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]

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]

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]

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]