Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameCol. John Dawson 1412,1808
Death1762
Spouses
FatherJohn Thomas (ca1648-1703)
2Elizabeth Thomas , 7G Aunt
Birthca 1696
Death1752 Age: 56
FatherWilliam Thomas (1660-ca1710)
MotherElizabeth Hill (ca1674-)
Notes for Col. John Dawson
Col. Dawson was colonel of the Northampton Regiment, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and a member of the Governor’s Council of North Carolina. He served as a member of “His Magesty’s Council” for the province from North Carolina from 1751 to his death in 1762.1808
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 2)
Worth S. Ray believed that the Elizabeth Thomas who married first John Boddie and second Col. John Dawson was the daughter of John Thomas and Susannah Portis.551

On the other hand, John Bennett Boddie belived that she was the daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth Hill.1808

In this database I have chosen to favor John Bennett Boddie’s opinion. Clayton Heathcock, December 2015
Last Modified 6 Nov 2009Created 3 Jul 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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