Ansel Dollar (1757 - 1819)

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1819 at about age 62 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Private Ansel Dollar served with Georgia Line during the American Revolution.

Ansel was born in 1757 according to Pedigree sheets on Ancestry.com. He was the son of Edward Dolier and Mary Edwards also according to Pedigree sheets from Ancestry.com

There is no evidence to support that he was the son of Edward Dolier.

There are various spellings of his first name including: Ansel, Hansel, Anson, and Hance

Ansel Dollar may have lived in Georgia during the Revolution and later moved to Spartanburg in South Carolina. See the notes of service during the Revolution written by General James Jackson in the warrant for service.

Note: Laurens County was also estabished in 1785. It is in the middle of the Old Ninety-Six District in the Up County of South Carolina. Spartanburg District is located to the north and east of Laurens.

Military

Georgia State Archives Notes Dollar, Anson, Certificate of Gen Jas. Jackson, July 16, 1784, that he served in the GA State Legion, and is entitled to a bounty, and prays for 287 1/2 acres in Washington Co. Page 67 in Roster of the Revolution.

In the certificate for service General Jackson states that Anson Dollar served as a soldier from the time of the reduction of Augusta to the evacuation of Savannah by the British. That time period would have been from May 1781 to July 1782.

The above reference indicates that Anson Dollar was a citizen of Georgia at the time the warrant was issued for the land in Washington County.

Life after the Revolutionary War

After the War of the Revolution Ansel or Hansel Dollar was in South Carolina as early as 1789 in Spartanburg District. That district was created in 1785 from the old Ninety-Six District. The old Ninety-Six District had extended from North Carolina to Georgia with Cherokee lands to the west.

Ansel bought 50 acres of land in Spartanburg District on the 17th of December of 1789. He paid 17 pounds sterling to David Neal.

The land was part of 557 acres on the North side of the Enoree River and on Dancing Branch granted March 3rd in 1788 by Governor Thomas Pinckney to to David Neal. Reuben Dollar was one of the witnesses.

He is found on the 1790 census living in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.

Reuben Dollar and Ambrose Dollar are also listed on the 1790 census for Spartanburg District, South Carolina.

In the records of Spartanburg District on January 23rd 1797 ( Ansel) now listed as Hansel Dollar sold to William Waldrop 50 acres of land for 50 pounds steriing. The land was on the west side of Dancing Branch. The deed record was signed by Hansel Dollar. This indicates that Ansel and Hansel were given names used in the records for the same person.

On May 5th 1798 Ansel paid 20 pounds sterling for 150 acres. He bought the land from William Atteway. This acreage was part of a 623 acres granted to David Smith by William Moutrie Esq. 3 April 1786. The land was situated in Ninety Six District on Ready Fork a branch of Little River.

There is an entry on the 1800 Federal Census for South Carolina in Laurens County in Capt. William Garrett's Company for a Hance Dollar. There are 9 people in his family. No slaves are listed. This may be Ansel with a nickname used for him.

These include : 1 male 45 and over 3 males under age 10 1 male 10-16 2 females under 10 1 female 10-16 1 female 26-45

An Ancer Dollar is found on the 1810 census in Laurens County, South Carolina.

His family at this time includes: 1 male 45 and over 3 males 16-26 1 female under 10 1 female 10-16 3 females 16-26 1 female 45 and over

note: there seems to be an error in the recording on the above census. There is a number 4 for males over age 45. This is very unlikely. It most likely is 1. The previous census indicated only 1 male age 45 and over.

There is a will for Sarah Doller in Laurens District, South Carolina in 1841. In the will she states that her deceased husband was Hansel Doller. The will lists her children.

William Doller

Reuben Doller, he was married to Sarah Putman and they had 6 children.

Susan Coley she was given the land that her father had owned in Laurens District.

Rhoda Bigles

Elizabeth Barker. She was married to William Barker.

and the will mentions the heirs of John Doller deceased. His wife was Nancy.

Ansel, Hance, or Hansel Dollar is not found on the 1820 census but a Sarah Dollar and a John Dollar are on the census in Laurens County, South Carolina.

Sarah Dollar has a family that includes: 2 males 16-26 1 female 10-16 2 females 16-26 1 female 45 and over

John Dollar has a family that includes: 2 males under 10 1 male 26-45 1 female under 10 1 female 26-45

Research Notes

William Dollar from Virginia was living in Laurens District, South Carolina during the same time as Hance Dollar in 1800. This William Dollar was a soldier of the Revolution from Virginia.

Evidence needs to be found to corroborate the date of death for Ansel in 1819.

Sources

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75572200/person/30323918058/facts

• Laurens County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts Books E - F 1793-1800 Vol. 2

Copyright 2006 by Larry Veborn, Southern Historical Press, Inc. Greenville, S.C.

• Spartanburg County/District South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Books A-T, 1752-1827, by Albert Bruce Pruitt, Copyright 1988, Southern Historical Press, South Carolina.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKF-1RP : accessed 24 December 2017), Ansel Dollar, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 22, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRH-17V : accessed 31 December 2017), Hance Dollar, Laurens District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 16, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-SX9 : accessed 28 January 2018), Arsen Doller, Laurens, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 281, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 61; FHL microfilm 181,420.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-8DH : accessed 28 January 2018), Sarah Dollar, Laurens, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 29, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 121; FHL microfilm 162,024.

• Probate Records, Laurens County, South Carolina, Will for Sarah Dollar, 1841