Possible
Origin of Name
The
"Doomesday Book"
of earliest records of land owners and lessees of
Hartfordshire,
England,
gives the name of "Dode" and a son, "Alcynius
Dodesone",
tenant-in-chief.
From this early English source the name Dodson
very easily and naturally follows. The
name
therefore may be either Celtic or Anglo-Saxon, as it
is difficult to
determine
from this earliest record.
Simon
Dodson
Simon
Dotson, progenitor
of the Dotsons of Wise, Russell, and Dickenson
Counties, emigrated to
the
area from Patrick County, Virginia. He was a
descendant of Charles
Dodson
of old Rappahannock County, Virginia. In
early colonial records we find that
Charles
Dodson took a lease of land in old Rappahannock County
on July 8, 1680.
Later in 1692, Rappahannock County was subdivided into
Essex and
Richmond
Counties, and Charles Dodson owned land in both
counties, but resided
in
North Farnham Parrish in Richmond County, where he
became a large land
owner. The will of Charles Dodson was dated January
11, 1703, and
proved
February 6, 1705, wherein he names wife, Ann, eight
children. Among
these
children was a son Thomas Dodson, born May 15, 1681,
died in Richmond
County,
November 20, 1740. His will dated February 17, 1740,
proved March 2,
1740,
names wife, Mary, and nine children. It is the
children of this Thomas
Dodson who went to Southwest Virginia, settling in
Pittsylvania County prior to 1776. Many
of
his descendants in time spelled their name "Dotson".
The Dodsons of
Pittsylvania,
Halifax, Patrick and Henry Counties all trace their
ancestry through
Thomas
Dodson back to Charles
Dodson of old Rappahannock County,
Virginia.
The writer has
not
been able to recover the names of the parents of
Simon Dotson, but it
is
assumed, without factual proof that he was the son
of one William
Dodson,
a Revolutionary War soldier.
Simon Dotson
was
born in 1761, and died at his home on Guest River
(someplace between
Ramsey
and Tacoma, Wise County, Virginia) on May 30, 1849,
at the age of 88
years
. The earliest record found for him was on October
31, 1807, when he,
his
wife Phoebe, and a Mary Dotson joined the old Stoney
Creek Baptist
Church
in Scott County, Virginia. It is not known who this
Mary Dotson was.
Certainly
she was too old to be his daughter. Most likely she
was his sister.
On May 1,
1847,
a Primitive Baptist Church was organized at the
Glades (now Wise,
Virginia),
and Simon Dotson became one of the first Deacons of
this Church. While
this Church is no longer in existence, the records
are intact, and it
is
from these old records that the age and death date
of Simon Dotson were
recovered.
Simon Dotson
was
married in Patrick County, Virginia, March 29, 1794,
to Phoebe
Hollingsworth,
daughter of Thomas Hollingsworth; and officiating
minister was the Rev.
George Dodson.
Soon after his
marriage
we find where Simon Dotson was starting out on his
own by purchasing
land
in Patrick County, Virginia, in April 1795, from one
William Reed, and
selling the same tract of land in 1802, to William
Webb. It is believed
that about this date he emigrated to Scott County,
Virginia, settling
on
a tributary of Stock Creek, near Natural Tunnel.
About 1820 he sold his
land on Stock Creek to his son-in-law, Schuyler
Hamilton, and removed
to
what is now Wise County, Virginia (then Russell
County) settling on
Guest
River, between Ramsey and Tacoma. An absolute date
of his settlement on
Guest River has not been established, but it is
logical to assume that
it was about the time he sold his land on Stock
Creek.
The writer was
told
by Patton Dotson, grandson of Thomas Dotson, and
great-grandson of
Simon,
that his grandfather, Thomas Dotson was living on
Guest River at the
time
the great hurricane hit Wise County to the north of
the County seat of
Wise. Patton stated that his grandfather, Thomas
Dotson told of going
to
the area to look over the damage two or three days
after the hurricane
struck, and that he was a boy of seventeen years;
thus placing the date
of the hurricane in 1821, and proving that Simon
Dotson was in Wise
(the
Russell) County at that date, since his son Thomas
was born in 1804.
It is
interesting
to note that this particular section of Wise County
is still called
"the
Hurricane."
