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Dorcas Lightfoot 1760–1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1760

Birth Location: Cherokee, Alabama, United States

Death Date: 1823

Death Location: Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA

Father: John Lightfoot

Mother: Ga Woman

Spouse(s): Charles Duncan

Children(s): Hannah Thomason, Charles Duncan

In 1760, Dorcas Lightfoot entered the world in Cherokee, Alabama, United States, born to John Lightfoot And Ga Ho Ga Cherokee Woman. Dorcas Lightfoot married Charles Gordon Duncan, and had children including Charles Gordon Duncan, Hannah Thomason. Dorcas Lightfoot passed away in 1823 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1760, Dorcas Lightfoot entered the world in Cherokee, Alabama, United States, born to John Lightfoot And Ga Ho Ga Cherokee Woman.
  • Dorcas Lightfoot married Charles Gordon Duncan, and had children including Charles Gordon Duncan, Hannah Thomason.
  • Dorcas Lightfoot passed away in 1823 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Dorcas Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Dorcas Lightfoot
1760–1823
Birth Place: Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Parents
John Lightfoot
1725–1769
Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
Ga (Ho Ga Cherokee) Woman
1730–1824
Cherokee, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
General (Philip) Lightfoot
1689–1748
Yorktown York County Virginia, USA
Mary Armistead
1696–1775
King George County Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Philip Lightfoot
1643–1708
Alice Corbin
1660–1713
William Armistead
1665–1711
Anne Lee
1682–1755
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lightfoot
1596–1648
Elizabeth Phillips
1602–1683
Henry Corbin
1629–1675
Alice Eltonhead
1616–1684
Hancock Lee
1653–1709
Mary Kendall
1661–1694

Dorcas Lightfoot's Descendants

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Dorcas Lightfoot (1760–1823) m. Charles (Gordon) Duncan (1750–Jul 1817)
  1. 1. Hannah Thomason –1848
  2. 2. Charles (Gordon) Duncan 1790–1850

Dorcas Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1760
1760
Birth of Dorcas Lightfoot in Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Cherokee, Alabama, United States
1823
1823
Age 63
Death of Dorcas Lightfoot in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Cherokee, Alabama, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1823
    Event Place: Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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