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Asa Dodson (abt. 1780 - 1855)

Asa Dodson
Born about in Pittsylvania County, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 13 Sep 1803 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at about age 75 in Graves County, Kentuckymap
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Biography

Asa Dodson was born 28th May 1780 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Asa was the son of David Dodson Sr and Elizabeth Dodson.[1]

Asa married Nancy Wolverton on the 8th of September 1803 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.[2]

Asa appears in the 1820 Federal census in Maury County, Tennessee. Asa's household appears as follows: 3 males under 10; 1 male age 16 thru 18; 1 male age 16 thru 25; 1 male age 26 thru 44; 1 female age under 10; 1 female age 10 thru 15; and 1 female age 26 thru 44.[3]

Asa purchased for $40 dollars, on the 18th February 1830 160 acres of land Joel Daniel received under Kentucky Land Grant Patent #1616. The land description was NE Section 33 of Township 3 Range 1 West in the Jackson Purchase, recorded in Grant Book 3, page 46.[4]

Asa and Caleb Noel purchased for $40 dollars, on the 16th August 1830, 160 acres of land Wiley Mecham received under Kentucky Land Grant Patent #1617. The land description was NW Section 33 of Township 3 Range 1 West in the Jackson Purchase, recorded in Grant Book 3, page 47.[5]

Asa appears in the 1840 Federal census in Graves County, Kentucky. Asa's household appears as follows: 1 male age 20 thru 29; 1 male age 60 thru 69; 1 female age under 5; 2 females age 5 thru 9; 1 female age 15 thru 19; 1 female age 30 thru 39; 1 male slave age under 10; 1 female slave age under 10; and 1 female slave age 10 thru 23.[6]

Asa appears in the 1850 Federal census in Graves County, Kentucky. Asa's household appears as follows: A. Dodson, age 70 born in Virginia, and Nancy Dodson, age 68 born in Virginia.[7]

Asa married his second wife, the widow Susan Cauthern on the 15th of March 1855, in Graves County, Kentucky.[8]

Asa died on the 20th of August 1855 in Graves County, Kentucky.[9]

Asa was buried in the Dodson Cemetery in Graves County, Kentucky.[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ Page 139 & 140, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. Two Volumes with index in Volume Two. Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents. Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler & Editor, and Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr., Publisher, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC; 1988.
  2. ↑ Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line] Ancestry.com. Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.
  3. ↑ 1820 Federal census Maury County, Tennessee, household of Asa Dodson. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33 Roll 124, page 119.
  4. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office database for West of Tennessee River Non-Military Patents, online at: http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/wtr/. NOTE: microfilm of original land grant patents are viewable and down loadable free of charge
  5. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office database for West of Tennessee River Non-Military Patents, online at: http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/wtr/ NOTE: microfilm of original land grant patents are viewable and down loadable free of charge
  6. ↑ 1840 Federal census Graves County, Kentucky, householde of Asa Dodson. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704 Roll 111, page 124.
  7. ↑ 1850 Federal census Graves County, Kentucky household of Asa Dodson. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432 Roll 201, page 449A.
  8. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44W-MXT : 11 February 2018), Asa Dodson and Susan Cawthorn, 18 Mar 1855; citing Graves,Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 0216824 IT 4.
  9. ↑ Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Online at: Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965 [database on-line] Ancestry.com
  10. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #104947275; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104947275

See Also

  • D.A. Macdonald & N.N. McAdams, Book: "The Woolverton Familly", (Rockport, ME: Penobscot Press, 2001), p.61.

Acknowledgment

WikiTree profile Dodson-1531 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-3357 and Dodson-1531 appear to represent the same person because: Both men are born in Virginia in the same time period, both have the same date and place of death and both are married to the same woman.
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Rejected matches › Thomas Dodson (abt.1782-)

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