Judah (Combs) Dodson (1773 - abt. 1830)

Born 1773 in South Carolina

Wife of Jesse Dodson — married 19 Mar 1793 in Halifax County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1830 at about age 57 in Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky

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Biography

Judah/Judith married Jesse Dodson on the 19th March 1793, in Halifax County, Virginia.^[1]

Jesse and wife Judah moved to Tennessee settling near Claiborne County. Jesse and Judah became members of the Big Spring Baptist Church^[2], where Jesse's Uncle, Rev. Jesse Dodson, was pastor. Judah was received as a member by experience in April 1801 and Jesse joined by letter in August 1801. The church minutes are not clear as to when they left the church.^[3]

Judah/Judith's exact date and place of death is not known.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YR-X54 : 29 January 2020), Jesse Dodson, 1793.
2. ↑ See History of Church in Research Notes; Big Spring Church - standing the test of time: https://www.claiborneprogress.net/2018/12/12/big-spring-church-standing-the-test-of-time/
3. ↑ Page 35, The Dodson (Dotson)Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants Volume One, by Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler and Editor and Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, Southern Historical Press, Inc. Easley, South Carolina, 1988.

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Research Notes

History of Big Spring Baptist Church: ". . . The Church is the oldest standing structure in Claiborne county, built just prior to the establishment of Tennessee as the 16th state in the Union. In fact, the building was a thriving Baptist church years before the formation of the county. Land from nearby Grainger and Hawkins counties was pulled to create the county of Claiborne in 1801. Drew Harrell and Tidence Lane spent the winter of 1795-96 erecting the structure on land belonging to Robert King. At the time, the church was officially inside the state of North Carolina. Tennessee had not yet become a state. In July of 1800, the members officially established Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church. By that time, the land on which it sat had been purchased by Elisha Chissum. . . ." [Newspaper Article: Big Spring Church - standing the test of time: https://www.claiborneprogress.net/2018/12/12/big-spring-church-standing-the-test-of-time/]