Jettie Ellen Lawson was born on August 23, 1900 to James Franklin Lawson (April 2, 1864 - May 24, 1939) and Nancy Josephine Hart (July 27, 1866 - January 12, 1902). They married on June 12, 1886 in Whitley County, Kentucky. Jettie Ellen Lawson's mother, Nancy Josephine dies when she is only 14 months old. According to the Bible of Rev. Jesse G. Carr Jettie Ellen Lawson was born in Wilton, KY. Wilton is in Knox County but she lists Whitley County as where she was born. James Frank Lawson and Nancy Josephine Hart Lawson are buried at the Dowis Chapel Cemetery at Dowis Chapel. in Knox County.. ALL of this Lawson Family information has been provided by Dianne Carter. I think Dianne has extensive research on the Lawson line. She has been a tremendous help.
Her paternal grandfather was Sampson David Lawson.
Her paternal great grandfather is Nathan Lawson.
Jettie Ellen Lawson's mother was Nancy Josephine Hart She was a descendant of Peter and James Hart of Virginia and North Carolina. Jettie Ellen Lawson's maternal grandparents were Thomas W. Hart and Mary "Polly" Terrell. (Born December 10, 1828.). Thomas W. Hart and Mary "Polly" Terrell were married on September 10, 1846 in Knox County, KY. Thomas W. Hart was born in 1827 in Meadow Creek in Whitley County, KY. He died on May 8, 1895 in Whitley County and is buried in the Mackey Cemetery at Flat Lick, Kentucky in Knox County. He served in Company K 47th Infantry and Company D KY MTD Vol Civil War. The 1850 Knox County Census shows him at an approximate age of 25. The 1880 census shows him living in Whitley County, Kentucky with an approximate age of 55. Thomas W. Hart married a second time to Rachael K. Rogers on August 13, 1885. in Knox County, KY. Eleven children were born to Thomas W. Hart and Mary "Polly" Terrell. Their names are as follows: Permelia Jane Hart (born July 7, 1847 in Knox County, KY), Sarah F. Hart (born April 8, 1849 in Rockhold in Whitley County, KY, Lydia Narcissus Hart (born 1851 in Knox County, KY), M. A. Judah Hart (born September 11, 1851 in Whitley County, KY), Rebecca C. Hart (born 1854 in Knox County, KY), James L.M.C. "Lank" Hart (born January 22, 1858 in Whitley County, Kentucky), Henry M. Hart (born July 4, 1861 in KY), Sarah Ellen Hart (born September 1863 in Knox County, KY), Nancy Josephine Hart (born 1865 in KY....this is Jettie Ellen Lawson Carr's grandmother), Mahala Cordelia Hart (born June 18, 1869 in KY), and Mary Elizabeth "Millie" Hart (born September 1872 in Whitley County, KY).
Jettie Ellen Lawson's maternal great grand parents (parents of Thomas W. Hart) were John Hart (born February 20, 1780 in Montgomery, now Grayson County, Virginia. Date of death is August 18, 1855 in Meadow Creek, Whitley County, KY and is buried in Stanfield (Old Hart Cemetery) on Meadow Creek, Whitley County, KY.) and Permilia Morgan (born about 1783). John and Permilia married about 1800 probably in Grayson County, VA. John Hart's residence in the 1850 Census is listed as Whitley County, KY and shows his age as approximately 71. John's wife Permilia Morgan was born about 1783 and died about 1829/1830 possibly in Sullivan County, Indiana. John and Permilia Hart had twelve children: Permelia Hart born about 1800/1802 in North Carolina, William Morgan Hart born May 5, 1804 in Cumberland River and Patterson Creek, Knox County, KY, Rachael Hart born about 1806 in Patterson Creek, Whitley County, KY, Peter Hart born about 1808 in Patterson Creek, Knox County, KY., Andrew Hash Hart born March 25, 1809 in Patterson Creek, Knox County, KY., Hannah Hart born about 1812 in Patterson Creek, Knox County, KY., Joseph Hart born about 1814 in Patterson Creek, Knox County, KY., James Daniel Hart born about 1815 in Patterson Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, (male) Hart, born about 1818 in Patterson Creek, Knox County, KY., Sabra Jane Hart born about 1820 in Patterson Creek, WHITLEY COUNTY, KY., John Preston Hart born December 24, 1825 in Meadow Creek, Whitley County, KY., and Thomas W. Hart born about 1827 in Meadow Creek, Whitley County, KY.
Jettie Ellen Lawson's maternal great great grand parents were Peter Hart(born about 1740 and died about 1814/1820 on Prathers Creek, Ashe County presently Allegheny County, North Carolina ) and Dority (Dolly) Cantor (born about 1745 and died about 1814/1820 in Ashe County, North Carolina. They married in mid 1760's and had seven children. It's 2:30AM and the only one I am going to list is of course Jettie Ellen Lawson's maternal great grandfather John Hart..
Jettie Ellen Lawson's maternal great great grand parents were William Morgan and Mary ?
Jettie Ellen Lawson: Parents = James Franklin and Nancy Josephine Hart Lawson
Nancy Josephine Hart Lawson. Jettie Ellen Carr's Mother.
Paternal grandfather is Sampson David Lawson
Paternal great grandfather is Nathan Lawson.
Maternal grand parents are Thomas W. Hart and Mary "Polly" Terrell.
Maternal great grand parents are John Hart and Permilia Morgan.
Maternal great great grand parents are Peter Hart and Dority "Dolly" Cantor.
Other set of maternal great great grand parents are William and Mary Morgan.
