I think we need a repost on how to obtain the Dodson book! Alley Blackford (Dodson List Mgr) wchs@prodigy.net This book is still available through Southern Historical Press THE DODSON (DOTSON) FAMILY OF NORTH FARNHAM PARISH, RICHMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: A HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS. 1988. 2 VOLUMES. 2,000 plus pages for $70.00, plus $5.00 shipping. May charge to VISA, MASTERCARD, or pay by check or money order. PHONE: 1-800-233-0152 MAILING ADDRESS: SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PRESS, INC P O BOX 1267 GREENVILLE SC 29602-1267

Does anyone have any vitals/inforamation on Mary MATLOCK? Mary Matlock d Polk Co, TN. She was the wife of Rv Elisha Dodson b Sep 27, 1785 in VA. They were married in Grainger Co, TN. I have stuck out on the MATLOCKs and am hoping someone can tell me more about this line line connected to DODSON. Snail Mail Mitch Trier POB 415 Lisle IL 60532 Email paxpooh @aol.com co mg4

This information was posted by Glenn Gohr to http.//www.genforum.com/dodson/messages/29.html The DODSON ( DOTSON ) FAMILY of NORTH FARNHAM PARISH, RICHMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: A HISTORY AND GENEALOGY of THEIR DESCENDANTS. 1988. 2 Vols. 2,000 plus pages for $70.00, plus $5.00 shipping. May charge to Visa, Mastercard, or by check or money order. Phone:1-800-233-0152. Mailing address: Southern Historical Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1267 Greenville, SC 29602-1267 The book covers virtually ALL Southern Dodson/Dotson lines from 1600's to the present.

Southern Historical Press has the DODSON/DOTSON Book. the two names are the same in a lot of old records.The Books are a two volume set Russell Dodson.

Hi, I saw your msg on the list and wanted to ask you if you knew where I could get a copy of that book? "The Dodson Family Of North Farnham Parish" Book. Also would you happen to know at what point in time and/or who changed the name from Dodson to Dotson? I'm a Dotson and I have heard frequently that we come from Dodsons. Being new at researching my family I have alot to learn!!! ANy help you could give me would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Rochelle Dotson

I'm looking for information on Jemima Dobson Chandler. Jemima was born in Greene county Kentucky August 18,1804 and married James Dobson July 11, 1932. James Dobson died, and left Jemima a widow with four children (I don't know their names). Jemima came to Iowa and in June 1835 married Eilhu Chandler. Does anyone know anything about James Dobson and his children? Thanks Barb Chandler, TSSF barb@gvn.net http://bounce.to/TheWriteStuff/

Hi Mr Gray The info. you are looking for is in "The Dodson Family Of North Farnham Parish" Book.JoshuaDODSON is the Son Of Isaac Dodson b-11 Sep. 1730, Isaac Then Son of Lambeth DODSON. he was the Son Of Charles DODSON. I can Fill you in More if you need it. Russell Dodson mtvil@accessus.net