As further
evidence
of establishing Simon Dotson's early residence, I
quote from Russell
County
Court Records the following:
"At a term of
court
held for Russell County, Virginia, September 1,
1829:
"An
application
of Elijah Beverly, Sr. and others who filed their
petition praying for
a new road from Simon Dotson's on Guesses River to
Freeman Beverly's
grist
Mill on said river, and it is ordered that Ruben
Steele, John Stanley,
Simon Dotson, and William Dotson (Simon's son), be
appointed to view
the
ground, etc."
This order
established
the beginning of the present highway leading from
Norton to Coeburn,
long
before either town existed.
At a term of
court
held in Russell County, June 4, 1833, Simon Dotson
was allowed $5 for a
wolf scalp. In early days it was a custom for courts
to set a "bounty"
on wolves, and other marauding animals to eliminate
their destruction.
The burial
place
of Simon Dotson and his wife, Phoebe, is not
definitely known. The
older
section of the Laurel Grove Cemetery at Ramsey, near
Norton, Virginia,
was the original burying ground of the Hamilton
family; descendants of
Simon Dotson, and his daughter Mary Dotson Huff,
along with her husband
were buried there in 1862; so in all probability
Simon and his wife
also
sleep in this cemetery.
The 1820
census
of Scott County shows that Simon Dotson had at that
time eleven
children
at home, but this is not all his children, since
certainly his oldest
daughter,
Susanna was married to Schuyler Hamilton at this
date and there might
have
been other older children married.
Children of
Simon
and Phoebe Dotson:
1. Susanna Dotson married
Schuyler
Hamilton
2. Artie Dotson married
Jacob
Butcher
3. Lydia Dotson married (1)
Ely
Hall (2) James Roberts
4. Elizabeth Dotson married
Robert
Beverly, Sr.
5. William Dotson married
(1)
Mary Hutchinson (2) Cecelia Plummer
6. Thomas Dotson married
Abagail
Hillman
7. Daniel Dotson married
Nancy
Robinson
8. James O. Dotson married
Elizabeth
Bush
9. Mary Dotson married
Charles
Huff
10. Andrew Jackson Dotson married
Jane
Matney
11. Benjamin Dotson married Nancy
Chase
12. Annie Dotson married Hardin
Dale
No. 1 -
Susanna
Dotson (1795-1871), oldest child of Simon and
Phoebe, was born in
Patrick
County, Virginia and married Schuyler Hamilton
(1787-1861). They
settled
at Ramsey, near Norton, Virginia, where they reared
their large family
and both were laid to rest in the old part of the
Laurel Grove
Cemetery.
Family tradition has always stated they had a family
of 17 children,
two
of whom died in infancy and 15 of whom grew to
adulthood, married and
left
descendants. The writer has been able to recover the
names of only 14
children.
Schuyler and
Susanna
Dotson Hamilton were in all probability married in
Russell County,
Virginia,
but the marriage records having been destroyed when
the Russell County
Courthouse burned, no hope of ever recovering the
date of their
marriage
can be held out. They settled at Ramsey prior to
1815, and the earliest
record found pertaining to Schuyler in the Russell
County records is
dated
1809.
Their children
were:
1. Nancy Hamilton married
Elijah
Beverly, Jr., lived in Dickenson County, Virginia,
except for brief
time
after 1858 when he sold his land in Dickenson County
and moved to
Wyoming
County, West Virginia, where they lived until after
the Civil War, then
returned to Dickenson County. Both were buried on
the farm on Cranes
Nest
where they made their first home. The Beverlys of
Dickenson County,
Virginia,
Mingo and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia, are
descendants. Their
children
were:
1.
James
Harmon Beverly (1834-1900), married Susanna Powers
2.
Rebecca
Beverly (1835-?), married Joseph Stanley
3.
William
Walter Beverly (1836-1921), married Elizabeth Gentry
4.
Schuyler
Beverly (1840-1921), married Lydia Blessing. Lived
and died in Wyoming
County, West Virginia.
5.
Nathan
Beverly (1841-?), married his first cousin Mary
"Polly" Beverly,
daughter
of Freeman and Unicy Ramsey Beverly. This couple
separated and Nathan
died
in Texas.
6.
Alexander
Beverly, was a Confederate prisoner during the Civil
War, finally
exchanged
and died shortly after arriving home. Was buried on
Huff's Creek in
Wyoming
County, West Virginia, near where his parents lived
at that time.
