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Joseph Dodson[1]

Male 1725 - 1773  (47 years)


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  • Name Joseph Dodson 
    Born 21 Feb 1725  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1773 
    Person ID I16817  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2018 

    Father Thomas Dodson, Jr.,   b. Oct 1707, N. Farnham, Richmond Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1783, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Rose,   b. Abt 1706, Northumberland Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1766, Fauquier Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1726  N. Farnham, Richmond Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dodson/4106/
      Children of Thomas Dodson and Elizabeth Rose are:

      i. Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson was born 3 Oct 1728 in Richmond County, Virginia, and died Bef 1809 in Hawkins County, TN.
      ii. Joseph Dodson was born 21 Feb 1725 in Richmond County, Virginia, and died 1773. He married Martha Anna.
      iii. Mary Dodson was born 16 Jun 1730. She married Childress.
      iv. Sarah Dodson was born 27 May 1732. She m. John Neville.
      v. Elizabeth Dodson was born 27 May 1732. She m. John Bennett
      vi. Alce Dodson was born Abt 1734, d. 1792, Pitts.Co., VA.
      vii. Joshua Dodson was born Abt 1736.
      viii. William Dodson was born Abt 1738, and died 6 May 1832 in Iredell Co., NC.
      ix. George "Lame George" Dodson was born Abt 1740.
      x. Jesse Dodson was born 22 Nov 1752 in Fauquier Co., VA, and died 1841-1843 in East Stanley Valley, TN.
      xi. Rhoda Dodson was born Abt 1744, and died 1792. She married John Creel.
    Family ID F5945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Ann Fairfax,   b. Abt 1729, N. Farnham, Richmond Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Nov 1785  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elias Dodson,   b. Abt 1760, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1815, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
    +2. Caleb Dodson,   b. 1752, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1836, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F5944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dodson-426.

    2. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=will%5Fstamps&id=I16952.
      Marriage Info: from "Marriage Bonds and Ministers Returns of Halifax
      County, Virginia 1753-1800", p. 6

      dd. Nancy Stamps was born in 1768. She married Elias Dodson, Jr. on Nov 23, 1785. They took out a license to marry in Halifax Co., VA. Thomas Dodson was surety and Nancy's father signed the certificate. Rev. Lazarus Dodson, of Pittsylvania County, married them. He was born to Joseph & Martha Ann Dodson ca. 1760. Joseph was the son of Thomas Dodson, Jr.

      Toward the end of 1812, Elias fell and injured himself while walking across the joists of the home he was building. He did not recover. He died in 1815 at the age of 55 years. His will is to be found in Will Book 12, pages 171-173, Halifax County 1815. Nancy died at the age of 70 in February of 1837.

      Nancy may have been born in Halifax, Va (as per www.familysearch.com)
      Children of Joseph Dodson and Martha Ann Fairfax
      Children
      Thomas DODSON b: ABT 1746 in Halifax Co., VA
      Letty DODSON b: ABT 1748 in Halifax Co., VA
      Caleb DODSON b: ABT 1751 in Halifax Co., VA
      Mary DODSON b: ABT 1752 in Halifax Co., VA
      Rhoda DODSON b: ABT 1752 in Halifax Co., VA
      Nancy Anne DODSON b: ABT 1754 in Halifax Co., VA
      Elizabeth DODSON b: ABT 1757 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
      Joshua DODSON b: ABT 1757 in Halifax Co., VA
      Elias DODSON b: ABT 1760
      Elizabeth "Betty" DODSON b:BEF 1763, Fauquier Co., VA
      Joseph DODSON Jr. b: 5 Feb 1771 in Halifax Co., VA

    3. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/William-Dodson/6000000001572083222.
      William Dodson
      Birthdate: April 1737 (95)
      Birthplace: Richmond County, Virginia
      Death: May 06, 1832 (95)
      Wilkes or, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
      Immediate Family:

      Son of Reverend Thomas Jesse Dodson, Jr and Elizabeth Dodson
      Husband of Mary Dodson and Winnifred Dotson
      Father of Simon Dodson; Sallie Dodson; Elijah Dodson; Annis Dodson; Rosannah Dodson; William Dodson, Jr.; Winifred Lawson; Mary Polly Dotson and William Dotson « less
      Brother of Joseph Dodson; Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson; Mary Dodson; Sarah Neville; Elizabeth Betty Bennett; Alice Dodson; George Dodson; Rhoda Dodson Creel; Rev Jesse Dodson and Rachel Dozier « less