Here is one early source of Dodson information other than Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.'s 2-vol. work and the earlier books he did. I have the index and about half of the following book which is located in the St. Louis Public Library and also at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.: Ege, Thompson P. Dodson Genealogy, 1600-1907. Philadelphia, PA: Deemer & Jaisohn, 1908. There may be some clues here, but unless documentation is given, I cannot accept anything that is not proven by original documents. pp. 330-331 lists some early Dodson settlers in Maryland and their wills, etc. Also there is a genealogical listing of a Dodson line in Maryland which runs thus: John Dodson1 md. Barsheba Hurley. Issue: 1) John Hurley Dodson2 2) Charles Dodson2 3) Thomas Dodson2 4) Henry Dodson2 5) Walter Dodson2 6) probably daughters2 John Hurley Dodson2 above md. Mary Ann Smoot of Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD. Issue: 1) John Smoot Dodson3 2) Sarah Ann Dodson3 3) Ellen Dodson3 (single) 4) Betsy Dodson3 5) Henry Dodson3 John Smoot Dodson3 above md. Rachel Darnell. Issue: 1) John Henry Dodson4 2) Amelia Dodson4 3) Sarah Ann Dodson4 4) Mary Ann Dodson4 5) William C. Dodson4 6) Robert Middleton Dodson4 7) Walter Dodson4 8) Elizabeth Dodson4 9) Virginia Dodson4 10) Van Luden Dodson4 11) Isaac Dodson4 John Henry Dodson4 above, b. 7-7-1806, d. 1864, md. 1635 to Lucinda Boteler, b. 12-28-1813. Issue: 1) John E. Dodson, b. 1838, d. 1883 (single) 2) Robert F. Dodson, b. 1840, d. 11-24-1906 3) Joseph Henry Dodson, b. 11-26-1842 4) Emma Virginia Dodson 5) Lucinda J. Dodson 6) Mary Eugenia Dodson 7) Martha Columbia Dodson 8) William Thomas Dodson 9) Elizabeth Ellen Dodson 10) Luther Augustus Dodson 11) Annie Smoot Dodson (single) More is given on this line to carry it down into the 20th century, all of which seems to have originated and mostly stayed in Maryland, although no dates or sources are given other than what is shown here. I thought this interesting because of a Dodson-Smoot marriage. Glenn Gohr ggohr01@mail.orion.org