During their stay in Baltimore Samuel and his sons ran freight to the new frontier. This lasted until the 1780's. They next apparently went to Kentucky for a short stay then they moved to Hardy Co., Virginia(Now West Virginia) where they remained until 1795 when Samuel and several of his children moved to Sumner County Tennessee and then on into Robertson County Tennessee by 1797 and in 1803 Samuel purchased land next to his brother Isaac. In 1809 he bought an additional 40 acres from Thomas Johnson.
In 1807 Samuel and his sons went to Sumner County to attend the estate sale of John Wyle where he purchased a large kettle, a barrell and a tub. In 1808 he attended the estate of Solomon Squires
and bought a saddle. He also attended the estate sale of John Appleton where he purchased 10 barrels of corn. Samuel moved back to Sumner Co., Tennessee by 1820 and was living with his son
William.
More About Samuel Dorris and Martha Hughes:
Marriage: 1761, Baltimore, Maryland
ii. Mary Dorris, born Bet. 1741 - 1744 in Ireland; married Henry Gomer in New Jersey; died 1782 in Somerset Co., New Jersey.
SOURCE: http://genforum.genealogy.com/dorris/messages/816.html
Under Generation No. 7
Dorris-Net Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 1, page 14
Samuel first appeared in the public record in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1771 when he and his father were being sued for debt. He later lived in Louden County Virginia, Hardy
County Virginia (now West Virginia) and Robertson County Tennessee. Tradition has it that his wifes name was Martha Hues. Public record only shows that his wife's christian
name was Martha. Tradition has it that his children included William (1766-1832), Samuel (1770-1837), Isaac Henderson (1777-1848), Joseph, John, Betsey, Sally and Rachel.
Samuel was the son of William and Mary Dorris.
http://www.jenforum.org/dorris/messages/961.html
(Your 6th GGF) William B. Dorris Sr., Birth 1715 in Down, Ireland [?County Antrim-wrong?]
Death 1795 in Orange, North Carolina, United States
His wife was Mary Roake, also born in Ireland and one of your GGMs.
Birth 1707 in Down, , Ulster, Ireland
Death 1753 in Down, Down, , Ireland
They had 13 children:
1. Margaret Dorris
2. Samuel Dorris b: ABT. 1740 in Ireland [#Related to you]
3. Isaac Dorris b: 1748 in Ireland
4. John Dorris b: 1737 in Ireland
5. James Dorris b: 1739 in Ireland
6. Joseph Dorris , Rev. b: 1741 in County Down, Ireland [* who became a preacher.]
7. Benjamin William Dorris b: 1743 in Ireland
8. Mary Dorris b: 1745 in Ireland
9. Martha Dorris b: 1747 in Ireland
10. Nancy Dorris b: 1749 in Ireland
11. Sarah Dorris b: ABT. 1755 (see Green text)
12. William Dorris , Jr. b: 1761 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon, NJ
13. Robert Dorris b: 1767 in NJ
Note:
William travelled apparently: ref the following:
1758 Middlesex, NJ
1772 Loudoun, VA
1774 Sussex, NJ
1789 Orange Co, NC
NOTE:
General Notes from Diane Shafer
Notes for William Dorris:
William Dorris was born in Northern Ireland between 1710 and 1715, , the progenitor of the Sumner Co., TN. He is believed to have been from an area in Northern Ireland which
was historically linked to the linen trade. William migrated to the American Colonies sometime in the 1750's, probably as an indentured servant. He first settled in Middlesex,
New Jersey where he made a pledge to the Cranberry Presbyterian Church of eight shillings to help purchase a parsonage in February 1758. By 1770 he was living in Fairfax
County, Virginia and moved to Louden, Virginia by 1772.
William was back in New Jersey in 1774 where he remained until 1785 when he moved to Orange County, North Carolina.
It is believed that William may have married twice. His first wife may have been Nancy Irwin and his second wife may have been a Mary Williams [Research pending]. We do
know that when William died in 1795 in North Carolina his wife's name was Mary. William may have had as many as 13 children.
Almost all Dorrises in Ireland are Catholic and from the North. William must have become Protestant in the short time he was in Belfast and married. Most researchers believe
the Dorrises were from County Tyrone because his daughters all knew how to spin flax which was a cottage industry of that area.
Today the descendants of the Dorrises live mostly in County Fermanagh and have strong IRA connections. One researcher visiting the Dorris family found the patriarch looked
much like Carrol O'Connor the actor and spoke with a heavy Gaelic brogue. His family had been active in the IRA newspaper that was published in County Donegal, and his
son had recently been blown up by a car bomb intended for the British army. Gerry Adams, the president of the IRA, walked in his son's funeral cortege.
SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12679615/person/1079143329/story/1?pg=32817&pgpl=pid
Research more.
HIGHLY recommend going to this web page, cool if true, but makes no sense to me. If the Roman General was fighting the Greek General, why would Caesar reward a Greek
land?
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwbrown&id=I13614#s3
mentions:
...A General in the Roman Army under Julius Caesar fought a Greek general by the name of General Josef Dorris. After the conquest of Great Britain he was awarded by
Caesar the County Downs, Ireland, for meritorious service rendered. This was about the year 54 or 55 B.C. (Caesar's Commentaries). Josef Dorris, was a lineal descendant
of General Josef Dorris, and a native of the County Downs, Ireland, had nine sons, seven of his sons imigrated to America in the early part of 1700.... Read More
Julius Cesar among his Legionnaires/Jules César au milieu de ses légionnaires, 1865 by Jean-Leon Gerome
...sons were with General Frances Marion, who led the North Carolina forces in the Revolution. William and Isaac married sisters by the name of Frost of Frostburg Maryland.
The first coal mines that were discovered in America was on the body of land owned owned by the Frost family in Maryland....
Francis Marion
...William Dorris settled on land in the Tyree Springs area West of Portland in Sumner County Tennessee. William made his will on July 31 1829 and died on March 5 1832.
In his will he stated that it was his will that all his personal estate be left to his wife, Catherine and after her death it was his will that all property should be equally divided among
all his lawful heirs. Witnesses were his son-in-laws, Samuel Hendricks, Pleasant Mayes and James Hendricks....
Original Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mayes/dorris.htm
The book above mentions a George P. Dorris, wonder if this George is related.
"John McMurtry sold this 150 acres on September 3, 1793, to Isaac Dorris (the deed being witnessed by John, William and Robert Dorris) and removed to Sumner County,
Tennessee, and is shown as a taxpayer of that county, 1794. It is said by my elders that he built a 'thatch-top' house on the banks of Drake's Creek about one and one-half miles
up creek from Shackle Island--a crossroads evidently named after Phillip Shackler or Shackles, a very early settler and large land holder of that section. It is said that John
McMurtry in building this house provided a tunnel as a way of escape in event of attack by Indians. JOHN MCMURTRY REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER 1775 - 1783
SOURCE
The first major coal producer was Meshach Frost, who owned a significant amount of land for mining and founded the Frostburg Coal Company. This eventually was sold to
the much larger Consolidated Coal Company. Structures from the coal industry's dominant period still remain. One of the major freight depots for coal is located at 19 Depot St.
in Frostburg and is one the few remaining depots in western Maryland. The Mount Savage Railroad was the first to built a rail line to Frostburg in 1852, and it connected to the
B&O Railroad in Cumberland, as well as the C&O Canal.
If the following family tree is correct, than Meshach was Catherine Frost's brother which means she was tied to the above info.
Children of Josiah Frost and Elizabeth Parsell are:
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3 |
i. |
Abigail Frost was born ABT 1762 in <New Providence, Essex, NJ>. She married Samuel F. Dorris, son of Samuel Dorris and Martha [HUEL HUES] Hughes. He was born ABT 1762 in , , N.J. Or Md.. |
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4 |
ii. |
Catherine Frost was born 25 JUL 1770 in , Simpson, KY, USA, and died 1 AUG 1834 in , Simpson, KY, USA. |
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5 |
iii. |
Elizabeth Frost was born ABT 1772 in , Simpson, KY. |
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6 |
iv. |
Rebecca Frost was born ABT 1774 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>, and died BEF 1813. |
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7 |
v. |
Mary Frost was born ABT 1776 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>. |
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8 |
vi. |
Isaiah Frost was born ABT 1778 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>, and died 1848. |
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9 |
vii. |
Margaret Frost was born ABT 1780 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>. |
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10 |
viii. |
Meschach Frost was born 10 MAR 1788 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD, and died 9 OCT 1863 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD. He married Catherine Magers
16 JUN 1812. |
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11 |
ix. |
Josiah Frost was born 25 JUL 1790 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>. He married Elizabeth McNair. |
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12 |
x. |
Ann Frost was born ABT 1792 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>. |
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13 |
xi. |
Jeremiah Frost was born ABT 1794 in <Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland>. |
Tennessee State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution lists a William Dorris 0932
Facebook
MORE RESEARCH TO FOLLOW UP ON
* ...Sarah Dorris also had a brother - named Joseph Dorris - who became a preacher.)
http://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Roark/6000000005147165022
PDF REPORT
Has 3 Generations of Dorris
http://johnniewbrown.net/BlueHost/Dorris.pdf
MORE
http://www.jenforum.org/dorris/messages/945.html
http://www.jenforum.org/dorris/messages/961.html
http://www.jenforum.org/dorris/messages/967.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mayes/dorris.htm
Drusilla Dorris-A daughter http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~raymondfamily/ddorris5.htm (Revolutionary images) Parents names are a match,
grandfather = Samuel Dorris. Talks about Mormon Persecution and the Hendricks family, Drusilla's husband.
