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2. Armstead L. DOWDY b abt 1785 in Chatham Co. NC; named in his father Thomas Dowdy's 1805 LW&T; moved to to Franklin GA by 1802 when he qualified to draw as a single person in the 1805 land lottery. Armstead appeared in Franklin GA tax lists beginning in 1805 with his brother James Dowdy. He appears on Franklin GA tax records through 1833 and moved by April 1834 to Talbot GA when his daughter Rebecca was married there.

Deed Book X, pg. 271 Power of Attorney given to Thomas Dowdy by his brothers James Dowdy, Armstead Dowdy Balaam Dowdy & Benjamin Dowdy of Franklin co. Georgia, to sell their land they inherited from their father, Thomas Dowdy (II). Witnesses Samuel Mosby Sr, James Dowdy & Benjamin Dowdy. 24 Nov 1820. Proven during Chatham Co NC May Session 1821 by oath of Benjamin Dowdy.

Armstead next appears in the 1850 Talbot Co GA census age 65 with wife Elizabeth and 4 children still in the HH. He died sometime between 1850 and 1860.

married Elizabeth CROSS 30 May 1816 in Franklin GA; Elizabeth last appears in the 1860 Clay County Alabama census age 63 b SC with daughter Mary A. Dowdy, age 33

3.i Rebecca DOWDY

married John TEAL 3 Apr 1834 in Talbot Co GA

3.ii Elizabeth DOWDY

married Geo. HOLLINGSWORTH 21 Dec 1841 in Talbot Co GA

3.iii Nancy DOWDY; lived next to widowed mother in Clay Co Alabama in 1860

married Jas. HOLLINGSWORTH 28 Dec 1841 in Talbot Co GA

3.iv Sarah DOWDY

married Jas. H. WARRICK 2 Jan 1845 in Talbot Co GA

3.v Thomas DOWDY born about 1822

3.vi Mary A. DOWDY born about 1828; lived in Clay Co AL with widowed mother in 1860.

3.vii Armstead Calaway DOWDY born about 1830; lived in Clay Co AL next to widowed mother in 1860; killed in battle in 1863

Dowdy, A. C. - Enlisted May 3, 1862 in Randolph County by J. M. Handley. Mustered in at Camp Shorter, Loachapoka, Alabama on May 15, 1862. Killed in battle at Baker's Creek May 16, 1863.

married Sylvia ________

4.i Elizabeth Dowdy born 1857 in Alabama
4.ii John Dowdy born 1859 in Alabama

3.viii Andrew J. DOWDY born about 1833 in GA; lived in Clay Co AL next to widowed mother in 1860. Captured in battle in 1863 and again in 1864; died in prison camp 1865.

Dowdy, A. J. - Enrolled for service May 3, 1862 by J. M. Handley in Randolph County. Mustered in at Loachapoka on May 15, 1862. Captured at Baker's Creek May 15, 1863 and sent to Fort Delaware where he was paroled on July 3, 1863. Captured near Rough and Ready, Georgia September 6, 1864. Sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois where he died of pneumonia on February 18, 1865. Buried in Block B, Chicago City Cemetery, and plot #785.

married Mary Ann Hatley

4.i James Thomas Wiley DOWDY born October 1857 in Gravely Springs Lauderdale County Alabama
4.ii William Riley DOWDY born January 6, 1859 in Randolph County Alabama
4.iii Joseph M. Dowdy born Aug 22 1860 in Alabama

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