Very little is known about Sarah. She was the wife of William Lawrence and was born in New York.
According to William's descendants, he married Sarah in Montgomery County, Virginia in 1784. Sarah's (aka Sally) maiden name is not known, but is frequently said to be "Booth." A woman named Sarah Booth was married to one of William's nephews (who was also named William). The fact that two Williams married two Sarahs has been the cause of several cases of mistaken identity. While it is not impossible that two different women with the name of Sarah Booth married two men named William Lawrence, it does seem improbable.
Some of the facts can be sorted out by understanding that William Lawrence's nephew who was born about 1815 (the son of William's brother John Lawrence Jr) married Sarah Booth in 1839 in Montgomery County, Virginia. William and Sarah died about a month apart (5 Mar 1865 and 7 Feb 1865, respectively) of typhoid fever in Floyd County, Virginia. By comparison, William (son of Elder John Lawrence and brother of John Lawrence Jr) was 75 years old in 1839 and had been living in Rockcastle County, Kentucky for 27 years. There is a record of a William Lawrence marrying a Sally Shelton on 2 May 1787 in Pittslyvania County, Virginia. This may or may not be the same William who is the son of Elder John Lawrence.
Nothing is known about the date nor place of her death.
According to William's descendants, he married Sarah in Montgomery County, Virginia in 1784. Sarah's (aka Sally) maiden name is not known, but is frequently said to be "Booth." A woman named Sarah Booth was married to one of William's nephews (who was also named William). The fact that two Williams married two Sarahs has been the cause of several cases of mistaken identity. While it is not impossible that two different women with the name of Sarah Booth married two men named William Lawrence, it does seem improbable.
Some of the facts can be sorted out by understanding that William Lawrence's nephew who was born about 1815 (the son of William's brother John Lawrence Jr) married Sarah Booth in 1839 in Montgomery County, Virginia. William and Sarah died about a month apart (5 Mar 1865 and 7 Feb 1865, respectively) of typhoid fever in Floyd County, Virginia. By comparison, William (son of Elder John Lawrence and brother of John Lawrence Jr) was 75 years old in 1839 and had been living in Rockcastle County, Kentucky for 27 years. There is a record of a William Lawrence marrying a Sally Shelton on 2 May 1787 in Pittslyvania County, Virginia. This may or may not be the same William who is the son of Elder John Lawrence.
Nothing is known about the date nor place of her death.
Very little is known about Sarah. She was the wife of William Lawrence and was born in New York.
According to William's descendants, he married Sarah in Montgomery County, Virginia in 1784. Sarah's (aka Sally) maiden name is not known, but is frequently said to be "Booth." A woman named Sarah Booth was married to one of William's nephews (who was also named William). The fact that two Williams married two Sarahs has been the cause of several cases of mistaken identity. While it is not impossible that two different women with the name of Sarah Booth married two men named William Lawrence, it does seem improbable.
Some of the facts can be sorted out by understanding that William Lawrence's nephew who was born about 1815 (the son of William's brother John Lawrence Jr) married Sarah Booth in 1839 in Montgomery County, Virginia. William and Sarah died about a month apart (5 Mar 1865 and 7 Feb 1865, respectively) of typhoid fever in Floyd County, Virginia. By comparison, William (son of Elder John Lawrence and brother of John Lawrence Jr) was 75 years old in 1839 and had been living in Rockcastle County, Kentucky for 27 years. There is a record of a William Lawrence marrying a Sally Shelton on 2 May 1787 in Pittslyvania County, Virginia. This may or may not be the same William who is the son of Elder John Lawrence.
Nothing is known about the date nor place of her death.
According to William's descendants, he married Sarah in Montgomery County, Virginia in 1784. Sarah's (aka Sally) maiden name is not known, but is frequently said to be "Booth." A woman named Sarah Booth was married to one of William's nephews (who was also named William). The fact that two Williams married two Sarahs has been the cause of several cases of mistaken identity. While it is not impossible that two different women with the name of Sarah Booth married two men named William Lawrence, it does seem improbable.
Some of the facts can be sorted out by understanding that William Lawrence's nephew who was born about 1815 (the son of William's brother John Lawrence Jr) married Sarah Booth in 1839 in Montgomery County, Virginia. William and Sarah died about a month apart (5 Mar 1865 and 7 Feb 1865, respectively) of typhoid fever in Floyd County, Virginia. By comparison, William (son of Elder John Lawrence and brother of John Lawrence Jr) was 75 years old in 1839 and had been living in Rockcastle County, Kentucky for 27 years. There is a record of a William Lawrence marrying a Sally Shelton on 2 May 1787 in Pittslyvania County, Virginia. This may or may not be the same William who is the son of Elder John Lawrence.
Nothing is known about the date nor place of her death.
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