There's a little girl on my lap, I forgot to hit attach on the last e-mail! Michelle Ule Robertule@aol.com Ukiah, CA Hunts, Durhams and Smoots Bermuda is a complex of 150 islands well east of the Virginia coast in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1503 a group of Spanish mariners were blown off course and shipwrecked on the major island. They eventually were rescued and nothing much happened on the archipelago until British colonists on their way to Virginia were shipwrecked over a hundred years later. The British decided to stay and in 1612 the islands were included in the third charter of the Virginia Company. The history of Bermuda is of some interest to our family because the warm waters, sunny skies and hope of fortune brought the Hunts and the Durhams there in the early Seventeenth century. Many attempts to trace the Hunt and Durham families to Bermuda and back have been attempted but little hard evidence has been found except for information in the Latter Day Saints Churches' International Genealogical Index (IGI). The pedigree charts from the church show us descending from one Governor Richard Hunt, presumably a governor of Bermuda, who lived on the island after 1627 (when he married Francis Grimsditch in St. Giles Church, London) and through at least 1643 (when daughter Judith is believed to have been born there). Also in Bermuda at the same time was Thomas Durham, a Pittingdon, Devon, native who married in Port Royal, Bermuda about 1627. His son Henry was born there circa 1629-1634. Henry Durham and Judith Hunt undoubtedly knew each other growing up in Port Royal and are believed to have married there on Valentine's Day, 1660. Their first son, Thomas Durham, was born March 6, 1661 in Port Royal and at some point the family appears to have moved to Richmond County, Virginia. The list of children found through the Latter Day Saints Family History Center doesn't make any sense, so it won't be included here. Sufficient to say Thomas Durham met Dorothy Smoot in Richmond County and they were married in North Farnham Parish. * Dorothy Smoot also has a puzzling ancestry. Believed to be the daughter of William and Jane Smoot, she is thought to be the granddaughter of William Smoot, the original Smoot in America. William Smoot the elder, was born about 1596 in London and was a member of the Boat wright Guild when he was asked to come to Virginia in 1633. He was contracted to perform 50 days worth of labor for Colonel Thomas Burbage at Hampton on the York River. Once he made the arduous trip and looked around, he decided to stay and build up his own business. He first obtained land on February 24, 1642 in payment for transporting eight individuals into the colony. Smoot was granted 400 acres of land near the head of Tymber Creek on the north side of Charles River in York County. Harry Wright Newman, the author of The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia, believes William Smoot was bringing his family and some indentured servants into the colony at the time. Smoot seems to have established his boat yard in good order, paying off one indentured servant, George Codd, in 1644 with "three barrels of corn and clothes". As a citizen of the fledgling colony, he also fought the Pamunky and Chickahominy Indians. He received 600 pounds of tobacco for his efforts. He undoubtedly needed the money for that same year he was sued in court for 854 pounds of tobacco owed to Ashwell Batten. There are several references in the records of Smoot suing and being sued, perhaps it was a necessary part of business in those days! About 1646, William Smoot packed up his family and moved north to Maryland. He was granted a patent for 300 acres in 1647 for land near the mouth of Herring Creek on the Potomac River. Later, he settled on 400 acres of land known as "Smoothly", which he received for transporting his then-wife Grace, her daughter Elizabeth Wood, and his children Thomas, Richard ,Elizabeth, Anne and Alice as well as a servant Anne Woodnot. This may have been the land in present day Charles County on the Wiccomico River where he set up a boatyard and established himself as a knowledgeable boat builder. During his early years in Maryland, Smoot built boats for Ralph Beane and Charles Calvert, among others. He purchased a ship from Governor Leonard Calvert, trading it away within the year. In his old age he was asked to appraise the ship St. George, after it sank in the Wiccommico River. He may have grown tobacco on his plantations, but water craft appear to have been his main interest. William Smoot is believed to have married and had children while still in England. His conjectured English wife is not known and the children of their marriage are believed to be: Richard; married Elizabeth Thomas; married Jane Batten Elizabeth; married Humphrey Atwickes Anne; wed William Hungerford and William Barton Alice William; married Jane Most of the children are believed to have been born in England, but nothing definite is known. At the time of his move to Maryland, William Smoot apparently was married to the widow Grace Wood, though there is confusion as to just who she was. Newman, in The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia, noted Grace apparently was married to James Atwickes at the time of her transportation into Virginia by John Dorman of Northampton County. He received land for bringing the Atwickes over in 1655, along with transporting their two children William and Jeane (note there is no daughter Elizabeth mentioned). Grace was also thought to have married a Thomas Hinton and the Smoot children referred to her as "sister", causing one historian to think she may have been William Smoot's sister, rather than his wife. Whatever, she was attached somehow to William Smoot in Maryland, and she died there January 14, 1666. The Smoots were Anglicans and signed Stone's Declaration allowing for freedom of religious worship in Maryland. Smoot continued