Person:William Dawson (34)

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William received a Spanish residence permit on 23 Aug 1803 from Gov. Carlos de Grand Pré for 640 acres in West Florida, in what is now East Feliciana Parish.^{S2, S3} He and his family lived on and cultivated the land until 1813, when they were "forcibly driven out by lawless men" and fled to Pickneyville, in adjacent Wilkinson County, Mississippi.^S3 He attempted (unsuccessfully) to reclaim his land in 1826.^S4

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Louisiana Genealogical Register. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society)
   25 (Jun 1978): 156-57.

   "Dawson Family Bible"

2.   United States Congress. American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, in Relation to the Public Lands: From the First Session of the First Congress to the First Session of the Twenty-Third Congress, March 4, 1789, to June 15, 1834. 4v. (Washington, DC: Printed by Duff Green, 1834)
   Vol. 3, p. 63.
3.   United States General Land Office. Automated Records Project
   Tract Book 1, p. 51 (Greensburg Dist.).

   Wlliam Dawson entry, Sect. 17; Louisiana State Land Office online database

4.   Patin, Sallie Morrison. Our Dawson Kin. (Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States|Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Author, 1980).