Miranda Lawson

Miranda was born in 1862 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Miranda's father was Newton Lawson and her mother was Ellender Or Ellen Gilbert.  Her paternal grandparents were Hennus Lawson and Jailey. She had six brothers and five sisters, named Wilkerson Or Wilkes, Solomon, William, John B., James, George W., Louisa, Allie Jane, Nancy, Mary L. and Orlena.  She was the fifth oldest of the twelve children.