John Dover No. 1 was from England, he was a machinist and millright by trade. He landed at Fall River, Mass, in 1765. He remained there two years, after learning of the milder climate, and the greater possibilities of the South, he pulled out for the Piedmont Section of South Carolina, and located on Kings Creek. He found a fine mill site on that stream, he cut a race across a neck of land at a short bend of the creek, he then went to the foothills of Browns Mountain, back of the Dillingham Place and got out a set of mill rock. About that time there was an uprising of the Indians and he decided to go back to Fall River until times got better. He was gone 7 years, returning in 1774 to find another man in possession of his mill site and had a mill running. He then settled on the place now owned by Bate Hambright and went to farming. He took part in the Revolution War and was in the battle of Kings Mountain. He had 4(this is the way it is) Sons; Elijah, Bephemiah, John, William and James. We decended from John; he begat Martin, John, Thomas, Bephemiah, Asa, William and Willis of this last family. Your family decends from Martin and mine from John No. 3 of the first family of Dovers. William and his family moved into Western North Carolina and East Tenn. Behemiah and family moved over in Georgia. James located down on Broad River hence the Morgan Dover family on Broad River. Elijah lived and died near Antioch Church. I saw him once when I was a small boy, he was over 90 years old then. He died soon after that. Several of his boys, my Fathers Cousins went to Ga. also. John Dover No. 1 lived to be 110 years old, he was burried in the Shiloh Grave Yard at Grover. Some of the characteristics of the older Dover family. They were a care free, fun loving, hard working people, They were great lovers of music, both instrumental and vocal. Some of them I have been told were among the finest musicians of their day, and that many of them possessed very fine voices, almost instrumental in clearness and smootheness of tone. They were great lovers of hunting, trapping and fishing. Made a good living and enjoyed it. No serious crime was charged against any of them. The above facts, was gathered from my father and Abraham Hardin, and I believe they are correct. I have no doubt but what nearly all the Dovers in the country sprang from this one family as I could never learn of any others coming over to America. I have made my first effort at drawing a family tree, which will help you in running the family back to the beginning in this Country. There were several girls in the first and second generation. Their names and who they married I have not, except one of the first generation, her name was Sallie and married Col. Fred Hambright of Revolutionary fame. She was his second wife. There was three daughters in the third generation Sealy, Mahala and Farris. Sealy married Berry Moss and had two sons who lives somewhere near Blacksburg. The other two had no children. They were my aunts. The last two married late in life, this accounts for no children. F. H. Dover copy 7/29/64 Children of Asa Dover: First marriage - Mary Jane Dover Grayson. Second marriage - William F. Dover. Third marriage - Mattie Dover Hord, Nora Dover Lindsay, Elizabeth Dover Lerechuex, Charlie Dover, Jacob Lee Dover, Robert Samuel Dover, Lawson Dover, and Merklin Dover. Only with everyones help can I complete this history. Please fill out the enclosed form and mail to me as soon as possile. If you know of anything of importance in Asa Dover's life, please let me know. (This Asa Dover mentioned here at the bottom was Asa Augusta Dover b.5Dec1843 s/o James Dover/Martha Moss and the stepson of Willis Dover - the s/o John Dover mentioned above. I do not know who his father, James Dover, belonged to at this point. Felix Hill Dover was b.Jan 1844. John E. Dover mentioned in the 1934 version was b.Jan 1888. Elijah Dover mentioned above was on 1860 York Co,SC census and was 90 years old on this census. John E. Dover could not have seen Elijah Dover, because Elijah Dover was dead long before he was ever born. I think the only thing John E Dover wrote in the 1934 version was the list of his own family members. >From what I can see, more than likely the very original thoughts were probably recorded by Felix Hill Dover, but I also think that many others have added little tidbits of information to the genealogy over the years. Dennis and I met a few years back because of the 1934 letter. We had obtained our copies from different sources. These things have been floating around for years! This version surfaced a little while after we started working together. I also have a copy of two early researchers' notes, one typed and one handwritten, that are very similar to the format used in the 1934 version. Compare the two versions very carefully for details. The subtle changes in some of the wording can lead to very different interpretations. This is copied from a one page typed document. The 1934 version was a three page typed document.) Sharon S