Born about in Amherst, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Martin Dawson
and Elizabeth (Carter) Dawson
Sister of
Thomas Dawson [half], John Dawson [half], Mildred (Dawson) Hancock [half], Martin Dawson [half], Mary (Dawson) Parks [half], Nancy (Dawson) Cox [half], William Dawson [half], Margaret Parmelia (Dawson) Franklin [half], William Dawson [half], Zachariah Dawson, Jesse Dawson, Nelson Carter Dawson, Elizabeth (Dawson) Rucker and Milly (Dawson) Read
Wife of
George M Tinsley
— married
2 Mar 1799 in Amherst County, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Zachary D. Tinsley
Died
at about age 39
in Amherst, Virginia, United States
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Biography
DOB estimated from marriage at the age of 20. Her father gave consent, so she was under the age of 21.
"He [James Madison Garvin] and Mary are buried in the Tinsley-Garvin cemetery on Cedar Gate Road, Monroe, with her grandparents, George M. Tinsley b. 1771 d. 1862 and Susannah Dawson Tinsley b. 1780 d. 1818. George Tinsley was the great-grandson of Thomas Tinsley of Essex and Hanover Counties. Susannah was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Dawson."[1]
Marriage
George Tinsley married Susanna Dawson (spinster) on 11 March 1799 in Amherst, Virginia. Consent of her father, Martin Dawson. Nelson C. Dawson was bondsman.[2]
Family
Martin Dawson (father)
Will of Martin Dawson[3]
Written: 1 September 1808
Probated: 16 March 1812
Amherst, Virginia
Legatees:
Sons and daughters by first wife Priscilla Dawson:
John Dawson
Nancy Cox
Thomas Dawson
Mildred Hancock
Martin Dawson
Mary Parks
Margaret Franklin
William Dawson
Children by my last wife Elizabeth:
Nelson Carter Dawson
Jesse Dawson
Grand daughter Mahala Reed
daughter Milly Read
daughter Elizabeth Rucker
daughter Susannah Tinsley
children of my Son Zachariah Dawson, deceased
Witnesses: Thomas Moore, B. Wilson, J.L. Wingfield
Executors: Anthony Rucker, David Tinsley, Nelson C. Dawson
Administrator's Bond - Estate of Martin Dawson[3]
16 March 1812
Amherst, Virginia
Nelson C. Dawson appointed. R. Pendleton was bondsman.
Division - Estate of Martin Dawson[3]
3 September 1813
Amherst, Virginia
Nelson C. Dawson, Administrator
Nancy Cox
Thomas Dawson's legatees
Mildred Hancock's legatees
Martin Dawson
Mary Parks
Milly Reed
Margaret Franklin
William Dawson
Jesse Dawson
Mahala Reed
Zachariah Dawson's legatees
Elizabeth Rucker
Susanna Tinsley
Sources
- ↑ Amherst County Virginia Heritage. N.p.: S. E. Grose, (n.d.).
- ↑ Sweeny, William Montgomery, and Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. 1999. Marriage bonds and other marriage records of Amherst County, Virginia, 1763-1800 / Marriage records of Amherst County, Virginia, 1815-1821 and subscription for building St. Mark's Church, Amherst County, Virginia / by Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1998. The wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDN-67J : 29 January 2020), George Tinsley, 1799.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna 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 Susanna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna 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 Susanna:
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~0.78%
Carolyn Boggs
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A939994 [compare], Ancestry member crlynbggs
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~0.39%
Robert Tiffner :
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Dawson-8608 and Dawson-8750 appear to represent the same person because: This is a duplicate record. There is only one set of George Tinsley/Susannah Dawson at that time in Amherst
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