Dunn, William

Summary

Father: Waters Dunn, Sr.
Mother: Sarah Gatewood

Birth: c1760, Essex County, Virginia
Birth Source: Census estimates of age, 1801 Will of Waters Dunn, Sr.

Death: c Nov 1809, Columbia County, Georgia
Death Source: Letters of Administration filed on Estate of William Dunn 6 Nov 1809

Spouse1: Anne Thompson, m. 18 Dec 1788 in Greene County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of William Dunn and Anne Thompson:

1. Sarah "Sally" Dunn, m. John Franklin
2. John S. Dunn, b. c1788
3. James Dunn
4. Willliam Dunn
5. Mary Dunn
6. Hiram Dunn, b. 1800, m. Letitia Greer in Feb. 1821
7. Waters Dunn
8. Elizabeth Dunn

The above children are named in an 1810 suit filed in Columbia County, Georgia regarding lands that were the property of their deceased father but had been leased for a period of time. The heirs of William Reeves filed suit in relation to one of those leases. Only Sarah Dunn Franklin and John Dunn were adults, the other children were listed as "infants" or minors in the above suit indicating none of those six children were born before 1789.

Research Notes

Sources

1801 Will of Waters Dunn, Sr., Columbia County, GA WB A, pg. 170-171
Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 online database at Ancestry.com
Suit - Heirs of Wm. Dunn vs Benjamin Williams, Columbia Court Minutes 1806-1816, pg. 346