Talks about sons of Revolution and Gene:
...Gene Dorris that writes Dorris Net says they were born in Ireland...
http://www.modoccountygenealogy.com/ModocCountyGenealogies/DorrisFamily/John_&_Angel_Dorris_Family.pdf
The latest addresses for the Dorris-Net are:
Gene Dorris, Editor
808 Ute Drive
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74705
Watch out for other people claiming to sell subscriptions!
The Dorris-Net is a quarterly publication available for 12 USD per year; Back issues are available for 10USD
WILL
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/wdorris.htm
Two witnesses are Hendricks which should be his brother-in-law.
Roy
?William DORRIS Jr., colonel; Company F, commanded by Captain George W. GARRETTSON. 12th Regiment? [lots of Williams around]
" ?Generation No. 6
32. William Dorris, born 1761 in Hopwell Township, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey; died November 22, 1842 in Sumner Co., Tennessee. He was the son of 64. William Dorris
and 65. Mary. He married 33. Eleanor Brown January 15, 1785 in Caswell Co., North Carolina.
33. Eleanor Brown, born 1763 in Orange Co., North Carolina; died Bef. 1848 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Notes for William Dorris:
William served in the War of the Revolution in 1777 joining at the age of 16. He served as a militia man in October 1777 and was sent out to guard british prisoners in Trenton
serving under Captain Titus. In 1778 in served under John Beard when the british were expected to march to New York. The militia men had orders to be ready to march at a
moments notice. They were to wait for the signal and to march as soon as the signal was sighted. Some militia men were waiting up on the mountain and as soon as they saw
the british they were to light a barrel of tar that was placed in the fork of a large poplar tree. This was a signal for them to start their march.
William was called to duty four more times. Once in 1778 with Captain Stout, the next with Captain Guil, the third time with Captain Titus. The last time was to carry prisoners of
war to Trenton to put them in jail. After the war William moved to North Carolina, first to Orange Co, than to Caswell Co. He remained in Caswell until 1801 when he moved to
the Shackel Island Community in Sumner Co., TN where he purchased 228 acres on Drakes Creek. He served as justice of the peace there in 1810. In 1819 he sold his land
and moved to the Fountain Head Community where he spent the remainder of his life...
[Here they have Oral Testimony as to the children
Roy]
...It is believed that William may have married twice. His first wife may have been Nancy Irwin and his second wife may have been a Mary Williams. We do know that when
William died in 1795 in North Carolina his wifes name was Mary.
William may have had as many as thirteen children. Most of these children were mentioned by great grandson, William Dawson Dorris, to his daughter. "Our Great Grand
Father, William Dorris, emigrated to New Jersey. His sons names, William,Samuel, Isaac, John, James, Joseph and Benjamin. His daughters, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Margaret
and Nancy. Grandfather Joseph Dorris moved from Maryland to Orange County, North Carolina, on Stone Creek. His brother, Benjamin, died. He was cradling oats and died
suddenly. The rest all moved to Tennessees in 1798, and settled in Roberston, Davidson and Sumner Counties in three settlements, and their farms joined so that they could
visit each other as often as they wished and especially when there was preaching.
Generation No. 7
64. William Dorris, born Bet. 1710 - 1715 in County Down, Ireland; died 1795 in Orange Co., North Carolina. He married 65. Mary 1736 in Ireland.
65. Mary, born Bet. 1715 - 1720 in Ireland."
http://genforum.genealogy.com/dorris/messages/816.html
People's Names of Co. Down, Ireland
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/Afrontpage.htm
No Dorris listed!
Family Report already online
http://johnniewbrown.net/BlueHost/Dorris.pdf
The History of the Dorris family of Montgomery County Mississippi by David Gibson. Includes the William Dorris line b. ca 1725 County Down, Ireland Rev. Joseph Dorris;
William D. Dorris; James Harvey Dorris; Joseph Mitchell Dorris; Hilliard Embry Dorris, Marjorie Dorris to the author, John David Gibson. Available at Duck Hill Library and
Winona-Montgomery Public Library).
