James Doss Sr (abt. 1715 - bef. 1796)

Born about 1715 in Middlesex, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Elizabeth (Nix) Doss — married 1740 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Ann (Thurman) Doss — married about 1783 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 18 Jul 1796 before about age 81 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Buried in New Bethel Cemetery; Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find-A-Grave

Wives and Children

Marriage1: Frances NIX b: 1720 in New Kent or Hanover County, VA (Hanover was created from New Kent in 1719.)

Married: 1740 in Amelia Co, Virginia

Children:

1. James Doss JR. b: ca 1742 in Amelia County,Virginia, married Elizabeth Lester.

2. Thomas DOSS b: ca 1744 in Amelia County, Virginia

3. John DOSS b: ca 1749 in Amelia County, Virginia

4. Delilah DOSS b: 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia (married Jesse Patty).

5. Mary DOSS b: 1764 in Amelia County, Virginia

6. Ambrose DOSS b: ca 1769 in Amelia County, Virginia

7. Rachel DOSS b: ca 1771 in Amelia County, Virginia

Marriage 2: Ann Thurman b: ca 1755 in Virginia

Married: ca 1788 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Event: Pittsylvania, Virginia Alt. Marriage ca 1783

Children:

1. Ann Doss b: ca 1784 in Pittsylvania Co VA

2. Agnes Doss b: ca 1786 in Pittsylvania Co VA. She was the mother of Sally Wright, who married John Alvis of Campbell Co VA.

3. Samuel Doss b: ca 1789 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

4. Frances Doss b: ca 1791 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

5. Edith Doss b: 14 May 1793 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

6. Sarah Doss b: ca 1795 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

James was born in 1714. He passed away between 21 May and 18 July 1796.

James Doss, Sr., Will, 21 May 1796, Pittsylvania County, VA, pages 1& 2. Probate: 18 July 1796. See digital copy of original attached in Images.

See digital copies of original Amelia County Tithable Lists attached as Images to Edward Nix, Sr., his father-in-law.

Sources

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Stephen Cabaniss.

• https://findagrave.com/memorial/178099464
• https://www.geni.com/people/James-Doss-Sr/6000000001784475767
• Libby Griffin, editor, The Doss Connection (Greenbush, MA)
• 1782 Census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia found at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/census.htm, 23 Mar 2019
• Netti Schrieiner-Yantin and Florence Speakman Love, 1787 Census of Virginia (Springfield, VA: genealogical Books in Print, 1987)
• Lucile C. Payne, Pittsylvania Co., VA Inventories & Accounts Current 1770-1797 (Axton, VA: L.C. Payne, 199?)
• Cathy Meder-Dempsey website, Opening Doors in Brick Walls, found at http://openingdoorsinbrickwalls.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/52-ancestors-52-levina-doss-another-unmarried-mother-and-how-she-helped-me-bring-this-challenge-finale-to-an-end-with-a-bang / 23 Mar 2019
• Pittsylvania Co., VA DB 1, p 80; DB 8, p 59; DB 9, p 479; DB 10, p 412
• T.L.C. Genealogy, Pittsylvania Co., VA Deeds 1791-1794 (Miami Beach, FL: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1991)
• Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey, Deed book 3 and Deed book 4 Amelia county, Virginia Deeds 1747-1753 (Amelia, VA: Mid-South Publishing Co, 1988)
• Narian Dodson Chiarito, Virginia Entry Books 1700-1796 (Land entries in the present Virginia counties of Pitts, Henry, Franklin and Ptrick) (Nathalie. VA: Clarkton Press, c 1984 and c1988)
• Genealogical Services, Alphabetical Index to the Court Order Books of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767-1800 Plaintiffs A to I, vol 1 (Danville, VA: Genealogical Services, 1982)
• FIRST LIST OF TITHABLES OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, YEAR 1767 extracted from The History of Pittsylvania County by Maud Carter Clement, info found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/tith.htm, 23 Mar 2019 (no longer available)
• Gayle Austin, Pittsylvania Co., VA 1782-1802 Tax Lists (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 2006)
• Lela C. Adams, Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820 (Bassett, VA:author, 1986)
• Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA, copy done by Cynthia Hubbard Headen; source: The Magazine of VA Genealogy, v.23, #1 (Feb.1985), transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito and found at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/Oaths.html, 23 Mar 2019