M5 William Dunwoody (brother to Thomas M4), left a will probated in Franklin Co., Pa., 12-9-1796, B. 25. Mentions daughter Mary Beard; son John; son Adam (and his son William); son Samuel, sons Joseph and David and James; daughters Esther and Ann Irwin. (See M17 for data on the sons).
M6 James Dinwiddie (son of Wm. Dunwoody M5), b. Aug. 1762; d. July 1846; m. Jean Robinson 1790 (b. in N.C. 1770). Their children, as listed from their family Bible by Lurana Z. Franklin (M10), were: John Dinwiddie (1792-1849); Billy Rankin Dinwiddie (b.1794); Elizabeth Reed Dinwiddie (b.1797; James Hill Dinwiddie (b.1800); Esther Dinwiddie (1802-1854); Polly Ann Dinwiddie (1805-1851); Jean (Jenny) Dinwiddie (1807-1841); Martha Dinwiddie (1810-1854). (See M17 for data about the sons).
M8 Adam Dinwiddie (son of William M5), Revolutionary soldier; recorded as a magistrate in Greene Co., Tenn., 1788; d. before 7-3-1799. He had sons, William and others. They moved to Ohio after his death. (See letter in M17)
M9 Samuel Dinwiddie (son of William M5), fought in Revolution; had a land grant of 300 acres on north side of Tennessee River; 2-17-1790 he had 200 acres south side of Little Chucky; sons’ names not known. (See M17)
M10 Lurana Zemilee Franklin, a teacher and genealogist, of Dandridge, Tenn.; b. 1870; dau. of Thomas Patrick Franklin (1843-1913); gr.dau. of Benjamin Francis Franklin (1814-1876); gr. gr. dau. of Ann Dinwiddie (Ch. 3, No. 4) and John M. Franklin. Her mother’s grandfather was Billy Rankin Dinwiddie (son of James M6), who died 9-18-1872.
M17 James Hill Dinwiddie, b. 1825 in Blount Co., Tenn., son of Billy Rankin Dinwiddie (who went to Iowa), and grandson James (M6), wrote from Newbern, Iowa, 6-22-1884, a letter which seems to have been copied by Lurana Z. Franklin (M10) from “Dunwoody and Hood Families”. Name of person addressed is not given (See M16). In this letter he says his gr.grandfather (name not given, but must have been William M5) lived and died near Mercersburg, Pa., and had seven sons, the first four of whom were Revolutionary soldiers. They were John, William, Adam, Samuel, James, Joseph, and David. Summarizing his statements: John went to N.C. William was killed in battle. Adam and Samuel went to Greene Co., Tenn. (See M8 and M9). James was the grandfather of M17 (see M6). Joseph died young in Pennsylvania. David died in Pennsylvania when old but left no child. John (son of James M6) d. in Kentucky in the 1850s. James Hill Dinwiddie (son of James M6), b. 1800, “was living a short time ago on the farm his father bought in Greene Co., Tenn., more than ninety years ago.”
