Born in Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Washington Cherry
and Lucretia Mary (Herring) Cherry
Sister of
Willis Cherry, Lemuel Cherry, Mary Eliza Cherry, Edith J Cherry, Sarah Jane (Cherry) Swinson and Annie Elizabeth Cherry
Wife of
Vergil Walker
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
in Indian Springs, Wayne, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2016
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Biography
Dorcas was born in 1837. Dorcas was the child of George Cherry and Lucretia Herring. Dorcas passed away in 1923.[1]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B9-M73 : 23 December 2020), Dorcass Cherry in household of George Cherry, Duplin Roads, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3ZT-C65 : 20 February 2021), Dorcus Walker, 20 Apr 1923; citing Indian Springs Twp, Wayne, North Carolina, reference fn 768 cn 288, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,173.
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DNA Connections
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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~3.12%
David Brock
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713747 [compare], Ancestry member davidnholly483
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~0.78%
Patsy (Cherry) Satterwhite :
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