Descendants of Sally’s 5-great- grandparents
Arthur Cotten & Mary Elizabeth Rutland of Mulberry Grove, Helen
Thomas Duke Lawrence 1789 – 1863 | his parents
& 1817 Mary Bailey Powell 1800 – 1854 | her parents
of Halifax Co NC
my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Mary Bailey Powell 1 Jan 1800 – 21 May 1854 ts married 16 Oct 1817 Thomas Duke Lawrence 21 Jan 1789 Northampton Co NC – 3 July 1863 Halifax Co NC
son of John Lawrence & Mary Duke
Children of Mary Bailey Powell and Thomas Duke Lawrence:
1. Martha Eliza Lawrence 15 Nov 1818 – 8 April 1892 Halifax Co NC
married 26 Feb 1840 Benjamin Whitmel Cotten 1812 – Dec 1880
son of Whitmel Cotten and wife Mary Foreman
a. Whitmel Lawrence Cotten – died 1914 near Scotland Neck, NC
married 20 Jan 1866 Emma S [Susan Emily] Bryan
daughter of Joseph Bryan and Louisa Higgs
i. Charles Mabry Cotten 27 Oct 1868 – 10 June 1947
married Lilia Cherry six children
ii. Joseph Walter Cotten lived SC five children
married Mattie M Sheveatt
iii. Wayland Cotten 1870 – 19 Feb 1956 dsp
iv. Mary Foreman Cotten 4 June 1873 -Dec 1942
married Joseph L Barnes
v. Ethel Cotten
married Floyd C Patterson
b. Mary Foreman Cotten 1843 – 28 Oct 1862 at age 17
c. Dr. Joseph R Cotten 12 Aug 1845 – 16 May 1877 age 32
both buried at Trinity Church, Scotland Neck
married 19 June 1867 Anna Baker [Nannie B] Paull 5 April 1848 – 4 Jan 1931
married at Grace Church, Woodville
dau. of W H Paull and Cornelia A Smith of Scotland Neck
i. Mary Cornelia Cotten 16 Sept 1868 – 12 Dec 1946
married 23 Dec 1891 William Henry Josey 22 Aug 1861 – 29 June 1927
Scotland Neck
son of Napoleon Bonaparte Josey and Mary Louisa Powell
1. Nannie Louise Josey
married Newsome Allsbrook Riddick
2. Mary Josephine Josey
married Dr. Albert Sidney Page
3. Elizabeth Webb Josey
married Balfour Dunn Jr.
ii. Etta Hall Cotten 22 Mar 1873 – 1 Feb 1951
married Capt. Augustus [Gus] Smith White 1 Aug 1863 – 4 Jan 1942
1. Janet White of Scotland Neck 1899 – 1982
known locally for her paintings
iii. Nannie Cotten 1870 – 1938
married Charles Speed of Scotland Neck buried 1932
son of John H Speed and Ellen Edmondson of Scotland Neck
1. J Paull Speed dsp
2. Ellen Edmondson Speed 1903 – 1973
married William McDowell Dunn died 15 Oct 1931
son of Balfour Dunn and Annie Vaughan
a. Willie Dunn
b. Paull Speed Dunn
3. Lois Speed
married Mr Cooley
iv. Mattie W Cotten 6 Dec 1875 – 16 Sept 1950
married Dr. Charles Anthony Beck 24 Mar 1874 – 19 May 1932
son of Robert Beck and Elenor Townley of Wilmington, Del
1. Charles A Beck 25 Nov 1908 – 9 Sept 1926
2. Nancy Paull Beck 1904 – 1981
married Henry Vance Waff
d. Martha [Pattie] Cotten 1848 – 1922 living at Suffolk Va in 1921 dsp
e. James Wilson Cotton 12 Mar 1850 – 22 July 1922 Scotland Neck
married 14 Oct 1873 Margaret [Lula] Morisette Cotton 20 Apr 1855 – 26 May 1951
buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Scotland Neck
i. Lilian Morisette Cotten 3 May 1882 – 21 Oct 1970 sp
ii. Joseph Whitmel Cotten 9 Feb 1884 – 18 Apr 1949
married Cleve Andrews 12 July 1884 – 24 Aug 1965
daughter of George W Andrews & Jennie Allsbrook
f. Thomas Cotten 1854 – 1920 [recent ts says 1852 – 1920]
married and separated – no issue
g. Elizabeth [Bettie] L Cotten 1856 – 1929 [ts says 1855 – 1929]
married 20 Feb 1884 Capt Zachariah Taylor Vincent 1848 – 1926
lived Norfolk VA
i. Zachariah Taylor Vincent Jr
ii. Sarah E Vincent
iii. Lucy E Vincent
h. Nannie Cotten dy
i. Susan [ Susie] Cotten 1857 – 1930 no issue
married H C Walter
j. Sarah Cotten dy
2. Louisa Ann Lawrence 29 Dec 1820 – 2 Feb 1892
married 3 Oct 1837 Thomas K Harris
son of Hamlin Harris of NH Co
a. Mary [Molly] Harris 1838 – 1865 – age 27
married David Crockett Gatling
he married 2nd his 1st wife’s aunt Sarah Imogene L.
