Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:33:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Dooley, Dorcus m. Wilkerson
From: Daniel Branigan <d3nmb@earthlink.net>
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As you can see, I hadn't completed research on Dorcas and her family. In
fact, this year I am doing just that, trying to establish some of the newer
lines. I researched the ancestral lines first obviously. By the way, my
sketchy research in madison County proves there was a 2nd older Presley
Wilkerson which might be one of the Presleys mentioned (Boone's Fort??). If
I were to print out everything and all of the people in my database, both
histories would run 100 pages or more. I have tons on the Searcys and
Dooleys. I descend from two Searcy brothers. In Bedford Co., VA, Madison,KY
and Monroe co. MO, these people (Bush, Searcy, Dooley, Gatson, Wilkerson,
Hardwick) intermarried generation after generation making for an interesting
search. The Searcys actually came from Granville NC after migrating from
Hanover Co., VA to there (we believe). The others seem to have a common
connection in Bedford Co., VA and before that various other counties
(Orange, Augusta, etc.) I am quite willing to share what I have - always
have been, but to see a picture of a great-great-great-great-great-aunt is
priceless. The picture of Ornsby and wife is a wonderful picture, but my
instinct tells me this is wife #2. Dorcas according to your family
information died 1873 at age 52. This lady seems a bit younger, but he is a
bit older. I would like to think it is her-she's pretty. Anyway, after you
have digested this, please let me know what questions you have and I'll see
if I can help you. Much is documented with original copies so I might be
able to send "documentation".

Debra

1 Jacob DOOLEY
Birth: ca 1755, Fairfax, Virginia1
Death: 26 Mar 1842, Madison County, Kentucky2
Burial: Madison Co., KY
Flags: Earliest Ancestor, Military
Spouse: Elizabeth "Betty" BUSH
Birth: ca 1758, Virginia
Death: ca 1820/1824, Madison Co., Kentucky
Father: John BUSH (1706-1773)
Mother: Martha/Patty

Surname: Bush, Hardwick, Hoy, Moore, Jackson, Eubank, Dooley
Bedford County Virginia Deed J 10
Know all men by these presents we Congrave Jackson and Peggy his wife,
William Eubank and Francis his wife,
Hollis Eubank & Mary his wife, Philip Bush Elizabeth his wife, John Hardwick
Junr. and Dorcas his wife, Thomas
Hoy & Susanna his wife, Henry Moore & Nancy his wife all of the State of
Kentucky, and the said Peggy Jackson,
Francis Eubank, Mary Eubank, Elizabeth Dooley, Philip Bush, Dorcas Hardwick,
Susanna Hoy and Nancy Moore
being children & heirs and divisees of John Bush deceased late of Bedford
County and State of Virginia have made,
ordained, constituted & appointed and by these presents do make, ordain,
constitute & appoint in our stead and place
prob (?) Robert Hardwick of Bedford County & State of Virginia ? ?
sufficiens & lawful attorney for us and in our
names to execute a deed or deeds in fee simple to Thomas Logwood (Segwood?)
or his heirs or to any one that the
said Logwood (Segwood?) designate for two tracts of land lying and being in
Bedford County & State of Virginia
containing nine hundred and sixty acres be the same more or less which was
the estate of John Bush deceased which
lands we have sold to the aforesaid Thomas Logwood (Segwood?) for the
consideration of the sum of four hundred
pounds lawful money of Virginia paid by the same Thomas Logwood (Segwood?)
before the sealing and delivering
of these presents the receipt whereof the said Congrave Jackson & Peggy his
wife, William Eubank and Frances his
wife, Hollis Eubank and Mary his wife, Jacob Dooley and Elizabeth his wife,
Philip Bush and Elizabeth his wife,
John Hardwick, Junr. and Dorcas his wife, Thomas Hoy and Susanna his wife,
Henry Moore and Nancy his wife
do by these presents ratify, allow and confirm all and whatsoever our said
Attorney shall do or needs to be done in or
about the possessions agreeable to the satisfaction of the above mentioned
Thomas Logwood or his heirs adminr.
Execr.? ? In our Witness whereof so as the said Congrave Jackson and Peggy
his wife, William Eubank and Frances
his wife, Hollis Eubank and Mary his wife, Jacob Dooley and Elizabeth his
wife, Philip Bush Elizabeth his wife,
John Hardwick & Dorcas his wife, Thomas Hoy and Susanna his wife, Henry
Moore and Nancy his wife have set
our hands and seals this nineteenth day of October, One Thousand and Seven
Hundred and ninety five.

