Thornton, Dozier F 1a 2a
Birth Name | Thornton, Dozier F 3a 4a 5a 2b 6a 7a 5b 8a 9a 10a 11a 12 13 |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 88 years, 4 months, 28 days |
Narrative
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Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | 14 April 1755 | Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA | 5c 6b 5d 8b 13 | |
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Residence | 1784 | Elbert County, Georgia, USA | ||
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Religion | 1785 | Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, USA | Founded Van’s Creek Baptist Church | |
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Religion | October 1788 | Elbert County, Georgia, USA | Founded Dove’s Creek Baptist Church | |
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Residence | 1 June 1810 | Warren County, North Carolina, USA | 11b | |
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Residence | 1820 | Terrill, Elbert, Georgia, USA | 4b | |
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Residence | 1 June 1830 | Franklin County, Georgia, USA | 9b | |
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Residence | 1 June 1840 | Franklin County, Georgia, USA | 10b | |
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Death | 12 September 1843 | Franklin County, Georgia, USA | 5e 5f 12 13 | |
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Burial | Bowersville, Hart, Georgia, USA | 12 13 | ||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Thornton, Mark | 1725 | 1800 | |
Mother | Dozier, Susannah | 6 November 1739 | after 1785 | |
Thornton, Dozier F | 14 April 1755 | 12 September 1843 | ||
Brother | Thornton, Reuben | 6 February 1768 | 1 May 1810 | |
Sister | Thornton, Elizabeth | |||
Brother | Thornton, William | |||
Brother | Thornton, Thomas | |||
Stepfather | Roberts, Thomas | |||
Mother | Dozier, Susannah | 6 November 1739 | after 1785 |
Families
Family of Thornton, Dozier F and Hill, Lucy Elizabeth |
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Married | Wife | Hill, Lucy Elizabeth ( * 13 January 1760 + before 1826 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Thornton, Benjamin | 12 October 1781 | 1854 |
Thornton, Reuben | 16 February 1783 | 5 December 1863 |
Family of Thornton, Dozier F and Gilbert, Jane
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Marriage | 24 May 1826 | Franklin County, Georgia, USA | 1b 2c | |
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Pedigree
Ancestors
Source References
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Hunting For Bears, comp.: Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
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Marriage date: 4 May 1826
Marriage place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Marriage date: 4 May 1826
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Dodd, Jordan: Georgia Marriages to 1850
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Marriage date: 24 May 1826
Marriage place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamga&h=22703&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
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- Page: to Jane Pulliam, 24 May 1826 in Franklin County, GA
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Marriage date: 24 May 1826
Marriage place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Marriage date: 24 May 1826
Marriage place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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J. H. Campbell: Georgia Baptists: Historical and Biographical
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- Date: 1874
- Page: "Dozier Thornton", pp. 241-245
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Dozier Thornton</line><line /><line>The subject of this notice was also a Virginian. Lunenburg county was the
place of his birth, which occurred April 14th, 1755. His father's name was
Mark Thornton, and his mother's Susannah Dozier. The former was a High
Churchman and the latter a Baptist. In youth he was fond of playing on the
violin and other instruments. When he left the paternal roof, he engaged in
the business of overseeing in the upper part of North Carolina, where he had
opportunities of hearing the gospel from the lips of a Baptist minister of
the name of Lunsford.
The word was sanctified to his conviction, and after enduring great distress
of mind for several weeks, he was enabled to embrace Christ as his Saviour
while following his plough in the field. He immediately ungeared his horse,
went to the house of his employer, (a widow woman,) and told her and the
family of the great things God had don for his soul. He then asked permission
to talk to the servants, which being granted, he exhorted them to forsake
their sins and turn to God. Thus he began to preach Jesus before he joined
the church. He was baptized by Elder Lunsford, and soon thereafter ordained
by him and others.
He soon extended his labors far and wide, and preached incessantly. Several
churches were raised up as the fruits of his early labors. After his marriage
to a Miss Hill, he removed to Georgia and settled in Elbert county, about the
year 1784.
