Born in Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Thomas Alcorn
and Katherine (Montgomery) Alcorn
Sister of
Montgomery Alcorn, Jane (Alcorn) Smith, Benjamin Alcorn, Nehemiah Alcorn, Thomas Alcorn, Rachel (Alcorn) Fitzgerald, Pauline Alcorn, Catherine (Alcorn) Traverse, Robert Alcorn and Agnes Alcorn
Wife of
Jeremiah Spilman
— married
16 Aug 1825 in Gibson County, Indiana
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 69
in Warrick, Indiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2012
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Biography
Dorcas was the daughter of Thomas Alcorn and Catherine Montgomery.
She married Jeremiah Spilman on August 23, 1825 in Gibson County, Indiana.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH4K-G44 : 10 December 2017), Jeremiah Spilman and Darcus Alcorn, 23 Aug 1825; citing Gibson, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,434,696.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
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~1.56%
Edwin Emerson
:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Carl Burroughs :
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