Monday, October 27, 2008


Richard Jeptha VanValkenburg Biography Short from http://www.memoriallibrary.com.
Peter Lawley's father was John Lawley, born in 1750, in Craven, NC and his mother was Mary VonCannon. This is from a post at Lawley Family Gen Forum and again at Lawley Family Gen Forum
Note: From genforum--LDS FHC film no 1697370; item no 10 contains family history of Mary VonCannon Lawley.

Peter and Rebecca Lawley

At the Tuscaloosa County, Alabama GenWeb website I found information about the Peter and Rebecca Lawley Family. Here are transcripts from gravesites at the Old Liberty Church Cemetery in Coker, Alabama.

John, son of Peter and Rebecca Lawley, April 1,1836 -September 17, 1857, age 21 years, 5 months and 17 days

Wm. P. son of Peter and Rebecca Lawley, December 24,1830 -February 19,1851, age 20 years, 1 month and 25 days

Peter Lawley, November 16,1803 -April 24, 1858, age 54 years, 5 months and 19 days

Mary Lawley (this is Peter Lawley's mother Mary VonCannon), July 13,1760 -July 3,1852, age 91 years, 11 months and 20 days