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AMOS DOWDY of Moore NC and Lumpkin GA

1. Amos Dowdy b.1 Mar 1777 NC, d. 6 Mar 1856 Dalonega Lumpkin GA .Buried Siloam Bap Ch. Cem.

+ Effie Carlton b Apr 1784 in Scotland d. 10 Aug 1846 Lumpkin GA. Buried Siloam Bap Ch. Cem.

2. Robert W. (Robin) Dowdy b.12 Jun 1803 Moore NC. d. 4 Oct 1876 in Lumpkin GA. Buried Cavender Creek Bap Ch. Cem.

+ Polly Ann Byrd. m. about 1825. d. June 1844. Buried Siloam Bap Ch. Cem.

3 James Richard Dowdy

3 Catherine Gatewood Dowdy b Hall Co GA 6 Jun 1826. d. 17 Nov 1899 Barytow GA.

+ William Greene Edwards 16 Apr 1848 Lumpkin GA

3. Alfred J. Dowdy  born about 1827.

+Margaret________ about 1849

3. Mitchell Dowdy born Hall GA about 1831

3. NN Dowdy born betw 1831-35. d between 1840 and 1850

3. Mary Ann Dowdy born about 1832

3. Rachel Dowdy born about 1834

3. Martha Dowdy born about 1840

2. Rev. John M. Dowdy b 26 Apr 1807 NC d 1892 Lumpkin GA, d. 29 Dec 1892 "honorable citizen of Lumpkin Co GA for 55 years and was for 38 years a Baptist Preacher." Buried Siloam Church Cem.

+ 1)Ann Johnson at 5 Aug 1836 in Lumpkin GA. She is buried Siloam Cem.

+2) Sarah Price 23 Nov 1886 (no children)

3 Effie E. Dowdy (source: Cherokee land application of John W. Dowdy)

Note: many children appear in  his 1850 Hall GA household, but it appears to suggest another Dowdy family- possibly those of brother George C. Dowdy. Unrelated children also appear in the households of Amos Dowdy and Aaron Dowdy in the 1850 Hall GA census

3. William R. Dowdy b 1831 d. 4 Jun 1863 in the Civil War. Buried Siloam Cem.

Dear Distant Relation,

I came across your website about the Dowdy Family and had to let you know how grateful I am that you have posted this information. I would like to confirm that William R. Dowdy b. 1831 on your website (our Bible entry shows 1833) d. 4 June 1863 was my ggggrandfather. He married Mary A. Berry on 16 Nov 1862, Mary Berry was born 22 May 1845 and they produced a daughter Julie Emma Dowdy, called Emma on 8 Sept 1863 per the Bible of Mary A. Berry Dowdy Lockeby. The Bible has the generations of Rev. John Dowdy and the Bible is in the John M Murray Jr (son of Della Palmer Murray) family of North Georgia now (presently in storage due to a move). Emma was raised by her grandfather Rev. John Dowdy. Her grandfather was really good to her but her grandmother was very strict. She had a sore leg and Emma had to keep the leg really clean and treated as well as working to make butter, cooking, weaving, spinning and cleaning the house according to family stories. Mary remarried to John N. Lockeby on 10 June 1869 and produced more children. I have a pillow cover that Mary A. Lockeby embroidered on April 18, 1903. It is on white material with red embroider thread.

(The Bible also lists a Henry Dowdy b. 5 May 1865, William Ardrey Lockeby b. 19 Aug 1877 and a Doctor L. B. Lockeby b. 5 Feb 1883. Another record in the bible published 1869 is William R. Dowdy d. 4 June 1863, Bornthey? Berry d. 2 Dec 1868, Rachel Howard d. 17 Mar 1886, Mahaley Lockeby d. 3 Apr 1886, Andy Howard d. 2 Jan 1887, John N. Lockeby d. 15 Dec 1896 and Mr. Whitfield shot himself 11 Mar 1900. Also Sarah E. Berry and Benjamin Hatfield were married on 14 Nov 1867. Then Mary Lockeby moved to Doson (Dawson) County on 25 Mar 1873 from one of the Carolinas . Henry Dowdy b. 5 May 1865 went to Cuba to be an artist and never returned. Arch Dowdy d. 21 Jan 1876.)

