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Updated: 01-21-2020 16:01:41.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Joseph Dorton: Birth: 1780 in Russell County Virginia. Death: 1850

  2. Elizabeth Holman Dorton: Birth: 27 MAR 1784 in Louisa Co.,Va.

  3. William F. Dorton: Birth: JAN 1792.

  4. Priscella Dorton: Birth: 1807.

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Notes
a. Note:   "William Dorton, Jr. was by all accounts a truly heroic man. He left the Dorton Fort to fight in the battle of Kings Mountain. He was also in command of one party of men who pursued Chief Benge and his band after these indians captured the Livingston family. He served protecting the settlements from Indian attacks." Scott County and it's People Vol. 2-Thelma Greene & Vonda Davis
b. Note:   H149
Note:   Elizabeth Dorton was married first to a Benge and had a son named Benge. Elizabeth was suppose to be of Cherokee descent. She and William Dorton lived near the Indians in Rowan County, NC., from 1761 to 1772 before coming to Russell County, VA.
  Benge was a noted Cherokee Chief and raider of the upper Holston settlements. Chief Benge's father was Jphn Benge, a white trader who lived with the Indians for most of his adult life. LDS records gives an Elizabeth Lewis as a wife of a John Benge. Benge's birthplace was given as Albermarle Co., VA. and year of birth as 1760.
  It was Benge's half brother William Dorton, Jr. who was a scout with the party commanded by Col. Andrew Lewis that pursued Benge in 1794, when Benge was killed by a Lt. Hobbs. William, Jr. when questioned about why he did not shoot Benge, replied, "I couldn't. He was my brother.
  INFORMATION SOURCE: Mary Lou Meade Newman in Cincinatti, OH. ( FCOLBY@aol.com)

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