James
S.
Doster
Born in Yorkville,South Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Enoch Doster
and Mary (Davison) Doster
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Roda Priscilla (Clark) Doster
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Zenas Augustus Doster and Samuel H. Doster
Died
at age 77
in Jackson County, Georgia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jul 2018
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Biography
James was born in 1818. James was born near Yorkville, South Carolina. He moved to Georgia at an early age. Apparently when he answered the call for volunteers, he returned to South Carolina and enlisted into Company A 12 Regiment, South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. He remained with the company and is listed on the surrender roles at Appomattox, Virginia.
1860 Census:
James Dostor Male 42 S. Carolina
Roda Dostor Female 40 Georgia
Mary Dostor Female 22 Georgia
William Dostor Male 18 Georgia
John Dostor Male 17 Georgia
Enoch Dostor Male 15 Georgia
Nancy Dostor Female 13 Georgia
Janes Dostor Male 10 Georgia
Samuel Dostor Male 7 Georgia
Joseph Dostor Male 3 Georgia
DNA
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and jeanbrosnan1 his seventh cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 6th-great grandparents, Thomas Doster I and Mariah Doster. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th-6th Cousins, based on sharing 21 cM across 1 segments.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYT-QLM : 12 April 2016), James Doster, Jackson county, Jackson, Georgia, United States; citing family 1134, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMV-YJL : 13 December 2017), James Dostor, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3C-1YS : 12 April 2016), James Doster, Georgia, United States; citing p. 64, family 452, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,658.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46763878/james-doster
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DNA Connections
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%
John Doster
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
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~0.78%
Pat (Parfitt) Rodgers :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
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