Mississippi Land Records

Patentee Land Office Doc. Date Base Line TWP Range Section Acres
JAMES C DOWDY COLUMBUS 34314 1853/04/15 CHOCTAW 22N 9E 25 39.4200
THOMAS J DOWDY COLUMBUS 37723 1859/10/01 CHOCTAW 22N 9E 24 39.5700

Mississippi Marriages (1826-1900)

DOWDY, P. L. m. JANES, MARY LOU 30 Dec 1900 Tippah MS
DOWDY, WILLIAM R. m. JOHNSON, MARGARET J. 3 Oct 1856 Pontotoc MS
DOWDY, W. W. m. HATTOX, SUSAN 2 Oct 1859 Pontotoc MS
HADDOX, G. H. m. DOWDY, A. A. 20 Mar 1859 Pontotoc MS
DOWDY, E. m. PILCHER, R. M. E. 25 Aug 1878 Pontotoc MS
DOWDY, JOHN m. McNEELY, ANN 6 Jan 1869 Pontotoc MS
DOWDY, W. W. m. WARREN, R. F. 5 Sep 1867 Pontotoc MS
RUSSELL, JERRY m. DOWDY, E. D. 4 Nov 1873 Pontotoc MS
THOMA, W. C. m. DOWDY, ISABELLA 5 Dec 1868 Pontotoc MS
ROBINS, L. B. m. DOWDY, N. E. 2 Aug 1885 Pontotoc MS

Calhoun County (see family in Chicasaw)

Midway Cemetary (earliest Dowdy listings)
William B. Dowdy b. 22 Mar 1838, d. 4 Mar 1916, Co G 33 Reg T Miss Inf. CSA
Martha E. Dowdy b. 3 Feb 1845, d. 15 Aug 1872
T.J. Dowdy b. 26 Oct 1827, d. 4 Jan 1913
Tranpenny Dowdy b. 7 Apr 1832, d. 1 Feb 1903 w/o T.J.
Babe Dowdy no data
George W. Dowdy b. 1 Feb 1867, d. 22 Aug 1948
Lula A Dowdy b. 10 Nov 1866, d. 22 Jun 1960
Ruby Dowdy b.31 May 1892, d. 4 Apr 1909, d/o G.W. and Lula
Jack Dowdy b.27 Jul 1890, d. 17 Jul 1968, WWI infantry

Chicasaw County

1850 Chicasaw County Census
(John Dowdy of Chicasaw is likely the same person previously in Tuscaloosa AL)
HH 79 pg 357 Western Division (later Calhoun Co)
JOHN DOWDY 49 SC Farmer
Francis 45 SC
Thomas J 22 AL
Francis P 17 NC (is this the wife of son Thomas J Dowdy age 22? see Tuscaloosa 1848 marriage record)
James C 20 AL (start of another family's children?)
Sarah A 18 AL
Mary E. 16 AL
William B 12 AL
Elender (f) 10 AL
Martha 5 AL
Duvell (m) 7/12 MS

Circuit Court Records

1850 Record 344 (302) State vs. John Dowdy - charged with gaming
1850 Record 359 (303) State vs. Calvin Dowdy - charged with gaming

Pontotoc MS Abstracts

William R. Dowdy married Margaret J. Johnson 3 Oct 1856
W. W. Dowdy married Susan hattox 2 Oct 1859
G. H. Haddox married A. A. Dowdy 20 March 1859

Chancery Court (Guardianship records) Jan 20 1880. Heirs of Samuel W. Waldrop - Mary r. Waldrop, adminx... parties interested in estate: andrew rhodes, husband of Mary rhodes dec'd and her children whose names are unknown, are non residents but reside in Fannin Co TX and Sarah Anderson and her husband Robert Anderson and margaret Dowdy and her husband William Dowdy are also non residents but reside in Tennessee Burton Station P.O. Shelby County...ordered that said non residents appear at next term of chancery of Pontotoc MS...March 1880 to show cause

Chancery Court - Sept Term. Judgement...Adminx is entitled to the sum of ....Harman Waldrop is entitled to...the heirs of Mary c. Rhodes are entitled to...sarah Anderson is entitled to..and Margaret Dowdy is entitle to the sum of 93 cents.

1881 Assessment of Personal Property and Polls
Scott School House - Dist 2: E. C. Dowdy
Smith Store - Dist 2: W. W. Dowdy

Tishomingo County (next to Lauderdale AL)

Jurors for April Term 1844 Circuit Court
William Dowdy

Union County

J. c. Robbins married M. E. Dowdy 3 Jun 1883
J. H. Dowdy married T. H. Robbins 20 Dec 1881

Bethel Cemetery
Abe dowdy b 1900 d 1900