Recent Announcements

Leslie Bateson and Ruth Rawls have taken photos of all tombstones that pertain to the Lawton family in the Black Swamp and Bostick cemeteries near Garnett, SC. They have sent copies to the Lawton Issue website caretaker. If you have an interst in a tombstone photo, please click Contact Us above.

WANTED: Possible news on Frank Lawton, born in Newark, NJ in 1836. (Another source states he was born in Rochester?) He was a seaman, married Mary Jane Lovell of Australia, and settled in New Zealand. If you know anything of Frank please click "Contact Us" above.

Would you like to be a part of a historical project? You can be, if you meet certain criteria. See our article in the 'History' section on the left hand sidebar, titled "English Lawton History."