i. L L Gatling 1858 female on 1860 census Hertford Co
ii. Lula Gatling 1860
married Benjamin Davis, Rich Square
iii. Nannie Gatling 1862
married Luther Davis, Texarkana TX
iv. Thomas Duke Gatling 1863 – d Portsmouth VA
v. Mary [Molly] Gatling ca 1865
married Everette Baum, Rich Square
b. Hamlin Duke Harris 1840 – 24 Jan 1865 unmarried
c. William Benjamin Harris
married 25 Jan 1893 Theodora Pittman
dau Beverly T. Pittman and wife Elizabeth Johnson, Edgecombe Co dg
i. Reddin Hamlin Harris 21 Mar 1895 –
married 12 Dec 1916 Sarah Blumberg
married 2nd 2 March 1898 Louise Estell Millikin
ii. Ruth Bernice Harris 24 Feb 1899 – 30 April 1925
married Lee F Cooper
iii. Isabel Norma Harris 24 Feb 1899 – unmarried
iv. William Thaddeus Harris 4 Dec 1901 – 1 Oct 1955
married Inez Watson
v. Benjamin Franklin Harris 4 Dec 1901 –
married Evelyn Gentry
d. Susan Elizabeth Harris 1847 – 18 Dec 1863 of diphtheria
married 1862 Henry H Raspbury or???
married 1862 Daniel Herring
e. Anna J Harris unmarried
f. Della Lawrence Harris 9 June 1861 – 5 Sept 1947
married 28 Dec 1881 Lemuel Edmund DeBerry
son of Lemuel James Deberry and wife Catherine
i. Archie Addison DeBerry 13 Nov 1882 – 29 Aug 1954
married 28 Sept 1915 Maude Parrish
dau of Luther T Parrish of Richmond VA
ii. Elizabeth Stanton DeBerry 2 Feb 1884 – 26 July 1912 unmarried
iii. Thomas Hamlin DeBerry 9 June 1886 – 2 Sept 1951
married 31 March 1928 Marie Winnicke dau of Oscar
iv. Herman Milford DeBerry 12 Nov 1888 –
married 1 April 1914 Connie Weeks
v. Early Lawrence DeBerry 21 March 1892 –
married 11 May 1924 Mattie LeNeave
dau of James Harper LeNeave of LaGrange NC
vi. Naomi Harris Deberry 14 April 1895 –
married 5 Feb 1913 Albert Jackson Green
son of James Leonard Green
3. John Thomas Lawrence 22 Apr 1822 – 21 Feb 1898
Baptist
married Halifax Co ca 31 Dec 1845 Ann Rosanna Allen 1 June 1829 – 25 Nov 1872
John T. Lawrence to Ann R. Allen, bond dated 31 December 1845.
