Person

Goldsby Lawson (Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1807?

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Father of Simeon Lawson and Nancy Lawson. Married to Penelope Gatewood Lawson in Hancock County, Kentucky, on December 15, 1840. Father of James Lawson, Patrick Lawson, Martha Lawson, Frederick Lawson, Michael Lawson, and Nina Lawson. Resident of Hancock County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Hancock County in 1840. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Employed Bazil Taylor as a laborer in Hancock County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860, including Hetty Ann [Unknown], Isaac [Unknown], and Amanda Ann [Unknown]. Owned Annie [Unknown] in 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 9.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 288B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 265.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 1010.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 87A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Lewisport Precinct, p. 143B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994037, Hancock County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729.

Citation

Lawson, Goldsby. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209239 (November 12, 2026).

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