1800 Census
DOWDY, Daniel 2-1-1-0-1 0-2-0-0-1
DOWDY, James 1-0-1-0-0 0-0-1-0-0

1810 Census
Amos Dowdy 2-0-0-1-0, 2-1-0-0-1
James Dowdy 3-2-0-1-1, 0-1-2-1-0
James Dowdy 3-2-0-1-0, 1-0-0-1-0

"Moore County Land Owners in 1815"
Amos Dowdy
James Dowdy

1820 Census
William Dowdy 000100, 10100
James Dowdy 110102, 31002
1830 Census
John Dowdy pg 463 100210001, 20002001
James Dowdy pg 462 00210001, 00100001

1835 Feb Superior Court Records

"...and the following good and lawful men were duly drawn and chosen on the panel of the grand Jury, to wit: William Jackson, foreman James Polk, James Dowdy, Hugh McKenzie, Alexr Ray, John Shamburger, Jesse Muse, Lauchlin McKinnon, Archibald Patterson, Neil McIntosh, John Kennedy, Patrick C Blue, Malcom Clarke, Duncan B Black, Malcom McGilvary, Isaac Smith, Duncan McLauchlin, Alexander Buie, and the court having first appointed the said Wm Jackson Foreman of the said Holden Cox, Sworn as constable to attend on the Grand Jury

1837 "Bethlehem Baptist (Moore County, forms 1834 with 49 members. This church was formed from Friendship Baptist, one of the first churches in Moore County.) now has 76 members and 8 baptisms. The church is represented by James Dowdy, Leonard Lawhon, and D. Bryant. "

1840 Census
James Dowdy pg 180, 000000001, 00001
James Dowdy pg182, 0001, 0001
James Dowdy Jr. pg 196, 10001, 00001

1847 April 26. Court of Pleas and Common Sessions. Ordered that Neill McIntosh be appointed overseer of the road from Beans Bridge to a Sassafras at McCaskills and work the following hands to wit Samuel Barrett and hands, Saml McIntosh, Daniel Medlin, Benjamin Medlin, John Medlin, John Muse, Franklin Muse, William Muse, Westly Muse, Miles Muse, George McIntosh, John Caddell, Neill Caddell hands Neill Dowdy, James Dowdy, Thomas Rose, Albert Phillips, Angus B Kelly, Daniel C Kelly, Duncan McIntosh, Caleb D Bryant, William Bryant, Neill McIntosh hands William McIntosh, Green B Fields and all other hands that now are or may remove in the district of said road not already allotted to other roads

1847 April 26. Court of Pleas and Common Sessions. James Dowdy to Samuel McIntosh acknowledged

1848 - Meeting of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association at Pleasant Grove Meeting House (Chatham Co) representing Bethlehem Baptist Church: James Dowdy, Madison Fry

1850 Census
James Dowdy 38 NC, Rainy 33 NC
William Dowdy 65 NC, Lettice 23 NC
[J]ames Dowdy 71 NC, Rachel 34 NC, Archibald 8 NC, Rachel 6 NC, Jane 3 NC

1850 Slave Schedule
Owner: James Dowdy
1 male age 11
1 male age 5
1 male age 1
1 female age 25
1 female age 13

1851 September 8. Letter from Henry T. Collins of Cumberland Co to W.W. Sears of Carthage Moore County "Dear Brother...Aunt Rainy Dowdy said that Mss Sears told uncle Daniel Medlins wife that She heard that Jane was under the Doctor..." (online text file)

1866 List of Civil War Amputees (source: Cumberland co NC GenWeb)
"In February 1866 North Carolina Governor Johathan Worth sent out a request to all sheriffs to compile a list of veterans who had lost limbs. The General Assembly passed a resolution to provide artificial legs at no charge or to give $75. to amputees who wished to buy their own prostheses or live without one

Archibald Dowdy .....lost arm

List of Confederate Sodiers from Moore County
DOWDY, ARCHIBALD C 35TH
DOWDY, JAMES C 35TH