Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Oldham Co. LAWRENCE SHIRLEY was born in Oldham County, Ky., June 17, 1804, a son of William and Elizabeth (Close) Shirley, natives of Virginia, the former coming to Kentucky in 1800. Lawrence was reared on a farm, has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and now has a farm of 256 acres in LaGrange Precinct. He married, in 1826, Laura M. Overstreet, of Oldham County, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Overstreet. Mrs. Shirley died in 1868, the mother of the following children: William S., John T., living, and Albert and Zachary, deceased. Politically Mr. Shirley is a Democrat. He has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for ten years. Shirley Close Overstreet Hawkins = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/oldham/shirley.l.txt