Individual Details
Samuel Dodson
(12 Nov 1788 - 4 Sep 1879)
Samuel lived in Mississippi for three years as a young man, but joined Floyd's army fighting Indians in Georgia and Alabama [War of 1812?].
Samuel married Rebecca Gardner about 1816 in Franklin Co, GA. They lived for awhile in Gwinnett, then DeKalb for some years, moving to Chattooga County in 1836.
1850 Census. Trion, Chattooga Co, GA, Hh 9
Samuel Dodson, 58, farmer, all the family born in Georgia
Rebecca, 55
Arcissa 26, Sarah 22, Caroline 20, Elijah 15, John 13, George, age 10
War of 1812 Pension Application Card, Ancestry.com
Samuel Dodson. Bounty Land 14873-160-55
Service: Pvt. under Capt James Merriweather's Company, GA Militia
Enlisted 23 Aug 1813, discharger 1 Mar 1814
Residence of soldier. 1850-1855, Chattooga Co, GA. 1871, Dry Valley, Chattanooga Co, GA
Widow: Rebecca Gardner
Marriage: June 16, 1816, Jasper Co, GA
George Marriages to 1850 lists a marriage for a Samuel Dotson to Rebecca Gardner on 26 Aug 1816 in Morgan Co GA.
Events
Birth | 12 Nov 1788 | Greene County, Georgia | |||
Marriage | 16 Jun 1816 | Jasper County, Georgia - Rebecca Gardner | |||
Death | 4 Sep 1879 | Chattooga County, Georgia |
Families
Spouse | Rebecca Gardner (1795 - 1872) |
Child | George Washington Dodson (1840 - 1916) |
Father | Joshua Dodson Jr. (1764 - ) |
Mother | Sarah Warnock ( - 1798) |
Sibling | Elijah Dodson (1786 - ) |
Sibling | William Dodson ( - ) |
Sibling | Isaiah Dodson ( - ) |
Sibling | Daniel Dodson ( - ) |