Emma married Joseph C. Palmer 10 Mar 1883 who was raised in Union County , Ga. They had five boys: John Henry Palmer (my ggrandfather) b. 30 JAN 1887 d. 1963 in Fitzgerald , GA , Grady Palmer b.1880, William A Palmer b. 1876, Grover Palmer b. 1882, and Oscar C. Palmer b. 1884. Emma spun wool and weaved each boy a blanket. My mother has the one she did for John Henry Palmer. He had it covering a car seat in his vehicle and it was going to ruin and my mother asked him for it and since he loved her dearly he gave it to her.

John Henry Palmer married in 1906 Miss Carrie Bell Dowdy b. 13 Sept 1886 in Dahlonega , GA d. 14 Nov 1941 in Fitzgerald , GA and they moved to Athens , GA soon after marrying. Their children were Ruby Mable Palmer b. 27 Apr 1907 (my grandmother) d. 18 June 1994, Della and Stella Palmer (twins girls) b.15 Feb 1909, Henry Grady Palmer b. 1911, Fredrick Palmer b. 1913, Baby J. M. Palmer b. 1917 d. 17 months later, Marlene Palmer b. 1918 d. at birth, John Ford Palmer b. 1924 and Cecil Marlin Palmer b. 1927.

Ruby Mable Palmer married Thomas Henry Lott b. 22 Feb 1905 d. 2 Aug 1990 on 31 Oct 1926. Margaret Joan Lott was born to them on 14 Feb 1928 in Douglas , GA. They moved to Myrtle Beach , SC during WW2. Margaret married James Ambrose Smith on 12 Sept 1947, they had two children, Linda Margaret Smith b. 28 Jun 1948 in Portsmouth , VA (me) and James Ambrose Smith Jr. b. 4 Apr 1950 in Portsmouth , VA.

When my grandmother Ruby obtained a birth certificate for social security reasons in 1964, her birth was sworn to by an Uncle Allen D. Palmer who must have been her grandfather’s brother, because he was not her father’s brother.

Sincerely, Linda Margaret Smith

3. Julia Ann Dowdy b 1837 d. 28 Dec 1922 Buried Oak Grove Bap Cem.

+ Harrison W. Riley (wealthy merchant who served in the Georgia House of Representatives)
According to North Georgia Journal Vol 4 Issue 3 September 1987 "The Life and Troubled Times of Harrison W. Riley" Julia Ann Dowdy didn't marry Riley, but had at least one child with him out of wedlock

4. William Taylor Dowdy (photo of family in NGJ article)
"The last child mentioned in Harrison Riley's will was William Taylor Dowdy. Taylor Dowdy's mother was Julia Ann Dowdy (1837-Dec 28, 1922) daughter of John M. Dowdy and Anna Johnson Dowdy. Even before Riley's death, he had made some effort to provide for this son. On March 4, 1862, when William T. Dowdy was just three years of age, Riley sold to Julia Ann Dowdy, for th esum of $50 , 40 acres of land...being the same lot whereon the Rev. John Dowdy, father of Julia Dowdy now lives... In his will, Riley stated: ;I hereby give and bequesath to Taylor Dowdy, all other lands to me belonging in Georgia, not thertofore mentioned, to be sold by his grandfather John Dowdy and the proceeds turned over to Taylor Dowdy.'....If there were any similarities between William Taylor Dowdy and his father Harrison Riley, they were in appearance only. William T. was raised in the household of his grandfather, John M. Dowdy. John was a Baptist preacher and a school teacher. Taylor Dowdy grew up to become one of the best known and most beloved Baptist preachers in the Lumpkin County area...."

+John Wesley Satterfield 1872

3. John H. Dowdy born about 1840

3. Emaline Dowdy born about 1842

3. Jacob Dowdy born 18 Apr 1843 d. 6 Jul 1922. Buried Oak Grove Cem.

+ Jane Adair 8 Dec 1873

2. Rebecca Dowdy m. ______Hillhouse

2. Sarah Dowdy born about 1806 Moore NC, d. 1863 [ed- is this the Sally Dowdy who married Job Braselton in Jackson and Hall Co GA in 1826?]

