Doctor Floyd DOTSON

Birth:
27 Apr 1813
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
20 Jan 1904
Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma
Burial:
Lower Wharton Creek Cemetary, Madison, Arkansas
Marriage:
11 Nov 1830
Roane, Tennessee
Sources:
Marriage Records of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1838, p. 53, (FHL#976,884, V2w)
Roane County, North Carolina: Marriage Bonds, 1830, (FHL#560087)
Lower Wharton Church Cemetery Listings, Madison County, Arkansas @www.larkcom.us/ancestry
Cherokee Minor Chief Joseph Raincrow (genealogy.com)
Government Land Office, Land Patents in Arkansas (www.glo.blm.gov)
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
1840 Census Madison County, Arkansas
Madison County Arkansas Tax List Records
1850 Census Madison County, Arkansas
1860 Census Madison Co. Arkansas
Notes:
                   NAME: Doctor Floyd Dotson, name not a profession
Mary Ann RAINCROW
Birth:
27 Apr 1813
Tennessee
Death:
29 Jan 1904
Wharton Creek, Madison, Arkansas
Burial:
Lower Wharton Creek Cemetary, Madison, Arkansas
Sources:
1850 Census Madison County, Arkansas
1880 Federal Census, Brinkley Township, Monroe County, Arkansas, p. 293B, (FHL#1254051)
Lower Wharton Church Cemetery Listings, Madison County, Arkansas @www.larkcom.us/ancestry
Oral tradition concerning Joseph Rain Crow on Raincrow Family Genealogy Forum @ genforum.genealogy.com
Transcript of A Presentation by: Autumn Pope (prezi.com)
Notes:
                   NAME:   Mary Ann "Dawn" RAINCROW
Children
Marriage
1
Nancy DOTSON
Birth:
12 May 1831
Tennessee
Death:
William PHILLIPS 
Marr:
Abt 1850
of Tennessee 
Notes:
                   married William Phillips, brother to William Squire Dotson's wife, Barbara
Elizabeth Phillips, son of Reuben Phillips who married Melissa Emma Dotson.
2
Rhoda DOTSON
Birth:
1832
Tennessee
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Hannah DOTSON
Birth:
12 Apr 1837
Tennessee
Death:
19 Jan 1918
Whorton Creek, Madison, Tennessee
Isaac Newton BOLINGER 
Marr:
Abt 1857
of Tennessee 
Notes:
                   married Isaac Newton Bolinger b 4-17-1839 Witter AR, d 1-19-1918 Witter AR
4
Susan Jane DOTSON
Birth:
1839/40
Rogersville, Lauderdale, Alabama
Death:
Dude PAGE 
Marr:
Abt 1860
of Tennessee 
Notes:
                   Susan commited suicide when Dovie was 9 months old.  She went to a tree by the
creek and hung herself.

married Hoesa A "Dude" Page

Susan committed suicide November 1883 when Dovie, her child was
was 9 months old, she hung herself down by the spring.
5
Noah DOTSON
Birth:
1841
Madison, Arkansas
Death:
Mary J.  
Marr:
Abt 1863
of Tennessee 
Notes:
                   married Amanda M

Lived in Oregon
6
Melissa Emma DOTSON
Birth:
10 Nov 1842
Madison, Arkansas
Death:
19 Sep 1926
Whorton Creek, Madison, Tennessee
Reuben L. PHILLIPS 
Marr:
Abt 1862
of Tennessee 
Notes:
                   married Reuben Phillips, father of his sister's husband William Phillips, and
his brother's wife, Barbary Elizabeth Phillips.

Melissa Emma is buried at Wharton Creek AR
7
William Squire DOTSON
Birth:
22 Dec 1844
Madison, Arkansas
Death:
11 Mar 1923
Whorton Creek, Madison, Tennessee
Barbara Elizabeth PHILLIPS 
Marr:
Abt 1864
of Arkansas 
Notes:
                   may have been married first to a Rachel Ann Cook

1870 Madison Co AR census
Dodson, William  28 m w farmer AR
     Elizabeth  26 f w keeping house TN
     James 8 m w AR
     Nancy J 2 f w AR

1880 Madison Co AR census
William S Dotson  36  m  farmer  AR TN TN
     Elizabeth  30  f  wife  TN TN TN
     James L  m  14  AR
     Nancy  11  f  AR
     Abraham  8  m  AR
     Rachel  6  f  AR
     Caldonia  3  f  AR
     Allice  6/12  f  AR (Jan)

