In the summer of 1772, Edward Dodson cast a shadow into my future as he set out from Amelia County, Virginia. The young man crossed the Meherrin River and continued on into Mecklenburg County, passing the farms of Samuel Dedman, William Wills Green, and John Hyde to assess the red soil along the little fork … Continue reading The Dodsons Cross County Lines: Surname Saturday
Edward Dodson
Follow (me to this site) Friday: footnote Adds More Than Footnotes to Your Family History
Another brick wall in tracing the Dodson family had been hit. My Grandmother Strickland's Genealogical Facts of the Strickland Family plunked the family down at the Civil War. Great. Just great. How did they get to Mecklenburg County, Virginia? What resources could they count on? How did they meet prospective spouses? Why did they stay … Continue reading Follow (me to this site) Friday: footnote Adds More Than Footnotes to Your Family History
Dodson : Surname Saturday
We, descendants of George and Anna Florette Strickland, are of the "Dangling Dodsons", those Dodsons for whom there is no definite connection to the lineage of Charles Dodson, Sr. of Richmond County, Virginia--the progenitor of many, many American Dodson branches.¹ Our American connection begins with a William Dodson, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth, most probably from England … Continue reading Dodson : Surname Saturday
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