+James Lupton [source: Ludo Bogaert bogaertl@aol.com]

2. Elizabeth Dowdy

2  Emmaline Dowdy "listed as a resident in the 1850 census for Dahlonega Lumpkin GA"[source: Ludo Bogaert bogaertl@aol.com]

2. George Charles Dowdy b 2 Aug 1816 NC d.1840

+1) Marian_____

+2) Nancy Hix 18 Dec 1834 Lumpkin GA

2  Rachel Dowdy

Believed to be the ancestor of Leola Hooper, 146 Hooper Ln, Munford (Anniston) AL 36268

2  Isaac Leander Columbus Dowdy b 28 Jan 1820 Hall GA d.30 Jun 1848 Lumpkin GA. Buried Siloam Bap Ch Cem.

[ed.- many of the dates for this family came from the website of Rosemary Hollis ]

Isaac Leander Columbus Dowdy

b. 28 Jan 1820 in Hall County, Georgia;
d 30 Jun 1848 in Lumpkin County, Georgia;
buried Siloam Cemetery Lumpkin County;
s/o Amos Dowdy and Effie Carlton of Moore Co NC.
Married Minerva Fendley 12 Nov 1839 in Lumpkin County, Georgia

+Minerva Findley b 12 Nov 1819 Lumpkin GA (source: Rosemary Hollis states the following dates: b. 16 MAY 1818 in ,,SC d. 17 JAN 1892 in ,Marshall,AL )

3. Martin Lacy (Leroy?)Dowdy b. 21 NOV 1841 in ,Lumpkin,GA d. 21 NOV 1841 in ,Lumpkin,GA

3 William Joseph Dowdy b 18 Oct 1842 d 12 Feb 1865

3 Elizabeth Jane Dowdy b 18 Oct 1842 d 20 Jun 1933

3 Wesley Jefferson Dowdy b 13 Jan 1845 Lumpkin GA, d 2 Apr 1926 Dekalb AL

Ken Scislaw scislaw@localaccess.net

3 Zachary Taylor Dowdy b. 9 JUN 1847 in ,Lumpkin,GA d. 16 JUN 1928 in ,DeKalb,AL

3 Winfield Scott Dowdy b 9 Jun 1847,Lumpkin,GA d. 10 JUN 1943 in Albertville,Marshall,AL

3 Isaac Leander Columbus Dowdy Jr b.10 Feb 1849 in ,Lumpkin,GA d. 30 NOV 1918 in Albertville,Marshall,AL

2  Rev. Jacob K. Dowdy b 14 Nov 1822 Hall GA d 18 Aug 1880 Dekalb AL

[ed.- most of the dates for this family came from the website of Rosemary Hollis ]

+Lucy Findley b. 6 OCT 1821 in ,Hall,GA d. 22 MAR 1909 in ,Marshall,AL

3 Susan Malisey Dowdy b. 20 JUN 1848 in ,Lumpkin,GA d. 13 APR 1929 in ,,AL

3 Hannah Melinda Dowdy b. 25 JAN 1850 in ,Lumpkin,GA

3 George Rufus Dowdy b. 19 JAN 1854 in ,Marshall,AL d. 30 JAN 1944 in Tyler,Smith,TX

3 William D. Dowdy b. 15 NOV 1856 in ,Marshall,AL

3. Lucy Ann Dowdy b. 15 NOV 1856 in ,Marshall,AL d. 15 NOV 1856 in ,Marshall,AL

3 Joseph Zilmon Dowdy b. 29 AUG 1858 in ,Marshall,AL d. 9 AUG 1890 in ,Marshall,AL

3 Lucretia Theodocia Dowdy b. 11 SEP 1862 in ,Marshall,AL d. 13 MAY 1922

2 Jasper no info

2 Delilah

+James Cator (ed note: the surname Cator is a variation of Cato according to the Cato family.)[source: Ludo Bogaert bogaertl@aol.com]

+(2nd wife of Amos Dowdy) Elizabeth Johnson m. 25 Nov 1847

No children from this marriage

Note: This list of children has been widely circulated. Aaron Dowdy has been presumed by some early researchers to be a son of Amos Dowdy, but it is more likely that Aaron is a brother. The father of Amos Dowdy is presumed to be Daniel Dowdy of 1790 Chatham NC census who also appears in the 1810 Jackson GA tax list.

PRIMARY SOURCE (unless otherwise listed): "Dowdy/Dowda Family 1700-1990" by Randall Millage Smith, Mesa AZ

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