Richard Dabbs was born about 1738 in Goochland County, Virginia. [1] He was son of Joseph Dabbs and Nancy Hoggatt who were married on 1 JUL 1733[2][3]
Richard Dabbs (Joseph1) was born circa 1735 in Lunenburg County, Virginia and died in 1809. He married, first, Elizabeth Foster in 1758 in Charlotte County, Virginia, the daughter of George Foster and Mary Singleton and the sister of our ?Miss? Foster who married Richard?s brother Nathaniel. Elizabeth was born in 1730 in Prince William County, Virginia and died before 1809 in Charlotte County, Virginia. Richard married, second, Anne Cunningham (Mrs. Anne Hannah) on January 11, 1804 in Charlotte County. (30) Researcher Joseph Dabbs states that Anne Cunningham was the widow of an Andrew Hannah. (31) Richard was found in Charlotte County where he was paid by the county for patrolling in 1797. (32) Jack Autrey Dabbs, who compiled a great deal of information on Dabbs from a variety of sources, gave this information on Richard Dabbs, son of Joseph: (33)
Richard D. Dabbs Sr. of Virginia, born in Charlotte County, Virginia. Died September 4, 1809, [4] leaving a will dated July 18, 1809. Son of Joseph Dabbs. Lived mostly near Cornwall, Charlotte County. His name appears associated with Maryland, and he may have lived there for some time. Richard married Elizabeth Foster. Their children were: Joseph Dabbs (who married Judith Tankersley 1783), George Dabbs, Richard Dabbs Jr., William Dabbs, Josiah Dabbs, James Dabbs, Polly (Mary) Dabbs, Nancy Dabbs, Sarah (Sally) Dabbs, and Elizabeth Singleton Dabbs. Richard married, second, Ann Hannah January 11, 1804 (surety, Joel Watkins). The will of his father-in-law George Foster Sr., dated February 17, 1789, appointed Richard executor, and conveyed to George?s daughter Elizabeth the slave Tamar and her [Tamar?s] children, a bay mare, and one-fourth of his estate.[5]
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