urn:taro:utexas.cah.00631 A Guide to the Lawhon Family Papers, 1832-1959 Original EAD encoding by Shelley Rowland according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. June 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Lawhon Family Lawhon Family Papers 1832-1959 Materials are written in English. 65-33; 67-112; 71-62; 72-114 2 inches Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Photocopied articles, pamphlets and notes, newspapers and newspaper clippings document the history of the Lawhon and Gardner families, particularly the life of Marmaduke Gardner and the origins of the Universalist Church in Texas. Biographical Note

David E. Lawhon (1811-1884) was born in Tennessee, then moved to Texas from Louisiana in 1835 with his brother, Dr. John C. Lawhon. David Lawhon was a soldier, judge and printer. He published the Nacogdoches newspaper Texian and Emigrant’s Guide from 1835 to 1836, as well as war proclamations and legal blanks. After the Texas Revolution, he married Nancy Carr, and they had six children.

Marmaduke Gardner (1812-1879) was a pioneer Universalist minister in Texas. Born in South Carolina, he moved to Texas in 1854 and subsequently organized the first Universalist Society in Texas at Smith Springs, now Lawhon Springs.

David Lawhon’s son, John Carr Lawhon, married Marmaduke Gardner’s daughter, Ellen, in 1868. John Carr Lawhon was ordained as a Universalist minister by Gardner in 1878.

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Photocopied articles, pamphlets and notes, newspapers and newspaper clippings document the history of the Lawhon and Gardner families, particularly the life of Marmaduke Gardner and the origins of the Universalist Church in Texas. Portions of the articles and clippings pertain to David E. Lawhon, Nancy Carr Lawhon, John Carr Lawhon, and Ellen Gardner Lawhon. The collection also contains an original 1877 bill of sale for cattle signed by John C. Lawhon and an 1832 scripture commentary book owned by David E. Lawhon.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Lawhon, David E., 1811-1884 Gardner, Marmaduke, 1812-1879 Preferred Citation

Lawhon Family Papers, 1832-1959, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2L260 "Memorandum book with copies of sermons of the Reverend Marmaduke Gardner (1812-1879), Pioneer Universalist Minister in Texas," photocopies, 1852-1857 2L260 Photocopies of scrapbook articles: 2L260 Clippings regarding Gardner, Lawhon and Carr family history 2L260 Poems 2L260 “The Texas Volunteers,” Nacogdoches, November 1, 1835 2L260 “New Yankee Doodle,” printed by David E. Lawhon, Nacogdoches, undated 2L260 Clipping of article: “Universalism in Texas,” photocopy, from The Christian Leader, publication of the Universalist Fellowship, October 22, 1838 2L260 Pamphlet: "The Universalist Church and Texas," photocopy, by Stanley Manning, circa 1923 2L260 Selected pages from “Family Annals of the Lawhon-Gardner Family,” by Mrs. Martin J. Lide, Jr., photocopy 2L260 Book: The Daily Scripture Commentary. New York: Francis S. Wiggins, 1832. “A family relic taken from the library of D. E. Lawhon by J. C. Lawhon this December 31, 1879.” Book also signed by Sam Lawhon, Elgin, Texas, December 19, 1914. 2L260 Bill of sale for cattle, J. C. Lawhon, December 24, 1877 2L260 Newspapers 2L260 Universalist Herald, Notasulga, Alabama; Columbia, South Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia 2L260 July 1, 1877 2L260 September 1, 1878 2L260 June 15, 1879 2L260 January 15, 1884 2L260 April 15, 1884 2L260 June 1, 1918 2L260 The Arkansas Pilot, (Universalist), Little Rock, Arkansas, October 1907 2L260 Newspaper clippings 2L260 Political advertisement, W. H. Joiner, undated 2L260 Marmaduke Gardner and David E. Lawhon, undated 2L260 Obituaries 2L260 Thomas J. Lawhon, 1932 2L260 John E. Lawhon, 1930 2L260 Ned Lawhon, Elgin Courier, August 22, 1932 Ephemera Poems: “New Yankee Doodle” and “The Texas Volunteers,” printed items, written in Nacogdoches by order of the Chairman of the Committee of Vigilance and Safety, November 1, 1835