Children:
La6-1 James Brown Lawrence (1790- by 1828).
La6 Urith Owings Lawrence (1791 - 1854).
La6-3 Benjamin II Lawrence (1795-1874) m 17 AUG 1818 Susanna Dorsey Howard b 13 DEC 1803 in Maryland d 12 NOV 1854 in Louisville dau of Thomas Worthington Howard b c 1778 in Maryland
and Ruth Snowden Dorsey b c 1784
La6-3-1 Benjamin Howard Lawrence b 25 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co KY m 3 NOV 1847 Selena Ormsby Gray b: 1830 in Jefferson Co KY
La6-3-1-1 Elizabeth Gray Lawrence b 1848 in Louisville, Jefferson Co
La6-3-1-2 Elias Lawrence b 1853 in Louisville, Jefferson Co
La6-3-1-3 Benjamin Howard Lawrence b 1855 in Louisville, Jefferson Co
La6-4 Elhannon or Elbannon Lawrence (1797-1798).
La6-5 Elias Dorsey Lawrence (1 Aug 1799- 18 June 1828).
La6-6 Washington Lawrence (1800-1801).
Samuel Lawrence La7 arrived at Louisville on 12 May 1799, with his
family from Baltimore County, Maryland, according to the Benjamin Lawrence
Bible.
The family tradition says he came first, and his father shortly
afterwards.
His home was what later was Douglas Station - at the west outskirts
of Middletown, Kentucky.
He and his wife and an old slave, Simon, were buried on the hillside
on the South side of the State Pike, on the high ground made by cutting
the ground for the old Louisville and Interurban Rail Road which ran to
LaGrange and Shelbyville, Kentucky (Note by Ni3-5 "not clear; probably
means that the high ground at the graves remained undisturbed when the
railway cut was made, later on, through ground immediately ..." more likely
meant that higher ground was piled up with the ground from the excavation
for the tracks. ).
Some years later, the Interurban was discontinued, and the State Pike
widened. The grave yard was removed and the two Lawrance bodies were re-buried
in the Brown Grave Yard on the old Midland Trail (Brown’s Lane) opposite
the old James Brown house, owned by John Monohan.
The remains of Simon, the old slave, who drove the family through Cumberland
Gap to Kentucky when they came from Maryland, was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
This burial was said to be authorized by Annie Stuart Anderson, a descendant
of the Lawrences but was not approved by all the family of descendants,
as some of them were not consulted.
The Nicholas family was not consulted.
The above information was given Mrs. Nicholas (Ni3-5) by Nellie Galt
and Mrs. Wm. Meade Brown.
The following inscriptions were copied from the box grave lids, in the stone enclosure before the graves were removed from the original location on the old Lawrence place:
Sacred
to the memory of
Samuel Lawrence Cap
who departed this life
on the 17th of Sept.A.D.1822
Aged
57 years, 11 mo & 19 da' s.
Sacred
to the memory of
Sarah Lawrence
Consort of Samuel Lawrence
who departed this life
Sept. 19, 1828
in the 59th year of her age.
There was another stone, like a headstone, in this graveyard inscribed:-
"As a memorial of their affectionate regards for a kind and indulgent father
This tomb is placed over his remains by his children.”
Simon was said to be buried at the feet of his master and mistress.
This record was made by Mrs. Nicholas (Ni3-5)
They brought the blue willow Canton china, of which Mrs. Nicholas
(Ni3-5) has a plate and a saucer. Sarah Thruston Hughes had a small chest
of drawers which they are said to have brought also.
Sources:
Original tomb stones.
Lawrence Bible owned by Mrs. E.L. Shawler, St. Matthews, Ky. Family
records collected by Mrs. Nicholas in her files.
Appendix - La7.
The Marriages of the children of Samuel Lawrence and his wife,
Sarah Hobbs, and other dates:
La6 Urith Owings Lawrence.
Born: 1791, June 27.
Married: 1809, September 25 or 28, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Died: 1854, January 2.
Buried in Brown Grave Yard,
aged 69 yrs - 2 mo. 21 da.
She married James Brown III (Br6.7).
La6-2 Benjamin Lawrence.
Born: 1793, September 7. Died: 1794, August 24.
La6-3. Benjamin Lawrence.
Born: 1795, August 7. Died: 1874, March 5, aged 72 years
10 months.
La6-4. Elbanon Lawrence.
, Born: 1797, November 23. Died: 1798 September
12.
La6-5. Elias Lawrence. '
Born: 1799, August 1. Died:Wednesday, June 18 1828 in his
29th year.
La6-6. Washington Lawrence.
Born: 1800, Dec. 3. Died: 1801, July 31.
These Birth Records were copied from Ls.wrenoe Family Bible by Cousin Urath Galt