Reuben Hickman Dowell

Reuben married Attaline Layne Cooke in 1828. Attaline was born on 5 Jan 1814 in Edgefield, Edgefield Co, South Carolina; died on 1 Jan 1883 in Putnam Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mariah Minerva Sache Dowell was born on 5 Nov 1837 in Putnam Co, Tennessee; died on 4 Jan 1911 in Barren Co, Kentucky.

Asa married Sarah Elizabeth HIckman on 23 Sep 1797 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of George HIckman and Mary White) was born in 1778 in North Carolina; died in 1840 in Jackson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary White about 1771 in South Carolina. Mary (daughter of William White, Esq. and Sophia Davenport) was born about 1752 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died about 1805 in Burke Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 15 Aug 1768, PeeDee River, Mars Bluff, Craven Co, South Carolina; The Regulators
• Other-Begin: 15 Aug 1770, Craven Co, South Carolina; re Mars Bluff incident
• Property: Jul 1778, Burke Co, North Carolina
• Property: Aft Jul 1778, Caldwell Co, North Carolina
• Residence: May 1782, Natchez, Mississippi
• Property: Jul 1790, Burke Co, North Carolina
• Will: Jul 1818, Burke Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Other-Begin:
1768- August 15 -reported an incident near Marr's Bluff, on Pedee River. An armed company of Regulators, "headed by one Gideon Gibson, on the 25th past, near Marr's Bluff, surrounded a constable and twelve men, who were sent to bring one of the villans before a Magistrate, and after a short skirmish, where two of the Constable's Party were mortally wounded, and one shot thro the shoulder, took the Rest Prisoners, whom he discharged, after ordering them 50 lashes each." [South Carolina Gazette, August 15, 1768]


Property:
#180 William White enters in Burke County 640 acres of Land on the waters of the Mulberry and waters of the lower Creek and waters of Johns River including a little Cane brake on the head of Little Creek. Entered February 11, 1778. William White
#475 William White enters in Burke County 350 acres of Land including the forks of Johns river and running agreeable to old plat survey made for John Brevard in the late Earl of Granville's office and now re-entered by wiliam white this 8 July 1778.



Property:
1778 William White (Sophia Davenport) gets 315 acres "fork of the John's River" now Caldwell Co., NC Where the lived the remainder of their lives.


Residence:

1782, May - John White and James White arrived with their families in Natchez Terr. on the lower Mississippi River. James dies here c1783. The Spanish record here lists the families that arrived in May, 1782 in Natchez. [Natchez Court Records 1767-1805]

Relacion de familias americanas, signed Carlos de Grand-Pré, Natchez, July 6, 1782 AGI, PC, leg. 193-b.
13 familias como sigue:
Individuos Esclavos (slaves)
Thomas Green, wife & children 11 32
Thomas Marston Green, wife & son 11 3
Cato West, wife and son 8 3
Guillaume Duelt, wife and children 3 23
David Smith, wife & children 5 7 Guillermo David & wife & children 4 2
Juan White, wife & children 8 1
Tiago White, wife & children 11 1
Ricardo Gooden, wife & children 5 2
Thomas Ethridge, wife & children 4 -
Xphal Ryer & wife 2 -
Guillermo Barland 1 -
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Pasageros y enganchados: 7 72 88
Total: 79

note: Guillame Duelt is probably William Dewitt who had married Catherine White, the daughter of William White, just before the voyage.
Juan White is John White.
Guillaume White is William White brother to both Juan and Tiago (James) White.


Property:
#298 William White enters 200 acres Land in Burke County located and bounded as follows, viz., Beginning at David Kickes laione on Watauga River and running up to Richard Russells line up the River on the East side including the vacancy on the East side, South side and West side adjoining Davis old survey for complmt. Ent. July 22, 1790. Warrant Issued July 22, 1790. No. 72

#299 William White, Esq., enters 100 acres of land lying in Burke County bounded as follows: Beginning between the Beach Mountain, the Grand Father Mountain and Yellow Mountain, taking up the rich lands vacant for complmt. Ent. July 27, 1790. Warrant Issued July 27, 1790. No. 73
[Land Entries SS949 Burke Co., NC]


Will:
1818 July. Last Willl and Test of Wm White proved in open court by Robert McMurrel? as a wtn as to the first part & by oath of said McMurrel? & James McDowell witn to the last part. Ord that letters be opened to William Davenport who qualified as Exr. Ordered sale of Est. Returned by William Pruet [Puett] amounting to 27.92.25 3/4.[Burke Co., Court Minutes.as reprinted by G. White 54 ]

William married Sophia Davenport about 1750 in Virginia. Sophia (daughter of Thomas Davenport and Mrs. Dorothy (M.?) (..) Davenport) was born in 1733 in Hanover Co, Virginia; died before 1818 in Burke Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]