John Hardwick SS
Dorcas Hardwick SS
Thomas Hoy SS
Susanna Hoy SS
Henry Moore SS
Nancy Moore SS
Congrave Jackson SS
Margaret Jackson SS
William Eubank SS
Fanny Eubank SS
Hollis Eubank SS
Mary Eubank SS
Jacob Dooley SS
Elizabeth (Her X Mark) Dooley
Philip Bush SS
Elizabeth Bush SS

Signed in the presence of Clark County Js.

Came before me Congrave Jackson and Margaret his wife, Wm Eubank & his wife
Fanny & Hollis Eubank & Mary
his wife, Jacob Dooley and his wife Elizabeth, Philip Bush & wife Elizabeth,
John Hardwick and his wife Dorcas,
Thomas Hoy & his wife Susanna and Henry Moore and his wife Nancy [his wife
sic.] and acknowledged the within
power of attorney. Given under our hands and seals this nineteenth day of
October 1795.

Kentucky John Baker SS
Clark County Wm Bush SS

Bedford County, Virginia Deed I 9

Know all men by these presents that John Halley of Bedford County and State
of Virginia have and by these presents
so constituted John Hardwick my attorney in my name to bargain or make sale
of my land in Kentucky State. I
hereby ratify and confirm whatsoever my said attorney in my name shall do
and further do make void and null other
Powers of Attorney given by me to any person or persons whatsoever, for
which I am to give the said Hardwick or
his heirs or assigns the one half of all profits of all the land this is
recovered by Hardwick for which I am to
(illegible) and defend all the said Hardwick doeth from my heirs, assigns as
witness my hand and seal this eighth day
of November On Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety two.

John (His X Mark) Halley SS

The words "shall do" underlined before assigned[??].

Test.

Thomas Sale (?) Ben an(?) Halley, John Wheat

At a Court held for Bedford County the 26th Day of November 1792. This Power
of Attorney was acknowledged by
John Halley -- party thereto and ordered to be recorded.

Test. Jn. Steptoe(?) CBC

Marr: 30 Apr 1778, Bedford County, Virginia3

Children: Hiram (ca1784-~1815)
Jacob (ca1785-<1821)
Job C. (ca1786-1854)
Dorcas (ca1787-1840)
Gideon Underwood (ca1794-1847)

Other spouses: Frances "Franky" POWELL, Nancy POTTS

1.3 Job C. DOOLEY Sr.
Birth: ca 1786, Virginia/Kentucky
Death: 25 Dec 1854, Monroe County, Missouri18
Spouse: Lucy SEARCY
Birth: 22 Jul 1790, Kentucky
Death: 15 May 1874, Elliotsville (Stoutsville), Monroe County, Missouri
Father: Charles SEARCY (ca1766-ca1815)
Mother: Mary "Polly" MOSS (MORSE) (ca1765-)

Widow's application for War of 1812 Pension # 1396 (Monroe Co., MO)-
rejected

1870 Census Monroe Mo
Lucy age 79 born Kentucky
Olive Leaf age 37 born Kentucky
page 621 #205/206
Elliotsville P.O., Jefferson, Monroe, MO

Marr: 4 Aug 1808, Madison County, Kentucky19

Children: Gideon Underwood (1809-1892)
Stephen "Pappy" (ca1811-1905)
Olive Leaf (Twin) (1813->1870)
Christina (Twin) (1813-<1870)
Catherine (1815-<1843)
Mary "Polly" (1818-1866)
Dorcus (1824-)
Lucy A. (ca1827-ca1870)

1.3.7 Dorcus DOOLEY
Birth: 15 Jun 1824, Madison Co., KY
Spouse: William O. WILKERSON
Birth: ca 1825, KY
Father: Presley WILKERSON (ca1798-ca1868)
Mother: Polly SEARCY (ca1805-ca1885)

1850 Census
Monroe Co., MO 59th Dist.
Family #692
living with them are:
John R. SEARCY (SCEARCEY) age 37 b. KY
Delila SEARCY (SCEARCEY) age 30 b. MO
John R. SEARCY m. Delia HISSUM dau. of Levi HISSUM
2 MAY 1850 Monroe Co., MO

Registered Brand in Monroe Co., MO 1834?