William G. Dorris was born in Kentucky, May 6, 1815. ...In his early manhood he was a model for the artist, being tall and symmetrically proportioned, and withal possesing a
strikingly handsome face...
Source
Another Branch ends with:
John SLAFTER was born 1649, Wales, Great Britain
and another branch:
Thomas MILLER, 1631 in Tyne River Area, , Northumberland, England, Death: 5 Oct 1675 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Ma
Save that for some other time.
The Dorris Kitchen Sink (Register Report for Joseph Dorris)
http://johnniewbrown.net/BlueHost/Dorris.pdf
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Dr. William Dawson Dorris
I believe this is a story of your family direct from one of your own relatives, although not related by marriage, Dr. William Dawson Dorris.
He writes "...fled from the Provinces of Dorea in Greece..."
This confirms Leaving Greece and arriving at Down Ireland.
So maybe all the other reasons are completely wrong!
The history below is fantastic, just hard to follow along. I am going to break it apart, original is at website. He mentions Militia, Lawyers, and more.
Have written this for my cousins, so everybody else bear with me.
Roy
EXCERPTS NOTED BY ROY
1. fled from the Provinces of Dorea in Greece, on account of the Cruelties of their Turkish Rulers.
2. Mary Griffin was a Scotch Lady [not a direct relation].
3. We have had six doctors of Medicine thus far and four lawyers, twenty school teachers, five Baptist preachers, two Christians and one Methodist.
4. ...When the second R was put in our name... [as in Dorris VS. Doris]
5. In 1796 he moved to Robertson Co TN where he was involved in a scandal of "imprudent or criminal conduct" with the women in his congregation
6. In 1812 he served as the Brigade staff Chaplain for the west TN militia under Major General Andrew Jackson
BRANCH (1, 2 and 3 are indirect relatives)
1. Dr. William Dawson Dorris, b. 1802 TN, Caroline, may be your 3rd Cousin? >[NOT DIRECT RELATIVES]
2. John Irwin Dorris >
3. Rev. William Joseph Dorris, Birth: 1749 in County Down, Ireland
- Military Service: War of 1812 Chaplain
- Coffee's Brigade, Cav. & Gunman
- Serve as Chaplain in the brigade staff of General Isaac Roberts
of the West Tennessee Militia.
[Roy-Possible William was at this battle serving as Chaplin
See Tallushatchee and Talladega
(3 and 9 November 1813)
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/tn1812.htm ]
- Oct 4, 1813-Jan 4, 1814 against Creek Indians under Br. Gen.
Issac Roberts
Moved from Eastern Shore of Maryland to Orange Co., NC around1780.
Death: 1825 in near Cooperstown, Robertson Co., TN >
4. William B. Dorris Sr., b. 1715 (matches yours in previous email b. between 1705 and 1715) THIS IS A DIRECT RELATIVE >
5. William Joseph Dorris, I believe this is just Joseph, not William >
6. Joseph >
7. Ends at Josef Dorris >
THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN ALTERED BY ROY!
Possible wife's name: Mary Williams or Mary Roake
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Possible father's name: Josef, a native of County Downs, Ireland. He supposedly had 9 sons, 7 of which emigrated to America in the early part of 1700.
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The following is a excerpt from an article written by William Dawson Dorris, a
Great Grandson of William Dorris, in Nashville, Tenn., November 22, 1888.
"The history of the Nationalities of Our Ancestors as brought down to us will begin with the Dorris' first. My Great grandfather, Wm. Dorris, was born in the County Down, Ireland,
whose ancestors fled from the Provinces of Dorea in Greece, on account of the Cruelties of their Turkish Rulers.
Our Great Grand Father, Wm. Dorris, emigrated to New Jersey.
His sons names,
William,
Samuel,
Isaac,
John,
James,
Joseph
and Benjamin.
His daughters,
Mary Sarah, Mary married William Pitt Bowers,
Martha,
Margaret
and Nancy, The third daughter, Nancy, married a Mr. Drake.
[Martha, or Margaret]
one married a Mr. Sebastian, Dr. Samuel Sebastian was her son who lived in Centerville, Tenn.
the 4th [daughter] married John McMurrey who died in Sumner County, Tenn.
[Rev. William Joseph Dorris siblings, William and Issac]
Grand Uncles William [William B. Dorris Jr. b: 1761 in Hopewell Twp, Huntington Co., NJ, Military Service: Rev. War, Hunterdon Co., BET 1777 AND 1781 New Jersey, militia,
and Isaac Dorris Birth: 1735 in Hopewell, Cumberland Co., NJ. Military Service: Rev War, NC] was in the American Army, and John Dorris [John Irvin Dorri born 1750 in County
Downs, Ireland]. They were in the Battle when Colonel Washington clipped the cue of hair for Gen. Tarlton in Carolina.