dau of Col. Daniel B Allen & his wife Lucretia Faulcon of Warren Co NC
a. Josephus Faulcon Lawrence 1 Mar 1847 – 23 May 1922
married 15 Oct 1873 Emily Ann Whitehead
b. Mary Lucretia Lawrence 13 April 1849 – 7 July 1925
married 22 April 1873 Noah Biggs
c. Martha Allen Lawrence 1850 – 1907
married 1871 Capt. Whitmel Hill Anthony d 1 Nov 1904
son of Col Whitmel Hill Anthony & wife Charity Barnes of Halifax Co
i. Whitmel Hill Anthony III 6 Nov 1872 – 7 Nov 1951
married 4 Mar 1899 Josephine Jones
ii. Margaret Childress Anthony
iii. Elizabeth Lawrence Anthony
iv. Katherine Gregory Anthony
v. Evelyn Josephine Anthony
vi. Nan Elliott Anthony
vii. John Allen Anthony 11 Nov 1876 – 2 April 1943 Florence SC
married 11 Nov 1902 Bessie Lee Riddick
d. Sarah E Lawrence 31 Oct 1852 – 2 June 1853
e. John Duke Lawrence 3 June 1854 – 19 Dec 1937 Halifax Co
married 21 Jan 1881 Mary [Molly] Edwards d. 24 Jan 1953
f. William James Lawrence 7 Oct 1856 – 8 Oct 1874
g. Christopher B Allen Lawrence 4 Dec 1858 – 31 Dec 1937 San Antonio TX
married 22 Sept 1886 Marie Antoinette Manford d 1911
married 20 Mar 1913 Blanche Secrest [Snaverly]
h. George Powell Lawrence 2 Jan 1861 – 22 Aug 1889 Luling TX unmarried
i. Lellie Whitten Lawrence 26 Dec 1862 – 2 Sept 1921
married 4 April 1884 James Monroe Tillery d 7 Sept 1923
j. Ida Dandridge Lawrence 28 Sept 1864 – 15 Jan 1866
k. Ada Alston Lawrence 23 Nov 1867 – 29 Aug 1917
married 8 Jan 1890 Joseph Ranson Holliday d 20 Jan 1930
he had married 2nd 5 April 1921 Elizabeth Eleanor Cherry
l. Daniel Allen Lawrence 13 June 1869 – 2 Jan 1938 Sinton TX
married 1st Hattie Clark d. 30 July 1905 no issue
married 25 May 1911 Constance Evelyn Saum of Strasbury VA
family moved to TX in 1912
married 3rd 1922 Clara Frances Beaty, widow
m. Robert Edwin Lawrence 22 Oct 1872 – 14 Dec 1874
married 2nd 20 May 1875 Lucy V Coppedge died 15 Nov 1915 no issue
4. William Josephus Lawrence 5 Feb 1824 – 21 Sept 1856
married 20 Mar 1851 Annie Felicia Shields d 4 March 1857
dau Charles C. Shields and Felicia Norfleet Young, Halifax Co
Bible entry: William G Lawrence and Galithia Ann Shields were married 20 March 1850
a. Mary Imagen Lawrence 28 Jan 1852 –
b. Olivia Norfleet Lawrence 31 July 1853 – 7 June 1925
married 18 Dec 1877 William Owen McDowell
son of Dr. Archibald McDowell of Murfreesboro
i. Charles Lawrence McDowell 9 Oct 1878 -16 June 1938
married 12 Dec Anna Maria Kitchin
ii. Archibald McDowell 7 May 1880 – 3 June 1897
iii. William Herbert McDowell 17 Dec 1882 –
married 25 Dec 1912 Emily Sawyer Biggs
iv. Harry Lee McDowell 14 Nov 1889 – 12 Oct 1918
married 11 Oct 1918 Dorothy Marion Dunn d 10 Jan 1933
v. James Allison McDowell 3 June 1894 –
married 23 June 1920 Mary B Ashcraft no issue
vi. Norfleet Owen McDowell 4 Mar 1897 –
married 23 Oct 1922 Margaret Joyner
c. Charlie Thomas Lawrence 21 March 1855 – 21 April 1903
married Annie Rebecca Camp 24 May 1860 – 12 Jan 1914
daughter of James Oscar Camp and Carrie Virginia Jackson
i. Annie O. Lawrence 4 Nov 1879 – 20 June 1882
ii. William Oscar Lawrence 30 Dec 1880 – 8 Sept 1950
married 17 April 1907 Kate Dunn 24 May 1885 – 11 Nov 1969
daughter of William Arrington Dunn and Kate Speed
1. John Elmore Lawrence
2. William Oscar Lawrence Jr
iii. Blanche Lawrence 2 Aug 1882 – 19 Feb 1950
married 29 Oct 1902 Dr. Joseph Powell Wimberley 4 Nov 1876 – 14 Aug 1942
1. Joseph Powell Wimberley
iv. Charles Thomas Lawrence, Jr 4 May 1885 – 19 Sept 1947
married 10 June 1907 Eliza Tripp Shaw 6 May 1886 – 7 July 1949
daughter of Robert Bonner Shaw and Eliza Tripp.