7.
David
Crockett Beverly (1845-?), married Susanna Hatfield.
David was a
Confederate
veteran and lived on Indian Creek, in Wyoming
County, West Virginia.
8.
John
Maynos Beverly (1857-?), married Margaret Stanley.
No further data on
this
couple.
9.
Sarah
Beverly married William Rife. Lived in Wyoming
County, West Virginia.
No
further data.
10. Mary
"Polly"
Beverly married James Lambert. Lived in Pike County,
Kentucky until
they
reared their family, then returned to Dickenson
County where they lived
until death, and both are buried on the old
homestead farm of Elijah
Beverly,
Jr. No further data on this couple.
11.
Phoebe
Beverly married Floyd McCarty and lived in Wyoming
County, West
Virginia.
12.
Malinda
Beverly married William Crabtree. Lived on Long's
Fork in Dickenson
County,
Virginia.
No. 2 - Phoebe
Hamilton
(1815-?), daughter of Schuyler and Susanna, married
Elder William Huff,
Jr. -Primitive Baptist preacher. This couple first
settled at West
Norton,
and while living here (then Scott County) a church
was organized in
1852
at their home called the Little Stone Gap Primitive
Baptist Church.
This
church was later moved to Esserville where it is
still active and the
oldest
continuous church in Wise County.
This couple
moved
to Knott County, Kentucky prior to the Civil War,
and the old Stone
Coal
Baptist Church on Carr's Creek in Knott County was
organized by Elder
Billy
Huff and is also still active today.
Their children
were:
1.
Susanna
Huff (1857-1931) married (1) Nathan Sturgill (2)
Andrew B. Smith
2.
Malinda
Huff (1843-1927) married Wesley Madden
3.
Anna
E. Huff (1845-?) No further information
4.
William
Huff (1860-1949) married Susie Madden
5.
Robert
Huff (1855-?), no information
6.
Charles
Huff married Elizabeth "Betsy" Boggs.
The
descendants
of this family all live in Kentucky.
No. 3 - Nathan
Hamilton
(1818-1884), son of Schuyler and Susanna, married
Sephronia E.
Hutchinson
(1821-1883). Lived and died on Bold Camp, near
Pound, Wise County,
Virginia
and the Hamiltons, Adams, Qualls, and others are
descendants, as are
the
Hamiltons of Chehalis, Washington. Their children
were:
1.
Mary
"Polly" Hamilton (1846-1851)
2.
Susan
Caroline Hamilton (1847-?), married Thomas Hopkins
3.
Sarah
Jane Hamilton (1849-?), married John D. Hibbitts
4.
William
A. Hamilton (1851-1933), married Margaret E. Gibson.
Lived at Chehalis,
Washington
5.
James
Hop Hamilton (1853-1925), married Sarah Ann Neil
6.
Robert
P. Hamilton (1855-1931), married Leah Jane "Jennie"
Graham. Lived at
Chehalis,
Washington
7.
Willie
Ann Hamilton (1858-1942), married Martin L. Gilliam.
Descendants live
in
Washington and Oregon.
No. 4 -
Malinda
Hamilton (1819-1890), daughter of Schuyler and
Susanna, married James
Stidham.
Lived and died on Black Creek, Wise County,
Virginia.Their children
were:
1.
Susan
Stidham, no data
2.
David
M. Stidham (1846-?), married Lee Anna Wampler
3.
Rebecca
Stidham (1848-1874), married John Sturgill
4.
Schuyler
Stidham (1850-?), married Caldonia Parsons
5.
Jane
Stidham (1853-1856)
6.
Malinda
Stidham (1854-1938), married Joseph F. Parsons
7.
Willie
Ann Stidham (1857-1905), married George Countiss
8.
Phoebe
Stidham (1858-?), no further data.
Descendants
are
Stidhams, Parsons, Countiss, Sturgills, Shorts and
others, many of whom
still live in Wise County.
No. 5 - Sarah
Hamilton
(1822-1882), daughter of Schuyler and Susanna,
married George Buchanan
(1818-1883). This couple lived and died near Darwin,
in Dickenson
County,
Virginia. Their children were:
1.
Silas
P. Buchanan (1846-1930), married Martha Keel
(1849-1930)
2.
Nancy
E. Buchanan (1848-1931), married Spencer Mullins
3.
David
Nelson Buchanan (1851-1899), never married
4.
Schuyler
Buchanan (1853-1905) married Mellie Johnson
5.
James
M. Buchanan (1855-1898)
6.
Temperance
Jane Buchanan (1858-1880), never married
7.
Susan
Buchanan (1860-1912), married John Trevitt
8.
Malinda
Buchanan (1862-1823), never married
9.
Esau
Buchanan (1864-1944), married Parthena Sluss
Many
descendants
of this couple reside in Dickenson County. Dr. John
C. Buchanan of Wise
and Dewey Buchanan of Coeburn, are descendants.
No. 6 - Robert
Hamilton
(1824-1862), son of Schuyler and Susanna, married
Melissa Wheatley, and
moved to Knott County, Kentucky, prior to Civil War.
Joined the
Confederate
Army, sent back to Virginia and died from sickness
in Scott County,
Virginia,
in 1862. His descendants live in Knott County,
Kentucky. One of his
grandsons,
the late W. C. Hamilton was Commonwealth Attorney at
Mt. Sterling,
Kentucky
in the 1940's. Their children were:
1.
Susan
Hamilton (1847-1888), married (1) William B. Smith
(2) Robert Pigman
2.
John
Hamilton (1848-?), married (1) Sally Franklin (2)
Frances Willoughby
3.
William
Schuyler Hamilton (1850-1924), married Mary Frances
Smitty.
4.
Lucy
Hamilton (1852-1917), married (1) John Adams (2)
Jason Craft. The
Strange
family of Pound, Virginia, are descendants.
5.
James
Hamilton (1852-?), lived in Menefee County,
Kentucky. No further data.
6.
Davis
Hamilton (1863?-1944), married Dolly Stacy and lived
in Menefee County,
Kentucky.
No. 7 - Lewis
Hamilton
(1825-1896), son of Schuyler and Susanna, married in
Floyd County,
Kentucky
in 1846 to Sarah Hatfield. Lived and
died
on Black Creek, Wise County, Virginia. Both buried
in Huff Cemetery
on Black Creek. This was the
great-grandfather
of the writer of this history. Their children were:
1.
Samuel
Hamilton (1848-1898), married Rebecca Boggs
(1849-1922)
2.
Nelson
Hamilton (1850-1891), married Annie Stidham
3.
Nathan
Hamilton (1852-?), married Elizabeth Sturgill
4.
Susanna
Hamilton (1853-?), married Hugh Boggs. Had no
children.
5.
Mary
Elizabeth "Polly" Hamilton (1855-1934), married
James "Jim" Sergeant.
Had
no children.
6.
Minerva
Hamilton (1857-died young)
7.
James
Hamilton (1860-?), married (1) Virginia Gilley (2)
_____
8.
Jane
Hamilton (1865-?), married John Hall
9.
William
Hamilton (1868-?), married Rachael Clark and lived
in Kentucky.
Most of Lewis
Hamilton's
descendants live in Wise County, Virginia, and
Kentucky.
No. 8 -
Minerva
Hamilton (1829-?), daughter of Schuyler and Susanna,
married Ellis Dean
(1819-1895). At one time they lived near Wise, and
Ellis Dean died in
Wise
County in 1895. Nothing is known of whereabouts of
descendants. Their
children
were:
1.
Martha
Ann Dean (1847-?), married William Sergeant
2.
Malinda
Dean (1852-?), married William Mullins
3.
Mary
E. Dean (1856-?), married Napoleon Freeman
4.
Sarah
E. Dean (1859-?), married John Dean of Scott County,
Virginia
5.
Jasper
Dean (supposedly died in Texas)
6.
Alpha
O. Dean (1864-?), no data.
No. 9 - Susan
Hamilton
(1832-?), daughter of Schuyler and Susanna, married
William Thomas Huff
(1835-1886), and lived on Black Creek where both are
buried in the Huff
Cemetery. Wamplers, Bakers, Thackers, Countiss and
Huffs are among the
descendants in Wise County. Their children were:
1.
John
Huff (1853-?), married Serilda Cooper. Lived in Lee
County, Virginia.
2.
Elizabeth
Huff (1855-?), married Wilson Wampler
3.
Rosanna
Huff (1856-1886), married Ira Baker
4.
Andrew
Jackson Huff (1858-?), married Mary Francis Gilley
5.
