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State of Service: VA/MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Samuel Dorris Sr. (the Elder) was the son of William Joseph Jr. and Mary (Roarke) Dorris. His father immigrated to Maryland or New Jersey in North America from Ireland with several children, but it is not clear if his wife was with him or had died.
He married Martha Hughes in New Jersey or Maryland in about 1765 and was the father of at least two sons: Samuel Jr. and Isaac.1
His patriotic service to the cause of the Revolution consists of signing the petition to the 5th Virginia Convention from Louden County on 8 June 1776 and taking the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Maryland in Washington County on 2 March 1778.
Samuel moved from New Jersey to Virginia and settled in Robinson or Sumner County, Tennessee. He died intestate, but an inventory of his estate was recorded. It is unknown when and where his wife died.
1797: Isaac, the son of Samuel Dorris, Sr. and brother of Samuel Dorris is charged with fathering a Bastard Child. Sumner County Tennessee Executor Bonds – Letters (1796-1816); page 13; LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Film # 467,477).
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