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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Ensign / Patriotic Service
Author: David Merrill Leonard
Elisha Dodson, (b, 22 February 1727 in Richmond Co., VA), married Sarah Everett on 12 December 1754. Elisha inherited land in Richmond County from his father, which he sold when they relocated to Fauquier County in 1762. They initially resided with his brother Thomas before purchasing land in Halifax County in 1774. They lived in Halifax County from 1762 through 1786. Elisha served as an Ensign in Capt. Richard Gwynn’s Company of the Pittsylvania County Militia, which was mustered into service on 28 January 1779 at Pittsylvania County. The family lived in Halifax County until 1796. He began deeding land holdings to his sons during the 1790s. He died about 1797, but the location of his burial is not known. I am descended from his daughter Ruth and nephew Jesse as a result of a marriage between cousins.
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