Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joshua Dodson Sr.
and Ruth (Unknown) Dodson
Sister of
Charles Dodson, Elijah Dodson, Isaac Dodson, Elisha Dodson, Joshua Dodson Jr, Phoebe Harriet (Dodson) Creel and Daniel Dodson
Wife of
James Ballenger
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
James Edward Ballenger
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Ballenger, Margaret (Ballenger) Lewis, John Ballenger and Francis (Ballinger) Adcock
Died about
at about age 62
in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Biography
Dorcas Dodson's exact date of birth is unknown but it's believed she was born about 1752 in Virginia. Dorcas' year of birth is based on the 1773 year of birth for her son Edward Ballinger.[1] Dorcas is the daughter of Joshua Dodson Sr. and Ruth Unknown.
Dorcas married James Ballinger.
Dorcas and James Ballinger moved to South Carolina prior to the American Revolution where James Ballinger served in the Revolutionary War.
James Ballinger died in 1818 in South Carolina leaving a will that includes his wife Dorcas.[2]
Dorcas and James Ballinger were the parents of the following known children:
- Edward Ballinger
- John Ballinger
- James Ballinger
- William Ballinger
- Elijah Ballinger
- Frances Ballinger Bishop
- Margaret Ballinger Lewis
- Tabitha Ballinger Foster.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Page 162, 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 the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, 1988, Southern Historical Press, Inc. Easley, South Carolina.
- ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-FXZ6-8?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-HM3%3A210905501%2C211284701 : 21 May 2014), Spartanburg > Wills book, 1810-1820, Vol. A > image 28 of 97; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- ↑ Information on Dorcas and her husband and children from Page 58, 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 the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, 1988, Southern Historical Press, Inc. Easley, South Carolina.
See Also
- S22 Record ID Number: MH:S22 User ID: 6FCB8791-B96E-4644-B336-32F5CB517F0C Author: Tommy Campis Title: Jones & Campis (Campisi) Website Text:
MyHeritage.com family tree
Family site: Jones & Campis (Campisi) Website
Family tree: campisjonesupdate - 07022010 Media: 47604971-4 Type: Smart Matching Page: Dorcas Dodson Event: Smart Matching Role: 4002053 Data: Date: 19 DEC 2010 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile Dodson-486 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.
Thank you to Daivd Barnhardt for creating WikiTree profile Dodson-2625 through the import of 3-4-2013.GED on Mar 4, 2013.
Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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:
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~1.56%
Scott Mitchell
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M152915 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Larry O'Neal :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SR6398975 [compare], Ancestry member lgoneal
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~1.56%
~3.12%
John Crowley :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~3.12%
David Epstein :
23andMe, GEDmatch SQ3164434 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B680796
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~0.78%
Holly Nunnelley :
23andMe
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~0.78%
C. (Hammett) Melton :
23andMe, GEDmatch BS5364460 [compare]
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~0.78%
Elizabeth Crauswell :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal ELId7cd7f4b, Ancestry member crauswell_verchio
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~0.78%
Lesa Little :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JG1100015 [compare], yourDNAportal LES7d178813, Ancestry member LesaLittle
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~0.78%
Tom Hall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A411611 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Penny (Calhoun) Gibson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Diane (Purcell) Dean :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Billy Drake :
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Carol Wilder
Dodson-2625 and Dodson-486 appear to represent the same person because: Both women have the same name and both have Ruth as their mother. Dodson-2625 has no specific place of birth or death and no biography. They share the same brothers and sisters, and the only sources for Dodson-2625 are other family trees. These are duplicates with Dodson-486 having more complete data and sources. They are duplicates and should be merged.
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