Bert’s Navy

Bert’s Navy Written by: Leo Lawton October 12, 2022 Lloyd Burton Lawton (Bert)July 13, 1927—June 11, 1994 Bert may have died many years ago, but he is far from forgotten in the annals of time. Hardly a day passes that I don’t think about him. When Bert started farming in 1949, on a five year leased farm, I, as an […]

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England in 1638

Written by: Leo Lawton December 31, 2018 In the early 1600s it was within the rights of the English king to tax those shires that bordered on the sea for money to build ships during a time of war. In 1634 King Charles I placed a tax on all shires, inland as well as those bordering the sea. This was […]

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Sampson Military Base

Written by: Leo Lawton October 14, 2016 Have you ever heard of the Sampson Military Base? During WW II recruits were entering the various military services at record rates, and the Recruit Training Centers were being overwhelmed. In order to keep the system under control new facilities were erected in areas where there had never been military prior. Sampson became […]

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You Must Leave

You Must Leave Written by: Leo Lawton March 4, 2011 I doubt there is a person born in South Carolina that doesn’t know December 20, 1860 was Secession Day. The South Carolina Convention voted 169 – 0, “that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other states under the name of United States of America is hereby dissolved.” It […]

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Job & Lydia (West) Lawton

Written by: Leo Lawton March 20, 2014 When Oliver and Ann Lawton traveled the arduous journey through the woods and trails from Rhode Island to the New York wilderness in 1789 their five sons and daughter were with them.  Their third child, born the last day of May 1795, was a son which they named Job. Job grew to be […]

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