James
Dobbins
Born in Granville County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of William Dobbins Sr
and Susannah (Collins) Dobbins
Brother of
William Dobbins II, Mary (Dobbins) Scruggs, Ezekiel Dobbins, Frances (Dobbins) Womack and Drury Dobbins
Husband of
Nancy (Melton) Dobbins
— married
1785 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Susannah (Dobbins) Sirret, William Dobbins, Jesse Dobbins, Lewis Dobbins, Elizabeth (Dobbins) Hughes, James Ballard Dobbins, Mary Dobbins, Francis Dobbins, Hannah (Dobbins) Hamrick, Margaret Arty (Dobbins) Bowen and Rhoda (Dobbins) Hughes
Died
at about age 81
in Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2018
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Biography
James Ballard Dobbins was born in 1762 in Granville, North Carolina. He married Nancy Melton in 1785; they had three known children:
- Drucilla, b 1786 in SC
- Susannah, b 1788 in SC
- William, b 1790 in SC
He died on March 28, 1843, in Cleveland, North Carolina, having lived a long life of 81 years.[1]
Sources
- Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters Pension Application of James Dobbins, W3964 Nancy Dobbins f35SC, transcribed by Will Graves.
- "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5CGJ : accessed 2 December 2018), James Dobbins, 01 May 1792; citing North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
- Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M850470 p5
- 1790 Census Cumberland, North Carolina Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 89; Image: 400; Family History Library Film: 0568147 Dobbins, James 2 0 3 0 0
- 1800 Census Morgan, Rutherford, North Carolina Series: M32; Roll: 33; Page: 106; Image: 418; Family History Library Film: 337909 1810 D152 DOBBINS James M-252 042 097 NdRcd
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Roll: 42; Page: 366; Image: 00185; Family History Library Film: 0337915
- 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Page: 384; NARA Roll: M33_80; Image: 359
- 1830; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 124; Family History Library Film: 0018090
- Year: 1840; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Page: 276; Family History Library Film: 0018097
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Location: Ellenboro, Cleveland Co NC 80
- North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890; Page 140, Database: NC 1840 Pensioners List
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Archive Publication Number: M804, Archive Roll Number: 823. Applicant Designation: Widow's Pension Application File
- The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 18; Year Range: 1835-1850
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Richard Wall
:
23andMe, GEDmatch JT6004790 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member richardtwall
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~1.56%
David Jolley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dajpapa
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~1.56%
Melcena (Horn) Barenberg :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member deanajgibson90
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~1.56%
Stephen Sexton :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
David Stipes :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Jeanne (Gravely) Waggoner :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
L. Burke :
23andMe, GEDmatch M161628 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Sharon (Burtis) Skindell :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Sharon (Burtis) Skindell :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jan Harrill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A212552 [compare], Ancestry member janalysonharrill
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~0.78%
Deana Skaggs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A509383 [compare], Ancestry member deanajgibson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A509383 [compare], FTDNA kit #B945843
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~0.78%
Terry Skaggs :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Doug Tabor :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Barbara (Tucker) Rogers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Rhonda Hill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XQ5526491 [compare], Ancestry member RhondaKayHill
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~0.78%
Gene Merrell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T700540 [compare], FTDNA kit #406353
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~0.78%
Kaye (Davis) Stover :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Shirley (McDiarmid) Andrews :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Paula Jones :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 6133
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~0.39%
Carl Thompson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tcalqancestry
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