This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOWDLE DOWDAL DOWDALL DOWDEL DOWDELL DOUDLE CLOSE FARROW FARRAR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YAB.2ACI/2723 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on Alexander DOWDLE/DOWDALL (any spelling) and his wife, Joanna. Alexander DOWDLE is named on the 1790 US Census for Washington County, Maryland. In 1796, in Nelson County, Kentucky, Alexandre DOWDLE/DOWDALL (marriage records shown both spellings) married Joanna CLOSE. [Joanna "CLOSE" was Joanna FARROW/FARRAR, widow of Jacob CLOSE]. In December 1797 Alexander DOWDAL obtained land in Missouri. In 1799 said land was surveyed. In 1811 John HAGUE claimed to have been assigned the land of Alexander DOUDLE on Bois Bruile [Bois Brule], District of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri .. Claim denied. Earl Fischer's Database of St. Louisans showed Alexander DOWDELL to have died before 1805. Census and other records: 1790 U.S. Census DOWDLE, ALEXANDER No Township Listed, Washington County, Maryland Series: M637, Roll: 3, Page: 8 White Males of 16 years upwards = 1 White Males under 16 years = 0 White Females = 0 All other free persons = 0 Slaves = 0 NELSON COUNTY, Kentucky marrige records DOWDLE, Alexander & CLOSE, Joanna married; October 16, 1796 signed bond; John P. BROWN and Alexander DOWDALL both over 21 years married by: James ROGERS, from minister return Bond Witnessed by: Ben GRAYSON and Morris MILES Joanna CLOSE was Joanna FARROW/FARRAR, widow of Jacob CLOSE. According to records in the American States Papers: AMERICAN STATE PAPERS http://frontiers.loc.gov:8081/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsp&fileName=035/llsp035.db&Page=855 LAND CLAIMS IN MISSOURI Page 855 Number of Survey: #118 Number of Page: #41 For whom surveyed: Alexander DOWDAL Area of Survey>Arpents: 840 Area of Survey>Poles: -- Date of Survey: 1799 March 9 Date of Decrees: 1797 Dec 30 Title of officer who issued decree: Lieutenant Governor EARL FISCHER DATABASE OF ST. LOUISANS: http://www.stlgs.org/efdb/d178.htm#P16339 "Alexander DOWDELL died in <1805?." AMERICAN STATE PAPERS http://frontiers.loc.gov:8081/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsp&fileName=029/llsp029.db&Page=517 LAND CLAIMS IN THE MISSOURI TERRITORY: Page 517 John HAGUE, assignee of Alexander DOUDLE, claiming three hundred acres of land, situated on BOIS BRUILE [BRULE], district of STE. GENEVIEVE; produces to the Board a notice to the recorder. November 14, 1811: Present, full Board. It is the opinion of the Board that this Claim ought not to be granted. Their surname has been found written or transcribed with the following spelling variations: DOWDLE DOWDAL DOWDALL DOWDEL DOWDELL DOUDLE DOWDEN DOWDES John CLOSE, son of Jacob CLOSE and Joanna FARROW/FARRAR was in Breckinridge County, Kentucky in 1800 and 1801. Among his friends and/or relations was Samuel CRAWFORD, Jr. (who later married Theodicia Earl COMPTON), James JENNINGS (husband of Eleanor CRAWFORD), Joseph "Jo" ALLEN (who later married Margaret "Peggy" CRAWFORD), Joseph "Jo" HUSTON (if memory serves me write, I believe he married Margaret "Peggy" ALLEN, sister of Joseph "Jo" ALLEN), Mason CRAWFORD (who later married 1st Molly McCREERY and 2nd Susan Allen TORPE or Susan ALLENTHORPE), and a Mr. STEPHENS. All of the crawfords named were children of Samuel CRAWFORD, Sr. and Jennet MASON. Any help in learning more about Alexander DOWDALL (any spelling) and/or his wife (or widow), Joanna, or about John CLOSE would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Judy