Footprints of Fayette

Nicholas Mosby Dawson

The original Dawson tomb at Monument Hill near La Grange. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Library & Archives
The original Dawson tomb at Monument Hill near La Grange. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Library & Archives

A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission

Nicholas Mosby Dawson was born in Kentucky to George and Frances Mosby Dawson. He was raised in Sparta, White County, Tennessee. He followed his friend John Henry Moore and his cousins William and Nicholas Eastland to Texas.

John Henry Moore, William Mosby Eastland and Nicholas Mosby Dawson were destined to play courageous and spectac…