James Lawrence

  General Notes:

James Lawrence was living with his father at the time of the 1790 US Census. He had one son at the time. James was a Justice in the Wilkes County courts during the 1794-1796 sessions. James and Mary moved to Tennessee about 1809.

JAMES4 Lawrence (THOMAS3, MARGARET PEGGY2, THOMAS1) was born 1766 in Pittsylvania County, VA, and died 1818 in Jefferson County, TN. He married MARY CATE WFT Est 1780-1823.         Children of James Lawrence and Mary Cate are:  i. AMANDA MELVINA Lawrence, born Jefferson County, TN; d. 1905; m. ?, September 26, 1822, St. Clair County, AL..  ii. LUCY ALZIRA Lawrence, born Jefferson County, TN.  iii. REBECCA Lawrence, born Jefferson County, TN; m. ?, April 09, 1826, Jefferson County, TN.  iv. WILLIAM Lawrence, born Jefferson County, TN; d. Abt 1812, Horseshoe Bend, AL, War of 1812.  v. JEREMIAH Lawrence, d. Abt 1812, Horseshoe Bend, AL, War of 1812.  vi. JOHN Lawrence, born 1790, Wilkes County, NC; d. December 17, 1866, Hamblen County, TN; m. ?, June 04, 1822. vii. HENRY M. Lawrence, born Abt 1796, Jefferson County, TN; d. Polk County , AL.  viii. SARAH Lawrence, born Abt 1797, Jefferson County, TN; d. Abt 1860, Cherokee County, AL; m. ?, December 27, 1813, Jefferson County, TN.  ix. JAMES Lawrence , born February 11, 1799, Jefferson County, TN; d. April 23, 1856, Cherokee County, AL; m. ?, November 30, 1824, Jefferson County, TN.  x. CYNTHIA Lawrence, born Abt 1804, Jefferson County, TN. xi. MARY POLLY Lawrence, born January 25, 1805, Jefferson County, TN; d. September 11, 1882, Cherokee County, AL.  xii. GEORGE WASHINGTON Lawrence, born December 18, 1808, Jefferson County, TN; d. July 18, 1883, Cherokee County, AL; m. ?, March 06, 1838, Jefferson County, TN.

James married on 5 Jan 1790 in Wilkes Co, NC.

James next married Mary Cate, daughter of Charles Cate and Sarah Baldwin, on 5 Jan 1790 in Wilkes Co, NC. (Mary Cate was born about 1768.)