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Dorcas Viney Johnston 1784–1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1784

Birth Location: Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA

Death Date: 1823

Death Location: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

Father: Rubin Johnston

Mother: Lydia Harrison

Spouse(s): Thomas Freeman

Children(s): Nancy Freeman, James Freeman, Johnson Freeman, Jesse Freeman

The story of Dorcas Viney Johnston began in 1784 in Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA. Dorcas Viney Johnston married Thomas James Freeman, and had children including James Delaware Freeman, Jesse Freeman, Johnson Freeman, Nancy Reider Freeman. Dorcas Viney Johnston passed away in 1823 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Dorcas Viney Johnston began in 1784 in Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA.
  • Dorcas Viney Johnston married Thomas James Freeman, and had children including James Delaware Freeman, Jesse Freeman, Johnson Freeman, Nancy Reider Freeman.
  • Dorcas Viney Johnston passed away in 1823 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rubin Johnston
1739–1824
Birth Location: Southampton, Virginia, USA
RJ
Lydia Harrison
1762–1811
Birth Location: Craven, North Carolina, USA
LH

Spouses(s)

Thomas Freeman
1774–1840
Birth Location: Rowan County, North Carolina
TF

Children(s)

Nancy Freeman
1810–1881
Birth Location: Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
NF
James Freeman
1802–1844
Birth Location: Blakely, Early, Georgia, USA
JF
Johnson Freeman
1803–1879
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
JF
Jesse Freeman
1804–1885
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
JF

Dorcas Johnston's Ancestors

Self
Dorcas Johnston
1784–1823
Birth Place: Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA
Parents
Rubin Riley Johnston
1739–1824
Southampton, Virginia, USA
Lydia (Jane) Harrison
1762–1811
Craven, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorcas Johnston's Descendants

1.
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Dorcas (Viney) Johnston (Abt. 1784–1823) m. Thomas (James) Freeman (Abt. 1774–Bef. 1840)
  1. 1. Nancy (Reider) Freeman 1810–1881 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Rosser 1803–1853
    1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Rosser 1840–1906 m. Martha (A. E.) Florence 1844–
      1. 1. Cora I 1872– m. James Woodruff 1864–
        1. 1. Luciel Woodruff 1894–
        2. 2. Benjamin (M) Woodruff 1899–
        3. 3. Guy (J) Woodruff 1901–
        4. 4. James (I) Woodruff 1905–
    2. 2. Emily Rosser 1851–
    3. 3. Martha (Ann) Rosser 1831–1863
    4. 4. Mary Rosser 1852–
    5. 5. William (C.) Rosser 1848–1905
    6. 6. Thomas (Jefferson) Rosser 1848–1848
    7. 7. Julia (Ann) Rosser 1833–1904
    8. 8. John Rosser 1845–1864
    9. 9. Elizabeth (Ann) Rosser 1837–1851
    10. 10. James (Marion) Rosser 1827–1864
    11. 11. Nancy (Reider) Rosser 1842–1913
  2. 2. James (Delaware) Freeman 1802–1844
  3. 3. Johnson Freeman 1803–1879
  4. 4. Jesse Freeman 1804–1885

Dorcas Johnston's Timeline

2 Records

1784
Abt. 1784
Birth of Dorcas Viney Johnston in Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA
Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA
1823
1823
Age 39
Death of Dorcas Viney Johnston in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1784
    Event Place: Clouds Creek, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe), Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1823
    Event Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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