Notes for William LAWRENCE
Source(Rebecca Hitzman)
1770- Resided in Guilford Co., NC
1788- Resided in Sumner Co., TN
1799- "Henderson Co., KY", by Starling
On Tuesday, the 2nd day of July, 1799, the first Court of Criminal Common Law and chancery jurisdiction, held its sitting in the village of Henderson, the presiding Justices being Gen. Samuel Hopkins, Abraham Landers and Hugh Knox, Esq. Thus for the first time, Law with its imposing ceremony asserted its power and authority in this then the extreme western county along the Ohio River. William B. Blackburn and Robert Coleman, Esq., bearing with them commissions as attorneys-at-law in the Courts of the Commonwealth, took office and were admitted to practise in the Henderson court. The court then proceeded to appoint a Commonwealth Attorney for this county. The vote was taken by ballot and William B. Blackburn, receiving a majority vote was declared elected. A grand jury was then impaneled, consisting of the following names: Andrew Burke(foreman), Edward Hopkins, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, William Gates, Thomas Housley, David Johnson, JOHN LAWRENCE, Thomas Smith, John Slover, John McCombs, Isham Sellers, Ezra Owens, Jacob Upp, Warner Buck, William Wells, Sherwood Hicks and Rowlin Hues. These gentlemen being sworn, a grand jury of inquest, for the body of the county, received their charge and retired to consider of their presentments. Where they retired is not known...for there were no buildings at that time, the court room itself, being a miserable log hut, with only two openings...
1803- William Lawrence received a grant of 316 acres on Jan. 2, 1803, in Muhlenberg, KY on Cypress Creek.
1805- Moved family to Union Co., IL. He ran a distillery according to receipts, license, and taxes paid.
1806- Blockhouse built for protection in Union Co., IL on land William Lawrence first settled in 1806, centered the corner of the NE quarter of Section 31, Township 13 south.
1810- Randolph Co., IL Wilkenson Township
W. Laurence 3m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m 16-26, 1m 26-45, 2f -10, 2f 10-16, 1f 26-45
1813- September 13, IL. granted a license to keep a tavern and entertain travelers in his house.
1814- September 30: Settled the Estate of Samuel Worthington.
1815- Operating a mill in IL.- Johnson Co., Court Records. ordered several men to map the best road from Vienna to this mill.
1816- February: Issued tavern license "History of Johnson Co., IL"
1816- Johnson Co., IL wills Book1
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