to transport people and acquire land throughout the 1650's. He is believed to have died within a few years of Grace and no will has been found. William and Jane Smoot Thomas and Dorothy Smoot Durham It is not clear if William Smoot the younger was born in Maryland or Virginia. He is believed to have been born before 1654, but an exact date has never been determined. Since William Smoot the elder did not receive any land for transporting him into Maryland, he may have been born after the 1646 move. The IGI lists his birth date as about 1636, so perhaps he never went to Maryland with this family! He was living in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia by 1672 when he witnessed the sale of a cow, and therefore he must have been at least 18 years old. At some point he married a woman named Jane and in 1681 he purchased some land. Within a few years the couple settled in Richmond County. It continues to be confusing. The IGI lists Jane and William as the parents of Dorothy Smoot, born in 1663 in Richmond County, Virginia. Newman lists the couple in The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia, as being parents of three girls born between 1693 and 1698, none of whom were named Dorothy. They were: Mary (April 7,1693- May 8, 1750); married Thomas Durham, Jr. Elizabeth (March 16, 1698) Anne (March 16, 1698) Mary was willed a landed estate in 1693 by Elizabeth Grady of Richmond County, VA. William Smoot received all of Elizabeth's personal property and was named the executor. Perhaps Elizabeth was his sister? Her will, dated March 4, 1693, was not approved until November 4, 1702 according to Newman. The officials approving the will were Thomas Durham (undoubtedly the husband of Dorothy) and Richard Draper. Perhaps we're dealing with different William Smoots married to Janes. In The Dodson Family of North Farnham Parish, authors Lucas and Williams list William and Jane Smoot as having three daughters: Dorothy (1663-1716); married Thomas Durham Sr. about 1685 Alice (?-1701); wed John Chinn and John Stretchly Thomazin; married Marshall Since in his will, William is named as William Smoot Sr, we can suppose they had a son as well. Our ancestor Dorothy is known to have given birth in 1686, so I'm inclined to believe the IGI and the Dodson family book. On the other hand, maybe Dorothy, Alice and Thomazin are SISTERS of William Smoot Sr. and none of them are descended from William Smoot the Maryland boat builder? The primary historical connection between William Smoot Sr. and Dorothy Smoot is the granting of land in 1700. On August 2, 1700, William Smoot Sr.: for love and affection for Dorothy Durham, wife of Thomas Durham, and her children, deeded sixty-two acres of land entailing it upon their eldest son Thomas Durham Jr., their second son, John Durham and their eldest daughter, Mary Durham; he provides if all of these children the said land was to descend to the fourth, fifth and sixth child of the said Dorothy Durham and if all the aforementioned children of Dorothy Durham deceased, said land to descend to Ann Fox, wife of William Fox, Gentleman, of Lancaster County. Ann Fox was the daughter of Dorothy's sister Alice. If William was Dorothy's brother, he might be assigning family property to his sister, nieces and nephews in the above deed. Thomas Durham, tobacco planter, and Dorothy Smoot were married before 1686 at the North Farnham Parish church. They had three children known to have survived to adulthood: Mary (June 15, 1686-January 1, 1715); Thomas Dodson Sr. Thomas Jr. (June 27, 1690-December 3, 1734); Mary Smoot John (November 23, 1698-September 23, 1722) In 1707 William Smoot Sr. deeded to Thomas and Dorothy Durham, his wife, an additional 50 acres of land. Jane Smoot also deeded them 50 acres of land in 1707. That same year William Smoot witnessed another deed assigning land to the Durhams. There is no mention of a purchase price for the land "upon a branch of Farnham Creeke called and knowne by the name of the Buory Swamp" estimated at 50 acres. It was granted and conveyed to both Thomas and Dorothy Durham his wife on April 26, 1707 by a widow, Mary M. Gilbert and recorded on May 15. William Smoot's will was dated February 24, 1715; Jane survived him. In the will, he mentioned his wife Jane, his son-in-law Thomas Durham and three grandchildren: Margaret, Joseph and Sarah Durham. The Thomas Durham mentioned in the will was the son of Thomas and Dorothy Smoot Durham, since Thomas Durham Jr. married Mary Smoot about 1710. That the will did not mention Dorothy Durham and referred to Mary's children as grandchildren, would seem to indicate Dorothy was not William's child (though HER child Thomas was his son-in-law!). This all seems to indicate Mary Smoot and her twin sisters were really William and Jane Smoot's children and Dorothy, Alice and Thomazin were other relations, albeit close ones! William made provision for his wife to "devise the use of all lands and the plantation during life", then everything went to his son-in-law and three grandchildren. We don't know when Jane died. (Only three of Thomas and Mary Smoot Durham's children are listed in William Smoot Sr.'s will. The youngest child, Sarah, eventually grew up to marry William Hanks, older brother of Luke Hanks from whom we descend.) Thomas Durham Sr. marked and sealed his will on August 4, 1711, though it was not approved until June 1, 1715. He left his plantation and all his lands and tenements to his "dear and loving wife" Dorothy, with the plantation going to his son Thomas and daughter-in-law Mary at Dorothy's death. His only daughter Mary Durham Dodson received tobacco and her son Thomas Dodson was granted land if son John Durham never had an heirs (which he doesn't appear to have had). William Smoot, Thomas Durham Sr. and Dorothy Smoot Durham were all dead by 1716. The person we are really interested in was Thomas and Dorothy's daughter Mary Durham, because she married Thomas Dodson.

