Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for Hugh Lawson, Georgia
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Ga.
Lawson, Hugh 
Dis. 
No Papers.
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From Mrs. C.J. Cofel
186 13th St. N.E.
Atlanta, GA

Pension Dept.
U.S. Gov.
Washington, D.C.
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Atlanta, Ga.
June 19, 1938
Will you please let me
know if you have the 
record of a pension
from the Revolutionary War
to Hugh Lawson
of Georgia?
Thanking you, I receive 
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Atlanta O. Cofer
186- 13th St. N.E.
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N/A
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Lawson, Hugh

His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension released by the District Court for the District of Georgia submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on March 2, 1795 and listed in the America State Paper class 9. page 169
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Sylvester, Ga.
August. 9, 1921

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.

Please send me a copy of the Land Lottery Grant 
also a copy of the pension record, if she drew a pension,
of Matha (Or Martha) Lawson, Wilkinson, County, Ga, for the
period immediately following the Revolutionary Period

The following Lawsons were Revolutionary sol-
diers from Georgia: Andrew, Hugh, John, John Jr, John Sr,
Matha (or Marth) Roger, Roger Jr, Roger Sr, Thomas and
Thompson. I would like for you to furnish me with copies of their service.
Thanking you for this service, I am,
very respectfully yours,
M.L. Lawson
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The above noted, is to only of Georgia
revolutionary records of this bureau. Said records also fail to find any information in regards to Matha or Martha Lawson.

For information in regard to Lawson
State of Georgia, you should consult the archives at the Capitol of that state.

Very respectfully,
M.L. Lawson
Commissioner.
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January 31, 1938
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Hugh Lawson Dis. Rev.
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Alberta O. Cofer
186 13th Street. N.E. 
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War
record of Hugh Lawson.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Captain
Hugh Lawson of Colonel Twigg's regiment of Georgia militia was wounded in the right shoulder by a musket ball at Augusta in 1780 and was pensioned for the disability resulting therefrom at the rate of $120 per annum commencing March 4, 1795.
He died February 20, 1802.
There are no further data on file relative to Hugh Lawson and none whatever in regard to his family because of the destruction of papers when the War Office was burned in 1800 and in 1814.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the administrator