Marriages

DOWDY, Frances and DAVIS, John 9-4-1826

DOWDY, John and PHILIPS, Frances 2-5-1825

DOWDY, Martha and RICHARDSON, Job 1-5-1831

DOWDY, Thomas J. and WALTON, T.P. 11-13-1848

Bureau of Land Management (GLO) Land Patents - Alabama (to 1860)
Tuscaloosa County
John Dowdy 11/4/34, of Tuscaloosa, 40, Tuscaloosa
John Dowdy, 9/20/39, of Tuscaloosa, 40, Tuscaloosa
John Dowdy, 9/20/39, of Tuscaloosa, 80, Tuscaloosa
John Dowdy, 9/20/39, of Tuscaloosa, 80, Tuscaloosa
John Dowdy, 9/20/39, of Tuscaloosa, 80, Tuscaloosa
John dowdy, 7/1/48, of Tuscaloosa, 40, Tuscaloosa

Timeline

1820 Census-

1825- John Dowdy m. Francis Phillips  by Mat Thompsons J.P.

1826- Frances Dowdy m. John Davis by Mat. Thompsons J.P.

1830 Census- Jno Dowdy 201....-101..... (this must be wrong by one tick mark for John and Frances's age)

1830s- John Dowdy listed as J.P. for numerous marriages

1831- Martha Dowdy m. Job Richardson

1833- John Dowdy issued register of receipts for warrent land Tuscalooasa County

1834- John Dowdy issued land (twice)

1838- John Dowdy and wife Frances to Morris Gwyn (land)

1839- John Dowdy issued land (4 times)

1830s Land Grants

John Dowdy received grants for 40, 40, 40, 80, 80, and 80 acres between 1834 and 1839.

Sec 13, Township 18S. Range 11W Original Landholders

Wyatt Poe	Jesse West	Wyatt Poe	Jesse West
Wyatt Poe	John Dowdy	John Dowdy	Morris Gryer
Elijah Carthage	Thomas Rogers	John Poe	John Dowdy
Elijah Carthage	Thomas Rogers	John Poe	John Dowdy

John Dowdy also held land in Sec 24, and Sec 14 which were all adjacent to Sec 13.

1840 Census- John Dowdy 102000400000 - 120000100000 (John and 3 other males born bet 1790-1800)

1840- Thomas Word and wife Elizabeth to John Dowdy (land)

1841- John Dowdy security w/ Benj Maddox inthe estate of Thomas Cline: Michael Cline adminstrator

1841- 17 Dec. 1841: Thomas B. Tyner being over 14, chose Wyatt Poe as guardian. Securities: James Dowdy, Michael Cline. Orphan's Court Book 9, pg.176 (source Poe family Genforum posting)(Should this be John Dowdy instead of James?)

1843- John Dowdy gave certificate to Rebecca York regarding guardianship of York children

1843- Martha Lyon to John Dowdy (land)

1845- Elizabeth Taylor indebited to John Dowdy

1846- Thomas J. Dowdy from Jacob Harris (land)

1846- John Dowdy appraised property of Frances Douglas, dec'd with Larkin Poe and Jos. Hartley

1848- John Dowdy land issued

1849- John Dowdy and wife Frances to Wyatt Poe (land)

Alabama Civil Elections and Appointees
John Dowdy Justice of Peace Mar 21 1835
John Dowdy Justice of Peace Mar 17 1838
John Dowdy Justice of Peace Mar 16 1841
John Dowdy Justice of Peace Mar 19 1844

1850 Census- none (family to Chicasaw County Mississippi)

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Saline County Arkansas (Dowdys here may be connected to those in Tuscaloosa AL)

"John Poe came to Arkansas from Fayette Co. Alabama in 1852 with many other friends and relatives (brothers, cousins, in-laws, friends). The whole group settled an area of then Saline Co. and established the city of (old) Belfast, which no longer exists....Postmasters John W. Dawdy (Dowdy) March 25, 1854" (source: Poe Family Genforum posting)(Supposedly this family originated in Caroline VA and lived at some point in Anson NC before moving to Tuscaloosa/Fayette AL)

1840 Census : DOWDY, E. E. 0 1 1 0 2 - 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 -- 0