Marr: 23 Nov 1842, Monroe County, Missouri

Children: William (ca1844-)
Monroe (ca1846-)
Hardenia J. (ca1848-)

1.3.7.1 William WILKERSON
Birth: ca 1844, MO

1.3.7.2 Monroe WILKERSON
Birth: ca 1846, MO

1.3.7.3 Hardenia J. WILKERSON
Birth: ca 1848, MO

                                  Sources

1. This age calculated per pension papers
2. Military Records-5th VA Regiment (Revolutionary War)
Pension File No. 9404 - 3 yr Private in Continental Line (National Archives)

Nancy Potts Dooley Pension Applic. #1837
3. Date: 30 Apr 1778
Type: Marriage Bond
Quality: Excellent copy
Location: Bedford County , Virginia
4. Madison County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds
copies (also reference Bill and Kathy Vockery's book
Marriage Records, Volume 1 1786-1822)
5. Monroe Co., Mo USgenweb, “Borden Cemetery records.”
6. Christine Dooley and Sylvia Davis
email Feb 2002
7. Monroe County Marriages,
Book A 1831-1849, etc.
8. “Federal Census,” Monroe Co., MO, June 1880, Images Online,
www.ancestry.com, 26 Dec 2001.
9. Agnew Funeral Home Records
Monroe Co., MO
by K. Wilham
10. Monroe County MO
Marriages
microfilm at Mo Archives
researched by Darla Henderson's sister
August 2000
11. “Monroe County Wills 1850-1870,” D.A.R. Library.
12. “Abstracts of The Paris Mercury 1875-1877,” K. Wilham, D.A.R. Library.
13. “Mixed Probate Records Volume C/D,” 1819-1829, Madison Co., KY.
14. Letter of Administration
Monroe Co., MO
Volume B., Page 2
Missouri State Archives
Record#C4659
15. Transcription of
Old Jim Dooley Cemetery
compiled by James L. Pollard July 1968
published by K. Wilham
16. “1900 Census,” Monroe Co., MO, Images Online www.ancestry.com.
17. Marriages in Kentucky
ancestry.com
18. Date: 29 Dec 1854 - Jan 1855
Type: Letters of Adminstration, etc.
Quality: good
Location: Monroe Co., Missouri Probate Records
19. Marriage for Missouri
Ancestry.com 2001
20. K. Wilham, Wilson Funeral Home Records, Monroe Co., MO, 16.
21. USgenweb 2000
cemeteries
Monroe Co., MO
22. Bonds and Administrations
Monroe Co., MO
23. “1900 Census,” www.ancestry.com.
24. “Social Security Death Index,” http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/.
25. Gatson, Robin, “USGENWEB:Monroe County, MO,”
http://bsd.pastracks.com/states/missouri/monroe/cemetery/Cemetries.htm, 10
Feb 2002.
26. “Missouri State Vital Records,” 1933, P.O. Box 570, Jeffeson City, MO
65102-0570.
27. Social Security Death Index
28. Per Darla at dshenderson@stlnet.com
Patrons of an Illustrated Historical
Atlas of Monroe Co. 1876 lists
Milas Johnson's birthplace as
Garrard Co., KY
29. Per family tradition as stated by
Beulah Cumley Koski
She said her mother talked
about it.
30. Betty Overfelt, 4 Aug 1999, in Hardwick, Pleasant/Lucy file.
31. Monroe County Cemeteries, Vol. III
Elizabeth Ellsberry Parker
FHC Film# 0908208
32. IRAD, Illinois Archives, “Statewide Deaths 1916-1951 online database,”
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/Genealogy/IDPHDeathSearchServlet.
33. “Funeral Record,” 1922, Hudson Funeral Home 1920-1923, Holdenville,
Hughes Co., OK.
34. IRAD Online Database
Marriages (2000)
35. “Hughes Co. Funeral Home Record,” OKgenweb/Hughes Co., scanned image or
orig. funeral record, 2001.
36. Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri Oakland Cemetery and
history of Moberly, Missouri Volume IV - Part III, www.ancestry.com.
37. Bond for Curator of Estate
Gregory Glasscock and
James F. Woods assigned
Monroe Co., MO p. 76
Sep. 10, 1883
38. Per note about telegram in papers received
from Marjorie Randolph
39. Death Certificate
State of Colorado
40. Obituary from Wray Rattler 11 Jan 1917
No death certificate exists
41. Death Certificate
Washington State
Vital Records
42. Obituary from local paper
original copy
no known extant paper
43. Marriage Certificate
Mineral Co., Colorado
44. Kentucky Death index 1911-present, www.ancestry.com 2002.
45. “Probate of Gideon Dooley,” dated 22 March 1847, Monroe County Court
Clerk.
46. family history notes from Marjorie Randolph
states found in Paris Library Card File of Cemeteries
47. “Probate Records,” Monroe Co., MO County Court Clerk.
48. Old Settlers of 1889
Monroe Co., Missouri
listed on Monroe Co. Genweb 2001
49. Old Settlers of Monroe Co., MO
published 1889
50. California Death Index Online
Rootsweb.com 2000
51. Randolph Co., AR
Marriage database online
52. Death Certificate
State of Missouri