The brethren in North Carolina whom he left so reluctantly, obtained a
promise from him to visit them as often as possible. He accordingly made
several tours back to the old North State, in one of which he experienced a
gracious revival in one of his old churches and baptized a considerable
number. During his journeys to and from North Carolina, many things occurred
which are worthy of being recorded. A few of these only can we introduce
here. Stopping at a house one evening, where he intended to pass the night,
he saw some signs which led him to inquire of his host "If the family had
been to meeting?" "Yes." "To a Baptist meeting?" "No, they area a people that
I hate; I would not give house room to any of them." "You must, then, turn me
out of doors, for I am a Baptist. But what objections have you to the
Baptists?" "They are an ignorant people, and I will not come down so low as
to talk to them." His horse was immediately brought out, and our preacher
left the inhospitable abode of his Episcopal landlord.
On another occasion, he met a female near one of his appointments, whom he
asked, "Have you heard of meeting at such a place?" "Yes." "Are you not
going?" "No, I can't go; I have no shoes to wear." Having passed her a short
distance, it occurred to him that he had but one dollar; yet, as the
scripture came to his mind, "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord,"
he turned around, and calling the woman, gave her that one dollar, telling
her to buy herself shoes and go to meeting hereafter-then went on his way
with a light heart. He was then three hundred miles from home, and not a cent
in his pocket. Having reached his appointment and preached, however, his
brethren (who knew nothing of his want of funds,) presented him with four
dollars.
Late one evening he rode up to a house. The woman was engaged in milking
cows. The first salutation was, "I say, good woman, are you a christian?" "I
hope so?" Having obtained her husband's consent to pass the night with them,
he alighted. Supper over, he asked the woman to give a reason for the hope
she professed. She related a sound christian experience, whereupon he
inquired, "Why have you not been baptized?" "It is what I have greatly
desired, but there is no church within some forty miles of us, and I have as
yet had no opportunity to obey the Saviour's command in this matter." "Are
you willing for me to baptize you now?" "Yes, by all means." A torch was soon
prepared by her husband; they three repaired to a creek some half a mile
distant, where he buried this believing woman in baptism. The next morning he
left with her a certificate of her baptism and proceeded on his tour.
The same day he came in sight of a fine dwelling, discoverable through a
beautiful avenue, shaded with trees in either side. A strong impression came
upon his mind to go up to the house and pray for its inhabitants. Without
hesitation, he turned up the avenue. The lady came to the door, to whom he
promptly stated his errand. She kindly invited him to alight and come in, and
though neither she nor any of the family made any pretensions to religion,
the strange preacher was treated with great respect. The husband being
absent, the lady, two sons and two daughters, with the domestics, listened to
the good man's exhortation, his song, an bowed with him in prayer, while he
fervently plead with God on their behalf. This done, he bade them farewell
and departed, expecting to see them no more this side of the eternal world.
Several months afterwards, two strange young men came into Elbert county,
inquiring for Rev. Dozier Thornton, who proved to be the sons of the family
above referred to, and who, with their mother and sisters, had, by his visit,
all been awakened to a sense of their lost condition as sinners, had been
hopefully converted, and had now traveled all the way from North Carolina to
seek baptism at the hands of him whose prayer had been answered in their
salvation. They were accordingly baptized and returned homewards rejoicing.
For a time, in connection with Thomas Johnson and Littleton Meeks, he acted
as a missionary to the Cherokee Indians.
A flourishing church, situated on Hightower river, was constituted and kept
among them until their emigration to the West. In this service he endured
great deprivations and hardships. Once he and Littleton Meeks lost their way
among the mountains and after traveling until a late hour at night, they were
compelled to take up in the woods, without fire or food, and wait for the
dawning of the day. They were prevented from closing their eyes in sleep by
the barking of the foxes and the howling of the wolves.