My Father [John Irwin Dorris] was born on the eastern shore of that State [b.22 OCT 1773 in Dorchester Co., MD]. His name was John Irwin, his brother's name was William [
William Dawson Dorris Sr. b: 1775]. She had two other who died in childhood. And after she died [Mary Griffin, Her Grandfather was Lewis Griffin born ABT 1640 in Australia,
his father was John Griffin Sr. b. England], Grandfather [Rev. William Joseph Dorris] married Katherine McDaniel and her sons were Thomas, Isaac, James, Samuel, Benjamin,
Daniel, and Stephen and his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth.
[ 1. Benjamin A. J. Dorris,
Uncle Benjamin [Benjamin A. J. Dorris] died in the
Hermitage District of this county and was buried
at the graveyard of Hollis Hagars, Esq., A.D. 1815.
2. Elizabeth Dorris,
Aunt Elizabeth married Dr. Jones of Jonesborough, Ill., and died there.
3. Samuel Dorris,
Uncle Samuel died in Robertson County, Tenn., in A.D. 1808 [1809?].
4. Thomas M. Dorris b: 1780
5. Sarah Dorris b: 1786 ,
Aunt Sarah married Dr. John Conger who moved to Missouri.
6. Dr. Stephen Conger. Dorris b: 1792
7.James S. Dorris Sheriff b: 1795 in Orange Co., NC
8. McDaniel Dorris b: 1797
9. Isaac Dorris b: 1813]
Uncle Isaac moved to New Orleans and died there, his sons, Joseph and Elijah, were drowned on the Gulf of Mexico, and Uncle Isaac and the balance of his family died in New
Orleans in 1816.
[My Grandfather, Joseph, married Mary Griffin, [Mary was Born 1750 in NJ, 1777 in Orange Co., NC]
Grandfather [Rev.] Joseph Dorris [Born 1749 in County Down, Ireland ] moved from Maryland to Orange County, North Carolina, on Stone Creek. His brother, Benjamin, died.
He was cradling oats and died suddenly.
The rest all moved to Tennessee, A.S. 1798, and settled in Roberston, Davidson and Sumner Counties in three settlements, and their farms joined so that they could visit each
other as often as they wished and especially when there was preaching. Grandfather and his kindred and friends built the first Baptist meeting house in Robertson County on the
Sulphur Fork Creek four miles above Springfield, Tenn.
[Added by Roy-In 1791 he sold most of his land and moved to Tennessee where he became involved in a road building scheme to attract settlers to the new frontier. Shortly after
the Reverend Joseph had begun work on the roads the government made a treaty with the indians, the roads were no longer needed. This left Joseph with contracts that he
could not fulfil and was involved in a number of lawsuits as a result.
In 1796 he moved to Robertson Co TN where he was involved in a scandal of "imprudent or criminal conduct" with the women in his congregation and was forced to resign as
Reverend of his church. Despite this scandal he was successful in opening his own church.
In 1812 Rev. William Joseph Dorris served as the Brigade staff Chaplain for the west TN militia under Major General Andrew Jackson under the command of General Isaac
Roberts. Source
Also see: Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)
Rev. William Joseph Dorris father was William B. Dorris Sr. b: 1715 in County Down, Ireland, Great Grandparent of the Cartwrights.
Andrew Jackson
He was well known in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. He was Chaplain in General Jackson's Army and many of his kindred and Church members were soldiers and his
respect for his General was warm until death.
SOURCE1
Uncle Stephen Dorris was assistant surgeon in Jackson's Army. He settle in Princeton, Ky., and married there. He came to see us when Grandfather was on his deathbed in
Coopertown, Robertson County, Tenn., and stayed two days and nights and left $50.00.
My Father, John Irvin Dorris, was born on the eastern shores of Maryland, October 22, 1773. The Dorris' were Greeks. My Father's Mother was Scotch Lady, Mary Griffin.
My Father was her first son. He came to Cumberland in 1792, he came to Nashville when there was but a few cabins and a blockhouse, and was then call French Lick Station.
Old Captain Demonbrance, a french trader, came up the Cumberland River to trade with the Indians, he had a keel boat well manned, and had arms and ammunition to defend
himself and crew. There was no whites here when he first came and Indians came on him near the sulphur lick then called French lick. He made signs of peace to them, but they
attacked with bows and arrows, his boast was fixed for defense and when he gave them a volley from his firearms it alarmed them and they fled.