Loucinda
Huff (1861-?), married Press Thacker
6.
Susan
Huff, married James Countiss. Settled on Black Creek
and later moved to
Missouri.
7.
William
Patton Huff, (1867-?), married Linda Boggs. Lived at
West Norton.
8.
Martha
Emeline Huff (1875-?), married Arch Ison, and lived
on Powell River.
9.
James
Monroe Huff (1875-?), married Ida Thacker. Lived on
Powell River near
Dorchester.
No. 10 - James
Hamilton
(1833-1862), son of Schuyler and Susanna, married
Mary C. Wheatley
(1833-
1911), and settled on Rocky Fork of Guest River.
During the Civil War
the
"Bushwhackers" stole horses belonging to him, and
he, along with
Granville
Carter, followed them to present site of Norton and
he was killed from
ambush. Their children were:
1.
William
Nelson Hamilton (1854-1924), married Sallie Ann
Creech (1857-1932).
These
were the parents of the late Wade Hamilton of Wise,
Virginia.
2.
John
R. Hamilton (1855-1923), married Sarah Stallard.
Lived on Bold Camp
(near
Pound).
3.
Malinda
Hamilton (1852-1930), married Daniel Bolling. Lived
at Flat Gap and
were
parents of the late Jessee O. Bolling, Sheriff of
Wise County.
4.
Nancy
Louemma Hamilton (1859-1928), married William
Bolling. Lived at Flat
Gap
and have many descendants in Wise County.
5.
James
M. Hamilton (1863-1933), married Margaret Bolling.
Lived at Wise,
Virginia.
Parents of Miss Verta Hamilton of Wise and the late
Burleigh Hamilton,
Commonwealth Attorney for Wise
County.
No. 11 - John
Hamilton
(1835-?), son of Schuyler and Susanna, married
Rebecca Wells
(1833-1882).
Lived near East Stone Gap, Virginia, and the
Hamiltons and others of
that
area are his descendants. Their children
were:
1.
William
Hamilton (1852-?), married Mary Jane Jones
2.
Nelson
Hamilton (1858-1937), married Sylvia Jones
3.
Schuyler
Hamilton (1860-1926), married Clarinda Gilley
4.
Lewis
Hamilton (1861-1911), married Mary Jane Orender
5.
Melvina
Hamilton (1856-?), married Isaac Day
6.
Susan
Hamilton (1863-1891), married James Orender
7.
Minerva
Hamilton (1874-1883), died young
8.
Henry
Hamilton, no dates
No. 12 -
Elizabeth
Hamilton (1820-?), daughter of Schuyler and Susanna,
married Hezekiah
Vanderpool.
It is said they first settled near
Norton,
later moving to Bold Camp and from there to Knott
County, Kentucky.
Little
is known of this branch of the family. Their
children were:
1.
William
H. Vanderpool (1839-1855)
2.
Nathan
H. Vanderpool (1840-?)
3.
Schuyler
H. Vanderpool (1841-?)
4.
Robert
Vanderpool (1843-?). This child married Nancy Jane
Bentley at the home
of Nathan Hamilton on Bold Camp in 1888.
5.
Louisa
Vanderpool (1845-?)
6.
Jacob
Vanderpool (1847-?)
7.
Isaac
Vanderpool
8.
Viney
Vanderpool
No. 13 -
Andrew
Jackson Hamilton (1836-?), son of Schuyler and
Susanna, married Jemima
Wells (1840-1902). Buried in Beverly Cemetery in
Hurricane, near Wise.
Some of the Hamiltons of Norton, Virginia, and those
of Cabool,
Missouri
are his descendants. Their children were:
1.
Robert
S. Hamilton (1860-?), married Alpha Thacker
2.
Nancy
Hamilton (1861-?), married John Cowden
3.
Henry
Hamilton (1867-1951) married Mary Jane Lyons
4.
James
Floyd Hamilton (1871-?), married (1) Ada Miller (2)
Molly Angeline
Corn.
Lived at Cabool, Missouri
5.
Hanley
Hamilton (1868-?)
6.
Minerva
Hamilton (1872-?)
7.
Mary
Arintha Hamilton (1875-?), married (1) William Huff
(2) James Rachael
8.
Harvey
Thomas Hamilton (1879-1960), married (1) Edna E.
Beverly (2) Emily
Dotson
9.
Jonah
A. Hamilton (1883-?), married (1) Stella Miller (2)
Clara Ray. Lives at
Cabool, Missouri
No. 14 -
Nelson
Hamilton (1838-1889), son of Schuyler and Susanna,
married Loucinda
Moore
and lived at Esserville, Virginia. Buried in
Hamilton Cemetery at
Esserville.
Their children were:
1.
Emily
"Sis" Hamilton (1863-?) Married (1) Ison Adams (2)
______ Lindsay
2.
Robert
J. Breckenridge "Bud" Hamilton (1865-1941), married
Sarah Baker.
Grandparents
of Robert "Bob" and Charlie Collins of Norton and
Wise, Virginia.
3.
Ephraim
Patrick Hamilton (1866-?), married Susanna Wampler
4.
Jessee
Hamilton (1869-?), married Jennie Brown
5.
Ida
Hamilton (1871-?) Married Jessee Wells
6.
Eliza
Hamilton (1873-?) Married Martin V. Wells
7.
Susan
Hamilton (1875-1962), married William Bradley
Kinder. Lived at Big
Stone
Gap,Virginia
8.
Lillian
Hamilton (1877-?), married Sam Garwood
9.
Nannie
Hamilton (1879-1932), never married
No. 2 -
William
Dotson , son of Simon and Phoebe Dotson, married (1)
in 1829 to Mary
"Polly"
Hutchinson, and had 3 children by her. After her
death he married
Cecelia
Plummer Horton (1821-1888). The widow of Madison
Horton, and daughter
of
William and Rebecca Jones Plummer who came from Ashe
County, North
Carolina.
William
Dotson's
birth date is given as August 6, 1803. He died
September 26, 1893. This
birth date does not agree with his age of 94
recorded in the old Death
Register at Wise Courthouse. If he was age 94 at
death this would place
his birth in 1799 instead of 1803.
He first
settled
on Bear Creek near Ramsey, Virginia, but about 1840
moved to Bold Camp
where he spent the remainder of his life.
Many of the
Dotsons
of Bold Camp and Wise County are his descendants.
Joe N. Dotson of Wise
being a great-great grandson, as is Earl Dean.
Children by his first
marriage
were:
1.
Henderson
H. Dotson (1830-1916), married Susan Skeen
2.
Emanuel
Hopkins Dotson (1837-1923) married Mary Ann
Hibbitts. Many of his
descendants
live in Dickenson County.
3.
Sarah
"Sis" Dotson, married Dr. John Wesley Hillman
(1825-1897).
Children by
his
second marriage:
4.
William
Patton Dotson (1850-1917), married Margaret E.
Gilliam
5.
Nathan
Alexander Dotson (1854-1921), married Jane Swindall
6.
Thomas
Benton Dotson (1859-1845), married (1) Mary Alice
Freeman (2) Ida
Fleming
7.
Daniel
Alvin Dotson (1862-1937), married (1) Martha
Swindall (2) Minnie Quillen
8.
Mary
Helen Dotson (1852-1916), married William Nickels
9.
Phoebe
Elizabeth Dotson (1857-1928), married Wilburn Killen
10.
Cecelia
Emeline Dotson (1864-1936), married Dale Carter Dean
No. 3 - Artie
Dotson,
daughter of Simon and Phoebe Dotson. No birth or
death dates known for
Artie Dotson, although she must have been one of the
older children of
Simon and Phoebe. She had a son Lewis Mitchell
Dotson, born in 1819 and
died in Floyd County, Kentucky, January 6, 1903. He
married Elizabeth
Langley
(1819-?) whose mother Delila Roberson Langley, wife
of Joseph Langley,
was a sister of Judge William Roberson the first
Presiding Justice of
Wise
County. The descendants of Lewis Mitchell Dotson are
a large and
respected
family of Floyd County, Kentucky.
Artie Dotson
married
Jacob Butcher, who had first married Hannah Beverly
in 1812. They first
settled on Butcher's Fork in Powell Valley, later
moving to Johnson
County,
Kentucky where their descendants are legion.
Their children were:
1.
Nancy
Butcher married George Wells
2.
James
Butcher married Mary Baker
3.
Phoebe
Elizabeth Butcher married Andrew Jackson Webb
4.
William
Butcher (1822-1897) married Mary Wells
5.
