Seek information on the ancestors of ... NATHAN DAWSON (12/23/1816 to 4/13/1898) ... born in North Carolina and relocated to South Carolina at an unknown date.
Nathan married a South Carolina native... REBECCA MASSY (2/15/1811 to 3/17/1888) in Greenville, South Carolina on Sept. 11, 1842.
The 1860 Census shows Nathan, Rebecca and their child, John Wesley, living in the Fork Shoal community of Greenville County, South Carolina. Nathan's census occupation: miller.
JOHN WESLEY NATHAN DAWSON (12/25/1855 to 12/28/1920) married a South Carolina native in 1878... HESTER MULLIKIN (11/22/1858 to 7/8/1956). The 1880 Census shows John Wesley and Hester and their first-born child William David living in the Brushy Creek community of Anderson, South Carolina. Nathan and Rebecca are living with them. Census occupation for John Wesley and Nathan: farmer.
John Wesley and Hester farmed in South Carolina until relocating to Georgia near the end of the century (assume around 1898 when Nathan died).
John Wesley and Hester had seventeen (17) children ... most of the descendents now reside in either Hawkinsville or Hazlehurst, Georgia.
01.William David Dawson ... June 8, 1879 to June 23, 1912
02 James Munroe Dawson ... July 24, 1880 to July 17, 1890
03.Mary Rebecca Dawson ... Dec. 26, 1881 to Dec.28, 1910
04.Lizzie Iola Dawson ... May 11, 1883 to Dec. 31, 1974
05.Anna Glenn Dawson ... Nov. 25, 884 to Feb. 2, 1983
06.Amanda Jane Dawson ... June 23, 1886 to April 5, 1931
07.John Franklin Dawson ... Sept. 15, 1887 to July 26, 1926
08.George Nicholson Dawson ... March 19, 1888 to Dec. 9, 1927
09.Bessie Ouzel Dawson ... Aug. 9, 1890 to June 5, 1935
10.Zada Lee Dawson ... Dec. 24, 1891 to June 8, 1955
11.Thomas Sheldon Dawson ... Jan. 27, 1893 to June 21, 1953
12.Girtrud Dawson ... Sept. 27, 1894 to Feb. 2, 1995
13.Salena Pearl Dawson ... Feb. 28, 1896 to Sept. 20, 1970
14.Joe Bonner Dawson ... Jan. 13, 1898 to May 12, 1900
15.Sarah (Inez) Dawson ... Oct. 30, 1899 to Sept. 5, 1970
16.Robert Edward Dawson ... Nov. 27, 1901 to March 7, 1936
17.Thelma Dawson ... Jan. 21, 1905 to Aug. 5, 1973
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