Lawson Pinkney Erwin

Other Events:

• Military Service: CSA 16th Infantry Regiment 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.

Military Service:
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.

Family/Spouse: Ellen Rebecca Carrier. Ellen (daughter of Harvey Dewey Carrier and Julia Ann Dickerson) was born on 26 Jul 1836 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 4 Nov 1894 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried in Rutherfordton City Cemetery Rutherford County, , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lawson Pinkney Erwin was born on 14 Mar 1835 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 24 Sep 1901 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried in Rutherfordton City Cemetery Rutherford County, , North Carolina.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Master Coach maker

Issac married Margaret Gingles. Margaret (daughter of Capt. Samuel Gingles, Jr. and Eleanor Beatty) was born in 1793-1794; died in 1870 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Eleanor Beatty on 14 Dec 1782 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Eleanor (daughter of Thomas Beatty and Agnes Houston) was born in 1764; died after 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"van Ginkel" seems to have come from a Dutch general in the sevice of William of Orange of England. Ginkel was left in command in Ireland after the Battle of Boyne (July 1, 1690. Ginkel's conquest of Ireland was completed with the signing of the Treaty of LImreick on Oct. 3, 1691. He was then created Earl of Athlone and Baron Aughrim on Mr. 4, 1692. Some of the Presbysterian Dutch (second and third generation in Ireland) may have fled to Scotland fromt time to time, seeking work, thus earning the namd Scotch Irish. These comprised a lot of the early immigrants from Ireland to Pennsylvania. Kilwaughter Castle was where Godard van Ginkel was living for a time during his stay in Ireland . Its remains are there to this day. A child that he fathered ( C1680-00)was called "Ginkel's" as a surname . This was soon taken as Gingles by locals. The male line kept this name till the present. In Athlone there is a castle museum in which his exploits are catalogued. Across the way is a nightclub called "Ginkels"! He later returned to Holland and bult a castle called "Midachten" still occupied by his family. His early years were spent in Amarongen castle , and it was in his youth that he became friends with William who took him to britain to help with his new "job" Original letters can be examined at the historical document office in Belfast. He returned to The Netherlands later in life returning all his seazed land to the Irish from whence it came. As a military commander he had the reputation of losing remarkably few men in battle. Similar to Macarthur and Montgomery I believe.

Samuel married Margaret McAlister. Margaret was born in 1727; died in 1809; was buried in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Agnes Houston. Agnes (daughter of David Houston and Mary) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]