JCaffey259 wrote: > > In a message dated 5/5/98 5:15:07 PM Central Daylight Time, RobertUle@aol.com > writes: > > <snip> > > As I worked through the land causes, I've put together some ideas about the > > Neville children and land. My guess is the first child of John and > > Elizabeth > > Bohannon Neville to head west was probably daughter Elizabeth Neville (b. > > 1691) who married Joseph Bohannon (brother of Ann Bohannon). The two of > > them > > with their children purchased land near THE Bull Run in Prince William in > > 1733. Joseph died five years later. Elizabeth then apparently bought more > > land, nearby on the South branch of the Broad Run in 1742. She remarried a > > Thomas Faulkner then they gave that land to her sons Neville Bohannon and > > William Bohannon in 1745. The Faulkners and Bohannons then sold that same > > piece of land to ta-da Thomas Dodson (probably III) in 1751. (Thanks to > > Bill > > Scroggin's research for some of this insight) > <snip> > > Hello, > > I find this very interesting because my elusive Dodson ancestor, William H. > Dodson, [(b c1795-1800 in SC or maybe Georgia) who migrated from Bibb and > Tuscaloosa counties of Alabama in 1839 to Hempstead County, Arkansas then to > Smith and Wood Counties of Texas], had two children who married > Falkner/Faulkner mates in Arkansas in 1842 and 1843. > > The oldest son, William Wyman Dodson, married Adaline Falkner July 29, 1842 in > Hempstead County, Arkansas. The oldest daughter, Nancy Dodson, married > Adaline's brother's, Hiram J. Faulkner, on September 28, 1843. > > Would like to hear from anyone who researching this Dodson family or the > Faulkner line. > > Jynelle Hi, I ordered the DAR papers on Joseph Neville today. If it turns out you are descended from Thomas Dodson, Joseph Neville will also be an ancestor as well as Thomas Dodson (father of Thomas). I already have papers on both Dodsons. Liz