Dosha Lawson
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Quick Facts
- Full name: Dosha Lawson
- Born: ca. 1805, Virginia
- Died: 1884, Keats, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Parents: Zachariah Lawson
- Spouse(s): Benjamin Atkins (relationship inferred from family reconstruction; formal marriage not yet documented)
- Children: Amanda Atkins, Andrew Jackson Atkins, Patrick Henry Atkins, Zachariah Atkins
- Places: Charlotte County, Virginia; Keats, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; Mt. Auburn Church Cemetery
Verified Facts
- Also identified in the family history as Adosia or Adosia Atkins. Secondary Source
- Her death certificate reportedly identified Patrick Henry Atkins as her son, a discovery that unlocked the entire modern family reconstruction. Confirmed: Primary Source
- First buried at the old Atkins homeplace near Keats and later reinterred at Mt. Auburn Church Cemetery. Confirmed: Primary Source
Biography
Dosha Lawson is one of the women through whom the Wally Atkins family story becomes clearer and more human. In A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families, the discovery of her records helped untangle the child cluster that included Patrick Henry Atkins and his siblings. Her later years at Keats and her burial story at Mt. Auburn make her more than a name in a reconstruction. She becomes part of the remembered life of the family in Mecklenburg County.
Family Stories and Recollections
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Sources
- A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families
- Mecklenburg County death records and Mt. Auburn cemetery documentation
Research Questions
- Can the Mecklenburg death certificate and any poorhouse, census, or burial documentation be gathered directly into the family record?
Lineage & Child Cluster Diagram
The diagram below illustrates Dosha Lawson's parentage and the four children whose documentation anchored the Mecklenburg family branch:
graph TD
ZL["Zachariah Lawson"] --> DL["Dosha Lawson<br/>(ca. 1805–1884)"]
BA["Benjamin Atkins"] --- DL
DL --> AMA["Amanda Atkins"]
DL --> AJA["Andrew Jackson Atkins<br/>(1831–1904)"]
DL --> PHA["Patrick Henry Atkins<br/>(1833–1906)"]
DL --> ZA["Zachariah Atkins"]
PHA --> JHA["Joseph Henry Atkins<br/>(1866–1912)"]
JHA --> RAA["Robert Alexander Atkins<br/>(1891–1968)"]