Person:Alexander Doran (1)

About Alexander Doran

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. [Source: Bill Reisor, long-time Doran researcher].

The academy incorporated for Carter County under the act of 1806 was denominated Duffield Academy, and George Duffield, Nathaniel Taylor, George Williams, Alexander Doran, John Greer, Andrew Taylor, Abraham Henry and Reuben Thornto n were appointed trustees of the institution. Source: TNGenWeb.com

Will Abstract

Will of Alexander Doran of Carter county, State of Tennessee.

Names beloved wife Elizabeth.

Names Son James Doran, two sons Robert L. Doran and William Doran.

Names Two daughters Jenn and Rebecca

Names children James, Margaret, Elizebeth, Nancy, Jenn & Rebecca.

At her death all personal Estate left to here during here life to be sold and Equally divided amonnst the other Legatees.

Appoints James Keyes, Robert Doran and William Doran Executors

Signed 15 October 1801

Notes

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.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 .

   History of Tennessee Illustrated - by Silas E. Lucas, Jr. - Southern Historical Press - 1980

3. ↑ Annals of Southwest Virginia
   1047.

   Ordered that Alexander doran be constable in the room of Francis McClung.

4. ↑ Katherine Keogh White. The King's Mountain Men, The Story of the Battle, with Sketches of the Amercian Soldiers who took part, by Katherine Keogh White. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1985).
5.   Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008.

   Name: Alexander Doran
   Probate Date: 15 Oct 1810-1819
   Probate Place: Carter, Tennessee, USA
   Inferred Death Place: Tennessee, USA
   Item Description: Wills, 1796-1915, Allen, John T-Wright, Thomas