I looking for additional information about Pearson A. SAXON of Laurens & Abbeville Co., SC and Jackson & Lincoln Parish, LA. Here are the census records in which I've found his family:

1850 Laurens Co., SC
page 272
fam. #1105
P. A. SAXON 31 SC
Lucy 23 SC
Margaret F. 04 SC
Nancy C. 03 SC

1860 Abbeville Co., SC (P.O. Greenwood)
page 80
fam. #1162
Pearson SAXTON 40 SC
Lucy 30 SC
Margaret 16 SC
Catherine 14 SC

page 86
fam. #1241
Plug SAXON 44 SC [same fam. as above?]
Lucy 43 SC
Margaret 15 SC
Catherine 12 SC

Civil War Soldiers:
Saxon, P.A. 4th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves
Saxon, P.A. 5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops
Saxon, Pearson A.
Infantry, 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry
(Lauren's) (James')

1870 Jackson Parish, LA
page 452 (Ward 3; P.O. Bonner)
fam. #58
P. A. SAXON 60 SC
L. 45 SC (f)
M. 22 SC (f)
C. 20 SC (f)

1880 Lincoln Parish, LA
ED 41, page 48 (2nd & 3rd Ward)
fam. #414
John W. RASBERRY 41 GA --- --- farmer
Catherine 27 SC --- --- wife
Pierce 07 LA --- --- son
James K? 03 LA --- --- son
Jacob W. 01 LA --- --- son
fam. #415
Charnel? RUSSELL 28 LA --- --- farm laborer
Margarett 30 SC --- --- wife
Lucy L. 06 LA --- --- da.
John L. 02 LA --- --- son
fam. #416
Pierce A. SAXTON 61 SC --- --- farm laborer
Lucy 56 SC --- --- wife

1900 Lincoln Parish, LA
ED 56, page 16B (Police Jury Ward #2)
fam. #267
Charner H. RUSSELL Dec 1851 48 LA GA MS (m. 37 yrs) farmer
Margarett F. Sep 1850 49 SC SC SC (m. 37 yrs; 8/6) wife
Lucy L. Oct 1874 25 LA LA SC da.
John L. Jan 1878 22 LA LA SC son
Lou Aug 1884 15 LA LA SC da.
Bascum Sep 1886 13 LA LA SC son
Truly Mar 1891 09 LA LA SC son
Piercon A. SAXTON Apr 1818 82 SC SC SC
(widowed) father-in-law


In the 1840 census of Laurens Co., SC, the only males in the 20-25 yr-old category in SAXON households that I haven't identified are one in the hh of Joshua SAXON and wife Eliza Amelia KERNS (Joshua was a son of Capt. Lewis SAXON and wife Sarah ALLEN); and another in the household of Sarah SAXON (b. ca 1785), whom I've never been able to identify, but who may be the mother/grandmother of Elizabeth (1805), Lewis B. (1807), Sarah (1820), Jackson (1826), Wesley (1829), and Julius/Jane (1835), based on proximity among all these in census records.

In 1850 Laurens Co., P. A. SAXON (on page 273) appears closest in the census records to John F. SAXON (on page 275 w/ KERNS family), who was a son of Joshua SAXON and Eliza Amelia KERNS (who appeared on page 248).

I haven't found any other SAXON/SAXTON (etc.) families in 1860 Abbeville Co., SC.

There are no obvious clues in the names Pearson and Lucy chose for the children, or in their grandchildren's names, to indicate who their parents might have been. Their children were Margaret F. and Nancy Catherine. Margaret married Charner RUSSELL and had children: Lucy Leola, John L., Lou (female), Bascum, and Truly (male). Nancy Catherine married John Wesley RASBERRY and had children: John Pearson, James Hightower, Wesley Jacob, Allen L., Elva Maggie, and Myrtie Alice.

I'd like to correspond with anyone with information on this family, especially any suggestions about Pearson A. SAXON's parentage, but also any additional information about him and/or his descendants in Louisiana or elsewhere.

Thanks!
--Ron Head (Montgomery, AL)

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