This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RKT.2ACIB/1526.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: The information I have is from the "History of the Dodson-Dotson Family" of Southwest Virginia - the will of Charles Dodson is in it - and it says that Charles Dodson owned land - and he is named as executor of several wills and documents. It is thought he was one of the first descendants - The will was dated 6 Feb 1705 in Richmond, Va county court. Mostly that is where my information is from.