Family:James Doran and Margaret Gordon (1)

Watchers
 
James Doran, of Washington Cty, VA
b. Abt 1739
d. Nov 1799 Washington County, Virginia
 
Margaret Gordon
b. Abt 1740
 
m. Abt 1759 prob. Washington County, Virginia
Facts and Events
Marriage? Abt 1759 prob. Washington County, Virginia
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Alexander Doran, of the Battle of King's Mtn.
2 Jun 1760 Washington County, Virginia
1814 Carter County, Tennesse
2.
Maj. James Doran, of Doran's Cove, Jackson Cty., AL
1764 prob. Washington County, Virginia
28 Oct 1840 Jackson County, Alabama
3.
William Doran
Abt 1766 Washington County, Virginia
1834 Rutherford County, Tennessee
4.
Margaret Doran
Abt 1771 Washington County, Virginia
21 Oct 1835 Tennessee
Add child


Descendants of James Doran


Generation No. 1

1. JAMES2 DORAN (MR.1) was born Abt. 1739, and died Nov 1799 in Washington County, Virginia. He married MARGARET GORDON Abt. 1759 in prob. Washington County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1740.

Notes for JAMES DORAN: Will of James Doran

In the name of God Amen. That I, James Doran of Washington County, Virginia, weake in body but of common state of Judgement and memory, calling to mind the mortality of the body and that it is appointed for all once to die do recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to be buried in a desent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors, and as for what worldly estate of goods and chattels it has pleased God to boess me with in this life I order leave and begueth in the following manner viz: first I leave and bequeth to my beloved wife Margaret all the movables I an possessed of at this time to use and dispose of as she thinks proper, and the negro wench Silla (?) diring her life and after her decease to be given to my daughter Peggy to her and her heirs, I order and leave the land to be divided in the following manner viz, to son William two hundred acres and to son James two hundred acres and to son James two hundred acres, to be divided as they think proper and to my son Alexander forty acres alongst this own land, and I do hereby revoke and disanul all other wills and Testaments and fo confirm this to be my last will and Testament, and do appoint my beloved wife and son Alexander to execute this my last will and Testament, in witness whereof I do hereby set my hand and seale this seventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. 1799. 

                                                                                                       his
                                                                                            James       Doran 
                                                                                                      mark

Test 

      Adam Hope
      David Lowrey
      John McCauley

At a court held for Washington County the 17th day of December, 1799.

The last will and testament of James Doran, Dec'd, was proven in court by the oaths of Adam Hope, John McCauley and David Lowrey the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Alexander Doran one off the executors therein named who took this oath prescribed by law, and together with David Lowrey his ???? entered into and acknowledged their bond in the sum of two thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs. A Certificate is therefore granted him for the probate of the said will in due form.

Attest: And. W. Rusell, D.C.

A copy Teste

J.V. Hillman, Jr.

Deputy Clerk


Possible Brothers of James Doran: Terrance Doran??

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV. page 519 Court of Rockbridge versus Steele.--List of delinquents and insolvents in the County Levy for 1796 in the Northeast District, by J. Purris, D. S. for S. Keys, S. R. C.: Abednego Casteel, runaway; William Campbell, removed to Amherst; Torence Doran, removed; John Donnaho, Jr., Botetourt; Peter Horn, removed; James Martin, removed to Kentucky; Samuel Paxton, Sr., removed to Amherst; Samuel Raneck, removed to Kentucky; Robert Simpkins, removed; Simpson Sturgeon, removed to Tennessee; Peter Sumbro, removed to Augusta; Thomas Tongate, Amherst.

From Washington County, Virginia Court Minutes:

June 1821 Court: Terence Doran, 66 years of age on 9/29 last year. (b. 9/29/1754) Was in Revolutionary War in 9th Virginia Regiment and 5th Regiment, Laborer, no family.


Possible brother of James Doran: Jacob Doran??

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV. page 531 16th December, 1780.--John Poage gives this public notice: That the following persons propose making inclusive surveys, viz: Leonard Bell, round the land where he lives in the Cow Pasture; Jacob Doran, round the land he got of Ludwick Shaddow, near William Mathews; John Archer, round the land where he lives on north side Middle River; Samuel Henderson and James Crawford, joining the land formerly Thomas Stevenson's.


Full Context of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (17 Vols.) Previous Page Next Page Volume 4 page 879 Doran, James. Account sworn to Aug. 27, 1781, of bounty, etc., due said Doran and others who engaged to serve in the Continental Army for the town of Petersham for the term of 3 years; reported hired by Benjamin Knap.


