Person:Jefferson Dawson (2)

1850 Bath County, Kentucky census 24 471 471 Jefferson Dawson 26 M W Farming 5400 Ky 25 471 471 Eliza Dawson 20 F W Ky 26 471 471 Mary P Dawson 2 M W Ky 27 471 471 John W Dawson 11/12 M W Ky

From: StarrZahn@@aol.com Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 17:39:46 EDT Subject: Dawson family To: dw@@qni.com

I am new at this. However I am a descendent of Jefferson and Eliza Dawson and have a lot of information I could give you. Are we related? Please let me know. It was so strange to find someone with this information on the internet. Sandra (Zahn) Dawson

From: StarrZahn@@aol.com Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 22:59:36 EDT Subject: Re: Dawson family To: dw@@qni.com

This is really exciting. We are indeed related! I have a LOT of information you need. I have a scanner and if you like will try to scan some of what I have. First I have to figure out how to attach etc. I'm new at this. In the meantime here goes some of it:

I am descended from Jefferson Jr.'s brother John William. That means that we are both descended from Jefferson Dawson and Eliza Rice (my great great grandparents). They are buried in Owingsville. I have visited their graves many times, though I live in Louisiana now. The name Jefferson was also Eliza's father's name, which is quite a coincidence.

Jefferson Rice m. Nancy Richards April 9 1829 (Nancy was 16: b. 3 Nov 1813 in Owingsville) They had 10 children. I have all their names, births, deaths, marriages etc.) One of these was Eliza. She was born 4 May 1830 and died 1 June 1913, living to be 83. I had an Aunt who actually remembered going to Owingsville to her funeral when she was a little girl! This will really get you: I have a letter that Jefferson Rice wrote to his wife in 1840 when he was taking a drove of hogs across the mountains to sell in Virginia! I also have Jefferson Rice traced back 5 generations.

When Eliza was 16 she married Jefferson Dawson and they had 9 children. The last child George was born when Eliza was 47. Jefferson was born in 1862 and married Mary Warner(that's right you know this!) There is a fascinating book (I have a copy someplace) on the history of Bath County. You would really enjoy reading it. Owingsville also put out a centennial edition of their newspaper and it has quite a lot of history in it. The Dawsons are mostly buried in Owingsville though I have seen some graves on private land outside Owingsville when I was little, though I'm not sure where. My mother also grew up in Owingsville and married my father Lewis Dawson(he is now deceased). She is 90 and in a nursing home near me. She has a very sharp mind and can remember lots of details about Owingsville and the people. I love the place. It feels like home to me. Where do you live? Since we're cousins of sorts I think it would be appropriate to shareI am 50 and live in Breaux Bridge La. where I teach school. I have three daughters (11 to 23). Write me back. I feel like I'm rambling on. Zahn Dawson Burdick

1. ↑ Letter to Darrell Warner from Sandra (Zahn) Dawson e-mail: StarrZahn@@aol.com.
2. ↑ Research done and information looked up by Darrell Warner. 1858 Bath County, Kentucky birth certificate of his daughter Emily F. Dawson.
3. ↑ Census Year: 1850 State: Kentucky County: Bath Division: 1st District Reel no: M432-191 Page no: 88A.