1. Charles Thomas Lawrence III, MD
2. John Graham Lawrence
3. Ann Bonner Lawrence
v. Carrie Lawrence 30 June 1889 – 14 Dec 1979
married Alvin Paul Kitchin of Scotland Neck
vi. Oliva Norfleet Lawrence 3 Nov 1891 – 21 Nov 1961
married 3 Feb 1915 Sam Arrington Dunn of Scotland Neck
vii. James Shields Lawrence 18 Dec 1899 – 20 Aug 1956
married Jule O’Brian
5. Mary Elizabeth Lawrence 20 Feb 1826 – 16 Feb 1905 Water Valley MS
married Halifax Co 25 Jan 1860 William Ruthven Avent [2nd wife]
son of Benjamin W Avent of Wilmington
– they then removed to Water Valley MS
William R. Avent to M.E. Lawrence, bond dated 14 January 1860,
marriage took place 25 January 1860
| a. Elizabeth [Bessie] Imogene Avent April 1862 – 1935 Natchez MS married 12 March 1882 Charles Patton Shaw of Water Valley, MS son of John i Willie Shaw ii. Lawrence Shaw iii. Lillian Shaw married Best Vincent Rebecca J Hardy of Halifax Co NC William Avent to Rebecka J. Hervey, bond dated 25 July 1848 a. Eddie Ruthven Avent 8 July 1849 – 8 May 1919 b. John Lawrence Avent 12 April 1851 – 28 Dec 1934 Grenada MS c. Alice Winifred Avent 6 Aug 1854 – married T A Hale of Water Valley |
| Sally,I was thrilled to find your web site. My great grandmother was Elizabeth Imogene Avent. She was married to Charles Patton Shaw, and they had moved from Water Valley, MS to Natchez, MS where Charley owned CP Shaw and Company. It was an iron foundry on the Mississippi River. Elizabeth or Bessie as she was known in the Shaw family was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Lawrence. One of her sons was named Lawrence Shaw, and I now know why he had that name. My father’s name was Carl Oliver Shaw and Bessie, his grandmother, helped raise him after his father, Willie Shaw, was killed. Bessie and Charlie’s house on Linten Avenue in Natchez is still as beautiful as it was when they lived in it. Her son, Lawrence, had her committed to the state mental institution in Jackson, MS. and when my father went to see her she told him where she had hidden her wedding ring. She told my dad she wanted him to get it and keep it. She also instructed him to never tell the family he had it. My dad found her ring. Bessie’s son and daughter looked everywhere for her ring but my dad never told them he had it. When I got married 40 years ago he gave me her ring to use as my wedding ring. I have worn that ring for 40 years, and I feel such a connection to Bessie. It is inscribed on the inside with Charley to Bessie March 12,1882. I have a daughter named Avent that one day will get the ring. Just as an extra tidbit…My brother, Billy Shaw (William Lewis Shaw) was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1999. Once again thanks for posting the information. Mary Elizabeth (Shaw) Blakeney 7626 Caney Fork Road Fairview, TN 37062 |
b. Mary Avent June 1864 – 24 March 1944 Oklahoma City OK
married William S Cook of Water Valley MS and moved to Oklahoma City
i. Ehren Cooke
married Dr. S E Frierson
ii. Louise Susann Cooke
married 1st A G Elfut
married 2nd John [Jack] Ford
iii. William Hiram Cooke
drowned 4 July 1933 Oklahoma City OK
6. Sarah Imogene Lawrence 27 Feb 1831 – 24 May 1891
married 21 May 1865 David Crockett Gatling 1834/8 – [2nd wife]
son of David M. Gatling and Mildred “Milly” Jenkins ca 1810 –
David Gatlin to S.J. Lawrence, bond dated 1 May 1865,
marriage took place 21 May 1865.