You'll probably be interested in this mess as well. Give me your comments, the Smoots drive me CRAZY! Michelle Ule Robertule@aol.com Ukiah, CA

Here's the Dodson paper, Karen, Michelle Robertule@aol.com Ukiah, CA The Dodsons The Dodson family traces its origins in a story similar to the Hanks family. The "original" Dodson in North America is believed to have been one Charles Dodson who leased land in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia in the 1680's. Charles is believed to have been born about 1649 but it's not clear whether his birth took place in England or Virginia. A Thomas Dodson is listed as an immigrant to Virginia in 1645, and given the number of Thomases in the family this man possibly could have been Charles' father, but nothing has been shown to link the two men. Charles Dodson apparently was a prosperous tobacco planter and owned a large plantation in the North Farnham Parish area of Old Rappahannock County, across the York River from where the original Thomas Hanks was cutting down trees. He married his wife Ann prior to 1680 and they had nine children: Charles Junior (?- August 1, 1715) Thomas (May 15, 1681- November 21, 1740) Bartholomew (1683-) William (1685-) John Lambert Anne Elizabeth Mary (?- bef 1719) Old Rappahannock County was split into Essex and Richmond counties in 1692. Dodson owned land in both counties but lived in Richmond County. Dodsons were known as large land owners and a leading Virginia family in southern "tobacco belt" counties, according to Shirley Corbari in her book The Guio-Dodson Family. When Charles Dodson died in 1705 he left houses and extensive land holdings (at least 150 acres a piece) to each of his six sons. The women in the family received "all my moveable estate of what kind soever within and without". As an interesting stipulation, Charles Dodson insisted that none of the land out of the name might be sold except one brother selleth to another and if no male appeareth by none of my sons [they have no male heirs] that then my daughters may inherit the land. Corbari presented the list of possessions, reprinted in Charles Dodson's own hand, in her book. The items were appraised and included chests, chairs, tables, cloth and linen napkins, two spinning wheels, a pestle and mortar, knives, cart wheels and casks. One of the more expensive items, valued at 2200 (shillings?) was "one servant man three years eight months to serve" so Dodson obviously had an indentured servant on hand. Thomas and Mary Durham Dodson Charles' second son, Thomas Dodson, inherited a plantation "in a neck formerly called the Rich Neck with a hundred and fifty acres of land". Thomas would have been 24 years old at the time, about three years married to Mary Durham Mary Durham was the daughter and probably a granddaughter of other Richmond County tobacco planters. Her complicated and confusing ancestry is discussed in the Hunt, Durham and Smoot section. According to Cobari, the Thomas Dodsons had nine children, all born in Richmond County: George (Oct 31, 1702-1770); Margaret Dagord David (abt 1704-abt 1740); Amy Thomas Jr. (abt 1707-October 21, 1783) Elizabeth Rose, Ellenor Sloan Greenham (abt 1709) Elinore Hightower Alice (abt 1711); William Creel Mary (Oct 5, 1715) Abraham (April 4, 1723-1768); Barbara Russell? Joshua (May 25, 1725-1793); Ruth Elisha (Feb 22, 1727 );Sarah Everett Mary Durham Dodson's father died in 1715 and left her five thousand pounds of tobacco; fifteen hundred pounds of the same to be paid by my son Thomas Durham within nine months after the decease of my wife and five hundred of the rest of the said tobacco to be paid by my son John Durham at the decease of my wife. Thomas Durham also made provision that if either of his sons produced no heirs, land and tobacco were to be paid to his "grandson Thomas Dodson and his heirs". Thomas and Mary Durham Dodson farmed tobacco and inherited land from both sides of their family. In 1723, Mary's brother Thomas Durham and his wife Mary sold or assigned them property in Richmond County, 100 acres for the "payment of one year from date of deed of rent of one ears of Indian Corn on the feast Day of the birth of our Lord God". Raising tobacco is labor-intensive work and at some point Thomas Dodson felt the need to purchase slaves to help on the farm. His will, marked and sealed on February 17, 1739, made provision for numerous slaves, including women and boys. The other disbursements of Thomas Dodson's possessions was interesting. Son Greenham was named the executor and he, George and Elisha all received tracts of land. Abraham and Joshua, who would have been teenagers though older than Elisha, each received a negro woman and a negro boy plus one feather bed and furniture. Son David must have proceeded Thomas Dodson in death, for his will gives "my granddaughter, the daughter of David Dodson, 20 shillings". At her husband's death, Mary Durham Dodson inherited the plantation they lived on, all the negroes belonging there and all moveable estate for the length of her life. Three and a half years later on September 29, 1743, Mary wed Robert Galbreath. There are references in The Dodson Family of North Farnsham Parish to a lawsuit brought by executor Greenham Dodson the next year. At the chancery court in 1745 it was decided that the complainant (Greenham) take possession of the estate for the use of his mother, Mary Galbreath, during her coverture according to the intention of the Testators Will, the sd Robert Galbreath in open court refusing to give security. It's not clear exactly what was happening here, though the Oxford English Dictionary defines coverture as "the condition or position of a woman during her married life, when she is by law under the authority and protection of her husband". This would suggest Galbreath perhaps wasn't taking very good care of Mary Durham Dodson Galbreath, who would have been 58 years old at the time. Greenham thus took over the running of the Dodson estate. We don't know when Mary died. Thomas Jr. and Elizabeth Rose Dodson Thomas Dodson Jr. received five shillings at his father's death. Since he is listed as being a tobacco planter, he probably had already received land from his father and was busy farming it at the age of 33. He also may have inherited Durham family land after the death of his uncle John Durham in 1722. He married Elizabeth Rose, daughter of John Rose of Northumberland County, on April 3, 1726 in North Farnham Parish church. They had eleven children as follows: Joseph (February 21, 1724-1773); Martha/Anna Thomas III (October 3, 1728-March 25, 1816);Mary Dodson, Mary Neville Mary (June 16,1730); Mr. Child Elizabeth (May 27, 1732); John Bennett Sarah (May 27, 1732); John Neville Alicy (1734); Lazarus Dodson Joshua (1736) William (1738-May 6, 1832); Winnifred Johnston George (1740-abt 1816);Anne Rhoda (1744); John Creel Jesse (November 22, 1752-November 22, 1843); Ruth Dodson About 1733 Thomas sold his land in Richmond County and moved his wife and then-five children up the Rappahannock River to what is now Fauquier County. The last six children were born at their new home on the Broad Run of Occoquan Creek. Other Dodson family members also moved to the area about the same time. In November 1742, Elizabeth Rose Dodson's father died. John Rose lived in Northumberland County, in the Weidmore Parish and apparently had two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary (who married Thomas Stamps). At the time of his death John Rose was married to a Mary Blackerby Rose who probably wasn't the mother of his daughters. In his signed will, John Rose gave James Blackerby, "my wife's son", three sheep. He also gave seven sheep to Joseph Davis "my wife's grandson". Mary Rose the widow, received the use of John Rose's estate during her life or widowhood, after which it all went to his daughters Mary Stamps and Elizabeth Dodson. The executorship was divided between his widow and his two sons-in-law. Nothing more is known of John Rose, nor what became of his estate. Sometime around the