Edward was born about 1835. He passed away in 1883.
Sources
US Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Southern Division, Randolph, North Carolina; Roll: M432_641; Page: 141B Family 883
US Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division, Randolph, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: 193; Image: 390. Dwelling: 819 Family 804
US Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Cotton Grove, Davidson, North Carolina; Roll: M593_; Page: 14 Dwelling: 127 Family 128
US Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Cotton Grove, Davidson, North Carolina; Roll: 961; Family History Film: 1254961; Page: 141C; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 0291. Family 103
Davidson County North Carolina Probate Records
atDNA Confirmation
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 45 cM segment on chromosome 10, consisting of Robin Broadway, GEDmatch kit # A466542, and Ray Clark, her 4th cousin, GEDmatch kit # NQ4687829, and Merle (Lowe) Howard, her 5th cousin, GEDmatch kit # CR8724372. (Ray and Merle are 5th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Edward Lawrence and Nancy Priest, the 4x great grandparents of both Robin Broadway and Ray Clark and 4x great grandparents of Merle (Lowe) Howard. DNA test taker Robin Broadway is the 2x great granddaughter of Edward Lawrence, the son of Thomas Lawrence, the son of the common ancestors Edward Lawrence & Nancy Priest.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: