Person:John Dowell (22)

Name^[1]	John Dowell
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1740	Greenfield, Orange, VA
Marriage	1757	Albemarle Co, VAto Ann Franklin
Death^[1]	1797	Advance Mill, Albermarle County, Virginia

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

Page 418.--15th January, 1763. James and Kitrin ( ) Blair to Hugh Doneghe, £65, 144 acres on south side Middle River Shanando, crossing the Bald Hill. Teste: John King, Thos. Stevenson, John ( ) Dowell.

Vol. 2 - Major Dowell, Jr., vs. Major Dowell, Sr.--O. S. 232; N. S. 82--Major Dowell, Sr., was employed as a blacksmith at the Barracks, near Charlottesville, in Revolution. Orator was son of [this] John Dowell. Nancy Salmon, cousin of Major, Jr., and daughter of Thomas Dowell and sister of Major, Sr. Nancy's mother was Avey Dowell. (Note: this Major Dowell was referred to as "Major Dowell Sr." to distinguish him from his [slightly] younger cousin, Major Dowell, Jr.).

References

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