Leonard Dodson
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Leonard Dodson (abt. 1774 - 1833)

Leonard Dodson
Born about in Farnham, Richmond, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 14 Jul 1792 in Patrick County, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 59 in Wayne County, Kentucky, USAmap
Profile last modified | Created 3 Jan 2011
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Biography

Leonard was born in 1774. He passed away in 1833.

The Dodson family came to the "New World" from England and may have been among the approximately 3000 surviving settlers at Jamestown. As settlements proliferated, the U.S. was born, and the nation expanded, Dodsons found their way from the Rappahannock north into Maryland, west to Kentucky and Tennessee, and south to the Carolinas, continuing outward from there. The Wayne County, Kentucky Dodsons came there from Richmond and Patrick Counties, Virginia. Dodson families traditionally honored their forebears by keeping their names alive generation after generation. Individuals are, consequently, sometimes easily confused.

Birth

Leonard L. Dodson was born about 1774 in Farnham Parish, Richmond Virginia to George Dodson (1737-1825) and Elizabeth Margaret Reid (1741). [1]

Marriage

Leonard Dodson married Mary Randals on July 14, 1792 in Patrick, Virginia. [2] Their memorials at Find A Grave say they had 13 children.
He and his wife were over 45 yrs old, with 5 sons and 7 daughters in Wayne, Kentucky in 1820. [3]

He died about 1834, in Wayne County, Kentucky.[4]

Name

Name: Leonard Dodson
Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville: Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville

Birth

Birth:
Date: 1774
Place: Patrick County, Virginia
Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville: Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville
Birth:
Date: 1774
Place: Patrick County, Virginia
Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville

Death

Death:

Date: 1834
Place: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville
Death:
Date: 1834
Place: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Source: #S404 Page: Database online: Data: Text: Record for Mary Neville

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #142327177
  2. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR47-PZZ : 5 December 2014), Leonard Dodson and Mary Randals, 14 Jul 1792; citing Patrick, Virginia, reference 29-6; FHL microfilm 33,351. Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86864-4; System Origin: Virginia-EASy; GS Film number: 33351; Reference ID: 29-6.
  3. "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-TFY : 16 July 2015), Leonard Dotson, 1820.
  4. pages 131 & 132, 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. 1988
  • Source: S-2070502204 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23117675&pid=887
  • "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-F5S : 1 December 2015), Leonard Datson, 1810.
  • "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-TFY : 16 July 2015), Leonard Dotson, 1820.
  • Find-a-grave #142327177
  • Ancestry.com. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142327177
  • A century of Wayne County, Kentucky, 1800-1900, Author Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Publisher Date 2005, Provo, UT, Repository Information Name Ancestry.com
  • Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile was created through the import of Weaver.ged on January 3, 2011.
  • WikiTree profile Dodson-3226 was created by Buddy Toups through the import of Toups Family Tree (1).ged on June 16, 2014.
  • WikiTree profile Dodson-1108 created through the import of Dodsons Only.GED on Nov 22, 2011 by Betty Dotson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Betty and others.




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Dodson-142 and Dodson-5047 appear to represent the same person because: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142327177
posted by Rosetta (Helm) Link
Dodson-142 and Dobson-3270 appear to represent the same person because: same

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142327177

posted by Rosetta (Helm) Link
Another problem: the FindaGrave link is indexed as Leonard L. Dodson, b.1774. But it links to Leonard L. Dobson, b.1806. Same wife and children for both. His father's Wiki profile says George and John were the two oldest sons; Leonard was the youngest. I think this DOB is off by about 30 years.
posted by Stephanie Ward
Sorry, but there's a problem with some of the data:
  • His DOB, if correct, makes his father only 14 and his mother 5 yrs old when he was born. At least two of the sources cited, the 1850 and 1870 censuses, list his DOB as 1806. That's more in line with his parents and siblings.
  • Who is Mary Neville, whose records appear to be the basis for his DOB and DOD? She should be explained in the bio.
posted by Stephanie Ward
Dodson-142 and Dodson-1108 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles share the same birth/death dates and children. They appear to be the same person, despite some differences.
posted by Jessica Martin
Dodson-1125 and Dodson-142 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles seem to be the same name with the same parents, but the dates of birth & death would almost suggest they are father & son. This merge request should be completed ONLY if the research shows them to be the same.

Thanks, Cindy Williams Lesure

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