Ellison (Brumley) Dawson (abt. 1765 - aft. 1820)

Born about 1765 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Dawson — married 26 Jun 1790 in Woodford Kentucky

Died after 1820 after about age 55 in Kentucky [uncertain]

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Biography

Ellison (Brumley) Dawson was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

Early Life

Ellis was born about 1765 in Virginia to the parents foDaniel Brumley and Elizabeth Oliver. and was raised in Virginia till her early twenty's.

1782, Northumberland, Virginia. Census shows Ellison is living with her parents and two other siblings in Northumberland Virginia.^[1]

• White Souls = 5
• Black = 4

1784, Northumberland, Virginia.^[2]

• White Souls = 5
• Dwellings = 1
• Other Buildings = 4

Kentucky

Ellison moved with her family to Kentucky some time before 1792. And settled in Woodford Co. Kentucky.

Marriage

She married Richard Dawson June 26, 1790, Woodford, Kentucky.^[3] They were said to have 10 children (but could only find documents on two)

• Polly b:1793, KY.
• Wallace b:1801 KY.
• Richard b:1803 KY.
• Jack b:1807 KY.
• Daniel b:1809.
• Jane b: 1811 KY.
• Elizabeth b:1813 KY.
• George b:1815 KY.
• Crosley b:1817 KY.
• Ellis b:1819 KY.

In 1810 we find Richard and Ellison living in Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky.^[4]

• Free White Persons
• Males - Under 10 - 4
• Males - 10 thru 15-2
• Males - 26 thru 44-1
• Females - 10 thru 15 -2
• Females - 16 thru 25 -1
• Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44-1
• Numbers of Slaves - 5
• Number of Household Members Under 16-8
• Number of Household Members Over 25-2
• Number of Household Members16

1820, Woodford Co., Kentucky.^[5]

• Free White Persons
• Males - Under 10 - 1
• Males - 26 thru 44-1
• Females - 10 thru 15 -2
• Females - 16 thru 25 -1
• Numbers of Slaves - 1

Death

Ellison died some time after 1820 most likely there in Kentucky.

Notes

• Move to Kentucky based on first family document recorded in Kentucky.
• 1820, Richard and Ellison are living next to George Vanlandingham (believed to be be the father-in-law of Jenny Jean Brumley Vanlandingham.)

Sources

1. ↑ US First census 1782 - https://archive.org/details/headsoffamiliesa00nort/page/38/mode/2up?q=Brumley
2. ↑ US First census 1784 - https://archive.org/details/headsoffamiliesa00nort/page/76/mode/2up?q=Brumley
3. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-993Y-48ZN?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-H93%3A1589735626 : 17 May 2018), 005771988 > image 342 of 948; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYK-3X7D?cc=1803765&wc=QZZZ-MZ5%3A1588180103%2C1588180504%2C1588180123 : 1 December 2015), Kentucky > Franklin > Frankfort > image 17 of 76; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-1J4?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-3Y4%3A1586986501%2C1586986502%2C1586986503 : 16 July 2015), Kentucky > Woodford > Woodford > image 2 of 5; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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