Family:Alexander Doran and Elizabeth Lowry (1)

Genealogy Report for Alexander Doran and Elizabeth Lowry:

Descendants of Alexander Doran

Generation No. 1

1. ALEXANDER3 DORAN (JAMES2, MR.1) was born 02 Jun 1760 in Washington County, Virginia, and died 1814 in Carter County, Tennessee1. He married ELIZABETH LOWRY Bet. 1781 - 1782 in Washington County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN LOWRY and ELIZABETH ???. She was born 28 Apr 1756 in Abington, Virginia2, and died 1836 in Mountain City, Tennessee.

Notes for ALEXANDER DORAN: From Bill Reisor:

Alexander Doran took up land at the head of Cane Brake Springs, Iron Mountain, in Washington Co.,VA, 1774. He served as Ensign at King's Mountain and as Major in the War of 1812. About 1800 he removed from Abingdon to Tennessee, the part now included in Johnson Co. He helped to establish Duffield Academy, said to be the first educational institution in that section of Tennessee.</P>

Mrs. Adah Donnelly Hendrickson. DAR ID Number: 104171 Born in Johnson County, Tenn. Wife of Lon Hendrickson. Descendant of Ensign Alexander Doran and of James Orr, as follows: 1. Dr. James Doran Donnelly (1823-1903) m. 1860 Frances Orr (1841-1900). 2. Richard Donnelly (1790-1870) m. 1817 Rebecca Doran (1796-1876); Archibald Orr (1796-1856) m. 1820 Polly M. Hope (1804-54). 3. Alexander Doran m. Elizabeth Lowry (b. 1757); James Orr (1772-1842) m. 1795 Polly Carson (1775-1840). 4. James Orr m. 1760 Anna Orr (1750-1807). [p.60] Alexander Doran (1760-1814) was ensign, 1780, in Virginia Line. He was born in Pennsylvania; died in Carter County, Tenn. James Orr (1746-1809) served as private, Virginia infantry. He was born in Ireland; died in Washington County, Va.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 108 page 21 Mrs. Lena Rivers Smith Hunter. DAR ID Number: 107063 Born in Elizabethton, Pa. Wife of Walter E. Hunter. Descendant of Ensign Alexander Doran, as follows: 1. Robert Alexander Smith (1846-1910) m. 1873 Elizabeth E. Roberts (1850-1904). 2. James Gordon Smith (1813-88) m. 1839 Rosana Ellis (1815-87). 3. Caleb Smith (1782-1839) m. 1808 Elizbeth Doran (1785-1863). 4. Alexander Doran m. Elizabeth Lowery (b. 1763). Alexander Doran was ensign, 1780, in the Virginia Line. He was born, 1760, in Pennsylvania; died in Carter County, Tenn.

Children of ALEXANDER DORAN and ELIZABETH LOWRY are: i. JAMES4 DORAN, b. 01 Jan 1782, Virginia3; d. 09 Mar 1852, Jackson County, Alabama; m. ORPHA G. MCCORMICK; b. 22 Mar 1790, Kentucky; d. 15 Mar 1855, Jackson County, Alabama. ii. MARGARET DORAN, b. 10 May 1783, Washington County, Virginia; d. 26 Feb 1801; m. JAMES KEYS, 26 Feb 1801, Washington County, Virginia4; b. 1777.

Notes for JAMES KEYS: Keys marriages in Washington County, Virginia (possible siblings):

John Keys m. Mary Buchanan 5/29/1801 John Keys m. Caty Greever 10/30/1806 Francis Keys m. Mary Meek 10/1/1801 Harvey Keys m. Sarah Greever 8/31/1808

iii. ELIZABETH DORAN, b. 22 Jul 1785, Washington County, Virginia5; m. CALEB SMITH, 22 Mar 1808, Wilkes County, North Carolina6; b. 27 Jul 1783. iv. ROBERT LOWRY DORAN, b. 19 May 17877; m. BETSY LOWRY, 19 May 1812, Washington County, Virginia8. v. NANCY GORDON DORAN, b. 17 Sep 17899; d. 04 May 1863, Tennessee10; m. EZEKIAL SMITH, 24 Feb 1814, Tennessee11; b. 07 Feb 1790, prob. Washington County, North Carolina12; d. 04 Apr 1881, Tennessee. vi. JANET DORAN, b. 01 Sep 1791, Virginia13; m. JOHN WARD. vii. WILLIAM DORAN, b. 25 Jul 1793, Virginia13; m. ELLIZABETH WILSON. viii. REBECCA DORAN, b. 09 Sep 1796, Washington County, Virginia13; d. 28 Dec 1876, Johnson County, Tennessee14; m. RICHARD DONNELLY, 01 Oct 1817; b. 17 Aug 1790, Albemarle County, Virginia15; d. 1870. ix. JOHN LOWRY DORAN, b. 26 May 1799, Virginia16.

Endnotes

1. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 85. 2. Edmondson, Tom - 23075 Shakeridge Road, Volcano, CA 95689. 3. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 85. 4. GRS Marriage Records of Southern States, Early to 1850 (CD version), Washington County, Virginia. 5. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 85. 6. The Lookout - "Notable Southern Families", from the Allen Papers - McClung Collection, Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tenn. - on file 7. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 85. 8. GRS Marriage Records of Southern States, Early to 1850 (CD version), Washington County, Virginia. 9. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 85. 10. Tom Edmondson, 23075 Shakeridge Road, Volcano, Ca 95689 11. Edmondson, Tom - 23075 Shakeridge Road, Volcano, CA 95689. 12. Dugger Family Home Page accessed through Johnson County, Tennessee home page.. 13. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 86. 14. History of Tennessee Illustrated - by Silas E. Lucas, Jr. - Southern Historical Press - 1980 15. Jeanette Tillotson Acklen (compiled), Tennessee Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, comp. by Jeannette T. Acklen, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1980), pg. 113. 16. Emma Barrett Reeves, 1620 Redbud, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, Tennessee Smithology, (Cook & McDowell Publications, 719 E. 6th Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, pub. 1980), p. 86.