They came again in peace and traded with him and hence the place was called French Lick Station. He went back to New Orleans and returned here, bought property here and
lived with us until his death and there is a street named for him. Father and family move to Nashville, A.D. 1820. Father became acquainted with all the old settlers, cultivated
the soil and helped to conquer the Indians.
On the 14th of September 1794 his last battle was at Nickejac, Deerhead, and Runnin Water towns. He swam the Tennesse River going and coming. Those who could not swim
made rafts and rawhide skifts and carried over the guns and ammunition, and they took those Towns, peace was made with the Cherokees permanently and the people
prosperous and happy in their new homes.
My uncles and cousins moved to Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and lately some moved to Mississippi, California, Texas, and Oregon. There is many of our relatives in
Tennessee and Kentucky, some still own land and live on the farms of their grandfathers and when called on to defend our country they have turned out liberally and served their
country faithfully and were good citizens at home and abroad.
They were mechanics naturally, they marry early and have from eight to twelve children apiece. They are adapt in learning any- thing that they wish. I have never known of their
disgracing themselves by murder or theft.
They cared but little about seeking office, their fellow citizens made some of them Magistrated and constables, only two have been legislators, one in Oregen and one in Texas
and on senator in Congress, Wm. K. Sebastian from Arkansas. We have had six doctors of Medicine thus far and four lawyers, twenty school teachers, five Baptist preachers,
two Christians and one Methodist. I have known among our relations but seven sportsman or gamblers.
The name is a very ancient one according to the Bible and Rollins Ancient History. When the second R was put in our name I do not know but it is believed among some of us
to be about the time they migrated from the Province of Dorea, greece to the County Down in Ireland or shortly after.
There were two young Dorris's came from County Down and enlisted and was on the gunboat that came up to Nashville in time of our last war. They came to see us and cousin
Samuel Frost Dorris counted up the kinship and to our children they were fourth cousins and they favored our families. Cousin Samuel died in the year 1879 aged 91 years. He
was well posted on the four generations of the American Dorris's. He had visited all the families before they moved to other states above named and could give names of all
their children. Grand Uncle Samuel was his grandfather who was 84 years old when he died. His son William was Samuel Frost's father, his mother maiden name was Frost
her parents lived in Maryland when she was married and where Samuel F. and his brothers, William and Joseph, were born and his sisters also, his uncle Samuel married his
mother's sister and their sons, Isaiah and Josiah, were born in Maryland and his sisters were born in Sumner County."
From: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwbrown&id=I14333 [ dead URL ]
END EDITED STORY BY ROY
ORIGINAL SOURCE: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johnniewbrown&id=I20377
This web page is the only one listing the children under TWO MOTHERS.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johnniewbrown&id=I13614
April 08, 2012 - Roy just did some typo corrections and formatting.
EMAIL
The following was copied from an email Roy was formatting for Caroline or Rob or both. Possible text is all above.
To clear out Email, copying it here to review at later time.
03/31/2011
I believe this is a story of your family direct from one of your own, Dr. William Dawson Dorris.
He writes "...fled from the Provinces of Dorea in Greece..."
This confirms Leaving Greece and arriving at Down Ireland.
So maybe all the other reasons are completely wrong!
The history below is fantastic, just hard to follow along. I am going to break it apart, original is at website. He mentions Militia, Lawyers, and more.
Roy
EXCERPTS
1. fled from the Provinces of Dorea in Greece, on account of the Cruelties of their Turkish Rulers.
2. Mary Griffin was a Scotch Lady [not a direct relation].
3. We have had six doctors of Medicine thus far and four lawyers, twenty school teachers, five Baptist preachers, two Christians and one Methodist.
4. ...When the second R was put in our name... [as in Dorris VS. Doris]
5. In 1796 he moved to Robertson Co TN where he was involved in a scandal of "imprudent or criminal conduct" with the women in his congregation
6. In 1812 he served as the Brigade staff Chaplain for the west TN militia under Major General Andrew Jackson
BRANCH (1, 2 and 3 are indirect relatives)
1. Dr. William Dawson Dorris, b. 1802 TN, Caroline, may be your 3rd Cousin?>
2. John Irwin Dorris [NOT DIRECT RELATIVES]>
3. Rev. William Joseph Dorris, Birth: 1749 in County Down, Ireland
- Military Service: War of 1812 Chaplain
- Coffee's Brigade, Cav. & Gunman
- Serve as Chaplain in the brigade staff of General Isaac Roberts
of the West Tennessee Militia.
