GEORGE K. DOWDY of NC and Stoddard MO (note: family likely connected to Dowdys of Chatham NC. BRANCH #2)

"This family begins with George K. DOWDY, who was born abt 1772 in North Carolina. He moved to Kentucky abt 1810 then to Tennessee by 1814. Before his death, George K. and his sons bought and sold large pieces of property in Hickman and Fulton Cos., KY, Obion and Lake Cos., TN and New Madrid and Stoddard Cos., MO. this included islands in the Mississippi. By 1840 George K. joined Allen DOWDY (possibly his brother) in Stoddard Co., MO. He died there in 1852. " See Will posted at Dowdy X-Change

1. GEORGE K.1 DOWDY was born Abt. 1772, and died Aug 1852 in Stoddard Co., Missouri.

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updated list of children as of August 2008

2. i. WILLIAM C. DOWDY, b. 1801, North Carolina; d. 20 Jun 1837, Hickman Co., Kentucky.

2. ii. GIBSON DOWDY, b. 1802, North Carolina, d. Calloway Co., Kentucky.

2. iii. SARAH DOWDY, b. Abt. 1808.

2. iv. CHILES M. DOWDY, b. 1811, Tennessee, d. 1881 Stoddard Co., Missouri.

2. v. SILAS DOWDY, b. 1814, Tennessee; d. 11 Jan 1853, Stoddard Co., Missouri.

2. vi. HENRY PETTY DOWDY, b. 23 Feb 1818 Tennessee, d. 11 Jan 1893 Graves Co., Kentucky

2. vii. LEWIS H. DOWDY, b. 1821, Tennessee; d. Sep 1881, Stoddard Co., Missouri.

2. ix. BALAAM E. DOWDY, b. 1825, Tennessee, d. Arkansas.

2. i. JAMES M. DOWDY, b. 1828,Tennessee,

PRIMARY SOURCE: Lineage obtained from the website of Connie Perkins, connieperkins@verizon.net, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dowdyx/dowdyx.html

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