Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Family Group SheetFATHER William DORTON Sr5,28 | | Birth | 1730 | SW, Virginia, United States | Death | 29 March 1782 | Located about one mile southeast of Nickelsville on the Combs Farm, Dorton's Old Fort, Washington, Virginia, United States | AFN | | N8K5-KL; | Misc | | Some Say His Wife Was John Benge's 1st Wife (Benge was Cherokee); | Died due to | | killed by indians; | MOTHER Elizabeth WATTS5,28 | | Birth | 1734 | North Carolina, United States | Death | 13 January 1790 | Russell, Virginia, United States | AFN | | N8K5-LR; | AKA | | Elizabeth Lewis; | Misc | | Some Say she Was John Benge's 1st Wife; | CHILDREN | M | Capt. William DORTON Jr. | | Birth | 1750 | Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States | Death | 10 DEC 1826 | | Misc | | Killed Robert Benge (aka Chief Benge, Cherokee); | M | Edward DORTON | | Birth | 19 March 1751 | Powhatan, Virginia, United States | Death | 25 November 1849 | | M | Jacob ? DORTON | | Birth | 1752 | | Death | 1777 | | M | Moses DORTON5,28 | | Birth | about 1755 | Rowan, North Carolina, United States | Birth | 1758 | Rowan, North Carolina, United States128 | Birth | 1758 | Washington, Virginia, United States131 | Military | 1776 | Knox, Kentucky, United States | Emigration | 1780 | Cumberland Ford, KY35 | Occupation | 1780 | "Indian Spy" for safety of emmigrants; ford of Cumberland River, Cumberland Ford, KY35,128 | Military | 1780 | fought Cherokee abductors under Cheif Red Bird and killed most; Red Bird Creek, Queendale, Clay, Kentucky, United States128 | Residence | before September 1780 | Yadkin River, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States128 | Living | 1784 | Cumberland Ford, KY35 | Living | 1790 | Russell, Virginia, United States | Misc | September 1798 | fined for contempt of court; Russell, Virginia, United States | Residence | 1810 | Knox, Kentucky, United States301 | Occupation | 31 March 1818 | Postmaster of Cumberland Ford (Pineville); Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, United States | Residence | 1820 | State Road, Knox, Kentucky, United States302 | Death | 1826 | now Bell County, Harlan, Kentucky, United States | Burial | about 1826 | Wallsend, Bell, Kentucky, United States | Death | 12 March 1826 | Pineville, Knox, Kentucky, United States | Probate | 10 September 1827 | Knox, Kentucky, United States | Will | May 1828 | Knox, Kentucky, United States | AFN | | N8K5-P9; | Ref # | | DAR Ancestor #: A033304; | Nationality | | Scotch descent; 35 | AKA | | Moses Daulton; | Residence | | Tazewell, Virginia, USA303 | Marriage | 8 March 1782 | Laodicea "Dicey" ROBINSON; Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States35,128 | Marriage | after 1810 | Nancy Ann FULGATE; Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States | Marriage | 1780 | Nancy Ann FUGATE; Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States | F | Sally DORTON | | Birth | 1757 | |
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