Display Patriot - P-304629 - Dozier THORTON/THORNTON

Dozier THORTON/THORNTON

SAR Patriot #: P-304629

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Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service
  • Proof of residence must be established before service can be attributed.

State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A114811

Birth: 04 Apr 1755 / Lunenburg / VA
Death: Sep 1843 / Franklin / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. DAR - FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE - PATRIOT'S RESIDENCE MUST BE PROVEN BEFORE ANY SERVICE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED - Nov 2019
  2. Served as a private in NC and GA militia
  3. Served in Captain Hortons Battalion, Blackwell District

Additional References:

Newman, the church historian: a study in Christian personality, by Eby, Frederick pg 103-104


Spouse: (1) Lucy Elizabeth Hill; (2) Jane XX Pulliam;
Children: Benjamine; Martha Ann; Reuben; Jeremiah; Green H; Sanford; Jonathan;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child Genealogy Flags View Application Detail
1969-02-11 SC Unassigned Reuben Thomas Thornton III (97475) Benjamine FAMPCS   
1975-04-28 NY Unassigned Philip edwards Newman (108827) Jeramiah FAMPCS   
1975-06-30 NC Unassigned Dale Wells Caughey Jr (108220) Benjamin FAMPCS   
1977-03-11 GA Unassigned Joseph M Vallotton (112147) Benjamin FAMPCS   
1993-02-09 AL 211759 Keith Everett Skelton (140183) Green FAMPCS   
1993-05-04 TX 210913 James Blackstone Newman (140706) Jermiah FAMPCS   
1993-11-05 SC 210037 Reuben Thomas Thornton IV (141566) Benjamine FAMPCS   
1993-11-05 SC 210038 Clayton Lenhart Thornton (141567) Benjamine FAMPCS   
1994-12-15 AL 207356 Mark Thornton Skelton (143738) Green FAMPCS   
2000-09-12 AL 7118 Walter Cullars Dorsey (141102) Reuben FAMPCS   
2003-12-16 GA 18233 William McWhorter Thornton Jr. (161740) Benjamin FAMPCS   
Location:
Bowersville / Hart / GA / USA
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Alternate burial info: Dozier Thornton Cem Hart County GA



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Author: K. Scott Collins

Dozier Thornton    b. 4/14/1755    d. 9/1843    (HART COUNTY, GEORGIA)

He enlisted in Surry County, North Carolina, then Wilkes County, North Carolina and received a pension for his services.

Buried: Dozier Thornton Cemetery. "From intersection of Georgia 17 North and Georgia 51 in Bowersville. Go 1.2 miles north on 17.  Turn left on dirt road (CR 173). Go 0.4 miles, D.A.R. marker on left in corner of field just off road."

See:      

(1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Reported to D.A.R. in 1959.

(2) Cemeteries of Hart County, Georgia, ii & xvi.

(3) Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, December 1970, p. 911.

(4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 167.

Source:

Arnold, Ross & Burnham, Hank. Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers. Vol.1. Athens, GA: Georgia Society SAR, 2001. A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.


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DAR Notes:THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THE PATRIOT'S MOTHER WAS SUSANNAH, DAUGHTER OF LEONARD DOZEIR, A029931 - Nov 2019



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