My great great greatfather is James B. Lawson, born 12 Feb 1813 in North Carolina and died 13 January 1889 in Illinois. He married Delilah Partlow in Rush County, Indiana in 1839 and she was born 12 November 1821 and died 5 September 1875 in Illinois. There are those who believe that John's father was a Moses Lawson but I have not been able to prove this.