James Doss, I

A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia. DAR Ancestor # A206081

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James Doss Sr. 1715–18 July 1796

Birth   •   3 Sources 1715 Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America

Age 81 Death • 2 Sources 18 July 1796 Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

James Doss, "Find A Grave Index"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

James Doss Sr. 1715-1796

Marriage: Abt 1741 Amelia, Virginia, United States

Frances Nix 1720-1776

Children (13)

James Doss Jr. 1742-1813

Thomas Doss 1744-1790

John Doss 1746-1833

John Doss 1749-1833

Delilah Doss 1750-1795

Rachel Doss 1751-

Samuel Doss 1754-

William Doss 1756- Ambrose Doss

1763-1842

Mary Barron Doss 1764-1810

Agnes Doss 1766-

Elizabeth Doss 1772-1850

Ann Doss 1774-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Thomas Doss Sr. 1686-1759

Marriage: about 1714 Essex, Virginia, British Colonial America

Sarah Margaret Herring 1685-1742

Children (7)

James Doss Sr. 1715-1796

Joel Doss 1703-

Thomas Doss Jr. 1718-1781

Marcus Doss 1721-1792

Jeremiah Doss Sr. 1722-1792

Zachariah Doss Sr. 1727-1812

Azariah Doss 1728-1754

Last Will and Testament - James Doss, Sr. being weak in body but of sound mind and of memory. Appoint my friends Benjamin Cannifax and Nathan Thurman, Sr. executors. To James Doss, Ambrose Doss and Delila Paley(?) twenty shillings at the death of my beloved wife Anne Doss. To my son John Doss his bond I took in from Robert McCoy on his behalf. To Rachel Right a cow in her possession. To my daughter Mary Vest a cow. The land is to be sold by the executors and they are to purchase 100 acres which I lend my wife during her natural life and at her decease to my son Samuel Doss. The balance of money from the sale of my land to be used to purchase a negro for the use of my wife. My wife is to have the use of any other part of my estate during her lifetime. Then at her decease to be divided between the following children: Anne Doss, Agnes Doss, Fanny Doss, Samuel Doss, Edy Doss and Sarah Doss. James (X) Doss, Sr. Witness: Benjamin Cannifax, Elizabeth (X) Cannifax, John Parrott, Benjamin Cannifax security for the executors. [Source: Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, Compiled by Lela C. Adams, Bassett, Virginia, US/CAN 975.5665 P2a, Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Page 420-421, 21 May 1796, Pr: 18 July 1796.]

James Doss: Early Doss Patriarch James Doss Sr. of Pittsylvania is the early Doss about whom we have the most information. James was probably born in either New Kent or Hanover County, Va. before 1720. The earliest record of him is in Goochland Co. Court Order Bk. 3, "petition of James Dos agst Bouth Napier is dismissed, neither party appearing" dated March 18, 1735,6. By 1744 he and Mark Doss, probably a younger brother, appeared on the tithe list in Amelia Co. where he was closely associated with the family of Edward Nix, a large landowner from Hanover Co. No deeds for James can be found in Amelia, but evidence exists describing his "lines" on Doss's Spring Branch of May's Creek. James first wife was almost certainly Frances Nix, a daughter of Edward Nix, who called her Fanny Doss in his will. James seems to have been a very religious man, highly respected by his neighbors, and may have been the preacher of a Presbyterian group led by Edward Nix. By 1752, Nix, Doss and other members of Nix's family sold their lands in Amelia Co. and moved to Halifax Co. November 21, 1752: "James Doss & Geoge Wilcox reported on road they were appointed to view from Banister Road crossing Edw. Hubbard's ford so the ridge between Stanton & Straightstone convenient to Nix's own." (Ples Book 1, Halifax Co., VA 1752-55). When Pittsylvania Co. was formed in 1767, "James Doss qualified as Constable" (Pitts. Court Orders Book 1, p. 22; Nov. 2, 1767) He is found many times in both the deed books and the Entry Record Book. James' second wife was Ann Thurman, daughter of Richard Thurman, who moved from Amelia Co. to Pittsylvania some years after Doss. James must have been quite old when he married her, but it appears that several of his children were born to Ann. She is called Ann, Anna and Nancy in various records. It appears that she moved to Kentucky with several of her children after James' death. James Doss died between May 21, 1796, when his will was written, and July 18, 1796 when it was presented in court for probate. Here is the opening paragraph of his will, "In the Name of God, Amen. I James Doss Sr. of Pittsylvania County being very weak of body but of perfect sound mind & memry thanks be so Allmighty God for the same and calling so mind the mortality of this my feeble body do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament, first I receive my Soul to God as gave it and my body to be buried at the discretion of my friends hoping that at the gret day of god when Michel the Arch Angel shall sound the last Trumpet that then my Soul & body shall be reunighted together again to rest in the Regins of a Mortel day through the tender mercies of Almighty God Amen." (Pitts. Co. Deed Bk. 10, p. 420-421.) His will names these children: James Jr., Ambrose, Delilah Patey, John, Rachel Right [Wright], Mary Vest (I believe these are the children of Frances Nix), Anne, Agness, Samuel, Fanny, Edy [Edith], and Sarah (probably the last six were children of Ann Thurman). Evidence indicates he also had a son Thomas, probably the oldest child, who predeceased him. He probably had other children who died young. (on the same page there is also a box with more information that needs to be transcribed) [Source: The Doss Connection, issue from July 199, pg. 5]

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• Residence: Lived in Amelia, Halifax and Pittsylvania Cty, VA
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• Residence: Lived in Amelia, Halifax and Pittsylvania Cty, VirginiaLived in Amelia, Halifax and Pittsylvania Cty, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Lived in Amelia, Halifax and Pittsylvania Cty, VA
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Son of Thomas and Margaret Doss he married Frances Nix(1720-1776) abt 1740 in Amelia Co. Virginia she was a daughter of Edward Nix and Eunice Gibson. They had7 children James Doss Jr being my 5X Great grandfather. Married Ann Thurman and had 6 more children. Mother's name is Sarah Margaret Herring (1685-1743) No burial location has been found. A record of marriage is found for here and Thomas Doss. 17 Jun 1735, Christ Church, Lancaster, Virginia, USA.