Daughter of Jonathan Houghton and Martha Davis. Many of the Hougton family of Jefferson County, AL, which is frequently married into the Franklin family there, are now spelled Howton.
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 August 2020), memorial page for Dorcas Jane “Darkey” Howton Burchfield (20 Nov 1849–19 Jan 1926), Find A Grave: Memorial #11476466, citing Marvin Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, USA; maintained by Buren Windle (contributor 46798208), headstone photo.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH59-F1R : 4 April 2020), Dorcas J Howton in household of Jonathan Howton, Jefferson county, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing family 112, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1850 U.S. Census - Mud Creek, Jefferson Co., AL - Roll# M432_7; P159B; Image: 327.
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMY-VP48 : 6 November 2017), James M Burchfield and Darkey Jane Hauton, 15 Sep 1872; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,299,239.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D5-HY6 : accessed 11 August 2020), Dorcus Birchfield in household of James M Birchfield, Precincts 11, 15 Bostic, Speeds Mill, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 12A, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,036.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK71-2CC : accessed 11 August 2020), Darkey J Burchfield in household of James M Burchfield, Speeds Mill, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 30; FHL microfilm 1,374,043.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDD-S4X : accessed 11 August 2020), Darkey J Burchfield in household of James M Burchfield, Speeds Mill, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing ED 81, sheet 5B, line 76, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 38; FHL microfilm 1,820,038.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas: