Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Michael DOTSON

Michael DOTSON

Male 1814 - 1851  (~ 37 years)

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  • Name Michael DOTSON 
    Born CA 1814  [1, 2
    • Birth date on headstone is 1812. Age 35 in the 1850 Census would put it in about 1815.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1850  [1
    laborer 
    Died 30 Nov 1851  [2
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I44220  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2018 

    Father Richard DOTSON,   b. 23 Oct 1752, Shenandoah Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1847, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Naomi Eleanor VILLERS,   b. CA 1774,   d. 1826  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Family ID F44621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth "Eliza" DAVIS,   b. CA 1817, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Sylvanus DOTSON,   b. 8 Jul 1838, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1898  (Age 60 years)
     2. Emily Jane DOTSON,   b. CA 1841
     3. Arious E. DOTSON,   b. 7 Oct 1842, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1939, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     4. Francis Jereline DOTSON,   b. 12 Sep 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1936, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F17885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S182] Richard Dotson (1752-1847) and his Descendants, James M. Dotson & Barr Wilson, (Self-published, 1992), p. 333.

    3. [S1604] Death record of son.