Brief Life History of Benjamin Themistocles Dion
When Benjamin Themistocles Dion Lawton was born on 22 December 1782, in St Peter's Parish, Jasper, South Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Lawton, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Jaudon Robert, was 27. He married Jane Mosse on 16 June 1803, in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 18 April 1846, in Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Themistocles Dion Lawton - Individual or family possessions: birth: 22 December 1792; Plantation, Jefferson, Virginia, United States
- Benjamin Themistocles Dion Lawton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Benjamin Lawton in entry for Mary J. Lawton, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name, from Church Lawton in Cheshire, which is recorded as Lautune in 1086. The placename derives from Old English hlāw ‘mound, hill’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
variant of Laughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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