William served in the union army, Co B1 Ark Inft.

headstone reads
Wm S Dotson
Co B 1 Ar Inf
b 22 Dec 1840
d 11 Mar 1923
8
Silas DOTSON
Birth:
Abt 1845
of Bowen Twp, Madison, Arkansas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
9
Matilda Catherine DOTSON
Birth:
15 Jan 1846
Bowen Twp, Madison, Arkansas
Death:
10 Jul 1931
Whorton Creek, Madison, Arkansas
Willis PHILLIPS 
Marr:
15 Aug 1867
Madison, Arkansas 
Notes:
                   Polly Ann (Amos) Dotson lived with them in 1900

Married Willis Phillips - cousin of Nancy's husband, William Phillips

Death Certificate:
Madison Co AR, Wharton Creek
full name: Matilda Phillips
female, white, widow
date of birth: Jan 15,1846
date of death: July 10 1931
age 85 years, 5 months, 25 days
Birthplace: Wharton Creek
name of father:Dock Dotson born TN
maiden name of mother: Mary Reno born TN
informant: Hannah Inman, Wharton AR
cause of death: paralysis
date of burial: 1931

headstone reads
Matilda Phillips
15 Jan 1846
d 10 Juy 1831
Wife of Rev Willis Phillips
10
Lettia DOTSON
Birth:
Abt 1847
of Arkansas
Death:
Bef 1850
 
Marr:
 
11
Greenberry DOTSON
Birth:
7 Mar 1849
Bowen Twp, Madison, Arkansas
Death:
10 Feb 1931
Union, Union, Oregon
Sarah  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   he killed a man, so he had to leave the country.  He moved to Union Co Oregon
before 1890 and married #2 a Susan __________.
belonged to M E Church in Union Co Oregon

1870 AR, Madison Co, Bowen Twp, Huntsville
27/27 Dodson, Greenberry  19 farmer AR
     Sarrah  19 AR
     Mary E  6/12 AR January
12
Amanda DOTSON
Birth:
1850
Wharton Creek, Madison, Arkansas
Death:
Leander SMITHTON 
Marr:
Abt 1870
of Arkansas 
Notes:
                   married Leaner Smithson
13
Dock Floyd DOTSON
Birth:
9 Jan 1852
Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas
Death:
17 Jan 1941
Wharton Creek, Madison, Arkansas
Thursa May COOK 
Marr:
11 Jul 1870
Madison, Arkansas 
Notes:
                   married Thursa (Cook) Inman,  Thusa's first husband was Joe Inman.

1870 AR, Madison Co, Bowen Twp, Huntsville
Dotson, Doctor  16 m farmer AR
     Therressa 23 f TN
Inman, John  6 AR  stepson
Inman, Mary  5 AR  stepdau
Dotson, William 3/12 AR  son

1880 AR, Madison Co, Wharton Creek 163/180
Dotson, Dock  28  farmer AR TN AR
     Thursa  32 wife TN NC NC
     John 16 stepson AR TN TN
     Mary  13  stepdau  AR TN TN
     William  10  son AR AR TN
     Isham  7 son AR AR TN
     Tilda  6  dau AR AR TN
     Becca  4 AR AR TN
     Dollie E  2  AR AR TN
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Doctor Floyd Dotson - Mary Ann Raincrow

Doctor Floyd Dotson was born at Warren, Tennessee 27 Apr 1813. His parents were William Abraham Dotson and Nancy Raynor.

He married Mary Ann Raincrow 11 Nov 1830 at Roane, Tennessee . Mary Ann Raincrow was born at Tennessee 27 Apr 1813 daughter of Joseph Raincrow and Susanna Mary So-Gi-Ne-Reno .

They were the parents of 13 children:
Nancy Dotson born 12 May 1831.
Rhoda Dotson born 1832.
Hannah Dotson born 12 Apr 1837.
Susan Jane Dotson born 1839/40.
Noah Dotson born 1841.
Melissa Emma Dotson born 10 Nov 1842.
William Squire Dotson born 22 Dec 1844.
Silas Dotson born Abt 1845.
Matilda Catherine Dotson born 15 Jan 1846.
Lettia Dotson born Abt 1847.
Greenberry Dotson born 7 Mar 1849.
Amanda Dotson born 1850.
Dock Floyd Dotson born 9 Jan 1852.

Doctor Floyd Dotson died 20 Jan 1904 at Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma .

Mary Ann Raincrow died 29 Jan 1904 at Wharton Creek, Madison, Arkansas .