Hanna
Butcher married Grenville Ward
6.
Henderson
Harman Butcher married Jane Collins
No. 4 - Lydia
Dotson,
daughter of Simon and Phoebe Dotson, married in
Scott County, Virginia,
in 1826, Ely Hall. It is said that this couple
separated, and that
Lydia
moved to Pike County, Kentucky, where she later
married James "Jimmie"
Roberts and lived on Spurlock Fork of Beaver Creek.
Children of Lydia
and
Ely Hall:
1.
Daniel
Hall married Cinda Ramey and lived on Dan Hall
Mountain, from whom the
mountain got its name.
2.
John
Hall married Ann _____, lived on Dry Fork.
3.
Harvey
Hall married (1) Mary Roberts (2) _____ Rowland (3)
Isabelle Wheatley.
Lived at foot of Guest Mountain near Coeburn.
4.
Ely
Hall, (1843-1914), married Rilda Elam. Lived in
Carter County,
Kentucky,
but returned to Wise County shortly before death and
is buried in the
Pete
Hall Cemetery, near Coeburn.
5.
Henry
Hall died unmarried
6.
Dicy
Hall married Daniel Ramey. Lived at Coeburn and
buried in Coeburn
Cemetery.
7.
Mary
"Polly" Hall married James Martin. Buried in Freeman
Beverly Graveyard
near Coeburn.
8.
Loucinda
Hall died young.
No. 5 -
Elizabeth
Dotson (1800-1883), daughter of Simon and Phoebe
Dotson, married Robert
Beverly, Sr., (1806-1876). This couple first settled
on Guest River
near
Ramsey; later built a home at the Duke Osborne place
near Wise; and
still
later settled in the Hurricane where they lived
until death. All the
Beverly
family of Wise are their descendants. Their children
were:
1.
Robert
Beverly, Jr., (1828-1907), married Mahala Gilliam
(1833-1907).
2.
William
Lane Beverly (1835-1933), lived at Gate City.
3.
George
Washington Beverly (1835-1921), married (1) Rebecca
Miller (1824-1869)
(2) Martha Miller (1844-1886)
4.
Hiram
Beverly married in Kentucky. No data.
5.
Simon
Beverly (1840-?), died young
6.
Jane
Beverly married William Baldrich. No data.
7.
Sarah
Margaret Beverly married James Vanderpool. No further
data.
No. 6 - Thomas
Dotson
(1804-1890), son of Simon and Phoebe Dotson, married
in 1832 to Abagail
Hillman (1809-1884). Settled in Hurricane and many of
his descendants
live
around Wise. The children were:
1.
Andrew
Jackson Dotson (1833-1928), married Elizabeth Stallard
(1835-1918)
2.
Sarah
Ann Dotson (1835-1891), married Daniel Holyfield
(1835-died during the
Civil War)
3.
Mary
"Polly" Dotson (1838-?), married Albert Hill, Lived in
McMinn County,
Tennessee.
4.
Phoebe
Dotson (1839-1868)
5.
William
H. Dotson (1837-1869), married Jane Horton (1843-1902)
6.
Simon
P. Dotson (1844-1927), married (1) _____ Caudle (2)
Elizabeth _____
7.
Rachael
Elizabeth Dotson (1852-1904), married James Powers
(1851-1933)
8.
Lucy
Dotson (1856-?) No further data.
No. 7 - Daniel
Dotson,
(1808-1873), son of Simon and Phoebe Dotson, married
Nancy Roberson
(1807-
1884), daughter of Judge William and Nancy Hutchinson
Roberson. Lived
on
Bold Camp and the Dotsons of Pound and Dickenson
County are
descendants.
Their children were:
1.
William
J. Dotson (1830-?), never married
2.
Simon
Dotson (1832-?), was killed at his home near
Dungannon, Scott County,
Virginia,
by a raiding party while home on furlough during the
Civil War. He was
married in 1854 to Sarah Alley.
3.
Rev.
Matthew S. Dotson (1832-1885), married Virginia Jane
Gentry. Was a
Methodist
minister and lived and died in Dickenson County,
Virginia.
4.
Mary
Dotson (1837-?) Married William McFall. Lived at
Clintwood, Dickenson
County,
VA.
5.
James
N. Dotson (1839-?), married Nancy Elizabeth Roberts
(1846-1907). Lived
at Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA
6.
