Post by Brian on Jan 18, 2015 3:37:01 GMT -5
11/16/07 at 04:35 PM
Maria
Hillary Hampton's father was Stephen Charles Hampton. While Hillary and his wife were Charlie and Fannie's best friends, Charles Hampton played no small part in the events of that Christmas Day. It was he who saw the bloody footprints of Charlie Lawson leading to the tobacco barn. When he followed the foot prints he found the bodies of Maybell and Carrie. She said that her father-in-law described how the foot prints came from behind the barn leading up to the front of it. Mr. Hampton was also the first person to reach Charlie Lawson when he shot himself and was the one who felt for a pulse and finding none declared him dead. Another one of Charles Hampton's sons, Charlie Wade Hampton, was Marie Lawson's boyfriend. And one of his daughters, Anna Hampton, married Claude Lawson. So you see how intertwined the Hampton family was with the Lawson family.
Maria
11/16/07 at 05:09 PM
Angel71242
It's so interesting to not only learn the names of the people who lived through that horrible time but to learn where each one of them fit into the lives of the Lawson family and the roles they played on that awful day. It's amazing to me and makes me feel almost as if I myself were there!
Another big thank you to you Maria for all the research you do that helps bring this story to life!
Angel71242
11/16/07 at05:13 PM
Maria
You are so welcome Angel. And I know exactly how you feel...I too feel like sometimes that I was there with them that day and that they are here with me today. It's like they've become a part of me, not just my life, but of me. And I with them.
Maria
11/17/07 at 03:57 PM
Micheal818
Are we sure he was the first to get to Charlie? Or had someone ELSE got there first. Remember that other recent thread? Where exactly WERE other individuals?
Michael R.
11/19/07 at 06:41 AM
Maria
Everyone except Drs. Helsabeck and Taylor as well as Sheriff Taylor were standing around outside the house. The other 3 men were inside the house. Deputy Burrows may have also been inside the house but there's no proof of that. Some of the men outside were actively looking around for Charlie or the killer.
Maria
01/20/08 at 09:19 PM
Maria
I read in an article yesterday where it said Sheriff Taylor and Dr. Helsabeck found Charlie's body that day but that can't be right because they were in the house examining the bodies when Charlie shot himself in the woods and died. His body was immediately carried to the Lawson house where the other bodies were being examined.
Maria
01/21/08 at 01:03 PM
Angel71242
Didn't the book WC/BC say that it was Hillary Hampton that found Charlie Lawson's body?
Angel71242
01/21/08 at 01:03 PM
Maria
Yes I believe so Angel. He was also the one who felt for a pulse but found he was already dead. If I'm not mistaken he was also one of the men who helped carry Charlie's body to the Lawson house.
Maria
01/21/08 at 01:20 PM
Angel71242
Makes you wonder how the reporter got that part of the story wrong.
Angel71242
01/21/08 at 01:28 PM
Maria
Because the reporter received wrong information from who ever told him that or he misunderstood what the person told him. Whatever the reason was, it happens far too often.
Maria
Maria
Hillary Hampton's father was Stephen Charles Hampton. While Hillary and his wife were Charlie and Fannie's best friends, Charles Hampton played no small part in the events of that Christmas Day. It was he who saw the bloody footprints of Charlie Lawson leading to the tobacco barn. When he followed the foot prints he found the bodies of Maybell and Carrie. She said that her father-in-law described how the foot prints came from behind the barn leading up to the front of it. Mr. Hampton was also the first person to reach Charlie Lawson when he shot himself and was the one who felt for a pulse and finding none declared him dead. Another one of Charles Hampton's sons, Charlie Wade Hampton, was Marie Lawson's boyfriend. And one of his daughters, Anna Hampton, married Claude Lawson. So you see how intertwined the Hampton family was with the Lawson family.
Maria
11/16/07 at 05:09 PM
Angel71242
It's so interesting to not only learn the names of the people who lived through that horrible time but to learn where each one of them fit into the lives of the Lawson family and the roles they played on that awful day. It's amazing to me and makes me feel almost as if I myself were there!
Another big thank you to you Maria for all the research you do that helps bring this story to life!
Angel71242
11/16/07 at05:13 PM
Maria
You are so welcome Angel. And I know exactly how you feel...I too feel like sometimes that I was there with them that day and that they are here with me today. It's like they've become a part of me, not just my life, but of me. And I with them.
Maria
11/17/07 at 03:57 PM
Micheal818
Are we sure he was the first to get to Charlie? Or had someone ELSE got there first. Remember that other recent thread? Where exactly WERE other individuals?
Michael R.
11/19/07 at 06:41 AM
Maria
Everyone except Drs. Helsabeck and Taylor as well as Sheriff Taylor were standing around outside the house. The other 3 men were inside the house. Deputy Burrows may have also been inside the house but there's no proof of that. Some of the men outside were actively looking around for Charlie or the killer.
Maria
01/20/08 at 09:19 PM
Maria
I read in an article yesterday where it said Sheriff Taylor and Dr. Helsabeck found Charlie's body that day but that can't be right because they were in the house examining the bodies when Charlie shot himself in the woods and died. His body was immediately carried to the Lawson house where the other bodies were being examined.
Maria
01/21/08 at 01:03 PM
Angel71242
Didn't the book WC/BC say that it was Hillary Hampton that found Charlie Lawson's body?
Angel71242
01/21/08 at 01:03 PM
Maria
Yes I believe so Angel. He was also the one who felt for a pulse but found he was already dead. If I'm not mistaken he was also one of the men who helped carry Charlie's body to the Lawson house.
Maria
01/21/08 at 01:20 PM
Angel71242
Makes you wonder how the reporter got that part of the story wrong.
Angel71242
01/21/08 at 01:28 PM
Maria
Because the reporter received wrong information from who ever told him that or he misunderstood what the person told him. Whatever the reason was, it happens far too often.
Maria