James Dowd

1768 - 1840  (72 years)

• Name	James Dowd
  Birth	1768
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jan 1840
  Burial	Moore County, NC at James and Bryan Dowd Cemetery #140   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Connor Dowd,   b. 1716, Ireland   (Father)  Sarah  (Grandmother)
  Notes	1800 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 42 James Dowd (26-45) 1M (16-26) 1F (0-10) 1M 1801, Jul 1 -- Land Grant #1797a, Moore County, NC Jesse Muse received 8 acres located on Killets Creek adjoining William Caddell, James Dowd and McBryde. James Dowd and Jno. McIntosh were chain carriers. 1808 -- Tax List, Moore County, NC List of persons who failed to give in their taxable property in 1807: James Dowd 1 poll 1810 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 598 James Dowd (26-45) 1M 1F (10-16) 2M (0-10) 1M 1F 1818-1823 -- Tax List, Moore County, NC James Dowd listed 250 acres valued at $250 1829, Nov 7 -- 1823-1831 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Moore County, NC Page 288-290 Ordered that Joel Lawhon, Eleazer Birckhead Senr., Jesse Bean, Samuel Jackson, William Jackson, Hiram Hill, Leonard Lawhon, Neill Caddell, William Barrett Senr., James Dowd, Samuel Barrett and William Barrett Jr. be appointed to allot the 800 acres located on McLendons Creek of Benjn. Person Dec'd. to widow Ann Person: [1] 200 acres [2] 150 acres patented by Jacob McLennon adjoining Thomas McLendon and Jemima McLendon [3] 150 acres patented by Donald McDonald located on Suck Creek adjoining Jacob McLendon and Jemima McLendon [4] 100 acres located on both sides of Suck Creek adjoining Widow McDonald [5] 50 acres patented by Neill McLeod located west of McLendons Creek adjoining Jacob McLendon, Angus McIver and Joel McLendon [6] 156 acres patented by Neill McLeod located on both sides of McLendons Creek adjoining Jamima McLendon, Knight, Barrett, Major McRae, McDonald and Jacob McLendon. 1830 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 462 James Dowd (60-70) 1M (50-60) 1F (20-30) 3M 1F (15-20) 1F (10-15) 1M (0-5) 1M
  Person ID	I40086	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2023

  
  

  DNA Tests	7 DNA tests are associated with James Dowd
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	Robin Elizabeth Medlin
  	atDNA	Mary Dowd
  	atDNA	E.D. Dowd
  	atDNA	Patricia Jackson
  	atDNA	D.E. Jackson
  	atDNA	T.L. Jenkins
  	atDNA	D.F. Langley

  
  

  Father	Connor Dowd,   b. 1716, Ireland
  Mother	Mary Overton
  Marriage	c1763
  Family ID	F12947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rita,   b. c1780
  Children	+   1. Willis Dowd,   b. 1803   d. 17 Feb 1844 (Age 41 years) ▻ Elizabeth Lawhon  (Age 62 years)     2. Mary Dowd,   b. 1806   d. 7 Sep 1850 (Age 44 years) +   3. Bryant Dowd,   b. 10 Feb 1809   d. 12 Jun 1898, Moore County, NC (Age 89 years) ▻ Jane E. Black +   4. William M. Dowd,   b. 24 Sep 1811   d. 22 Jan 1853 (Age 41 years) ▻ Jane "Jennie" Cox +   5. Catherine Dowd,   b. 8 Apr 1814   d. 24 Apr 1888 (Age 74 years) ▻ Francis Monroe  (Age 60 years)     6. James Kendrick Dowd,   b. 22 Aug 1818   bur. Moore County, NC at James and Bryan Dowd Cemetery #140 +   7. John D. Dowd,   b. 9 Apr 1826   d. 10 Jun 1889 (Age 63 years) ▻ Mary Ann Fry  (Age 70 years)  m. 2 Jun 1859
  Family ID	F12535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - - Moore County, NC at James and Bryan Dowd Cemetery #140  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  James Dowd