mid-eighteenth century, the Baptist religion began to make inroads into the staunchly Anglican colonies. As with many religious changes, it did not come easily and there was a great amount of controversy. Stories of colonial Virginia are rife with the great dissention caused by people who embraced a new way to worship God. Among those people touched by the Great Enlightenment, were many members of the Dodson family. Thomas Dodson Jr. was a founding member of Broad Run Baptist Church, founded on December 3, 1762. He was baptized there and several of his children also joined the church. His brother and sister-in-law, Joshua and Ruth Dodson, also were founding members of the church. There is no record of Elizabeth's participation (which is noteworthy since women are listed in the rolls). Three and a half years later Thomas and the children were "dismissed" from the church when they moved south to Halifax County. The Dodson family is full of Baptist preachers from about that time on. It appears that the Primitive, or Hardshell, Baptist Dodson families began to move to Pittsylvania and Halifax County about 1766, though some were there as early as 1753 when the area first opened up for settlers. Whether the Dodsons were primarily interested in new land or a new place to worship God, we cannot say, but the Hanks family members who went south at the same time also were Baptists. Pittsylvania County played a "distinguished part in the founding and spread of the Baptist church in Virginia," Maud Carter Clements commented in her History of Pittsylvania County. The First Separate Baptist Church of Virginia was founded in Pittsylvania County in 1760. Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties are in the piedmont plateau area of Virginia at the North Carolina border. It is a land of rolling hills, broken by many small mountain ridges. The valleys were described as fertile and watered by many streams. The earliest explorers found large level plains with fine savannahs three to four miles wide on which there were an infinite quality of turkeys, deer, elk and buffalo according to Clement's History of Pittsylvania County. Pittsylvania became an official county of Virginia in 1767, about the time the Dodsons and Moses Hanks began to settle there. The Cherokee Indians were a problem in the area during the French and Indian War which lasted from 1754-1763. The Dodsons may have decided to move their families only after things had begun to settle down and they would be relatively safe on the frontier! Thomas and Elizabeth Dodson sold their land in Fauquier County in early 1766 and purchased 400 acres of land in Halifax County in December of the same year. The land was on Birch Creek, which flowed through both Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties. By 1772 Pittsylvania's population was 938 whites and 316 slaves and it nearly doubled the next year. Clements noted this increase in population was largely brought about by an influx of settlers from Tidewater who were restlessly turning their eyes westward. Naturally enough, tobacco was grown in the area. Elizabeth Rose Dodson died a short time after the family settled in their new home. Thomas remarried a widow, Ellenor Sloan, who eventually survived him. According to Lucas and Williams, in 1773 Thomas Dodson executed a bond with John Creel in the sum of 1000 pounds, the condition being that Creel, his heirs, etc. would provided a place to live and proper maintenance for Thomas and his wife during their lifetime--'which shall be the place whereon they now live or the place whereon they formerly lived or such a place as shall content them'. At the same time Thomas conveyed to the Creels 200 acres on both sides of Birch Creek. Thomas was in his late 60's at the time this bond was enacted. John Creel, of course, was married to Thomas' youngest daughter Rhoda. The Revolutionary War broke on the Halifax and Pittsylvania County areas in 1776. Thomas Dodson is listed as a patriot with the Daughters of the American Revolution though we do not know specifically what his contribution was. He signed the oath of Allegiance, along with several other family members, in 1777. Thomas Dodson wrote his will on August 12, 1779. George and Ellenor Sloan Dodson were named executors on October 21, 1783, so Thomas must have died sometime between. He left a shilling to each of his daughters and one grandson Thomas (Joseph's son). His second son, Thomas "second fork" Dodson received a whipsaw. The plantation went to son William after Ellenor's death and various slaves were granted to other family members. His Baptist faith was strong to the end. According to Lucas and Williams "he left to the separate and regular Baptists ‘use of the meeting house near John Creel's mill with three acres of land'". Thomas "second fork" and Mary Neville Dodson As the third Thomas in his line to bear the name, and one of dozens of similarly named men in the family, Thomas Dodson III needed a moniker to differentiate himself from others! In later life he was known as "second fork", a reference to his land "on the second fork of Birch Creek" in Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties. Born October 3, 1728 in Richmond County, Thomas was only five when the family moved west. He grew up in the rolling hills of Fauquier County and undoubtedly learned to farm tobacco. He is believed to have married a cousin Mary Dodson, and had two children: Ida and George. Mary Dodson Dodson may have been the daughter of George Dodson, but it's not clear which one of the many Georges! He must have married Mary Dodson at an early age, for he is believed to have married Mary Neville about 1747, when he would have been nineteen and she about 17. Daughter Agatha was born in December 1749. They had a large number of children: Agatha (December 1749-1831);married Moses Hanks Thomas Jeremiah Dodson (?-bef 1809); wed Jemima Robinson Rhoda; married Alexander Hittson (Edison) Susannah (abt 1770); wed James Johnson Leonard; married Miss Randall Jessee ; wed Judith Combs Fanny; married Thomas Dodson Elizabeth; married David Dodson Winifred;wed William Johnson Alice; married Jerry Johnson Samuel William (?-December 22, 1809) Like his father, Thomas-Second Fork also joined the Broad Run Baptist Church. He was baptized on August 11, 1765. His faith may not have grown as much as the minister of the church hoped, for on November 11, 1766 when he was dismissed to the Halifax church, he and another member went "under censure to the church at Birch Creek to be under their care". He apparently took up land near his father on Birch Creek, the second fork of course, and farmed tobacco. There he raised his children and participated in the events of the unfolding war with the British. This Thomas Dodson, also, has been cited for patriotic service by the Daughters of the American Revolution. After the war was over, Thomas Dodson moved on south to Tennesse, with a number of other Dodsons family members. He is believed to have left Pittsylvania County about 1788 for Grainger and Hawkins Counties just over the border in eastern Tennessee. He and Mary helped found another Baptist Church, at "north on Holston" in Grainger County, very near the Hawkins County line in 1792. That area would be present day Mooresburg or Galbraith Springs. The Dodsons owned 50 acres of land near the church, on the north side of the Holston River at the mouth of Blair's branch. They apparently lived there the rest of their lives. Mary's death date is not known, though it obviously was after 1792. Thomas died on March 25, 1816, according to the DAR. He signed his name with a mark. One of the main Dodson family historians for the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, was the Reverend Elias Dodson, a great-grandson of Thomas Dodson Sr. Shirley Corbari quoted his manuscript in summing up the Dodson family: He never knew any Dodson to be hung, go to jail or the penitentiary. They were peaceable, amiable and industrious. ‘A good name is a great fortune'--Proverbs 22:1.

