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.
Abt 1827 -