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Balaam Dowdy

Also Known As: "Salaam", "Dowda"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, Colonial America
Death: March 09, 1878 (100)
Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
Place of Burial: Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Dowdy and Rebecca Dowdy
Husband of Kizzirah Hester Dowda
Father of William Balaam "Buck" Dowdy; James Elias Dowdy; Benjamin Jeeter Dowda; John Gibson Dowdy; Sarah "Sallie" Dowdy and 1 other
Brother of William Dowdy; George K. Dowdy; Armstead Dowdy; Thomas I. Dowdy, III; Thomas Dowdy and 7 others

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About Balaam Dowdy

Balaam Dowda (1777-1878) was a son of Thomas Dowdy & Rebecca Armistead.

Husband of Kizzirah Hester Riddle (1782-1865). Children:

  • William Balaam Dowda, 1813-1904, in Cherokee County, GA Married 1st, Mahuldah Worley abt 1832 Lumpkin County, GA. Married 2nd, Julia Ann Williams 1846 in Cherokee County
  • James Elias Dowda/Dowdy, 1818-1900 in Kerr County, TX. Married Susan G Castle 1852 in Goliad County, TX
  • Benjamin Jeeter Dowda/Dowdy, 1819-1907 in Cherokee, GA Married 1st,Margaret Wilson 1859 in Cherokee County, GA. Married 2nd, Malinda Caroline Riggins, Married 7/31/1859 Cherokee County, GA.
  • John Gipson Dowda/Dowdy, 1821-1915 in Kerr County, Texas Married 1st, Sarah Charlette Williams 1854 in Cherokee County,, GA Married 2nd, Margaret Elizabeth Croft 1859 in Texas.
  • Sarah King Dowda, 1830-1912 in Cherokee County, GA
  • Hester H Dowda, 1832 - Unknown

Burial in Dowda Cemetery, Ball Ground, Cherokee County, GA.

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46088889/balaam-dowda

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Balaam Dowdy's Timeline

1777
March 31, 1777
Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, Colonial America
1813
August 28, 1813
Georgia
1818
June 8, 1818
Georgia
1819
1819
Georgia, United States
1824
1824
Georgia
1830
1830
Hall Co., Ga.
1832
1832
Georgia
1878
March 9, 1878
Age 100
Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
March 1878
Age 100
Dowda Cemetery, Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States