Family Group Sheet

FATHER 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