Individual Details
Rev. Elias Dodson Jr.
(27 Oct 1807 - 13 Dec 1882)
Elias Jr. never married. He was only a young boy when his father died. He attended the Baptist Seminary at Richmond VA and William & Mary College in Williamsburg where he graduated 2 Jul 1838. He was ordained a minister in Richmond that year. Most of his ministerial career was as a home missionary in North Carolina and Tennessee.
He wrote a manuscript on the Dodson family for a relative in Tennessee; it has been found to contain few errors.
Minutes of Trinity Bapt Church Record Book [in Hull papers]:
Sat, 29 May 1841 Sermon by Bro. E. Dodson
Sun, 30 May 1841 Sermon by Bro E. Dodson
Aug 1850, Bro Elias Dodson re-appointed Missionary
Nov 1851 Elias Dodson preached
Sat, Mar 1853 Elias Dodson preached
Events
| Birth | 27 Oct 1807 | Halifax County, Virginia |  | ||
| Death | 13 Dec 1882 | Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina | |
Families
| Father | Elias Dodson (1760 - 1812) |
| Mother | Nancy Stamps (1769 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Rev. Obadiah Dodson ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mathew Dodson ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Dodson ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler & Editor, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. Two Volumes with index in Volume Two. Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents. (Easley, SC: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.; Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1988), p.97.
2. Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler & Editor, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. Two Volumes with index in Volume Two. Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents. (Easley, SC: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.; Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1988), p.97.