Individual Details
Olivia Wakefield King
(FEBRUARY 22, 1805 - MARCH 20, 1869)
Events
| Birth | FEBRUARY 22, 1805 | Orange County, North Carolina |  | ||
| Marriage | 1826 | Tennessee - Dr. Samuel G. Sayles |  | | |
| Census | 1830 | Carroll County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | Bet 1835 and 1841 | Henderson County, Tennessee - David Wesley Lawrence | | | |
| Miscellaneous | CA, 1840 | Marriages - Henderson County, Tennessee | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1840 | Family - Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | CA, 1846 | Cass County, Texas - John B. Finley | | ||
| Death | MARCH 20, 1869 | Jefferson, Marion County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Aft MARCH 20, 1869 | Webb Cemetery, Marion County, Texas | | | |
| Alt name | Olivia Wakefield Sayles | | |||
| Alt name | Olivia Wakefield Lawrence | |
Families
| Spouse | David Wesley Lawrence (1785 - 1842) |
| Child | Edwin Lysidus Lawrence (1841 - 1925) |
| Child | William Cornelius Lawrence (1842 - 1905) |
| Spouse | Dr. Samuel G. Sayles ( - 1835) |
| Child | Acadius Saul Sayles ( - ) |
| Child | Corrilla Frances Sayles ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Celista Sayles ( - ) |
| Child | Claudius Galon Sayles ( - ) |
| Child | Algernon Samuel Sayles ( - ) |
| Child | Argyle Sayles ( - ) |
| Spouse | John B. Finley ( - ) |
| Child | John King Finley (1850 - ) |
| Child | Palmyra Olivia "Pally" Finley (1847 - ) |
| Father | John Holland King (1770 - ) |
| Mother | Martha "Patsy" Herndon ( - ) |
| Sibling | John T. King ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
The Sayles lived in Henderson Co., TN.Census
The 1830 US Federal Census for Carroll County, Tennessee, shows theSamuel G. Sayle's household as 3 males under 5; 1 male 20 to 30;
1 male 30 to 40; 1 female 20 to 30 (Olivia would have been 25) and 4 slaves.
Marriage
Henderson Co. is assumed since Olivia lived there with her first husband Dr. Samuel Sayles.Miscellaneous
After the death of her husband, Dr. Samuel G. Sayles, a guardian, Esq. Stamford, was appointed for her children. The guardian refused to let the property of her children be moved to Texas where Olivia's parents had moved, so she and her children remained in Tennessee and the children were educated there.Olivia married her second husband David Wesley Lawrence, of a fine Tennessee family. "But he drank and sold her negroes," so Olivia's father sent his son to move Olivia to Texas.
After arriving in Texas, Olivia heard that David Wesley Lawrence was dead and married her third husband Judge John B. Finley.
Miscellaneous
David Wesley and Olivia King Sayles Lawrence lived mostly apart during their marriage."Olivia W. Lawrence is found as head of household in the 1840 census for Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee.
In addition to herself, aged 30 to 40 (she was 35) she had 1 male 5 to 10 (William N.), 3 males 10 to 15 and 1 female 5 to 10, the latter four being Sayles children.
She also had slaves, 4 males under 10, 1 male 10 to 24, 2 females under 10 and 2 females 24 to 36."
Likely some of her other slaves were with David Wesley in Texas, where he is reported to be selling them in Palmyra Finley Garrett's Family History.
Death
She is buried in the "Old Charles Webb Cemetery," 9 miles NW of Jefferson, TX. Her marker has the name Olivia W. Finley, birth and death dates and the inscription, "She Opened her Mouth with Wisdom and in her Tongue was the Law of Kindness."The Finley's were neighbors of Charles Webb.
Burial
Olivia was buried in the old Webb Cemetery about one mile west of Jefferson, near where she lived with her third husband John B. Finley.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. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, US GenWeb Website for Cass Co., TX: the tombstone inscription is given in the listings of cemeterie in the county..
4. John M. Penn, E-Mail John M. Penn, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, This message gives Dr. Sayles's date of death as 1835..
5. 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..
6. Palmyra Olivia Finley Garrett, History of Sayles, Lawrence, Finley Families, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2000).
7. 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
8. 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..
9. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
10. Palmyra Olivia Finley Garrett, History of Sayles, Lawrence, Finley Families, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2000).
11. History of the Sayles, Lawrence, and Finley Families (Document, c 1930s), Photocopy privately held by Sherry Lawrence, . One page history of her family written by Palmyra Olivia Finley Garrett. . Palmyra O. Finley Garrett was the half-sister of Edwin L. Lawrence. She had direct knowledge of the three families of her mother's spouses..
12. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
13. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
14. 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..
15. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
16. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, US GenWeb Website for Cass Co., TX: the tombstone inscription is given in the listings of cemeteries in the county..
17. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
18. John M. Penn, E-Mail John M. Penn, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, This message gives Dr. Sayles's date of death as 1835..
19. 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..
20. Palmyra Olivia Finley Garrett, History of Sayles, Lawrence, Finley Families, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2000).
21. 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..
22. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
23. Palmyra Olivia Finley Garrett, History of Sayles, Lawrence, Finley Families, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2000).