Augustine Lawless (1752 - 1832)

Born 15 Oct 1752 in Goochland, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Sally (Dillion) Lawless — married 14 Nov 1781 in Cumberland County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1832 at age 80 in Russell County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Corporal Augustine Lawless served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

Augustine Lawless is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A067076.

Augustine Lawless was a Virginia colonist.

Augustine was born in Goochland, Virginia, on 15 October 1752 to William and Elizabeth Lawless.

Augustine enlisted as a Private in the in the Revolutionary war. He enlisted, "In the line of of the state of Virginia on the Continental establishment," for three years in 1776 under the commander Captain Ragsdale, Major Holman's Battalion in Colonel Dohicke Randall's regiment (12 October 1825 affidavit). He was discharged in Little York, Virginia, where he then re-enlisted in the Artillery Company for another three years, from 1779 to 1781, under the command of Captain Lewis Booker, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison. He marched from Virginia to White Plains, New Jersey, and was attached to a brigade commanded by General Henry Knox, where he remained until his discharge in Morristown, New Jersey. He was in the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777) and Monmouth Courthouse (28 June 1778), and in a skirmish at King's Bridge (3 July 1781). By the time he was discharged, he had achieved the rank of Corporal. His pension began 15 Oct 1825 and was $8.00 a month. His will is in Book 1. p. 85, Russell Co. KY. The war ended when General Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia on 19 October 1781.

He married Sarah Sally "Molly" Dillon in Cumberland County, Virginia on 14 Nov 1781.

Their children: an infant that died in 1782, buried in Virginia; Jesse (1783-1852); Presley (1784-1840); Susanna (1785-1859); Edward (1786-1843); Reuben (1788-1872); Benjamin (1789-1843);William (1790-1852); John 1792-1874); James (1794-1853); and Mary.

Augustine and Sarah settled in Russell County before 1800.

He died on 19 October, 1832 in Russell County, Kentucky. He was buried in the Lawless Cemetery on his own farm in Jamestown, Russell County, Kentucky.

US censuses:

"Augustin Lawless" appeared on the 1800 US census in Salisbury, Surry, North Carolina.

"Aug E. Lawless" appeared on the 1810 US census in Adair County, Kentucky.

"August Lawless" appeared on the 1820 US census in Adair County, Kentucky.

"Augustin Lawliss" appeared on the 1830 US census in Russell County, Kentucky.

Military Pension:

"Augustin Or Austin Lawless" appeared in the United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, Page 143 (see Sources below).

Augustino Or Austin Lawless appeared in the United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, Page 444 (see Sources below).

Sources

• 1800 US census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRD-XBR

• 1810 US census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-98J

• 1820 US census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL5-YM7

• 1830 US census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH53-NFW

• United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2GNH?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZDL-S17&cid=fs_copy (Also https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-V2TH?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZDL-S17 )

• Marriage of daughter, Polly https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY6-H5Q

• DAR Patriot Index https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A067076

• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82922939

Acknowledgements

• Profile by Connie Combs, Monday, January 27, 2014.