Monya Havekost wrote: > > I have a copy of "The Berryhill Family in America" by Virginia <snip> > Researching: MUSGROVE, WEBSTER, THOMPSON, DODSON, ANDERSON, HARRIS, OWEN, > STEWART, ASTON, SMOOT, WEAVER, WOLFE, WEEKS. When you get a chance, I'm looking for parents of Joseph Anderson Martin b. about Oct 22, 1838/9 Putnam County TN who m. Elizabeth Jane Conway Fen 2, 1860. His parents were Joseph Martin and Nancy born TN. We're guessing her maiden name may have Anderson since that's her son's middle name. Elizabeth's sister was born in AL which we thought unusual since none of the other family members were born there. We figured maybe there was family there. If any of this memlds with what you have I'd be most grateful to hear from you. Thanks, Gerie Dodson-Smith Winterport, Maine

Hi Monya - I'm looking for my gggrandfather - well actually I'm trying to find out who his parents were - here's what I have on him: John E. J. Dodson born 1841 in Halifax Co. Va - he was married to Sarah Angelina they had two sons, Charles A. born in 1876 and Clifton H. born in 1876 both in VA. Thanks for any help you might be able to give me. Dee Sammis

Greetings all! I'm a new subscriber to the DODSON list, but have enjoyed sharing info on my Boone line and others for some time now. Does anyone have info on JOSHUA DODSON who married Susannah A. Hays (Daniel & Rebecca Boone's granddaughter)? I believe his father's name was Isaac, but I'm not certain. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Gene Ray

