Lawson Pinkney Erwin

1835 - 1901  (66 years)

• Name	Lawson Pinkney Erwin
  Born	14 Mar 1835	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	CSA 16th Infantry Regiment North Carolina
  	Commissioned an officer in Company G, North Carolina 16th Infantry Regiment on 09 May 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on 26 Apr 1862. Mustered out on 12 Dec 1863.
  Died	24 Sep 1901	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Buried	Rutherfordton City Cemetery Rutherford County, , North Carolina
  Notes	Lawson Pinkney Erwin (1835-1901), a native of Lincoln County who settled in Rutherford at the age of sixteen, was a journalist and frequent local officeholder. During the Civil War he was a captain in the Sixteenth North Carolina Regiment. Wounds suffered at Fredericksburg forced Erwin to withdraw from active service for several months, but he became major of the junior reserves and organized Erwin's Brigade late in the war. He was mayor of Rutherfordton (1866-1867) and register of deeds (1878-1882 and 1886-1890). In 1872 he bought the Rutherfordton Vindicator from Captain Randolph Shot well. Griffin, History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, 296.
  Person ID	I11862	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Lawson Pinkney Erwin,   b. 14 Mar 1835, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Sep 1901, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Ellen Rebecca Carrier,   b. 26 Jul 1836, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 4 Nov 1894, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F1865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Issac Erwin,   b. 1795, North Carolina ,   d. 1871  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Margaret Gingles,   b. 1793-1794,   d. 1870, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 76 years)
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  Family ID	F3145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Rebecca Carrier,   b. 26 Jul 1836, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 4 Nov 1894, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. Lawson Pinkney Erwin,   b. 14 Mar 1835, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Sep 1901, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	5 May 2022
  Family ID	F1865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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