Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886. Warren County.

ROBERT LAWRENCE, one of the substantial farmers of Warren County, was born
September 22, 1824, in Barren County, Ky., and is the seventh of five sons
and three daughters born to Archibald and Elizabeth (Butler) Lawrence, who
were born and reared in Culpeper County, Va., and came to Barren County,
Ky., about 1804, and settled fourteen miles southwest of Glasgow. 
Archibald died about 1856, aged nearly seventy, and was a son of Richard
Lawrence, of English descent, a native of Culpeper County Va., and a
soldier in the Revolution.  Aftr his wife's death he came to Barren County
with his family, and became a substantial farmer and slave owner.  Robert
Lawrence was reared on a farm.  In February, 1848, he married Martha
Goodnight, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Grounds) Goodnight.  Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence have had born to them twelve children - eleven now living: 
Sidney J., Henry H., James P., Mary E. (Liles), John A., Isaac E., Sarah
Catharine, Jefferson D., Robert Lawrence, Luther T. and Mattie J.  Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence are members, rspectively, of the Baptist and Christian
Churches.  In 1849 they located where they now reside, on 186 acres, but
now owns 344 acres, all well improved.  Mr. Lawrence for the last four
years has also been considerably engaged in the tobacco trade.  He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat.  His
first presidential vote was cast for Cass, in 1848.

Lawrence Butler Goodnight Grounds Liles Cass
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Glasgow-Barren-KY Culpeper-VA

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