Allie Alice (Whitehead) Dodd (1816 - 1906)

Born 14 Feb 1816 in Habersham County, Georgia

Ancestors

Wife of William Dodd Sr. — married 14 Apr 1836 in Habersham County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1906 at age 90 in Habersham County, Georgia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Whitehead Name Study.

Alternate Names/Name Information

First name is spelled in different ways like "Allie", "Ally", "Alley", etc. Unsure if first name was a derivative of Alice or if Alice truly was her middle name.

Biographical Texts(See Sources)

TEXT EXCERPT FROM EARLY HISTORY OF THE WHITEHEADS, AS WRITTEN BY ELLA COOPER GARNER:

"The following is presented in storybook form as told to Ella Cooper Garner by the descendants of Jo and Mary Whitehead and is used by permission. Mrs. Garner wrote a regular column for the Toccoa Record and also hosted a local radio program. She collected information on the history and traditions of Toccoa and Stephens County. During the course of her research the following account was given. Thanks to Linda (King) Witcher of Toccoa for providing the hard copy of this information. Two age-old headstones stand in an ancient burying ground near the site where Bending Hickory Schoolhouse once stood. They tell a story that warms the heart of every red blooded American. Joseph Whitehead Born 1779 Died 1858 Anne Smith Nails Whitehead Born 1781 Died 1876 Anne Whitehead lived eighteen years longer than her husband. Her ninety five years of vigorous life were filled with the hard work of the pioneer woman. She knew the Indian as friend and foe, and would tell to her children and grandchildren the story of the great wilderness that once was Northeast Georgia. When a very young child, Anne's mother died. A devoted sister begged a cruel husband to give her the privilege of caring for the young child. The man, whose name was Nails, allowed the girl to come into his home, treating her as a bond servant. She worked by the side of his slaves with never a day to call her own. Young Joseph Whitehead, who lived in the same community as the Nails, was attracted to the pretty girl, and when she was seventeen and he was nineteen, they decided to marry. Fearing the iron hand of her brother-in-law, the couple was aided in eloping by the sister. They mounted young Joe's horse and rode to the nearest preacher, where they married. Leaving word for the tyrant bother-in-law not to follow if he cared for his life. For weeks upon weeks the young couple traveled; the first part of their trip being made by night, so if the man they feared did follow they would have the advantage. Joe had friends among the Indians, some of whom had told him of a great water fall but that was a long way off. Could he brave the wild animals which roamed the forests, and the unfriendly Indians with his bride? They went farther each day. Often times that had to take the hatchet and the ax to cut a path. Many times they thought they would have to leave the flax wheel or some of the bedding Anne's sister have given her. Not often would Anne dare ride the horse that carried her side sale, for fear an Indian would reach out from a bush and snatch her. She was safer holding to her man on his horse. Only to rest the horse would she leave him that far. After weary weeks they found the great falls. Fifty miles they had come. In the year 1798, the year of Anne's and Joe's marriage, that was a distance of unbelievable travel. Traveling through dense wilderness, facing an almost certain death by wild animals or Cherokee Indians, from 'way down in Elbert County', took the courage of people like Joseph and Anne Whitehead. The big chief of the Cherokees was friendly with the young couple and led them to the great falls that had a sheer drop of 186 feet. The word the Cherokee used to express The Beautiful was Toccoa. Two miles and a half above this beautiful water fall young Joe built his cabin. He soon traded with the chief and before long he owned a plat of land that ran a five mile radius in every direction, thereby becoming the first white property owner in the whole section of the country. He was a great land owner; standing on the far edge, his property measured ten miles to the other side. There was, across country, a stage coach stop known as Traveler's Rest. Someday they would travel over to see the coach come in. The Waltons kept the inn and took in the tired travelers who came by coach. Their dream was never realized, for a band of Indians caught the Waltons on the stair case of the big house and murdered them. Anyway Anne soon became busy having her children and making a home. She gave birth to four husky sons and five daughters. She did not tarry long at this job, as she had to help Joe build more room to the house, till the and, wash the clothes, mild the cows and cook the food. For years there stood in the middle of the field a huge tree that had been hollowed out by the Indians to give them shelter before a substantial house was built. Anne was glad Joe died before a fire broke out and burned it down. It would have been hard to see it go. The Cherokee Chief had asked that it never be hewn down. Good steady names, like Arch, Jake, Bill and Joseph were given the boys while the five daughters were named Allie, Susan, Nancy, Polly and Amy. The Cherokees aided the growing family in accumulating good furniture for the house which was being enlarged until it was taking on the looks of a southern plantation. There came a time when others cut their way into the jungle. Joe began to sell his and to good neighbors, and we wonder at what date and to whom he sold the Toccoa Falls. Great strides were being made for there was a trading post opened down the road about four and a half miles near where the Presbyterian Church now stands. Allie married a man named Dodd, Susan became a Yearwood, Nancy married a Mills, Polly a DeFoor. Amy remained single. In the years that passed Anne thought of her sister who helped them escape her overbearing husband. Did he kill her as he often threatened? She never knew. No letters were written or sent in those days. The offspring of this couple who silently sleep int he burying ground spread over the nation. The blood of adventure flows through their veins. When Anne Whitehead grew too old to do much else but sit by the fireside she told her grandchildren of Toccoa's beginning. One of her grandchildren who bore her name married a Thomas and lived at the old home. The old flax wheel brought with them from the low country and Anne's side saddle, were valued possessions of her children and her children's children. This writer saw the flax wheel and side saddle. Both were burned at a fire which took the home and later the barn. Other descendants and pioneer settlers bore the names of Thomas, Price, Davis, King, Scott, Dover, Jackson and hundreds of others who can trace their ancestry to the dust that is entombed here. Their spirit lives on. This is hallowed ground. This story was told be me by descendants of Jo and Mary Whitehead.

