Family:Alexander Dawson and Sarah Long (1)

Alexander and Sarah migrated to Nicholas County, Virginia (which is now Clay CO.,W.Va.), and according to one source "lured by bounteous hunting and good farm land, Alexander secured property and settled on Little Laurel (Clay County), where he remained until his death. Little Laurel is only a few miles from Ivydale where I grew up but it is located on top of one the mountains near Ivydale in a remote and difficult to reach area. Alexander and Sarah are listed in the 1840 Census of Henry District of Nicholas County. This district became Henry Township of Clay County, Virginia (now W.Va.), in 1858.

Clay County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 29, 1858. It was created from parts of Braxton, Kanawha and Nicholas counties and named in honor of Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Source: Art Friend http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvclay/dawson.htm

Marriage Bonds

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18188533/person/621814316

2. ↑ Dodd, Jordan R. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850.

   Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
   Name: Sarah Long
   Gender: Female
   Spouse Name: Alexander B. Davidson
   Spouse Gender: Male
   Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1838
   County: Augusta
   State: Virginia
   [Ancestry.com]

3. ↑ Marriage Bonds, in Ancestry.com: Davis and Holcombe tree.