Another James Doran???? HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 VERMONT NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY. ADDISON COUNTY. ADDISON TOWN Name of head of family: Doran, James Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 4 Free white females, including heads of families: 4


http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5458/fam00194.htm

Husband: James Doran
Born: ABT. 1740 at: Doran Castle, County Donegal, Ireland

Married: BEF. 1760 at: Ireland 

  Died: 1799             at: Abington, Washington Co., VA  
Father:
Mother:
       Other Spouses:
Wife: Margaret Gordon
Born: ABT. 1740 at: Ireland 
  Died: AFT. 1799        at: Washington Co., VA  
Father:
Mother:
       Other Spouses:
CHILDREN
Name: Alexander Doran 
  Born: 2 JUL 1760       at: Washington Co., VA

Married: at: 

  Died: 1814             at: Carter Co., TN

Spouses: Elizabeth Lowery

Name: James Doran 
  Born: ABT. 1762        at: Washington Co., VA

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses:

Name: Margaret Doran 
  Born: ABT. 1764        at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 22 OCT 1789 at: Washington Co., VA 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses: Alexander Breeden

Name: William Doran 
  Born: ABT. 1766        at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 20 JUL 1790 at: Washington Co., VA 

  Died: 1834             at: Rutherford Co., TN

Spouses: Mary Duff

Children of JAMES DORAN and MARGARET GORDON are:

  • i. ALEXANDER3 DORAN, b. 02 Jun 1760, Washington County, Virginia; d. 1814, Carter County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH LOWRY, Bet. 1781 - 1782, Washington County, Virginia; b. 28 Apr 1756, Abington, Virginia; d. 1836, 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.


  • ii. JAMES DORAN, MAJOR, b. 1764, prob. Washington County, Virginia; d. 1840; m. (1) ???? WOOD; m. (2) LINNIE RUSSEL; b. Abt. 1750; d. 1843.
  • iii. WILLIAM DORAN, b. Abt. 1766, Washington County, Virginia; d. 1834, Rutherford County, Tennessee; m. MARGARET "MARY" DUFF, 20 Jul 1790, Washington County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1768, Washington County, Virginia.

Notes for WILLIAM DORAN: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5458/fam00066.htm

Husband: William Doran
Born: ABT. 1766 at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 20 JUL 1790 at: Washington Co., VA 

  Died: 1834             at: Rutherford Co., TN  
Father:James Doran
Mother:Margaret Gordon
       Other Spouses:
Wife: Mary Duff
Born: ABT. 1768 at: Washington Co., VA 
  Died:                  at:   
Father:
Mother:
       Other Spouses:
CHILDREN
Name: Margaret Doran 
  Born: 15 OCT 1792      at: Washington Co., VA

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses: ___ Bane

Name: Nancy Doran 
  Born: 19 APR 1794      at: Washington Co., VA

Married: at: 

  Died: 25 APR 1865      at: Rutherford Co., TN

Spouses: Amdrew Miller Alexander James McKnight

Name: Elizabeth Doran 
  Born: 26 MAR 1796      at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses:

Name: James Gordon Doran 
  Born: 28 FEB 1798      at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 31 DEC 1818 at: Rutherford Co., Tenn. 

  Died: 1845             at: Hardin Co., Tenn.

Spouses: Elizabeth Knox

Name: William Duff Doran 
  Born: 16 JUN 1800      at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses:

Name: Alexander Doran 
  Born: 15 MAR 1802      at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 24 JUN 1824 at: Rutherford Co., TN 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses: Nancy Powell

Name: Sally Naomi Doran 
  Born: 12 FEB 1804      at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses:

Name: Samuel Lowery Doran 
  Born: 8 FEB 1806       at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses:

Name: Eleanor Adelaid Doran 
  Born: 1 FEB 1808       at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses:

Name: Mary Minerva Doran 
  Born: 27 DEC 1810      at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses: ___ Armstrong

Name: Rebecca Doran 
  Born: 17 JUN 1813      at:

Married: at: 

  Died:                  at:

Spouses: ___ Knox

  • iv. MARGARET "PEGGY" DORAN, b. WFT Est. 1768-1771, Washington County, Virginia; m. ALEXANDER BREEDON, 22 Oct 1789, Washington County, Virginia; b. Bef. 1771.

Notes for ALEXANDER BREEDON: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5458/fam00196.htm

Husband: Alexander Breeden
Born: at:

Married: 22 OCT 1789 at: Washington Co., VA 

  Died:                  at:   
Father:
Mother:
       Other Spouses:
Wife: Margaret Doran
Born: ABT. 1764 at: Washington Co., VA 
  Died:                  at:   
Father:James Doran
Mother:Margaret Gordon
       Other Spouses:
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:James_Doran_and_Margaret_Gordon_%281%29"