This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stephen_freeland Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do believe he was married to a Freeland...a sister of my ggggrandfather. I would like a copy of the picture you mentioned if possible. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.3.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a xeroxed copy. I'll get it out and see. I saw it not long ago when my mother died. But I'll dig it out soon and let you know what I've got. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vic9128 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.3.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The diary of Wesley Smith Dorris is currently at the University of Tennessee in the special collections. The last entry is on 15 Jan 1863-- "January the 15th the clouds have passed off, the weather cool. There seems to be a... (rest of the pages are missing) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.3.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oh my gosh, it was about 1975 or '76 when I went up there and found the grave and the military records. I couldn't tell you exactly where it was if my life depended on it. But it's there and I talked to the people in charge of the cemetery about what would have to be done to get the engraving on the tombstone changed. My family has Wesley's diary where he made entries during his stint in the Confederate army and he talks being in Franklin. But Wesley's diary cuts off a day or two before the battle. But the 'powers that be' at the cemetery wanted something like an entry in the diary from the day of the battle, plus military records, plus a dozen other things. I was young with a new family, a job and not much time or money. It just wasn't worth it. Anyway, thanks for your interest. It's a shame that the poor guy has to be misidentified, but that's just the way it is I guess. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vic9128 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I checked the book at the Confederate cemetery today and did not see a Wesley Smith Norris buried in the Tennessee section. What section is he buried in? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DanielBurns71 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/24.25.39.43.68.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't think any genealogist takes seriously the Greek origin of the name. The link below is a list of Gaelic-speaking Scottish highlanders who settled in Oglethorpe's Georgia colony beginning in 1736, compiled from various records as stated. Note that several are shown as being from "Dorris", Scotland. I can't find any modern town of that name but there is still a Durris, Scotland, that even has a website and I suspect that it is the same place, and likely the origin of the surname Dorris. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/darien.htm and http://www.durris.net/html/durris_-_history.html Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nnimm35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much for this information. I'll have to go look at his grave the next time I'm in the area! I had thought maybe his family had come to Franklin and taken his body home to bury. I really appreciate your telling me about this. Betsy Tannehill Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wesley Smith Dorris was my great-great-great grandfather. He is indeed buried in the Confederate cemetery in Franklin. However, someone spelled his name wrong on the tombstone, and they have him listed as Wesley Smith Norris. But check the records they have on him and his service in the regimen. Everything is identical to Wesley Smith Dorris. But after asking them what it would take to get the name corrected, it seemed like way more trouble than it was worth. Maybe someone will take this project on. It should be done. Thanks, Bill Dorian (fomerly 'Dorris'--long story) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/24.25.39.43.68/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Regarding your references to the Burns poem, Scotland, 'dhu ros,' etc.--this is vert different from the theories about the Dorris clan coming to Ireland from Greece (with some perhaps stopping off in France). I'm just getting started with genealogy. Over the years (your last entry was 2000), have you discovered anything more? Please reply to: william.dorian@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/125.162.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I hope in the last seven or eight years you've solved the Dorris name mystery. I'm just getting started. My records trace my family back to a William Dorris from County Down (1715-1795). His father was William J. Dorr (not Dorris) (1678-1718). Don't know why the name change. I've also always heard (and read in several sources that Dorris is Greek. Doris was a province in ancient Greece. Possibly a city in Asia Minor too. I've also heard the legend of Gen. Josef Dorris being given County Down. This is really nothing new, but I can't validate any of it. There are also members of the Dorris family living in France and French Canada who spell it the same way but pronounce it Dorree'. I have a cousin who went to Paris and discovered that one. When the family migrated to Ireland from Greece (I've also heard Constantinople in the 1450s to flee the Turks), did some of them stop off in France? This is all very fascinating but I'm pretty confused. I hope you've discovered more. Please contact at at: william.dorian@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Dorris Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/125.162.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My lineage traces back to a William Dorris (1715-95) in County Down, Ireland. His father was William J. Dorr (not Dorris--1678-1718). Don't know why the name change. I've also been told and read the Dorrises came to Ireland from Greece, perhaps with some stopping off in France. A cousin visited Paris a few years ago and found a number of Dorrises. They spell it Dorris but pronounce it Dorree'. I wish I could solve this mystery. Have you found anything? Contact: william.dorian@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorianDorris Surnames: Dorris Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/69.72/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've heard the same report. A family member who visited Paris found Dorris family members (spelled the same way but pronounced Dorree'). He said it seemed that most of them were Jewish--and we're all Protestants. Another mystery. There are also Dorrises living in French Canada (Quebec). I've read and been told that the Dorris family moved to Ireland from Greece. Maybe some of them stopped off in France. I wish I had the answer. Please let me know if you've found anything. Contact: william.dorian@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GeneDorris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a copy of his picture in uniform holding a picture of his wife if you are interested. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ksfarr Surnames: Dorris Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/24.25.39.43.67.71.73.91.95/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jasper Newton Dorris is my Great Great Great Grandfather also. His daughter Tallulah Indiana Dorris is my Great Great Grandmother.Any chance you have those pictures of him and his wife scanned and would be willing to share them. I would love to know what they looked like. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RitaArnold72 Surnames: ARNOLD, ANDERSON, DORRIS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/212.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My great-aunt, Ruth L. ARNOLD was born in Shelby County, Indiana in 1886. Around 1903, she married Albert Anderson in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. I do know they had one son who was named for his father. He, too, was Albert Anderson. In 1920, he lived with his mother and step-father, Albert M. Dorris in Memphis, Shelby County, TN. Apparently, his father had died or his parents divorced by that time. My great-aunt Ruth and her 2nd husband, Albert M. (Milton) Dorris made their home in Memphis and he had a barber shop on Beale St. I don't know any more about this great-uncle, Albert M. Dorris. However, I did see your post from several years ago. Did you find your Albert M. Dorris? It is, certainly, a shot in the dark. However, I did wonder if there might be a connection if you have found more information by now. I do not know where my Albert M. Dorris or my Ruth L. ARNOLD Anderson Dorris got to. So, that is why I am looking for them, mostly, looking for g-aunt Ruth and ! her son, of course, and any children there might have been from this marriage. Do you know when your Albert M. Dorris was born? The one I am looking for was born about 1881. Since it has been a number of years, I can only hope that you are still on the board and am interested if you think there might be a connection. Thanks! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marilyncohea Surnames: Dorris, Price Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/463/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for a Patricia (pat) lee Dorris I do not know too much information because she would be my step-grandmother. I am looking more for my grandfather Rodney a price, born 14 Apr 1939. They got married in Idaho in 6 jun 1981 (this would be the religious celebrant). Than their was another marriage called the civil celebrant in Nevada in 6 may 1982. I just wished that I knew more about my grandfather. I would not mind information about Patricia since my grandfather did marry her. Information regrading her may tell me a little bit about my grandfather as well. Thank you!!!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vic9128 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My pleasure. Wesley was a cousin of my ggggrandfather A.W. Bradley who was also in the 30th. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nnimm35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate it. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vic9128 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/461.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: According to the information that I have, he is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Carnton, but in the Missouri section by mistake-- no 116 second row, fifth from right. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: claykeller_1 Surnames: Dorris, Keller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dorris/5.10.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've been researching the line of Adam and Cecil Dorris. Trying to find a connection between them and the Keller's of Hardeman Co, TN due to some DNA test results. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.