olivia Wakefield King | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1838 - 1841 | Records - Montgomery County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 1842 - 1846 | Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Olivia Wakefield King (1805 - 1869) |
| Child | Edwin Lysidus Lawrence (1841 - 1925) |
| Child | William Cornelius Lawrence (1842 - 1905) |
| Spouse | Unknown Lawrence (1785 - 1830) |
| Father | David Lawrence (1738 - 1830) |
| Mother | Agnes Sherrill (1754 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Levi Lawrence (1780 - 1820) |
| Sibling | William Lawrence (1795 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Hiram Lorance (1797 - 1868) |
Notes
Birth
There have been several county names for the area where the family bought property.Birth place of Lincoln County (or Burke,) North Carolina is given in Lawrence and Related Families.
Marriage
David Wesley Lawrence and his first wife are first found in the 1820 Lincoln Co., TN Census with 2 daughters age 10-16, 2 sons age less than 10, 4 daughters less than 10. Their marriage was probably in about 1810.In the 1830 Census of Lincoln Co., TN the family included 1 son age 10-15, 1 son age 15-20, 1 daughter age 15-20 and 1 daughter less than 5 years.
Miscellaneous
David Lawrence was on the Bedford County, Tennessee Tax Roll in 1812.Miscellaneous
David Lawrence of Lincoln County, Tennessee, was mentioned in his father's deed of gift in February 1824.Miscellaneous
The following deed of gift made by Davis Lawrence of Smith County, Tennessee shows he had a son named David."Book H, Page 427, 2-20-1824: David Lawrence to David Lawrence for love and affection for his son, David, of the County of Lincoln (Tennessee) - one negro boy named Samuel 19 years old."
Marriage
Henderson Co. is assumed since Olivia lived there with her first husband Dr. Samuel Sayles.Miscellaneous
The final details of David Wesley Lawrence's life are unknown.There are some Texas records that may prove to be clues to his life in Texas.
Russell Lawrence in Lawrence and Related Families proposes several connections to David Wesley Lawrence.
One is that he was a member of Austin's Colony in Texas. This Lawrence family is now known to be that of Adam Lawrence (and his son David) and is not believed to be related.
There is a record of a David Lawrence selling a "negro man named Armstead aged 27 years, a slave for life, for $700.00 in Washington County." This is a possibility, due to the comment by Palmyra Finley Garrett that indicated David Wesley was selling Olivia's slaves in Texas.
Another Washington County record shows that on 9-24-1838, a David Lawrence relinquished his claim as administrator of the estate of John Lawrence, deceased, to J. S. Hunter, who married Sarah Lawrence the widow of the late John Lawrence.
Endnotes
1. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
2. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
3. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
4. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
5. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
6. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
7. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
8. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
9. Palmyra Olivia Finley Garrett, History of Sayles, Lawrence, Finley Families, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2000).
10. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
11. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
12. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).