| 1. | Dorcas Doak was born in 1785 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 24 Aug 1835 in Adams Co, Ohio; was buried in Cherry Fork Cem, Wayne, Adams Co, Ohio. Other Events and Attributes:
- Birth: Between 1781 and 1790, Augusta Co, Virginia; 1830 census
- Census: 1830, Wayne, Adams Co, Ohio
- Residence: Bef 1832, Adams Co, Ohio
Notes:
Census:
Name: James Findley
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Wayne, Adams, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 1771-1780 James
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790 Dorcas
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5
Residence:
William and Ellen(Doak)Cunningham appear to have moved to Adams Co., Ohio from Augusta Co., Va. sometime between 1820 & 1828. They probably came with Ellen's sisters and their husbands, Samuel Cunningham, James Finley, and John Larew, who all moved to Adams Co.,Ohio also by 1832. Rosannah Doak (another sister) and her husband Levi Smith had already moved to Adams Co. before 1820. William and the family were on the 1830 census in Scott Twp., Adams Co.Ohio, Liberty Twp.; Adams Co. in 1840 and Sprigg Twp.; Adams Co. in 1850. William was a farmer. William and Ellen moved to Tippecanoe Co., Indiana with their children sometime after the 1850 census was taken.
findagrave
Buried:
To the Memory of
DORCUS
Late consort of James
FINLEY
Who departed this life
Aug. 24th 1835 in
the 50th year of her age.
Dorcas married James Finley on 20 Aug 1805 in Augusta Co, Virginia. James (son of Robert Finley and Martha Rosanna Steele) was born between 1771 and 1780 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 6 Mar 1853 in Wayne, Adams Co, Ohio; was buried in Cherry Fork Cem, Adams Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1785 - 1835 (50 years)