| Birth: | 17 AUG 1789 in Lewisburg, Union, PA |
| Death: | 31 AUG 1879 in San Marcos, Hays, TX |
| Sex: | M |
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| Cherokee Hawkins (Wife) b. 16 MAR 1805 in Georgia |
| Marriage: 10 AUG 1819 in Jones Co., GA |
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 William Emory Lawshe b. 29 OCT 1822 in Bibb Co., GA
- Lewis Madison Lawshe b. 27 MAR 1826 in Bibb Co., GA
- Georgia Ann Virginia Lawshe b. 31 JAN 1831 in Bibb Co., GA
- Joseph Hawkins Lawshe b. 24 AUG 1833
- Jeffersonia Elizabeth Lawshe b. 9 JAN 1836 in Bibb Co., GA
 James Francis Lawshe b. 9 DEC 1838 in Bibb Co., GA
- Ellen A.R. Lawshe b. 5 OCT 1843 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, MS
- Mary C. Lavinia Lawshe b. 5 OCT 1843 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, MS
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The Lawshe Cemetery is located on the hill east of Burney Lawshe's home toward Water Valley. Lewis Madison served in the War of 1812 as 2nd Lieut. in Captain Barker's Company, 42n Regiment of US Infantry. Served in both Seminole Indian Wars under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and under General Patterson in the Florida Indian war. Promoted to Captain in 1817. Moved to Georgia in 1818. Married in 1819, and moved to Water Valley, MS in 1839. When Ulysses S. Grant occupied Water Valley and burned his home, his net worth went from a quarter-million dollars to nothing over-night. He then set his slaves free. He was 75 years-old, but went to Virginia and fought through the Second Battle of Manassas. Lewis Lawshe moved from Georgia in 1839 and bought a 640 acre farm in Water Valley, Yalobusha City, Mississippi, owned in 1973 by R.B. Lawshe. He later moved to San Marcos, Texas to live with his daughter, Mary, and died there. A Lawshe cemetery in Water Valley is overgrown, and attempts to locate it in 1998 failed. He died at the residence of his son-in-law, Dr. Woods ... was the oldest inhabitant of this vicinity. Be lived to have been the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in the State of Texas. San Marcos, Texas Free Press 6 Sep 1879.
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