Cecelia
Dotson (1841-?), married James Cantrell and lived in
Oklahoma.
7.
Martha
Dotson (1843-?), married Mitchell Hill. Lived at the
old Dan Dotson
home
place on Bold Camp.
8.
Emily
E. Dotson (1847-1923), married James Harvey Long.
Lived at Clintwood.
9.
Marcus
Lafayette Dotson (1850-1923), married (1) Letha Hylton
(1868-1890) (2)
Minnie E. Boggs (3) Rosa Mullins. Was the father of
the late W. W. G.
Dotson,
Commonwealth Attorney, Wise County.
No. 8 - James
O.
Dotson (1814-?) Son of Simon and Phoebe Dotson,
married Elizabeth Bush,
daughter of Austin Bush, Sr. Lived at South
Clinchfield and the Dotsons
and others of Russell County are descendants. Their
children were:
1.
Patsy
I. Dotson (1835-?), no further data
2.
John
Dotson (1836-?), no further data
3.
Stephen
Dotson (1838-?), no further data
4.
Eliza
Dotson (1839-?), married Alexander Hall. Lived at
Castlewood, Russell
County,
VA
5.
Austin
Dotson (1840-?), married Priscilla Keser
6.
Harriett
Dotson (1843-?), married Jasper Artrip. Lived at
Artrip, Virginia
7.
Mary
Dotson (1845-?), married William Combs. Lived at
Finney, Virginia.
8.
Sarah
Dotson (1847-?), married Samuel Kelly. Lived at
Cleveland, Virginia.
9.
Jane
Dotson, married Andrew Kiser. Lived at Carterton,
Virginia
No. 9 - Mary
"Polly"
Dotson (1817-1877), married Charles Huff (1812-1862),
son of William
and
Sarah Joseph Huff. Lived at Ramsey, Virginia, and both
buried in the
old
part of Laurel Grove Cemetery. Their children were:
1.
William
Huff married Lavina Wells
2.
John
Huff married Rachael Wells
3.
Loucinda
Huff married James Hunsucker
4.
Phoebe
Jane Huff married John Freeman Beverly
5.
Elizabeth
Huff married David Courtney
6.
Sarah
"Sally" Huff married Alexander McFarland. Some of her
descendants live
in Johnson County, Kentucky.
7.
Julia
Huff married Thomas Jefferson Baker
No. 10 -
Andrew
Jackson Dotson (1818-?), son of Simon and Phoebe
Dotson, married Jane
Matney
(1816-?). This couple lived at Esserville, near
Norton, Virginia when
Wise
County was formed in 1856, at which time he became the
first Sheriff of
Wise County. He was Deputy Sheriff in 1850, and
Constable in 1851, 1852
and 1854 while Wise was still part of Russell County.
This couple
seem
to have left Wise County in the 1860's, but where I
have been unable to
determine. Among their children were:
1.
Thomas
Dotson, born in Kentucky in 1839, which shows that his
parents must
have
formerly lived in Kentucky.
2.
Ann
Eliza Dotson (1841-?) Married William Maston Davis in
1868. Mrs. E. J.
Prescott, formerly of Big Stone Gap was a descendant.
3.
Nancy
T. Dotson (1842-?)
4.
Sephronia
C. Dotson (1845-?)
5.
Mary
"Polly" Dotson (1847-?), no data.
6.
Sarah
E. Dotson (1850-?)
7.
Martha
Jane Dotson (1856-?)
No. 11 - Annie
Dotson
(1813-?) Daughter of Simon and Phoebe Dotson, married
Hardin Dale
(1803-
1899) son of Arthur "Arter" Dale. Settled in
Hurricane, near Wise, and
resided there until death. Their children were:
1.
Wilson
Dale married Didamia Collier
2.
William
L. Dale married Mahalia Gilliam, daughter of William
E. Gilliam
3.
Noah
Dale married Matilda Welch
4.
Caroline
Dale married Ben F. McLemore
5.
Martha
Dale married John B. Gilliam
6.
Loucinda
Dale married William Holyfield
7.
Margaret
Dale married Ira Gilliam
No. 12 -
Benjamin
Dotson (supposed, but not proven) son of Simon and
Phoebe Dotson,
married
Nancy Chase in Scott County, Virginia, February 5,
1825. No further
data
on this couple.
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