JMayhew050 wrote: > > Betty, I'm a bit confused. Did your branch of the DODSONS come from PA or was > it the Renick family? If The DODSONS of Renick were your distant cousins then > there may be a connect as they were 1/4 of my family. If the DODSONS were > >From PA I would be interested in knowing about them as part of my Dodson line > left VA and moved to PA. I have a few interesting notes on Renick that I will > dig out for your husband and the next time I am there I will try to find him a > Fire cap. Jack Good to hear from you. The Renicks originally came from PA to Augusta Va, but the Dodsons were also in that general area also. I'm trying to put together some bits and pieces on my most distant ancestor,(Richard Dotson b 10/23/1752--son William married Mary Franks son of Henry Franks from MD) where he was at what time, etc., because I think he had to have a mother and father! From around 1776 to about 1800,( he was reported to have been born in Shenandoah Co, VA,) some children were born in MD and/or Greene Co, PA and he was an Indian spy in the Rev War, primarily on the WV/PA line and around Wheeling/Morgantown area of WV. He served under a Capt John Minor, and some have said he was son of Thomas Dodson and Francis Minor, but I've never been able to confirm this. He was one of the first settlers of Doddridge Co WV about 1799-1800. He signed with a mark, and appears to have left the kinfolk in WV or PA, so he might have had a name change from Dodson to Dotson. (Lots of my other ancestors changed their names -- maybe on the run, huh?--and it seems that most of them went over the mountains -- all of them West Virginia hills--and lost contact with their relatives). Anyway, let me know the dates and your farthest back ancestors, and I'll share anything I have that connects. I've been researching Dotsons for about 20 years -- off and on of course -- and I'm hoping the internet will find the link. I've already gotten 2 other branches back to 1600's from connecting up through the internet. Betty