Craven County, NC - Levi Dawson, Revolutionary War Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following documents was found in the Craven County Court Minutes 1837 – 1840 – CR 028.301.31 – pages 84, 85, 91 This concerns the heirs of Levi Dawson, Colonel in the Revolutionary War. This proves who his heirs are and they are not any of the Dawson’s of Dobbs/Lenoir County. Page 84 & 85: 13th Feburary Term 1838 Sarah Andrews made oath in open court that she was well acquainted with Colonel Levi Dawson an officer in the North Carolina Contentinal Line during The War of the Revolution, that he died in the Year 1803 in the State of South Carolina And that Mathew A. Outlaw and Elizabeth Marshall, Ann Sparrow wife of Gidon Sparrow, Margaret Lamarr wife of John D. Lamarr, Thomas Lamarr, John D. Lamarr, Francis Lamarr, Eunice Lamarr, Caroline Lamarr, Eunice Staton, Frances Fulford wife of Abraham Fulford, William Dawson, Fanny Dawson, and Martha Dawson are the heirs of the said Colonel Levi Dawson that all of aforesaid heirs live in the County of Craven & State of North Carolina except the three last names who live in the County of Pasquotank & State of North Carolina. Page 91: 15 Feb 1838 Dempsy Holton appeared in open court and made oath that he was acquainted with Colonel Levi Dawson an officer in the North Carolina Contintenal Line, during the War of the Revolution, that he died in the year 1803 in the city of Charleston, South Carolina and that Mathew A. Outlaw, & Elizabeth Marshall, Ann Sparrow wife of Gideon Sparrow, Margaret Lamarr wife of John D. Lamarr, Thomas Lamarr, Eunice Eunice (?Shaw)?. & Frances Fulford wife of Abraham Fulford are all the heirs of the said Colonel Levi Dawson which he knows of his Own personal knowledge, and that they all live in the County of Craven and State aforesaid. [The Lamarrs were sometimes called De Lamarr] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Russell King ___________________________________________________________________