Annotation concerning descendants of Frederick Dobyns

Information taken from a letter dated 2 Oct 1974 from William Garnett Johnson to Kenneth Dobyns.

Frederick Dobyns married Lucy Mott, daughter of Randolph and Frances Hudnell Craine Mott, in December 1794 in Northumberland Co VA and then moved to his former home in Richmond Co VA and thence to Mason Co KY and then to Hopkins County KY, where Frederick Dobyns died. They had eight children, namely:

1. Nancy Dobyns b 1795 m James Finley, moved to Arkansas

2. Leah Dobyns b 1798 m William Finley 17 Sept 1817. Their children were James Finley and Thomas R. Finley

3. Elizabeth Dobyns b Dec 1800 in Richmond Co VA. m George Finley, Hopkins Co KY, and moved to Springfield MO. Their children were Mary M. Finley, Lucy Finley, Leah Finley, Dashwood Finley, Mard Finley, Nancy Finley, Cordelia Finley, and John Finley.

4. Harriett Dobyns b 24 Dec 1801, m Dr. Humphrey Jones in Hopkins Co KY. They made their home in Pinckneyville, IL. Their children were Lucy Jones, Ann Wickliffe Jones, and DeWitt Jones.

5. Edward Dobyns b 1797 died in infancy

6. Sarah Ann Walker Dobyns b 2 Dec 1803, Frederick Co VA m. Ambrose Grayson Gordon, 20 May 1824, Hopkins Co KY. Children: Lysander Grayson, Minerva Walker, John Frederick, Mary Elizabeth, Ann Eliza, William Leonidas, Cordelia Ione, Frank and Waller Gordon.

7. Randolph Mott Dobyns b 1806, d 1830 in Bolivar TN

8. John Frederick Dobyns b 27 Nov 1807, d 27 Nov ---, m. (1st) Elizabeth Jane Givens. Children of the first marriage were Jeanette Dobyns, Martha Dobyns, and Lucy Dobyns. John Frederick Dobyns m (2nd) Mary Lamb. Children of the second marriage were Nancy Dobyns, Emma Dobyns, and Laura Leah Cordelia Dobyns.

Nancy Dobyns [dau of John Frederick Dobyns] married John B. Lamb of Morganfield, Union Co KY.

Emma Dobyns [dau of John Frederick Dobyns] married William K. Van Cleve of Union Co Ky.

Laura Leah Cordelia Dobyns [dau of John Frederick Dobyns] married Oscar Lucas of Crittenden Co KY. To them were born three children:

1. Ruby Earl Lucas married John Calvin Howard in Providence, Webster Co KY. Their children were John Calvin Howard Jr., Mary Marguerite Howard and Opal Nell Howard.

2. Joseph Roy Lucas married Audrey Holloman in Providence, Webster Co KY. They had one child -- Roy Ellen Lucas

3. Zita Marguerite Lucas married John Riley Johnson on 8 June 1910 in Webster Co KY. Their children were William Garnett Johnson, James Collier Johnson, Roy Louis Johnson, Leah Marguerite Johnson, John Riley Johnson, Warren Victor Johnson and Rosemary Johnson.

I [referring to the writer, William Garnett Johnson] have shown my line as it connects with the Dobyns family. This information was copied from the Kentucky Historical Society records on June 22, 1953. I have other bits of unorganized information on the Dobyns and other families which I have jotted down as I have gone through Hopkins Co KY records and Gordon's History of Hopkins County.

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