"Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZW-XZS : 9 February 2018), Thomas Dawson and Mildred Waldriss, 23 Aug 1858; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,031,090.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHK6-JBD : 12 April 2016), Thomas Dawson, Alabama, United States; citing p. 6, family 53, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,521.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2018), memorial page for Thomas W. Dawson (1837–1870), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50681263, citing King Cemetery, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Warren Glenn (contributor 47131638). Military headstone shows only years of birth and death. "Co A 11 Ala Cav."
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