Hi, Eleanor, Let me see if I have any information which might help with your various Doswell (sometimes spelled Dauswell, etc.) ROGERS. I have done a bit of research on the name, as my several-times gr.aunt, Martha (Patsy) VAUGHAN, born ca. 1795?, married a Doswell ROGERS, b. ca. 1790? in Virginia. They resided in Hawkins Co., TN, according to my records. They were married ca. 1815; he died between 1850-1860 in Scott Co., VA. I believe this Doswell ROGERS was the son of a Doswell ROGERS (son of Thomas?) ... and he possibly ALSO had a son named Doswell. You undoubtedly have seen the Laningham book, "Early Settlers of Lee Co., VA & Adjacent Counties," which lists one or more "Danswell Rogers," or, obviously, have seen some Lee Co. tax lists. Scott Co., VA Cemetery Records, Vol. 3, shows a Rogers Cemetery - Duffield #45 -- "Located across branch behind home of Echol Legg, p. 70. James J. (Jeff) Rogers Oct. 17, 1829 - Jan. 24, 1914, age 84 yrs. 3 mo. 7 das. (son of Dazewell [sic] & Patsy Rogers)." Hawkins Co., TN, census records for 1830 and 1840 show several Rogerses, including a Dozwell [sic]. Both husband and wife were between the ages of 60-70 in 1830, and 70-80 in 1840. Signers for a Petition for a New County, Scott County (Nov. 1813), included Thomas Rogers, Joseph Rogers, George Rogers, James Rogers, Danswell [sic] Rogers, and Joseph Rogers (again). Verna Banes, who has done extensive VAUGHAN research, once sent me some material from a Scott Co., VA Deed Book 14, Page 60, as follows: Martha Rogers Dowery laid off: Nimrod Adams and John B. Fickle, being the Commissioners appointed by the County Court of Scott, said dowery contains 20 acres and bounded as follows: begins etc. .............west to the original line of Dozwell Rogers ........and valued the above named boundary and consider the above amount designated by us the third of the estate of Doswell Rogers deceased, given under our hands and seals this 6th day of April 1867. (Martha Rogers Dowery in lands of her late Husband Dozwell Rogers.) (Copied by Eula Mae McNutt, P.O. Box 1092, Gate City, VA 24251) I responded to a query from Velma Rogers Tower (Elmore City, Okla) in the July 1992 issue of DISTANT CROSSROADS (Hawkins Co., TN). In her query, Velma showed the following timeline: 1765 --Thomas ROGERS was in the Cumberland Gap area when he was run off by the Indian uprising. (In her letter to me, dated 5 Oct. 1992, Velma Rogers Tower wrote that this Thomas "wound up in the Kyles Ford area." His date of birth is estimated as ca. 1740, so could he have been a brother to your "oldest known Doswell Rogers?") 1790 -- Thomas ROGERS was on the Hawkins Co., TN Tax List. 1810 -- Thomas ROGERS was on the Hawkins Co. Tax List with 50 acres and no pole. 1811 -- Thomas ROGERS Sr. made his will and it was recorded in Hawkins Co., TN Court Records. He divided his land equally between his sons, Dauswell and Thomas. He made provisions for his wife (not named) and four daughters Martha, Betty, Susanna who married a Lykins and Molly. 1812 -- Thomas ROGERS #2 and Dauswell ROGERS were on the Hawkins Co., TN Tax List with 75 acres each. According to Velma Tower, "There was a Thomas in Scott Co. whose wife was Nancy. They had 1 - daughter Nancy who married Samuel Henry Duff 2 - S. Joseph was acting as administrator of his father's estate when he died. 3 - S - Thomas who married Elizabeth Bishop. I have probate papers on him." Velma included a copy of her "Rogers Genealogy (letter to my children)" in which she stated as follows: "1- Thomas Rogers Sr. In the Virginia Magazine of History this account is given, "Thomas Rogers was living on the land in 1765 when he was driven off by Indians. The land lies in Lee Co. (Va) in the Cumberland Gap area, it had originally been improved by John Wallen about 1760. ............................................... "I have assumed that when the State Line between Tenn. and Virginia was finally settled that the land of Thomas Rogers sr. was on the Tennessee side near Kyles Ford...................(info about Thomas' will here) ...................." "Eleanor Rogers Edmondson in her book gave the name of the wife as Jean or Jane. I'm not sure of her source, but since the name Jane appears in the family of Dauswell, I tend to believe the name was Jane." She also enclosed a copy of Thomas Rogers' will and a photocopied page from "Eleanor Rogers Edmondson's book," which reads: "It is thought that Thomas Rogers was born about 1740 in Virginia. His wife's name was either Jean or Jane. Thomas wrote a Will on September 8, 1811, naming his wife ... and six children. He was living in Hawkins County, Tennessee at the time the will was written into Book 1, p. 414." She estimated Dauswell Rogers birth date at ca. 1765/1770, NC. Edmondson transcribed from Pollyanna Creekmore's Early East Tennessee Taxpayers as follows: Capt. Looney Co. 1810 Hawkins Co., Tenn. 1. Doswell Rogers 50 acs. 1 poll 2. Thomas Rogers 50 acs. no poll 3. George Rogers 0 acs. 1 poll 4. Thomas Rogers 0 acs. 1 poll William Nichols List 1812 1. Thomas Rogers 75 acs. 1 poll 2. Douswell Rogers 75 acs. 1 poll. I think that pretty much covers what information I have on several(?) Doswell Rogers ... and may only serve to muddy the waters rather than to be of much real help to you! Naomi Hopperstad, Goshen, IN ======================================================== In a message dated 12/10/01 10:22:28 AM Central Standard Time, genpics@iopener.net writes: Working on the early Rogers families of Lee Co. associated with the name of > Doswell Rogers. In the 1790's there were three men named Doswell listed on > the tax lists before 1810 and the deed records from the 1790's to 1809. I > believe them to be the following people: > > 1. The oldest known Doswell Rogers who was b. 1736 according to the Rogers > family Bible had a wife in 1792. She was named Ann on the Wythe Co. deed > records. It is believed that she died as she never appears to have signed > away any dower rights in Lee Co. > > 2. Doswell Rogers married to Catherine. They are gone by 1810 and are > listed in Bledsoe Co. TN on the reconstructed census. Do not know the > relationship to the older Doswell. Sold property before leaving Lee Co. > > 3. Doswell Rogers married to Nancy. Believe him to be the son of the old > Doswell b. 1736. He apparently is the Doswell that died in 1809 and is > listed in the Rogers family Bible. I believe his widow is the Nancy > enumerated in later years on the census records in Scott Co. > > After 1810 none of these men are on the tax records, deed records, or > censuses. It can only be assumed that the old Doswell had sold all of his > property to sons, etc. He last appears on the 1812 Lee Co. deposition that > was taken in a land dispute. He is not on the 1820 Scott census where his > land fell with the creation of Scott Co. > > I don't know what happened to Doswell and Catherine after they moved to TN. > > Any help from descendants of these men would be appreciated. > Eleanor > > >