Monya Havekost wrote: > > I have a copy of "The Berryhill Family in America" by Virginia Thompson > Brittain and will do look-ups as time allows. Most of the families lived > in AL at some point in time, especially in Fayette/Marion/Tuscaloosa > Counties. > > The most extensive listings of surnames in the index are: > BERRYHILL > COUCH > DODSON > ESTES > HARPER > HARRIS > HENDERSON > MAY > MILLER > MILLS > SMITH > TAYLOR > VICKERY > WARD > WEBB > WEBSTER > WEEKS > WHITE > > MANY other names, but these figure most prominently. > > I have a busy week ahead, as I'm sure many of us do, so I'll do my best to > get back to you as quickly as possible. > > Monya Havekost > Columbia, SC > monyah@conterra.com > > Researching: MUSGROVE, WEBSTER, THOMPSON, DODSON, ANDERSON, HARRIS, OWEN, > STEWART, ASTON, SMOOT, WEAVER, WOLFE, WEEKS. Most Wanted!: Parents of JOHN > TILDEN MUSGROVE, b. 8 Nov 1793 MD; d. 7 Nov 1875, Fayette Co. AL I am interested in a copy of the book you mentioned, I am looking for Dodson and Ward. Thanks Rose

I have a copy of "The Berryhill Family in America" by Virginia Thompson Brittain and will do look-ups as time allows. Most of the families lived in AL at some point in time, especially in Fayette/Marion/Tuscaloosa Counties. The most extensive listings of surnames in the index are: BERRYHILL COUCH DODSON ESTES HARPER HARRIS HENDERSON MAY MILLER MILLS SMITH TAYLOR VICKERY WARD WEBB WEBSTER WEEKS WHITE MANY other names, but these figure most prominently. I have a busy week ahead, as I'm sure many of us do, so I'll do my best to get back to you as quickly as possible. Monya Havekost Columbia, SC monyah@conterra.com Researching: MUSGROVE, WEBSTER, THOMPSON, DODSON, ANDERSON, HARRIS, OWEN, STEWART, ASTON, SMOOT, WEAVER, WOLFE, WEEKS. Most Wanted!: Parents of JOHN TILDEN MUSGROVE, b. 8 Nov 1793 MD; d. 7 Nov 1875, Fayette Co. AL

Just by chance I read your post. I know very little info on my Dodson line. However, I have a Mary Elizabeth Bates married to William Riggs, this was about 1879. I know your wonder in why I would mention this. For some time I have thought that many people you find together later in time you will also find these same people together at an early time. The sister of Mary Elizabeth Bates married a Thomas White, his sons wifes mother was a Dodson. I have found all of these people in Arkansas in the early 1900's, but I have found the Bates, and Whites in PA in the late middle to late 1800. Have you seen anything of the Bates with your lines? JWhite1043@aol.com