The churches at Dover's creek and Van's creek were raised up under his
ministry soon after he came to Georgia, of which he was pastor near forty
years, with the exception of about twenty months, which he spent in Kentucky.
He removed to that State with a view to a permanent residence, but soon
became convinced that he was not acting under the guidance of Providence, and
returned to his old neighborhood in Elbert county, where he spent the
remainder of his life. It is related of him that on one of his journeys to
Kentucky he fell in with a family among the mountains, living in a small,
fertile valley, which was thickly settled by a most irreligious community.
Finding out that he was a preacher, they invited him to stop for the night,
promising that they would blow the horn in a certain manner, which would
cause the neighbors to collect, when he could preach to them. He was the more
willing to comply when he was assured there had not been a sermon preached
among them for twelve years. About sunset, the horn was accordingly blown,
and he had a congregation of about thirty, to whom he dispensed the word. The
most of them were much affected and begged him to leave an appointment for
his return. He accordingly agreed to preach to them again on a certain
evening on his way home. When he did return, however, it was with several
other travelers, with whom he was desirous to keep company through the Indian
nation, as it was perilous to pass through that region alone. As they would
not wait, however, he permitted them to leave him behind. His meeting in the
valley of the mountains was one of so much interest, that he concluded to
continue, waiting upon the Lord several days. He accordingly held a
protracted meeting, baptized a goodly number of believers, whom he
constituted into a church. With one of their number, who seemed to possess a
gift for teaching, he left his Bible and hymn book, admonishing him and his
brethren to continue faithful unto death.
About a year afterwards, Mr. Thornton, after spending a restless night, rose
early one morning and told his wife he must go and see his children whom he
had left in the wilderness. The same day he was on the road. When he reached
the valley, to his surprise he found the people had erected a comfortable
house for the worship of God, and that many others had experienced saving
grace through the instrumentality of him with whom he had left his Bible and
hymn book. This brother Mr. Thornton ordained, the new converts were
baptized, they were all commended to the care of the Good Shepherd, and he
bade them farewell, to see their faces no more on earth.
He raised eight sons and eleven daughters, all of whom are members of the
church except one. Rev. Reuben Thornton, an excellent minister, was one of
his children. He departed this life in Franklin county, in this State, in
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Citation:
http://books.google.com/books?id=2ziArrmD4UIC
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There are several other mentions in this book of Dozier and of his son, Reuben.
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Ancestry.com: 1820 United States Federal Census
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- Page: Year: 1820; Census Place: , Elbert, Georgia; Roll: M33_8; Page: ; Image: .
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Residence date: 1820
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Citation:
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Residence date: 1820
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Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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Birth date: 14 Apr 1755
Birth place: Lunenburg, Virginia
Death date: Sep 1843
Death place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Birth date: 14 Apr 1755
Birth place: Lunenburg, Virginia
Death date: Sep 1843
Death place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Birth date: 14 Apr 1755
Birth place: Lunenburg, Virginia
Death date: Sep 1843
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Birth date: 14 Apr 1755
Birth place: Lunenburg, Virginia
Death date: Sep 1843
Death place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Birth date: 14 Apr 1755
Birth place: Lunenburg, Virginia
Death date: Sep 1843
Death place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Birth date: 14 Apr 1755
Birth place: Lunenburg, Virginia
Death date: Sep 1843
Death place: Franklin, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
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Birth date: 1755
Birth place: Virginia, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Birth place: Virginia, Georgia</line><line /> -
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Hatcher, Patricia Law: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
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Ancestry.com: Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920
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Birth date: 1755
Birth place: United States
Marriage date: 1779
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Ancestry.com: 1830 United States Federal Census
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Residence date: 1830
Residence place: Franklin, Georgia, United States</line><line /> -
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Ancestry.com: 1840 United States Federal Census
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Residence date: 1840
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Residence date: 1840
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Ancestry.com: 1810 United States Federal Census
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Residence date: 1810
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