William Joseph DOBSON

Notes:

[Paul VanHoy]


Subj: Family of James Hamilton Vanhoy and Frances Marshall
Date: 1/15/2001 6:21:27 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: PaulVanHoy
To: DMarsh1041, ncgen@mindspring.com, sherry_carpenter@yahoo.com


David I thought you should be included in on this.

Interesting facts have arisen in the family of James Hamilton Vanhoy's his wife Frances b. Dec. 1790 Va. When and were her and James were married remains unknown in actuality but by mathematical equations it is suspected that they were married no earlier that DEC 1805 and not later than the summer of 1806.
James's Brother Abraham married Verlinda Marshall in Dec. 1805 and their first child, a son, was named John Marshall Vanhoy.
James and Frances had 11 children of which there were five boys and the youngest was named John Marshall Vanhoy and is buried at Love Cemetery, Martin County, IN at his father's right hand.
Given that before 1850 it was almost impossible to track down who was who we have all been left to deal with what written documents our ancestors have left behind to help in our research. I suspect that James H. Vanhoy's wife Frances's maiden name was Marshall and that they were married in a double ceremony with Abraham and Verlinda in Stokes County, NC.
Now on to the other part. I was under the impression that James and Frances had 5 boys and 5 girls but this past two weeks has uncovered some interesting facts.
James Hamilton Vanhoy died Aug. 20, 1845 and he died intestate (without a will).
The following summer a Probate hearing was held and a probate agreement signed or marked by members of the family leaving the estate to Frances, Rebecca, and Charles. The Document was signed on Aug. 3, 1846 and filed at the end of the month. In attendance were the following;

Rebecca Vanhoy
Joseph Hays & his wife
Elizabeth Hays (formerly Elizabeth Dobson born 1811 NC)
Milton D. Love and wife Rachel (Vanhoy) Love
John Vanhoy
Clayton Vanhoy & wife Mary (Walker) Vanhoy
William M. Fair & wife Nancy (Vanhoy b. Feb 19, 1808) Fair
Charles Vanhoy, Attorney

Not in Attendance or mentioned are Abraham Vanhoy who married Nancy Sullivan
and Permelia (Vanhoy) presumed to have died in Morgan County, IN in 1839

The odd thing that I caught was the attendance of Joseph Hays & his wife Elizabeth.
I did some research through the Family Search web site and found Joseph Hays married to Elizabeth Dobson b. 1811 NC. They were married Aug. 1830. I decided to go back a bit farther. The 70 Acres that James Hamilton Vanhoy purchased in 1829 in Perry Township, Martin County, IN. was from William and Elizabeth Dobson and there is a record of a Joseph Dobson who married an Elizabeth Vanhoy In NC on 31 Oct., 1826, I strongly suspect that this Elizabeth Vanhoy is the daughter of James Hamilton Vanhoy and Frances Marshall.
I also believe that Elizabeth Dobson b. 1811 NC is Elizabeth Vanhoy and she left some clues to her identity behind.
Joseph Hays and his wife Elizabeth Dobson had seven children and their first son b. 1831 was named William Clayton Hays the fifth child a girl b. 1840 was named Nancy and married a Stuckey.

The Census of 1830 for Perry Twp. Martin County, IN shows 5 girls in the household of James Vanhoy. The Census of 1840 only shows two. Two of the three that are not there are Rachel Vanhoy who married Milton D, Love Dec. 1835
and Permelia who married Lewis Scott Feb. 3, 1833 in Morgan County, IN.
The other I suspect was the widow of Joseph W. or William J. Dobson and married Joseph Hays Aug. 1830.

I meant to say that the Marshall family, among the women, would give their sons the middle name Marshall. This was passed onto me by a gentleman that had done considerable research on the Marshall family also. That is why I think that Frances is in fact a Marshall.

I leave you with this and if I have left out anything or there are questions please feel free to ask.

I hope that I have done the best to explain my presumption and the research that it is based upon.

Sincerely:
Paul D. VanHoy

William married Elizabeth VANHOY on 27 Dec 1835 in Perry, Martin County, Indiana. Elizabeth (daughter of James Hamilton VANHOY and Frances (Marshall?) LOVE) was born on 21 Jan 1812 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 28 Jul 1875 in Perry, Martin County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From: PaulVanHoy (PaulVanHoy@aol.com)
Monday, August 26, 2002 4:19 PM


Elizabeth Vanhoy b. 1812 married William Joseph Dobson 1826.

This one got real interesting, I believe the marriage bond shows him as Joseph and land sales deed in Martin County Indiana shows him as William but other numerous court documents at Martin County show him as Joseph. Of real interest was a charge or complaint that followed him from Floyd County, Indiana questioning the use of an alias. Court hearing was constantly continued possibly because of an illness. the last record of this was around 22 Jan 1830 for a continuance till 14 or 15 Feb 1830 and there is nothing further. Suspicion is that he died during this period.

He and Elizabeth did have one male child named James Vanhoy Dobson born abt 1827 and when he came of age he change his middle name to William. there are records of him buying land from his Mother and her second husband Joseph Hays who was also his court appointed guardian.

Elizabeth (Vanhoy) Dobson married Joseph Hays on Aug 3, 1830 according to State Records.

I have been wanting to get up to Martin County to Love Cemetery and check the Vanhoy Plot to see if there are a couple headstone that may be covered over but with as warm as it has been here in SW Indiana it has really brought out the snakes especially rattlers and a lot of wingless Wasp (commonly called "Cow Killers"). So, I guess I will wait till after the first hard freeze, if we get one.

Sincerely:
Paul VanHoy Sr.