I first came to know the Rowlett family through my 2nd great-grandmother, Sarah Jane, who married James Dodson in antebellum Mecklenburg County, Virginia. When Sarah was a young girl, Congress addressed the needs of its elderly war heroes by passing the Revolutionary War Pension Act of 1832. This legislation provided full pay for any man, … Continue reading The Will of Thomas Rowlett: Spider Web in a Family Tree
Sarah Jane Rowlet(t)
Rebecca Eulelia Dodson Sayles: Sunday’s Obituary
Born on 15 August 1856 in Regiment 22 of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Lillie Dodson was one of ten children: Greene, Virginia, Harvey, Henry, Dora, Molly, Adlaide, Rebecca Eulelia (Lillie), Edward, and William Rowlett (Bud). Her parents, James H. and Sarah Jane Rowlett Dodson, farmed land just off the Boydton Road south of The City. Mr. … Continue reading Rebecca Eulelia Dodson Sayles: Sunday’s Obituary
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
Military Monday: The Dodsons of Company B
This post is the next in a series about the Civil War service of William Greene Dodson, detailed in A Mom's Goodbye, The Cruel War Is Raging and The Cruel War Is Raging, Johnny Has To Fight. Muster cards--concise who-what-when story lines. I LOVE these mines of family history. My current extraction comes from the … Continue reading Military Monday: The Dodsons of Company B
Wordless Wednesday: The Dodsons of Company B
I imagine the newly enlisted man-child, Pvt. William Greene Dodson, sitting on a train to Petersburg, in the company of his uncle, Sgt. Benjamin F. Dodson and other Mecklenburg County farmers. The sights, smells and sounds of battle were yet but words from others' mouths. Would this young man have been excited? Scared? … Continue reading Wordless Wednesday: The Dodsons of Company B
Shoots, Roots, and Leaves 