[Roy-OPossible William was at this battle srving as Chaplin
See Tallushatchee and Talladega
(3 and 9 November 1813)
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/tn1812.htm ]
- Oct 4, 1813-Jan 4, 1814 against Creek Indians under Br. Gen.
Issac Roberts
Moved from Eastern Shore of Maryland to Orange Co., NC around1780.
Death: 1825 in near Cooperstown, Robertson Co., TN>
4. William B. Dorris Sr., b. 1715 (matches yours in previous email b. between 1705 and 1715) THIS IS A DIRECT RELATIVE
5. William Joseph Dorris, I believe this is just Joseph, not William
6. Joseph>
7. Ends at Josef Dorris>
THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN ALTERED BY ROY!
Possible wife's name: Mary Williams or Mary Roake
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Possible father's name: Josef, a native of County Downs, Ireland. He supposedly had 9 sons, 7 of which emigrated to America in the early part of 1700.
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The following is a excerpt from an article written by William Dawson Dorris, a
Great Grandson of William Dorris, in Nashville, Tenn., November 22, 1888.
"The history of the Nationalities of Our Ancestors as brought down to us will begin with the Dorris' first. My Great grandfather, Wm. Dorris, was born in the County Down, Ireland,
whose ancestors fled from the Provinces of Dorea in Greece, on account of the Cruelties of their Turkish Rulers.
Our Great Grand Father, Wm. Dorris, emigrated to New Jersey.
His sons names,
William,
Samuel,
Isaac,
John,
James,
Joseph
and Benjamin.
His daughters,
Mary Sarah, Mary married William Pitt Bowers,
Martha,
Margaret
and Nancy, The third daughter, Nancy, married a Mr. Drake.
[Martha, or Margaret]
one married a Mr. Sebastian, Dr. Samuel Sebastian was her son who lived in Centerville, Tenn.
the 4th [daughter] married John McMurrey who died in Sumner County, Tenn.
[Rev. William Joseph Dorris siblings, William and Issac]
Grand Uncles William [William B. Dorris Jr. b: 1761 in Hopewell Twp, Huntington Co., NJ, Military Service: Rev. War, Hunterdon Co., BET 1777 AND 1781 New Jersey, militia,
and Isaac Dorris Birth: 1735 in Hopewell, Cumberland Co., NJ. Military Service: Rev War, NC] was in the American Army, and John Dorris [John Irvin Dorri born 1750 in County Downs, Ireland].
They were in the Battle when Colonel Washington clipped the cue of hair for Gen. Tarlton in Carolina.
My Father [John Irwin Dorris] was born on the eastern shore of that State [b.22 OCT 1773 in Dorchester Co., MD]. His name was John Irwin, his brother's name was
William [William Dawson Dorris Sr. b: 1775]. She had two other who died in childhood. And after she died [Mary Griffin, Her Grandfather was Lewis Griffin born ABT 1640 in Australia,
his father was John Griffin Sr. b. England], Grandfather [Rev. William Joseph Dorris] married Katherine McDaniel and her sons were Thomas, Isaac, James, Samuel, Benjamin, Daniel,
and Stephen and his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth.
[ 1. Benjamin A. J. Dorris,
Uncle Benjamin [Benjamin A. J. Dorris] died in the
Hermitage District of this county and was buried
at the graveyard of Hollis Hagars, Esq., A.D. 1815.
2. Elizabeth Dorris,
Aunt Elizabeth married Dr. Jones of Jonesborough, Ill., and died there.
3. Samuel Dorris,
Uncle Samuel died in Robertson County, Tenn., in A.D. 1808 [1809?].
4. Thomas M. Dorris b: 1780
5. Sarah Dorris b: 1786 ,
Aunt Sarah married Dr. John Conger who moved to Missouri.
6. Dr. Stephen Conger. Dorris b: 1792
7.James S. Dorris Sheriff b: 1795 in Orange Co., NC
8. McDaniel Dorris b: 1797
9. Isaac Dorris b: 1813]
Uncle Isaac moved to New Orleans and died there, his sons, Joseph and Elijah, were drowned on the Gulf of Mexico, and Uncle Isaac and the balance of his family died in New Orleans in 1816.
[My Grandfather, Joseph, married Mary Griffin, [Mary was Born 1750 in NJ, 1777 in Orange Co., NC]
Grandfather Joseph Dorris moved from Maryland to Orange County, North Carolina, on Stone Creek. His brother, Benjamin, died. He was cradling oats and died suddenly.
