Comments on: DORSEY, Edward (V), of MD and Washington Co KY http://alvispat.wordpress.com Ancestors of Kathy Alvis Patterson—Ancestral Lines for Alvis, Armstrong, Pedigo, Light, Eyster, Atwell, Turner, Dorsey and others Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: alvispat http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-2947 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:46:25 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-2947 Alice,
Our common ancestor, I believe, is Edward Dorsey, who moved to Washington Co KY about or around 1797, with his wife Sarah Cumming and six of his seven children. When he died in 1825, his children signed documents. These included my William Cumming Dorsey, the oldest son, who married en route to Kentucky from Maryland and stayed in Somerset Co PA, two daughters and four sons. One of the sons had the unusual given name of Johnsey (or Johnsa, or Johnsie, etc.).

Dorsey to Kendrick: “This Indenture made this nineteenth day of February 1825 between William C Dorsey and Mary his wife Deborah Welch Robert Dorsey Thomas Dorsey and Amelia his wife Richard Dorsey and Lucy his wife heirs of Edward Dorsey deceased late of the county of Washington and State of Kentucky of the one part and John Kendrick of the other part whereby that the said heirs of the said Edward Dorsey deceased for and in consider[ation of] the sum of Two thousand four hundred and fifty five dollars ser[….] Current money to them in hand……”

I don’t see an original anywhere now, just this abstract, but I must have one somewhere.

Your ancestor seems, according to census records, to have been a grandson of Richard, the fourth son (the third oldest of those in Kentucky), the son of his son Richard [Jr]. In the 1860 census in Washington Co KY, he is living with his mother Lucy (Jeffries), widow
of Richard, and next door to his uncle Johnsey, and has a one-month-old son named Johnsey. Of course, relationships were not stated in the 1860 census. I hope you have access to Ancestry.com’s census images. This baby Johnsey is also in the Ancestry.com images of Kentucky death records 1852-1953, but mistakenly in Boyd County, not Boyle, so if you searched by counties, you wouldn’t find him.

His parents are identified as Johnsie Dorsey and Ella Ridge. I assume that Ella Ridge is the same as Richard’s second wife Mariah E, 19 in 1860, and not probably the mother of Richard’s six-year-old daughter. No one at Ancestry.com seems to have seen that mother’s maiden name, although some of the family trees identify the first wife as Rebecca Nalls.

Another Johnsey in the area was Johnsey Dorsey, born ca 1814, who married as her second husband, Mary Ellen Kimberlin; they apparently had no children.
Kathy

]]> By: Alice Reardon http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-2941 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:21:11 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-2941 Kathy,
I have been researching the Dorsey family of my grandmother. Her father was John or Johnsey Dorsey age 41, born in Marion County Ky 5/1859. In the 1900 Census from Pottsville, Washington County, Ky he was listed as JNO Dawsey along with his wife Bella Leachman and their children
Willie Age 12 born 01/1888
Tom Age 10 born 05/1890
Ben D Age 7 born 09/1892
Martha Age 5 born 02/1895

and a sister-in-law Sallie A Carrie born 7/1884 who resided in Indiana.

William Richard married Lucy Jane Webb and their children were Addie Lee, Isabelle, J.C. (Johnse C), Cleveland, and Woodrow.
Tom Harrison married Maggie L. Deering and their child was Margaret.
Ben or Benjamin married Sally Lou Hungate and their children were Ormsby and W.O.
Martha’s 1st marriage was to Leslie Reardon and their children were Mary Louise and James Leslie but Leslie died before he was born and she married his younger brother Lemual and their children were Carrie Marie, Hazel Attwood, Lula Belle, William Saul, Lemual Carroll and John Wesley.

In the KY death records 1911-2000 Johnsey died in Boyle County at age 62 on 12/14/1920 Volume 58–Certificate # 28959–Death Volume 1920.

I know this was his 2nd marriage because I found the marriage certificate at the Marion County courthouse.
I also think he may have been married to Lettie A Carrier and was married in Washington County, Ky on September 24, 1879 that is recorded in KY marriages 1851-1900.

