Lorenzo Dow Law was the son of Robert Law and Hannah Norwood (a descendant of French Huguenots) both of SC. He was the grandson of George Law born in County Down, Ireland.
Dow Law was a twin to his sister Mozelle and was probably named after the famous circuit preacher, fierce abolitionist, and best-selling autobiographer from Connecticut, Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834).
Lorenzo Dow Law was a member of Traveler's Rest Masonic Lodge #65, Montezuma, GA, a Confederate Soldier and the inventor of the "Dow Law Cotton Seed Planter" which could be purchased from the Sear and Roebuck Catalogue at the turn of the century.
He received the patent #18913 Dec 22 1857. The first paragraph of the patent reads as follows:
"To whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Lorenzo D Law of Henderson P.O. in the county of Houston and State of Georgia have invented an improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes from all other things before known..." A full description of the machine followed. It was signed by Lorenzo D. Law and witnessed by S.F. Brown and Thomas S. Cobb.
Dow Law married twice: first to Nancy Bryan in 1850. She died around 1858. He remarried to secondly to Sophia Elizabeth Joiner (1837-1891). Sophia remarried after Dow's death to Virgil Freeman and had a few children with him.
With both wives Dow fathered a total of at least 7 children: Nottingham, Florence, Dow Law Jr., Mary, John Thomas, Sophia E. and Sarah "Sally" Courtney.
L.D. Law appears on a list of men "Subject to Military Duty" compiled March 4, 1862 identifying the members of the 55th Regiment of Georgia Militia, Houston Co., GA. He is also listed with the men of the 13th and 14th Districts of Georgia Militia from Houston County in July of 1864 as number 154, appointed by court for police duty.
Dow Law was a twin to his sister Mozelle and was probably named after the famous circuit preacher, fierce abolitionist, and best-selling autobiographer from Connecticut, Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834).
Lorenzo Dow Law was a member of Traveler's Rest Masonic Lodge #65, Montezuma, GA, a Confederate Soldier and the inventor of the "Dow Law Cotton Seed Planter" which could be purchased from the Sear and Roebuck Catalogue at the turn of the century.
He received the patent #18913 Dec 22 1857. The first paragraph of the patent reads as follows:
"To whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Lorenzo D Law of Henderson P.O. in the county of Houston and State of Georgia have invented an improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes from all other things before known..." A full description of the machine followed. It was signed by Lorenzo D. Law and witnessed by S.F. Brown and Thomas S. Cobb.
Dow Law married twice: first to Nancy Bryan in 1850. She died around 1858. He remarried to secondly to Sophia Elizabeth Joiner (1837-1891). Sophia remarried after Dow's death to Virgil Freeman and had a few children with him.
With both wives Dow fathered a total of at least 7 children: Nottingham, Florence, Dow Law Jr., Mary, John Thomas, Sophia E. and Sarah "Sally" Courtney.
L.D. Law appears on a list of men "Subject to Military Duty" compiled March 4, 1862 identifying the members of the 55th Regiment of Georgia Militia, Houston Co., GA. He is also listed with the men of the 13th and 14th Districts of Georgia Militia from Houston County in July of 1864 as number 154, appointed by court for police duty.
Lorenzo Dow Law was the son of Robert Law and Hannah Norwood (a descendant of French Huguenots) both of SC. He was the grandson of George Law born in County Down, Ireland.
Dow Law was a twin to his sister Mozelle and was probably named after the famous circuit preacher, fierce abolitionist, and best-selling autobiographer from Connecticut, Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834).
Lorenzo Dow Law was a member of Traveler's Rest Masonic Lodge #65, Montezuma, GA, a Confederate Soldier and the inventor of the "Dow Law Cotton Seed Planter" which could be purchased from the Sear and Roebuck Catalogue at the turn of the century.
He received the patent #18913 Dec 22 1857. The first paragraph of the patent reads as follows:
"To whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Lorenzo D Law of Henderson P.O. in the county of Houston and State of Georgia have invented an improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes from all other things before known..." A full description of the machine followed. It was signed by Lorenzo D. Law and witnessed by S.F. Brown and Thomas S. Cobb.
Dow Law married twice: first to Nancy Bryan in 1850. She died around 1858. He remarried to secondly to Sophia Elizabeth Joiner (1837-1891). Sophia remarried after Dow's death to Virgil Freeman and had a few children with him.
With both wives Dow fathered a total of at least 7 children: Nottingham, Florence, Dow Law Jr., Mary, John Thomas, Sophia E. and Sarah "Sally" Courtney.
L.D. Law appears on a list of men "Subject to Military Duty" compiled March 4, 1862 identifying the members of the 55th Regiment of Georgia Militia, Houston Co., GA. He is also listed with the men of the 13th and 14th Districts of Georgia Militia from Houston County in July of 1864 as number 154, appointed by court for police duty.
Dow Law was a twin to his sister Mozelle and was probably named after the famous circuit preacher, fierce abolitionist, and best-selling autobiographer from Connecticut, Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834).
Lorenzo Dow Law was a member of Traveler's Rest Masonic Lodge #65, Montezuma, GA, a Confederate Soldier and the inventor of the "Dow Law Cotton Seed Planter" which could be purchased from the Sear and Roebuck Catalogue at the turn of the century.
He received the patent #18913 Dec 22 1857. The first paragraph of the patent reads as follows:
"To whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Lorenzo D Law of Henderson P.O. in the county of Houston and State of Georgia have invented an improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes from all other things before known..." A full description of the machine followed. It was signed by Lorenzo D. Law and witnessed by S.F. Brown and Thomas S. Cobb.
Dow Law married twice: first to Nancy Bryan in 1850. She died around 1858. He remarried to secondly to Sophia Elizabeth Joiner (1837-1891). Sophia remarried after Dow's death to Virgil Freeman and had a few children with him.
With both wives Dow fathered a total of at least 7 children: Nottingham, Florence, Dow Law Jr., Mary, John Thomas, Sophia E. and Sarah "Sally" Courtney.
L.D. Law appears on a list of men "Subject to Military Duty" compiled March 4, 1862 identifying the members of the 55th Regiment of Georgia Militia, Houston Co., GA. He is also listed with the men of the 13th and 14th Districts of Georgia Militia from Houston County in July of 1864 as number 154, appointed by court for police duty.
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