The rest all moved to Tennessee, A.S. 1798, and settled in Roberston, Davidson and Sumner Counties in three settlements, and their farms joined so that they could visit each other as often as they
wished and especially when there was preaching. Grandfather and his kindred and friends built the first Baptist meeting house in Robertson County on the Sulphur Fork Creek four miles above
Springfield, Tenn.
[Added by Roy-In 1791 he sold most of his land and moved to Tennessee where he became involved in a road building scheme to attract settlers to the new frontier. Shortly after the Reverend Joseph
had begun work on the roads the government made a treaty with the indians, the roads were no longer needed. This left Joseph with contracts that he could not fulfil and was involved in a number of
lawsuits as a result.
In 1796 he moved to Robertson Co TN where he was involved in a scandal of "imprudent or criminal conduct" with the women in his congregation and was forced to resign as Reverend of his church.
Despite this scandal he was successful in opening his own church.
In 1812 he served as the Brigade staff Chaplain for the west TN militia under Major General Andrew Jackson under the command of General Isaac Roberts
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?reverend,john,dorris::dorris::816.html ]
He was well known in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. He was Chaplain in General Jackson's Army and many of his kindred and Church members were soldiers and his respect for his General
was warm until death.
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Uncle Stephen Dorris was assistant surgeon in Jackson's Army. He settle in Princeton, Ky., and married there. He came to see us when Grandfather was on his deathbed in Coopertown, Robertson
County, Tenn., and stayed two days and nights and left $50.00.
My Father, John Irvin Dorris, was born on the eastern shores of Maryland, October 22, 1773. The Dorris' were Greeks. My Father's Mother was Scotch Lady, Mary Griffin. My Father was her first
son. He came to Cumberland in 1792, he came to Nashville when there was but a few cabins and a blockhouse, and was then call French Lick Station.
Old Captain Demonbrance, a french trader, came up the Cumberland River to trade with the Indians, he had a keel boat well manned, and had arms and ammunition to defend himself and crew. There
was no whites here when he first came and Indians came on him near the sulphur lick then called French lick. He made signs of peace to them, but they attacked with bows and arrows, his boast was
fixed for defense and when he gave them a volley from his firearms it alarmed them and they fled.
They came again in peace and traded with him and hence the place was called French Lick Station. He went back to New Orleans and returned here, bought property here and lived with us until his
death and there is a street named for him. Father and family move to Nashville, A.D. 1820. Father became acquainted with all the old settlers, cultivated the soil and helped to conquer the Indians.
On the 14th of September 1794 his last battle was at Nickejac, Deerhead, and Runnin Water towns. He swam the Tennesse River going and coming. Those who could not swim made rafts and
rawhide skifts and carried over the guns and ammunition, and they took those Towns, peace was made with the Cherokees permanently and the people prosperous and happy in their new homes.
My uncles and cousins moved to Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and lately some moved to Mississippi, California, Texas, and Oregon. There is many of our relatives in Tennessee and Kentucky,
some still own land and live on the farms of their grandfathers and when called on to defend our country they have turned out liberally and served their country faithfully and were good citizens at home
and abroad.
They were mechanics naturally, they marry early and have from eight to twelve children apiece. They are adapt in learning any- thing that they wish. I have never known of their disgracing themselves
by murder or theft.
They cared but little about seeking office, their fellow citizens made some of them Magistrated and constables, only two have been legislators, one in Oregen and one in Texas and on senator in
Congress, Wm. K. Sebastian from Arkansas. We have had six doctors of Medicine thus far and four lawyers, twenty school teachers, five Baptist preachers, two Christians and one Methodist.
I have known among our relations but seven sportsman or gamblers.
The name is a very ancient one according to the Bible and Rollins Ancient History. When the second R was put in our name I do not know but it is believed among some of us to be about the time
they migrated from the Province of Dorea, greece to the County Down in Ireland or shortly after.
There were two young Dorris's came from County Down and enlisted and was on the gunboat that came up to Nashville in time of our last war. They came to see us and cousin Samuel Frost Dorris
counted up the kinship and to our children they were fourth cousins and they favored our families. Cousin Samuel died in the year 1879 aged 91 years. He was well posted on the four generations of
the American Dorris's. He had visited all the families before they moved to other states above named and could give names of all their children. Grand Uncle Samuel was his grandfather who was 84
years old when he died. His son William was Samuel Frost's father, his mother maiden name was Frost her parents lived in Maryland when she was married and where Samuel F. and his brothers,
William and Joseph, were born and his sisters also, his uncle Samuel married his mother's sister and their sons, Isaiah and Josiah, were born in Maryland and his sisters were born in Sumner County."
From: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwbrown&id=I14333 [bad URL]
END EDITED STORY BY ROY
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