Display Patriot - P-234031 - Roger LAWSON

Roger LAWSON

SAR Patriot #: P-234031

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service / Captain
DAR #: A067385

Birth: May 1730 / / VA
Death: 06 Aug 1803 Louisville / Jefferson / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Capt. 8th Co., Col John Thomas, GA
  2. Furnished horses, wagon, cattle
  3. Suffered depredation
  4. Magistrate, Dist. of Queensborough, Parish of St. George, GA. Appointed by Council of Safety, 02 July 1776
  5. Inspector of Provisions for Burke Co., GA, 26 Oct 1778
  6. Commissioner for Building a road from the Burke Co., GA Court House to the Rocky Comfort Creek, 29 July 1783
  7. Magistrate of Queensborough, 1776

Additional References:
  1. Pension Number *S6788 - Joel Darcy
  2. Wilson, Annals of GA, Vol 1; pg 130, 131, 154
  3. Blair, Rev Sols receipts for GA Bounty Grants, pg 85
  4. Candler, Rev Rec. of GA
    • Vol 1, pg 149
    • Vol 2, pg 113-116, 525-528

Spouse: (1) Hannah Thompson; (2) Margaret McGill
Children: Hugh; Andrew Thompson; John; Mary; Margaret McGill
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1941-12-09 GA Unassigned Charles Thomas Tillman (60337) John   
1966-04-29 SC Unassigned Ray Blackmon Mixon Jr (94031) Roger   
1967-09-27 GA Unassigned Newton Marion Jordan Jr (95535) Andrew   
2014-11-14 VA 60714 James Russell Henry (171042) Andrew   
2020-06-12 FL 92226 J. Velma Keen II (215689) Mary   
Burial:
Revolutionary War Cemetery (C-0376002)
Location:
Louisville / Jefferson / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
640588
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
32.999520 / -82.412730
Find A Grave Memorial #:
23535459
Marker Type:
Tombstone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Marble headstone: Roger Lawson, GA Troops Rev War
  • photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Louisville, Jefferson Co., GA . Look for Revolutionary War Cemetery sign



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Roger Lawson          b.1730        d. 8/6/1803                             JEFFERSON COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

He served in the Georgia Troops and received bounty land along Rocky Creek in Burke County for his services.

 

Buried:  Old Capitol Cemetery, Louisville, Georgia.  (Personally surveyed by the compiler.)

 

See:       (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.  Reported to D.A.R. in 1978.

                (2) A descendant.

                (3) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 144.

                (4) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 110, 307.

 

Source:  Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke.  Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

 

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index. 

 

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

 

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA  30605-3408


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