Thomas DODSON, Jr.

• Name	Thomas DODSON
  Suffix	Jr.
  Gender	Male
  Will	12 Aug 1779	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [1]
  	Deeds & Wills Book 11, Page 133-134. 12 August 1779, Pr: 21 October 1783. LWT Thomas Dodson in good health and perfect and sound memory as common. To my grandson Thomas Dodson, son of Joseph Dodson, deceased, the sum of one shilling sterling. To my son Thomas Dodson, my whip saw. To my son George Dodson, a Negro girl Levina. To my son William Dodson, after the death of my wife, the plantation and tract of land whereon I now live. To my daughter Sarah Nevil, one shilling. To my daughter Elizabeth Bennett, one shilling. To Else Dodson, one shilling. To my daughter Rhody Creal, one shilling. To my loving wife Ellenor Dodson all my movable estate, except my still and whip saw, such as horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, all my household and kitchen furniture provided she will give up her Join (sic) and what I had with her and if not as much to be sold as will pay her and she have the remainder. Likewise I lend to her the Negro woman Vilet during her natural life and afterwards to my son Jesse Dodson. Also to son Jesse Dodson my still, it to be valued and he is to pay his brothers and sisters their equal share. I give to the use of the separate and regular Baptist to meet in the worship service of the lord the meeting house near John Creel Mill with the 3 acres of land. Appoint loving wife Elenor Dodson and my son George Dodson executors. Signed - Thomas Dodson. Wit: Daniel Gardner, Heath Gardner, Silvany Gardner, Nathaniel Gardner, Richard Brown and William Herring security for the executors.
  Probate	21 Oct 1783	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [1]
  	The will of Thomas Dodson was proved in court on 21 Oct 1783.
  Reference Number	2219
  Person ID	I2219	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	25 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas DODSON, Sr.,   b. 15 May 1681, Old Rappahannock County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Nov 1740, Richmond County, Virginia  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary DURHAM,   b. 05 Jun 1686, North Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia
  Married	Virginia   [2]
  Children	9 children
  1. Alice DODSON
  2. David DODSON,   d. 1740, Prince William County, Virginia
  3. George DODSON
  4. Greenham DODSON
  5. Thomas DODSON, Jr.
  6. Mary DODSON,   b. 15 Oct 1715
  7. Abraham DODSON,   b. 04 Apr 1723,   d. Fauquier County, Virginia
  8. Joshua DODSON,   b. 25 May 1725
  9. Elisha DODSON,   b. 22 Feb 1727/28, Richmond County, Virginia ,   d. Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth ROSE
  Married	Richmond County, Virginia   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Jesse DODSON Married: Ruth DODSON   2. Joseph DODSON,   b. 21 Feb 1725, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia ,   d. 1773, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 47 years) Married: Anne , Martha (1767)   3. Thomas 'Second Fork' DODSON,   b. 03 Oct 1728, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia Married: Mary NEVILLE , Mary DODSON   4. Mary DODSON,   b. 16 Jun 1730, North Farnham Parish, Virginia Married: CHILDS   5. Elizabeth DODSON,   b. 27 May 1732, North Farnham Parish, Virginia Married: John BENNETT (1749)   6. Sarah DODSON,   b. 27 May 1732, North Farnham Parish, Virginia Married: John NEVILL   7. Alice (Alcy) DODSON,   b. Abt 1734 Married: Lazarus DODSON   8. Joshua DODSON,   b. Abt 1736,   d. 1798  (Age ~ 62 years)   9. William DODSON,   b. Abt 1737, Prince William County, Virginia ,   d. Apr 1832, Iredell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 95 years) Married: Winifred JOHNSTON (1763)   10. George DODSON,   b. Abt 1740 Married:   11. Rosanna 'Rhoda' DODSON,   b. Abt 1744 Married: John CREEL
  Family ID	F698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elenor SLOAN
  Married	Y  [4]
  Family ID	F749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, Compiler: Lela C. Adams, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 1986), p. 49-50, Will of Thomas Dodson, 1779. [S60] The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Mrs. Sherman Williams, (Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1988), p. 3. [S88] The Registers of North Farnham Parish, King, George Harrison Sanford, (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC, 1986, Original Date, 1966), p. 48. [S730] Rev. Elias Dodson Manuscript, Dodson, Elias, Editor: Lucas, Silas Emmet, (Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1989), p. 1.