Born in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mark Smith Sr.
and Sarah (Cannon) Smith
Sister of
Luke Smith Sr., Joel Smith, Thomas Isaac Smith, Levi P. Smith, Matthew Smith, Mark Smith, Mary A. (Smith) Spence, Rosannah (Smith) McFarland and Daniel L. Smith
Wife of
John M. Shaffer
— married
21 Feb 1823 in Perry, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ann (Shaffer) Hardy, Keziah (Shaffer) Wherry, Sarah (Shaffer) Holland, Albert L. Shaffer, Eli M Shaffer, Mary Elizabeth (Shaffer) Holland, Arrena Shaffer, John Thomas Shaffer and Rosa Caroline (Shaffer) Clegg
Died
at age 40
in Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2016
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Biography
Dolly Smith was born 15 Oct 1805 in Newberry County, South Carolina and passed away 6 Sep 1846 in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
No records show her name as Mary Smith so her Find-a -Grave memorial has combined her name with that of her sister Mary.
Sources
- "1823 Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRJY-H72 : 27 September 2017), John Shaffer and Dolly Smith, 21 Feb 1823; citing Perry, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,644,076.
- 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1840; Census Place: Oktibbeha, Mississippi; Roll: 218; Page: 117; Family History Library Film: 0014842
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3244510 (accessed 28 November 2022)
John Shaffer in Oktibbeha, Mississippi.
- Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #55137781
Ancestry Record 60525 #5454811 (accessed 28 November 2022)
Mary D Shaffer burial (died on 6 Sep 1846) in Clarkson, Webster County, Mississippi, United States of America. (Given name incorrect.)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dolly 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 Dolly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dolly 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 Dolly:
-
~3.12%
~3.12%
Margie (Stewart) George 
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Frank Redd :
23andMe, GEDmatch SN2597719 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T132504 [compare], Ancestry member fhredd90
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PT2938035 [compare], FTDNA kit #166818
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~3.12%
Watson Tidmore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Don Beduhn :
23andMe, GEDmatch M058369 [compare]
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~1.56%
Betty (Moore) Summerlin :
23andMe, GEDmatch T297805 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T297805 [compare], Ancestry member Bmsummerlin
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T297805 [compare], FTDNA kit #227489
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~1.56%
Lisa White :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Melinda (Tidmore) Kammeyer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Katrina Otto :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member katrina_otto
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Gigi (Ward) Tanksley
Smith-103085 and Smith-103084 appear to represent the same person because: Same person entered back to back
posted
by Gigi (Ward) Tanksley
Rejected matches › Mary (Wick) Levell (1804-)
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