Lawson Fox: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Lawson Fox (son of Carroll Lawson Fox and Mildred Perryman).
Lawson — Betsy. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Carroll Lawson Fox was born Abt 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Tilmon Grady Bascom Fox and Aura Rebecca Lawson); died 7 Mar 2009.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 202.

Carroll — Mildred Perryman. Mildred (daughter of Perryman) died Bef 7 Mar 2009. [Group Sheet]

3.
Mildred Perryman (daughter of Perryman); died Bef 7 Mar 2009.
Children:

1. Lawson Fox

Shauna Fox

Generation: 3

Tilmon Grady Bascom Fox was born 17 Jul 1892, Tennessee (son of Tilman Grady Fox and Martha Lawson); died 1 Jul 1974; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

SMHS lists birth year as 1891.
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Reference:
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 202.
J. R. McKenzie, Jr., Jrmckenz@flas.net, 25 July 1998.

Tilmon married Aura Rebecca Lawson 22 Dec 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee. Aura (daughter of Richard West Lawson and Mary Manerva King) was born 11 Dec 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1977; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Aura Rebecca Lawson was born 11 Dec 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Richard West Lawson and Mary Manerva King); died 12 Jun 1977; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

SMHS lists birth year as 1897.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 248.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 202.

Children:

Grady Bascom Fox, Jr. was born 16 Nov 1922, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Mar 2017; was buried 19 Mar 2017, Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Aura Eileen Fox was born Abt 1924, Tennessee; died 21 May 1980; was buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Carroll Lawson Fox was born Abt 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Mar 2009.
Melvin Dale Fox was born 10 Aug 1929, Tennessee.

6.
Perryman
Children:

3. Mildred Perryman died Bef 7 Mar 2009.

Dorothy Perryman

Generation: 4

Tilman Grady Fox was born 14 Feb 1831, Tennessee (son of William Fox and Rebecca Dickey); died 28 Apr 1900; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 269.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 301.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 46.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 202, 204, 249, 264.

Tilman — Martha Lawson. Martha (daughter of Rev. James Dunn Lawson and Sarah Jane Burns) was born 14 Jun 1849, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Martha Lawson was born 14 Jun 1849, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. James Dunn Lawson and Sarah Jane Burns); died 21 Feb 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 46.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 249, 204.

Children:

Elizabeth Cornelia Jane Fox, "Lizzie" was born 1 Oct 1879, Tennessee; died 9 Feb 1971; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
William Roscoe Hodgson Fox was born 13 Aug 1881.
Horace Howell Cleveland Fox was born 7 May 1886.
James Lee Taylor Fox was born 24 Nov 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Oct 1957; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Tilmon Grady Bascom Fox was born 17 Jul 1892, Tennessee; died 1 Jul 1974; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Martha "Mattie" Fox was born 3 Nov 1895, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1984; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

10.

Richard West Lawson was born 15 Apr 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Houston "Red Jim" Lawson and Hettie Elizabeth Mattox); died 12 Jun 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 94, 245, 247.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 160.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 293.

Richard married Mary Manerva King 5 Mar 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Henry King and Martha Jane Headrick) was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Mary Manerva King was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Henry King and Martha Jane Headrick); died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 94, 245, 247.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 293.

Children:

John Andrew Lawson was born 23 Feb 1879, South Carolina; died 22 Feb 1956, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
George Henry Lawson was born 28 Nov 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mattie Elizabeth Lawson was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Nancy Ellen Lawson was born 4 Mar 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1957; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
James Daniel Lawson was born 26 Jan 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Melvin Early Lawson was born 15 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1980, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Aura Rebecca Lawson was born 11 Dec 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1977; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.