Joseph Dawkins (1760 - 1816)

Born 1760 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Drucilla (Lyles) Dawkins — married 1781 in Georgia

Descendants

Died Jan 1816 at about age 56 in Newberry County, South Carolina [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1760. He passed away in 1816.

Military

Notes on Joseph Dawkins. He received a saber wound to the head during the Revolution in a battle near Charleston and was pensioned for his service.

Joseph Dawkins served in Water's Regt. during the Revolutionary War.^[1]

Legal

Joseph Dawkins had many legal issues as seen in this court minute book.^[2]

Joseph signed a note owing Alexander Bookter, of the 96th Dist, the sum of £240 sterling, paid in gold or silver, dated 11 Nov 1789. He delivered 4 of his slaves for mortgage:^[3]

• Nell and her children
• Champ, a boy
• Venus
• Lewis

Census/Residence

1800 Newberry, South Carolina Census ^[4]

1810 Newberry, South Carolina Census ^[5]

Notes

On March 23, 1785 Alexander Bookter bought a Negro slave named Kent from Joseph Brown in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina for 32 pounds sterling. This transaction was entered in the Newberry County deed abstracts and is the first record we have of Alexander Bookter's financial dealings. During the next nine years he prospered and bought at least eleven slaves in South Carolina. His wife, Mary Dawkins, inherited another thirteen slaves from her Father (George Dawkins) and Brother (Joseph Dawkins). Although we have no record of Alexander's activities during the Revolution, we can safely bet that he was on the winning side. The Loyalist didn't fair so well after the war. Many of them left the colonies and went back to England. In 1792 a judgment was rendered against Alexander in the Newberry District of South Carolina. We'll hear more of this later. This Judgment might have been a factor in his decision to move to Spanish West Florida which was, at that time, not subject to U. S. courts. Of course this is purely conjecture. There were many other reasons that German and Irish emigrants might have decided to leave South Carolina at the turn of the century and migrate to Louisiana

Sources

1. ↑ United States, Revolutionary War Rosters: "United States Rosters of ...rs and Sailors, 1775-1783"
   Catalog: United States, Revolutionary War Rosters Military records, 1775-1783
   Image path: United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783 > South Carolina, Stub entries to indents, book X pt II > image 27 of 225; citing various published state rosters, United States.
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSFF-LYGV (accessed 13 July 2022)
   • p.27
2. ↑ Newberry County South Carolina Minute Book https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/183686/?offset=0#page=206&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Dawkins:~:text=Newberry%20County%2C%20minutes%20of%20the%20County%20Court%20%3A%20Book%20%22A%22%2C%201785%2D1798
   • p.161, 190
3. ↑ Deeds and miscellaneous records, 1785-1884; index to deeds, 1776-1949: "Deeds and miscellaneous records, 1785-1884; index to deeds, 1776-1949"
   Catalog: Deeds and miscellaneous records, 1785-1884; index to deeds, 1776-1949 Miscellaneous records, v. A-B 1785-1794
   Film number: 007857048 > image 448 of 1254
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS73-9K8P (accessed 13 July 2022)
   • p.820-821
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRC-SKP : accessed 29 March 2019), Joseph Dawkins, Newberry District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 72, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-7G1 : accessed 29 March 2019), Joseph Dawkins, Newberry, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 100, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 61; FHL microfilm 181,420.

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