George Lawrence Mabson (1846 – October 4, 1885) was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina State Senate, as well as the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1875.
George Lawrence Mabson was born in 1846 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was the son of a black woman, Eliza Moore, and a prominent white man, George W. Mabson. His brother was William P. Mabson, who was also a politician.
In the 1854, he was sent to Boston to attend school. During the Civil War, Mabson first served in the United States Navy and then joined Company G, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in February 1864 and mustered out in Clarksville, Texas, a full Command Sergeant."Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From The State of Massachusetts", available at Fold3 by Ancestry.com. Note: Listed as "Com. Sergt." After earning a degree from Howard University Law School, he became the first black lawyer in North Carolina. He was also active in the Republican Party. In 1870, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1872 representing New Hanover.
He was the nephew of William B. Gould and correspond with him frequently during the Civil War. In the 1880s, a child who was likely either his son or nephew lived with and worked for Gould in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Mabson was elected president of the J. C. Abbott Post 15 chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic when it organized in Wilmington in 1884.
Mabson died on October 4, 1885, at his home in Wilmington, and was buried at Pine Forest Cemetery in Wilmington.
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