In response to this posting, I am a descendant of William Lawson, born in 
Scotland in 1731, and a early resident of Montgomery Co., VA.  He joined 
Daniel Trigg's militia and swore an oath to the state in 1777.  He later moved 
to Russell Co. and sold 345 acres of land on Sugar Run (now part of Pulaski 
County) to Eliazer Cole for 300 pounds and settled on Moccasin Creek in 
Russell Co. (later Scott) where he died in 1826. He is buried at Snowflake, 
Va.   He had sons, William, Jr., and Travis, who can be found on the tax rolls 
of those counties with their father, William.  The son, William Jr., also served 
in the Revolutionary War, entering from Franklin Co., NC. as a sixteen-year-
old.  His pension record is often confused with that of his father, who did not 
apply for a pension. 

There is a great deal of confusion about this William of Montgomery Co. and 
the William Lawson of Halifax Co. who married Jane Banks, according to Halifax 
marriage bonds, on May 28, 1858.  The William of Halifax (also known as Dan 
River Lawsons) and William the Scottish Rebel are often confused and there 
are many erroneous postings showing Jane Banks as wife of the Scottish 
William of Montgomery Co. when in fact she married William Lawson of Halifax 
Co. and they later moved to Hancock County, Georgia, where both William and 
Jane died.

There are several William Lawsons in Virginia at this time and I am currently 
using available documentary evidence to sort them out.  They can get pretty 
confusing.  When I finish this document, I will be happy to post the 
information which will, I believe, clear up some of the confusion surrounding 
the William Lawsons of the Revolutionary War period in Virginia.