Category Archives: Modern History

Carolina Catastrophe

Written By: Leo Lawton Winborn Wallace Lawton, always known as Wallace, was born January 31, 1837. He was the great grandson of William Lawton the first known Lawton in the South Carolina low country along the Atlantic Coast. Wallace’s father, … Continue reading

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Bullie’s Tombstone

Written by: Leo Lawton Charles Bourne Lawton was born in 1771. About 1800 Charles wed Anne Featherstonehaugh who died in 1814. Charles had become quite infatuated with a young lady named Mariana Belcombe while Anne was yet alive, and married … Continue reading

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George Lawton Of Canada

Written by: Leo Lawton On February 27th I wrote a little about Sylvester A Lawton of Lyme, Jefferson County, New York being hung for his participation in the Battle of the Windmill during the Patriot War in Canada. Here is … Continue reading

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Finding Roots

Written By: Leo Lawton The search for ancestry where often few records exist. A great deal of the research for this article was completed by Jeanette Williams of Florida. The Lawton Ledger, and its readers, is eternally grateful to her … Continue reading

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Lawtons of Cuba

Written by: Leo Lawton During the years from 1868-1878 The Country of Cuba was in a Revolutionary War with Spain called the ten years war. In 1872 the following 5 people were registered with the US Consulate at Havana, Cuba. … Continue reading

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The Saga of Nancy Jane Fletcher Morton Stephens

Written by: Leo Lawton At age 16, in 1860, Nancy Fletcher married Thomas Morton in Iowa. In mid 1864 Thomas, in partnership with Nancy’s brother William Fletcher and their cousin John Fletcher, set out on an extended freight shipping trip … Continue reading

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Jack Blake Murder

Written By: Leo Lawton February 2, 2021 Philo Lawton of Chaumont, Jefferson County, New York, born in 1818 married Catherine Clark of the same village in 1853, and by 1864 they had five children born unto them. I’ve never found … Continue reading

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Daughter of My People

Written By: Leo Lawton Born and raised by my parents, I knew them well during their lifetimes. I also knew my father’s father, and my mother’s mother. I knew nothing of their ancestors. In my adult years I was curious … Continue reading

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Brother Against Brother?

Written By: Leo Lawton March 26, 2011 The sounds of rolling thunder fills the air of the nation,A cry of dispair comes from the founders of this creationA family against family, brother against brother;For a war has begun, a war … Continue reading

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“LAWTONS” in SOUTH AFRICA

Compiled by Eric Benjamin Lawton 2008 A brief historical introduction: Eurpean settlement at the Cape of Good Hope began in 1652 when the Dutch East India Company sent a small group under the leadership of 33 year-old Jan Van Riebeck … Continue reading

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