William Alexander Dandridge III (1807 - 1865)

Born 12 May 1807 in Hanover, Virginia, United States

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Died 27 Oct 1865 at age 58 in Henry, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Descendant William Alexander “Little Dover” Dandridge was born in Hanover, Virginia 1812, died in Henry Co Nov 1865, was a planter and large slave owner. He was a great, great grandson of Alexander Spottswood, Gov of Virginia 1710-1723. He married Sarah Nicholds, sister of Greenberry Nicholds. They settled in Henry CO, near Martinsville, VA and had 5 children: Thomas West, Robert Bollins, Clay, John, and Sara Virginia who was only a few weeks old at the time of her mother’s death in 1845. In 1847, he married his second wife, Mary Jane Hamner (daughter of Nancy House Hamner), born in Brunswick Co VA, died in Tate Co, Miss 1879. After his second marriage, William Dandridge moved to his plantation “Locust Grove” near Spencer, Virginia. The Civil war broke out and the death of John, his youngest son, who died in service, and great financial losses left him so broken in spirit and healther that he never recovered. He died at 1865 at the age of 53 years. William and Mary Dandridge had nine children: Nannie Anderson, Mary Pocahontas, Emma Louise, Martha Washington, and Bessie Lee; sons James Spottswood, Samuel Hamner, George Gilmer, and Walter Alexander. After the death of her husband Mary Dandridge and family moved to Tate Co, Miss, where she lived until the time of her death in April 1879.

Husband: William Alexander Dandridge III

Wife: Sarah Nicholds d. 1845

Children:

1. Thomas West Dandridge,
2. Robert Bollins Dandridge,
3. Clay Dandridge,
4. John Dandridge, and
5. Sara Virginia Dandridge d. 1845

Husband: William Alexander Dandridge III

Wife: Mary Jane Hamner

Marriage Date: 1847

Children:

1. Nannie Anderson Dandridge,
2. Mary Pocahontas Dandridge,
3. Emma Louise Dandridge,
4. Martha Washington Dandridge, and
5. Bessie Lee Dandridge; sons
6. James Spottswood Dandridge,
7. Samuel Hamner Dandridge,
8. George Gilmer Dandridge, and
9. Walter Alexander Dandridge IV

Slaves

Delph (Dandridge) Hughes (abt.1832-) and 3 children
Abe Dandridge (abt.1811-)
Esther Dandridge (abt.1814-) and 4 children
Martha (Dandridge) Spencer (abt.1839-) and 5 children
William Dandridge (abt.1839-)
George E Dandridge (abt.1816-)
Carter Dandridge (1813-)^[1]

From Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA, USA; Virginia, Birth Registers, 1853-1911

Sources

1. ↑ Henry County (Va.) Register of of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866, [register page #28. Cohabitation Registers Digital Collection. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.[1]

• "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2X2-F66Z : 16 October 2019), Wm A Dandridge, 1860.
• A History of Henry County, Virginia, with Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of Its Oldest Families. Judith Parks America Hill. Heritage Books, 200
• Ancestry.com