Eliza Lawson

Eliza was born in 1827 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Eliza's father was Banks Lawson and her mother was Thersey Parvin.  Her paternal grandfather was Lawson. She had six brothers and four sisters, named Clem, Palestine, James, Pleasant, Curren, Ambrose, Kay, Elizabeth, Amanda and Jane.  She was the oldest of the eleven children.