Lydia (Dodson) Spratlin (abt. 1766 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1766 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of George Spratlin — married 3 Apr 1787 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Died after 1850 after about age 84 in Missouri, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Lydia Dodson was born about 1766 in Virginia. Lydia was the daughter of Fortunatus Dodson and Margaret (Peggy) Dodson.^[1]

Lydia is named as "Liddie" in the Will of her father, dated 2nd of October 1776 " . . . to daughters Liddie, Sarah and Deborah Dodson all the moveable estate equally . . ."^[2]

Lydia married George Spratlin on 3 April 1787 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.^[3][4][5] His name was signed George Spratlen and recorded George Pratley. They were married by her uncle Reverend Lazarus Dodson.

Lydia, age 83, appears in the 1850 Federal Census in Buchanan County, Missouri, in the household of her son-in-law Richard Pell.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ page 50, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants Volume One, by Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler and Editor and Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1988.
2. ↑ Will of Fortunatus Dodson: Pittsylvania County, Virginia Deeds and Wills Book 5 (1767-1780), page 434, image 227 of 283; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-G9NS-N?cat=415497)
3. ↑ County Clerk, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Marriage bonds, 1767-1859; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91C-BSH4-L?cat=1152970), images 567-568.
4. ↑ County Clerk, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Ministers' returns, 1770-1862, and marriage licenses, 1861-1900, Ministers' returns, 1770-1799.; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Z-6DW1?cat=1152992), image 911.
5. ↑ County Clerk, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Marriage bonds book, 1767-1861; marriage register, 1861-1900, Marriage bonds book, no. 1, 1767-1861 -- Index to marriage register, no. 2, 1861-1900 -- Marriage register, no. 2, 1861-1900.; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LX-MHNL?cc=4149585&cat=475922), image 103.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ3-YLX : 22 December 2020), Lydia Spratlin in household of Richard Pell, Center Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dodson-622 created through the import of Dodsons Only.GED on Nov 22, 2011 by Betty Dotson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Betty and others.