I am researching the family of Thomas Lawrence and Lucy Womack. They moved to the Traphill area or Wilkes County in ca 1781. In the 1782 Tax Roll they were listed in the Traphill area with 100 acres of land.They were active in the Roaring River Baptist Church. Thomas Lawrence is last mentioned in the Roaring River Baptist Church minutes in March 1797 and it is probable that he died and was buried in this church cemetery.

I would appreciate any information on this family.
Rebecca Lawrence Wingfield

I, too, am interested in this family, especially their daughter, Mary, who married Thomas LAY.

Rebecca,

Basically, I have very little on the Thomas Lawrence family:

Thomas Lawrence, b.@1733, Richmond County, VA; m.@1754 Lucy WOMACK, in Virginia; d. @1797, Wilkes County, NC. His parents were Tobias PHILLIPS and Margaret LAWRENCE (not married, Margaret was an indentured servant...Tobias had
bought her service after she was shipped to the colonies by a judge in England).

Lucy WOMACK, b.1733, Goochland County, VA, parents were Henry WOMACK and Martha "Patsy" PUCKETT (no info on these folks yet).

Children of Thomas and Lucy:
-William, b.@1755, m. Rachel FULLER 5 May 1785;
-Jesse, b.@1757, m. Sarah SHELTON 5 May 1785;
-Peter, b.@1759, d. 1863, m. Lucy GOODE;
-John, b. 4 Jan 1760, d. 29 Jan 1841, in Georgia;
-Thomas Jr., b.@1762;
-George, b.@1764, d. 26 Aug 1844 in NC, m. Ann Elizabeth BAKER @1787;
-James, b.@1766, m. Mary CATE 5 Jan 1790;
-Mary "Polly", b.1767, d. 24 May 1851 in MO; m. Thomas LAY 25 Feb 1783;
-Henry, b. 12 Jun 1771, m. 1st Winnie MANARD 1789, m. 2nd Lany WINSAT 22 Mar 1813;
-Lucy, b.30 Mar 1773, d. 10 Dec 1859, m. Charles CATE 1797.

As you can see, this is not much. It all came from Isla Cain who lived in MT (she died a couple of years ago). My attention has been focused on other lines for the past several years and I've only just recently started to work on these lines again. Was Thomas Lawrence a Revolutionary War soldier? One of the notes from Isla said that he was, but
I have not been able to confirm that.

The information I have on the Thomas Lay/Mary Lawrence family includes 6 children (Jamison, John, Susannah, William, Lewis, and Thomas)...and not a whole lot on those.
Does any of this match what you have? And can you add to these meager facts?

Many thanks!
Liz

Hi Liz,

Thank you for your response. I have quite a bit of information on the Mary Lawrence & Thomas Lay family. Will be glad to share with you.

What information do you have on Thomas and his son George Washington Lawrence. Also any other information on this family.
Regards
Rebecca

Kendra - thanks for the suggestion. I've checked the DAR Patriot Index, but didn't find him listed. That doesn't mean that he didn't serve, just that no one has joined the DAR based on his service. I can't find anything else on him.

Hi. I am also researching my CATE and MANARD families in Wilkes Co. N.C. My des. are Delila CATE and Gibson MANARD Jr. I have quite a bit on the MANARD family, but not much on the CATE family. Anyway, I noticed you were interested in knowing if your ancestor (Lawrence?) was a rev. war. soldier/patriot. I found my ancestor Lafford French in a N.C. D.A.R at the Genealogy Library. It's been a while since your posting so you may have already looked that up by now. Just thought I'd e-mail you. Hope you don't mind. kendra

Dear Liz:

I too am researching Thomas Lay & Polly Lawrence family line, would love to learn more, do you know who Thomas Lay's parents were or where they came from ?

Dear Liz:

I too am researching Thomas Lay & Polly Lawrence family line, would love to learn more, do you know who Thomas Lay's parents were or where they came from ?

Lila - I don't have any idea the identity of Thomas Lay's parents other than he is supposedly a Jr., so his father would have been Thomas Lay, also. Liz

I have a copy of the book "A Southern Brance of the Lawrence Family. It contains some of the information you asked about on the Lawrences and Lays.

If you will send your questions, I will try to provide some information.