By Ella Cooper Garner"

Sources

See also:

• Early History of the Whiteheads

• Ancestry.com Message Board Thread (Second-hand Information)

"Posted: 10 Mar 2001 2:00AM
Jim Rainey
Allie Alice Whitehead b. 1816 Franklin/Stephens Co Ga m. 11 Apr 1836 Stephens Co to William Dodd, d. 12 Dec 1906. Who were her ancestors?"

"david carswell
Posted: 7 Apr 2001 4:19PM
Allie's parents were joseph and Anna Whitehead. They're buried at the family cemetary, along where Allie is buried."

"pioneerwoman
Posted: 10 May 2001 3:49AM
Edited: 31 Oct 2001 2:07PM
I am descended from James A. Dodd, Sr. through their son John H. Dodd. William Dodd , Sr. below who marr. Allie Alice Whiehead is also a son of James A. Dodd, Sr. b.c.1774 VA d.1852 Habersham Co., GA.

Here's what I have for Allie Alice Whitehead's ancestors:
Direct Descendants of William Whitehead

1 William Whitehead b: Abt. 1685 in ,Isle of Wight,Virginia d: May 1750 in,Edgecombe,North Carolina
.. +Rachel ? McKinnie or McKinney
.... 2 Jacob Whitehead b: Abt. 1712 in Isle of Wright,Virginia d: Abt. 1788 in ,Nash,North Carolina or GA?
........ +Mary (Patty) Bailey
.......... 3 Jacob Whitehead b: Abt. 1755 in ,Edgecombe Co.,North Carolina,probably d: 1817 in ,Lincoln Co.,Tennessee
.............. +Susannah
................ 4 Joseph Whitehead b: October 10, 1779 in ,Hart Co.,Georgia d: September 09, 1858 in Toccoa Falls,Habersham Co.,Georgia,now Stephens Co.
.................... +Anna Smith b: April 11, 1781 in ,South Carolina d: April 26, 1876 in ,Habersham Co.,Georgia
...................... 5 Alley Alice Whitehead b: February 14, 1816 in ,Franklin,Georgia (now Stephens) d: December 12, 1906 in ,Habersham Co.,Georgia
........................... +William Dodd, Sr. b: Abt. 1815 in , , North Carolina d: in ,Habersham Co.,Georgia
............................. 6 James Mandry (Big Jim) Dodd b: September 03, 1853 in ,Habersham Co.,Georgia d: December 28, 1914 in ,Antioch Bapt. Ce
.... *2nd Wife of Jacob Whitehead:
Chdck out my web site at:
http://justjanes0.tripod.com/
to see all the other DODD families and more on Allie's descendants."

• Ancestry.com Message Board Thread #2 (Second-hand Information)

"pioneerwoman
Posted: 18 Apr 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 31 Oct 2001 6:07PM GMT
Surnames: IVESTER
I have IVESTER connection with my DODD family of Habersham (and Stephens) Co., GA: Susannah Jane Dodd b.1840 Habersham Co., GA d.1921 Stephens Co., GA marr. Robert Ivester. She is the daughter of William Dodd b.1816 an Alley Alice Whitehead."

• Whitehead DNA (Second-hand Information)'

• 1850 United States Census Report.

"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HJC-R57 : accessed 16 Aug 2014), Ally Dodd in household of William Dodd, Habersham county, Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing family 45, NARA microfilm publication M432.

• 1860 United States Census Report.

"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZMK-2SZ : accessed 16 Aug 2014), Alley Dodd in household of William Dodd, No Corporate In The County, Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 124, household ID 909, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803125.

• 1870 United States Census Report.

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC37-6L5 : accessed 16 Aug 2014), Alley Dodd, Georgia, United States; citing p. 101, family 745, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545653.

• 1880 United States Census Report.

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8G3-F75 : accessed 16 Aug 2014), Allie Dodd in household of J M Dodd, Toccoa, Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 658C, NARA microfilm publication T9.

• 1900 United States Census Report.

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3JS-ZG6 : accessed 13 Sep 2014), Allie Dodd in household of James M Dodd, Militia Districts 1473, 440, Broad River, Toccoa (excl. Toccoa town), Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 257, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240202.