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		1822 Petition, Moore County, NC - Thomas Brown 1822, Dec -- Petition, Nov 1822-Dec 1822 General Assembly Session Records Thomas Brown filed a request to retail spirituous liquors free from having to pay for a license to support himself. He was stricken at age 17 with a particularly bad case of the "white swelling" and is unable to use one of his legs and cannot walk without the use of a cane. His father is also a poor man and unable to provide for him. Niel McLeod JP, Arch. McNeill, H. Kennedy JP, James Dunlap, James Dowd, Wm. Waddell, D. Kennedy and E. Birckhead JP.
  		1815 Petition Moore County NC Taxation.pdf 1815 -- Petition, Nov-Dec 1815 General Assembly Session Records, Box 2 - Petitions The following citizens of Moore County petitioned the General Assembly regarding taxation and the valuation of property: [selected signers] John McAulay Junr., Robt, Graham, Ambrose Mainess, Leonard Furr, Jesse Ritter Senr., Allan McLane, Thos. Ritter, Jno, Ritter, Everet Ritter, Benajmin Dunn, William Wright, Alexander McIntosh, Neil McIntosh, Hector McNeill, Martin Martin, William Williamson, William Lewis, Amus Dowdy, Henry Stutts, Jams. Manes, James Morgan, Nord. Matheson, Malcolm Morison, Christopher Bethune, Norman McDuffey, Allan Morison, Alexanr. Morison, William Dunn (wet), Bartholomew Dunn Sr., Wm. Dunn, Saml. Dunn, Bartholomew Dunn Junr., John Newton, Normand McKinnon, Murdoch McAulay, Benjamin Britt, Christopher Stuts, Donald McLeod, Niel Matheson, David Richardson, Bartholo. Dun, Lewis Sowel, Melony Newton, William Sowel, Alexr. Morison, Stephen Davis, Burl Deaton, John McKinnon, Robert Melton, John Upton, John Smith, Jesse Brown, Jess Lankford, Niel McLeod, Norman McKinnon, Ansel Melton, Arington Sowel, Willis Dickinson, Thos. Dickinson, Jesse Carroll, Robert Cheek, James Cheek, Phillip Cheek, Joseph Farr, Matthais Teague, Benjn. Shields, Jno. Upton, Joseph Duckworth, John Carrel, Francis Myrick, James Harding, Willis Davis, Nathaniel Vick, Ansel Melton, John Martin, David Richardson, Harmon Brewer, Cornelius Kees, Jesse Brewer, Ambrose Brewer, Drewry Brewer, Abednego Maynor, Joseph Morgan, Alexr. Kennedy, William Hunsucker, George Kannedy, Levy Smith, George Hunsucker, Lennerd Stuts, David Caringer, James Williamson, Charles Brady, George Carringer, Jacob Carringer, Willis Brewer, Bradley Garner, Lewis Garner, John Garner, James Sowell, Georg Moore, David Kennedy, Benjamin Elkins, Adam Carpenter, Jonathan Bullock, Robert Burd, Nicholas Nall, Mikel Dickinson, Aaron Tyson, Thomas Graham (Capt.), John Overton, Ruben Shields, John Martin, George Fry, John McNeill, John Wadsworth, Wm. Feagin, Ignatious Wadsworth, Samuel Feagen, Thomas Feagen, John Carrell Junr., Benjin. Gilbert, David Overton, John Record, John Carrell Senr., Alexr. Carrell, John Gilbert, John Cheek, Joab Cheek, William Barrett JP, Wm. Cox, John Dunn, Eleazer Birckhead, Absalom Fry, John Daniely, Jesse Sowell, William Caddell, James Fry, Niel McLeod (Surveyor), Robert Graham Sen., Jason Wadsworth, Geo. Cox, John Sowell, James Holcomb, James Dowd, Jacob White, William Hardin, James Muse, Jason Muse, Benjn. Gilbert, Zachariah Smith, Thos. Muse, Kindred Muse, John Graham, Samuel Womble, James Elkins, Jas. Collins, Andrew White, Randal Cheek, Lewis Phillips, James Smith, James Handcock, Willis Elkins, Samuel Elkins, Solimon Phillips, Brother Carrell and Sterling Carrell.
  		1807-1808 Tax List, Moore County, NC Listing of Insolvent Taxes for 1807 and 1808. Courtesy of the NC Archives. [Located in Treasurer and Comptroller Papers, County Settlements, Box 64, Moore County]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1119] Anthony E. Parker, A Guide to Moore County Cemeteries, (1976, Moore County Historical Association, Southern Pines, NC).