Hello to All, I'm a new member of the list. By way of introducing myself, I am including a "brief" pedigree of 'later' generations - just starting from Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson. I haven't listed the earlier generations to avoid making this message overly long... I have also joined the Neville list and have used my copy of the Williams and Lucas book for much of the earliest information. I am a descendant of 6-Winifred Dodson, daughter of Mary Neville and Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson, and her husband William Johnson who settled in (Jefferson co) TN about 1800. (Note: three Dodson sisters married three Johnson brothers.) I'm most interested in learning more about the earliest Dodsons and Nevilles and finding the parents of the three Johnson boys. Is there a Dodson homepage/database where we can check out sources and add and correct our records? Regards, Karen Trouvat in Barbizon, France DESCENDANCY CHART FOR THOMAS "SECOND FORK" DODSON 1-- Thomas "Second Fork" DODSON (1728-1811) N Farnham Parish,Richmond Co,VA sp-Mary DODSON (1726-1758) N Farnham Parish,Richmond Co,VA 2-- Ida DODSON ( - ) 2-- George DODSON ( - ) sp-Mary NEVILLE (1745- ) ,Prince Will. Co,VA 2-- Thomas (Jeremiah) DODSON (1770-1809) ,Hal.or Pitts. Co,VA sp-Jemima ROBINSON (1770- ) 3-- James DODSON (1795-1830) ,Hawkins?,TN 3-- Elisha DODSON (1801-1874) ,Hawkins,TN 3-- Raleigh DODSON (1804-1854) ,Hawkins Co,TN sp-Martha JOHNSON (1801-1855) ,VA or TN? 3-- Sara DODSON (1805- ) ,Hawkins?,TN 2-- Jesse DODSON (1770-1816) ,VA sp-Judith COMBS ( - ) 2-- Frances (Fanny) DODSON ( -1804) sp-Thomas DODSON (1746-1831) ,VA 2-- Samuel DODSON (1770-1817) ,VA? sp-?Polly KING (1770- ) ,VA 2-- Susanna DODSON (1770-1837) ,VA sp-James JOHNSON (1760-1837) ,VA? 3-- Thomas JOHNSON ( - ) sp-Mattie YATES ( - ) 3-- John JOHNSON ( - ) 3-- Jeremiah JOHNSON ( - ) sp-Rachel Louise JOHNSTON ( - ) 3-- James JOHNSON [Rev.] (1803-1877) ,Hawkins?,TN? sp-Martha Miller JOHNSTON ( - ) 4-- Jerry Martin JOHNSON (1835-1923) Loudon,TN sp-Elizabeth DILLAHUNTY (1844-1918) Paris,TN 4-- E. Wiley JOHNSON (1844-1924) ,GA 3-- Samuel JOHNSON ( - ) 3-- Charity JOHNSON ( - ) sp-Benjamin DAVIS ( - ) 3-- Lucy JOHNSON ( - ) sp-LEE ( - ) sp-Isaac HORNER ( - ) 3-- Mary JOHNSON ( - ) sp-Samuel RAIL ( - ) sp-James CHEEK ( - ) 3-- Polly or Mandy JOHNSON ( - ) 2-- Agatha DODSON (1772-1831) ,VA sp-Moses HANKS (1746-1831) ,VA 2-- Rhoda DODSON (1775- ) ,VA sp-Alexander HITTSON ( - ) 2-- Elizabeth DODSON ( - ) sp-David DODSON (1740- ) 2-- Winifred DODSON (1780- ) ,VA sp-William JOHNSON (1780- ) 3-- James JOHNSON (1800- ) ,TN sp-Elizabeth HORNER ( - ) 3-- Stephen JOHNSON (1803-1873) Hamblen,Morristown,Jefferson co, TN sp-Elizabeth DAY (1808-1864) ,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- William Day JOHNSON (1825-1900) nr Morristown?,Jefferson co,TN sp-Leurena BRANCH (1825-1890) 4-- unnamed infant JOHNSON (1827-1827) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- Elizabeth S. JOHNSON (1828- ) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN sp-John MASSY ( - ) 4-- Isaac B. JOHNSON (1831-1833) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- Sarah Ann JOHNSON (1832- ) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN sp-W. John DEARMORE (1829-1910) 4-- John Barton JOHNSON (1833-1905) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN sp-Missouri Amazon BRIGHAM (1843-1927) 4-- Wesley H. JOHNSON (1835-1846) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- Mariah H. JOHNSON (1837-1860) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- Martha M. JOHNSON (1840-1864) nr Morristown?,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- Stephen Elbert JOHNSON (1842-1923) Morristown,Jefferson,TN sp-Emiline Frances MCFARLEN (1846-1934) Medina,Gibson,TN 4-- Catharine S. JOHNSON (1845-1846) ,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- Lemuel H. JOHNSON (1848-1859) ,TN 3-- Martha Traylor "Patsy" JOHNSON (1807-1870) ,Grainger Co,TN sp-Isaac Newton DAY (1804-1872) ,Jefferson Co,TN 4-- William Conway DAY (1827-1907) ,Jefferson,TN 4-- Sarah Elizabeth DAY (1829-1858) ,Jefferson,TN 4-- Isaac Osborn DAY (1831-1895) ,Jefferson,TN 3-- Sally JOHNSON (1811- ) ,TN 3-- Altamira JOHNSON (1813- ) ,TN 3-- Eliza Susan JOHNSON (1815-1892) ,TN 3-- Clemuel P. D. JOHNSON (1829-1829) ,TN 2-- Alcie DODSON ( - ) sp-Stephen "Jerry" JOHNSON (1778- ) ,VA? 2-- William DODSON (1770-1809) ,VA 2-- James DODSON ( - )

Looking for information re: Isaac DODSON m-Mar. 05, 1806 in Wayne County Ky. Married Mary "Polly" GIBSON. They had at least 7 children, the children showed up in White County Tn and later Jefferson Co. IL. Four of there names are James b-c1807, Archibald b-c1811. Dicey b-c1820 & Rutha Jane b-c 1827. Would like info on Isaac or Mary. Russell Dodson mtvil@accessus.net

Hello, I'm a subscriber to the FOX and DODSON mailing lists, and you're the first person that I've come across who is researching those two names. I have recently been in touch a Gail Delaney of Alberta, Canada who has FOX information back to her ancestor, Stephen DODSON FOX (b. abt 1799, NY, USA), who settled in Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada around 1836. The reason why I am researching DODSON is that Gail believes that Stephen was a brother to my g-g-grandfather Thomas Dudley FOX ( b. abt. 1802, USA). Would you happen to have any DODSON-FOX associations in your background ? Rob Fox >

>Dear Mr Bryant, > I hope this note finds you well. My name is Jill >Duncanson Ebrecht. My only DODSON so far is Mary DODSON nee RIGGS. Could >she be the daughter of one of your DODSON women? I belive she is my gggg >grandmother. She was born in Maryland _right across the Potomac River, >where the seat of war was in this last struggle_. This quote is taken >from a letter I have written by my ggg granduncle. Her bitrth date is >Dec. 17, 1755. And she married William RIGGS who was born in old >Virginia, near the Potomac River, near Harper's Ferry. Have you ever >hear of or found her or any of her family do you think? I'm going to the >National Archives tomorrow- to get more confused. Thank you for your >time and good luck hunting. > >Sincerely, >Jill Duncanson Ebrecht Sorry, Jill, but I have no information on this couple. Good luck in your search. Thomas H. Bryant