I also found infomation at the Washington County courthouse where he deeded land to a Campbell and lived in Boyle County at the time Deed Book T Page 4 6/18/1853

In Deed Book 5 Page 272 he deeded land to a Hardin and Johnsey lived in Marion County. The deed had Johnsey Mary Sarsh and Edward listed along with a Jack Rearden from Washington County on 11/16/1849.

I have been trying to figure out who Johnsey’s parents were, my grandmother died a few years ago and my aunt can’t remember any of her family.

I have lots of info on the Reardon’s but am having a hard time connecting any of the Dorsey family history online to my family.

If you can shed any light on this at all it would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Alice

]]> By: alvispat http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-2905 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:27:31 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-2905 This is the Edward Dorsey who might have been in Washington Co PA: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dbdvcw-1&id=I073071

His son Joseph is the only Dorsey in that county in 1790 and 1800, not the man who went on to Washington Co KY.

]]> By: Art Miller http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-2899 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:54:04 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-2899 I wonder if anyone knows of an Edward Dorsey of Anne Arundel Co., Md. who, in 1755, purchased a 1289 acre tract called “Resurvey of Miller’s Chance” on Fishing Creek in Frederick Co., Md. from Jacob Miller, son of Abraham Miller. It appears that an Edward Dorsey did live some in Frederick Co. The question that I have did he go on to Washington Co., Pa. I find an Edward Dorsey with a 1786 patent for land on Ten Mile Creek living next to my David Miller in Washington Co., Pa. Then we have an Edward Dorsey going on to Washington Co., Ky. where he died in 1824. Can anyone connect the dots for these three people named Edward Dorsey. I am really trying to determine if Edward Dorsey might have adopted my David Miller (his potential father was this aforementioned Abraham Miller who died 1754 in Frederick Co., Md.) and taken him to Washington Co., Pa.
Thanks for any help.
Art Miller, Louisville

]]> By: alvispat http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-1029 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:40:31 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-1029 Dear Pam,
I have copies of a few pages from a notebook copied by Ruby Bowers Dorsey in 1957, stated to be from a compilation by Montgomery Cumming, 1905, but obviously brought up to date by Ruby Dorsey. I do not know how much she or someone else added to the original or who has possession of the notebook now. I assume you, two brothers and a sister were born before 1957, since your names are given on page 76c.
Page 75 of the notebook shows Augustus Dorsey as the only child of a first wife, no name given, prior to Lloyd Dorsey’s marriage to Margaret. I do not believe Augustus was close to his Dorsey relatives, so a half brother, undoubtedly legitimate, may have seen no need of telling the family about this additional “branch,” probably not legitimate.
Before receiving these pages, I felt more evidence was needed that my great-great-grandfather Augustus Dorsey’s father Lloyd—known from a marriage license—was indeed the man who was married to someone other than Augustus’s mother by 1850.
Augustus Dorsey served in a Pennsylvania cavalry regiment during the Civil War, fought at Gettysburg, was later captured and help at Andersonville Prison. After the end of the war, he moved first to Illinois, then Nebraska, then southern Kansas.
Lloyd’s other children and grandchildren may not have known about Augustus.
I would appreciate any information you may have about Ruby Bowers Dorsey or her notebook.
Kathy

]]> By: Pam Perdew http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-1014 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:54:26 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-1014 Hi Kathy! I wanted to comment on Augustus Dorsey. My grandmother is Blanche (Dorsey) Pryor. Her father was Henry (1852-1901) and her greatgrandfather was Lloyd (1810-1873). I don’t believe Augustus’s father was this Lloyd who married Margaret Frashure. My grandmother was very family oriented and loved to talk about her family. She never mentioned having an Uncle Augustus and I think that she would have. Without any documentation, I have to believe that Augustus is not related to us. If you ever find further evidence that he is, please contact me. Thank you. Pam Perdew

]]> By: Mervin L. Guy http://alvispat.wordpress.com/dorsey-edward-v-of-md-and-washington-co-ky/#comment-470 Tue, 26 May 2009 22:23:03 +0000 http://alvispat.wordpress.com/?page_id=118#comment-470 Where Richard & Lucy (Jeffries) both buried in the Dorsey Family Cemetery in Washington County, KY.?

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