Amos Sr.
1802

Bybee, Cocke Co., Tennessee


Amos (1802) married Mary Polly (Parly) Black (1806),

Children: The starred ones have photo pages on this website. The rest are awaiting a decendent to join the group and share a photo with us.

  • Drury
  • Mary Ann
  • Amos Jr.
  • Sarah
  • James
  • Isaac
  • Bindy
  • Abraham
  • Alfred "Cudge"
  • Noah
  • Rachel
  • David
  • Alexander
  • Elizabeth Ann (Eliza)
AMOS, SR. 1802, ancestor of all the rest.

The Search for the Parents of Amos Dawson, 1802

1830 Cocke Co TN Census
It shows :
Dawson, Amos, [page] 257 [house hold number] 428
Dawson, Sally, [page] 257 [house hold number] 427..... she is older and she is next door. Is it his mother?

How does Abraham fit into this?:
Abraham Dawson (1776, or possibly 1785) appeared
in the Jefferson Co. Tn 1830 census, and
in the Cocke Co. 1840

There is an Abraham it appears was born in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Records from Hampshire and Mineral County, West Virginia and Chester County, Pennsylvania. indicate that. Hampshire at one time was a part of Virginia. Unfortunately, 90% of their old records prior to 1923 were destroyed by fire. Both Amos and wife apparently died in Salem, Tennessee between 1820 and 1830.
This might be a line of research for someone to pursue.

Another researcher turned this up: (obviously a different Abraham, date-wise) 
Name: Abraham Dawson 
Sex: M 
Birth: 1785 in Hampshire, VA ...........(should be about 1776) 
Death: 1865 in Parrottsville, TN
&
Name: Martha "Unknown" 
Sex F 
Birth 1795 in Tennessee 
Death: abt 1860/1870 ? in Parrottsville, TN ?


And then there is Bart Dawson that some have mentioned:
Bart was decended from an earlier Abraham Dawson married to Catherine Gammons...in the 1830 census there were 8 children and in the 1840 census there were 11 children. If you are looking for this census page on ancestry.com, you probably won't find it because there is a blank space between page 256 and 258. A cousin requested that they fix it (7/07), but as of 3/08, I don't see anything new.

One more kink: There were some names found that are spelled "Danson" and if you squint and look real close you can see how certain handwriting styles might make Dawson look like Danson.

Anyone with other ideas on the Amos parentage, let's hear 'em.
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