Seeking parents of Dr. JESSE DODSON, born in Virginia, died 1839, Hickman Co. KY. Birthday, unknown. Listed in his will are sons, (mother unknown), JESSE J., SAMUEL J., WILLIAM PINCKNEY, THOMAS B., and FIDELITY T. DODSON; daughters, FRANCES HAMILTON and MARY or MARGARET ALLEN. His last and final wife was ELIZABETH HARDIN by which he had 4 children; DR. JAMES H. DODSON, JOSEPH H. DODSON, THOMAS C. DODSON, AND ELIZABETH DODSON. It is said that Hardin County Tennessee was named for the father of Elizabeth Hardin Dodson. Thank you, Patsy Seay