David Crockett Gatling married 1st Molly S Harris 1838 – ca 1865
a. Edward Powell [Eddie] Gatling ca 14 Sept 1869 –
b. William Lawrence [Willie] Gatling 15 Sep 1871 –
married 3 Nov 1895 Julia Gray Gatling ca 1875 – Oct 1962 Detroit Mich div.
dau of Thomas H Gatling
i. Lucy Gray Gatling Aug 1896 –
ii.Frances Porter Gatling 13 May 1899 –
married Hansel Dwight Wilson
Julia m 2nd Frederick Annin Moore
and had Francis Moore and Frederick A Moore ca 1910
married Mary Bertha Arrowood
i. Maude Wilmot Gatling
married Wilfred Bellinger Boney
line of Mot
ii. William Lawrence Gatling Jr 12 Sept 1910 – 5 March 1989
married 30 June 1932 Clover Morrison Holly
1. Clover Priscilla Gatling 10 Sept 1933 – 31 Oct 1978
2. Leeds Holly Gatling e-mail
3. William Lawrence Gatling III
7. James Hiram Lawrence 8 Aug 1833 – 14 Dec 1907
buried Episcopal Cemetery in Scotland Neck
married Nash Co 1 May 1856 Mary N Brady 2 Feb 1836 – 29 May 1869
dau of Solomon T Braddy and Eliza Taylor [reported in The Southerner]
a. Edwin Cheshire Lawrence 22 Feb 1859 – 12 Jan 1865
b. Mary Lawrence 16 Aug 1867 – 15 Feb 1916
married Rufus C. Lassiter no issue.
c. James N. Lawrence 9 Apr 1869 – 21 Aug 1869
married 2nd Mary Biggs 1837 – 1877
dau of Joseph D Biggs and Elizabeth Davis of Martin County
a. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Davis Lawrence 8 Dec 1872 – 12 Sept 1950
married 23 Nov 1892 Eugene Thomas Whitehead
b. Landon Z. Lawrence ca 1874 – 16 Nov 1894 killed in Lula MS
c. Robert Lee Lawrence ca 1875 – 3 Nov 1895 in California
d. Louisa Biggs Lawrence ca 1877 – ca 1896 at the age of nineteen
married 8 Nov 1882 Ann E [Minnie] Montague 21 Jan 1843 – 29 Aug 1916 no issue
dau of Dr. H. W. Montague and Ann E Jones of Wake County
8. Charity F Lawrence 6 May 1836 – 28 Dec 1872 Arkadelphia AK
married Halifax Co 5 March 1867 Lafayette L Moore of Enfield
son of David Moore [d. Halifax Co ca 1844] and Eliza Harvey
L.L. Moore to Sarah Kimball, bond dated 17 July 1848.
Lafayette L. Moore to Charity F. Lawrence,
bond dated 16 Feb 1857, marriage took place 5 March 1857.
| e-mail: Late last night I found that Lafayette L. Moore was son of David Moore who died in Halifax County about 1844. I have not pursued it further than that. I recall that there were a number of orphans of David Moore, Lafayette being one. There was a large Moore family between Scotland Neck and Enfield. One of the early ancestors was Alfred Moore, and there were lots of children and grandchildren. The old home still stands, and there is a small cemetery, but without many stones. David Gammon – 30 Mar 05 David Moore to Eliza Harvey, bond dated 19 Sept 1822. (Parents of Lafayette) From the Court Records of Halifax County: James D. Matthews was appointed guardian of Lafayette L., John H., Gideon T., Peyton P., and Margarett K. Moore, all orphans of David Moore, deceased, August Court 1844. Of these, Gideon T. Moore must have died young in 1847. Portland Whitehead to Margaret K. Moore, bond dated 20 February 1850. From: Lynda AlgeeSent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:13 AM |
Subject: genealogy research
I came across your wonderful website last night and wonder if you may be able to help me. On your page about Jesse Powell, I found a brief paragraph about Lafeyette Moore, and his father, David Moore, who died. It shows that Lafayette’s brothers and sisters were put in the custody of James D. Matthews when David died in 1844. My interest in this excerpt is that Margarette Moore, L.L.’s sister, married Portland C. Whitehead. Portland is the GG Grandfather in the family I am researching. His parents have been VERY elusive and we still cannot find their names or anything about them. Portland and Margaret had children (James D., Gideon, Peyton, William, Theodore, Paul, and Silas). I noticed many of their children’s names matched her brother’s names. Portland and his brother and sister were put under the guardianship of uncles (each to a different one) around 1828. . . . Lynda Algee
a. Sarah Moore
married Harry Lyner of Water Valley MS
b. James Moore 1866 Coffeeville MS – moved to Woodson TX
c. John Moore ca 1868 – bef 1933
d. Willie Moore ca 1870 – lived in New Orleans
ref: a Lawrence family history compiled by Dennis Holiday in 1956
Notes from David B Gammon