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Samuel Dodson 1750–1806 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1750

Birth Location: Richmond Co, Virginia

Death Date: 1806

Death Location: Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Father: John Dodson

Mother: Mary Evans

Spouse(s): Clairborne Dodson

Children(s): Dudley Dotson

Samuel Dodson was born in 1750 in Richmond Co, Virginia, the child of John Vincent Dodson And Mary Eleanor Evans. In 1800, Samuel Dodson resided in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. Samuel Dodson married Clairborne Dodson, Polly King, and had children including Dudley Dotson. Samuel Dodson passed away in 1806 in Grainger, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Samuel Dodson was born in 1750 in Richmond Co, Virginia, the child of John Vincent Dodson And Mary Eleanor Evans.
  • In 1800, Samuel Dodson resided in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States.
  • Samuel Dodson married Clairborne Dodson, Polly King, and had children including Dudley Dotson.
  • Samuel Dodson passed away in 1806 in Grainger, Tennessee, United States.

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Spouses(s)

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Samuel Dodson's Ancestors

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Samuel Dodson
1750–1806
Birth Place: Richmond Co, Virginia
Parents
John Vincent Dodson
1720–1830
Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States
Mary (Eleanor) Evans
1724–1815
South Wales, England
Grandparents
Thomas Dodson
1685–1760
Cheltenham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mary (Ann Francis) Prigge
1699–1740
At Sea, aboard ship from England on the Atlantic Ocean
John (Jenkin) EVANS
1689–1760
Caernarvonshire, Wales
Eleanor (Ann) Ellis
1693–1768
Bryn Mawr, Dyffrdan, Merioneth, Wales
Great-Grandparents
John Dodgson
1655–1725
Leticia Bunting
1661–1690
Mary Prigge
1666–1723
Stephen Evans
1640–1714
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Dodson
1630–1677
Susanne Thomas
1635–1677
Mary (Folkes)
1639–1715

Samuel Dodson's Descendants

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Samuel Dodson (1750–1806) m. Clairborne Dodson (1750–1830)
  1. 1. Dudley Dotson 1775–1865 m. Nancy Minner 1782–1855
    1. 1. Nancy (Dotson) Barlow 1795– m. John Barlow 1795–1845
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Bell) Barlow 1833–1902 m. Samuel (Thomas) Lee 1834–1913
        1. 1. Nancy (Ellen "Nannie" Lee) (Jones) 1860–1941 m. Franklin (Nimrod "Frank") Jones 1859–1922
        2. 2. Zachariah (William) Lee 1858–1934 m. Emma (Jane Sipe) Lee 1855–1935

Samuel Dodson's Timeline

3 Records

1750
1750
Birth of Samuel Dodson in Richmond Co, Virginia
Richmond Co, Virginia
1800
1800
Age 50
Samuel Dodson resided here in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States
Grainger County, Tennessee, United States
1806
1806
Age 56
Death of Samuel Dodson in Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Richmond Co, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1800
    Event Place: Grainger County, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, Document: Tennessee Records of Grainger County - Tax Lists, 1797 [TN State Library and Archives]; Call Number: FHL Film 464105; Page Number: 14; Family Number: 1

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1806
    Event Place: Grainger, Tennessee, United States

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