Person:James Doran (4)

Will of James Doran

Will of James Doran

In the name of God Amen. That I, James Doran of Washington County, Virginia, weake in body but of common state of Judgement and memory, calling to mind the mortality of the body and that it is appointed for all once to die do recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to be buried in a desent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors, and as for what worldly estate of goods and chattels it has pleased God to boess me with in this life I order leave and begueth in the following manner viz:

first I leave and bequeth to my beloved wife Margaret all the movables I an possessed of at this time to use and dispose of as she thinks proper, and the negro wench Silla (?) diring her life and after her decease to be given to my daughter Peggy to her and her heirs, I order and leave the land to be divided in the following manner viz, to son William two hundred acres and to son James two hundred acres and to son James two hundred acres, to be divided as they think proper and to my son Alexander forty acres alongst this own land, and I do hereby revoke and disanul all other wills and Testaments and fo confirm this to be my last will and Testament, and do appoint my beloved wife and son Alexander to execute this my last will and Testament, in witness whereof I do hereby set my hand and seale this seventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. 1799.

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(signed) James (X) Doran

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Test: Adam Hope, David Lowrey, John McCauley

At a court held for Washington County the 17th day of December, 1799.

The last will and testament of James Doran, Dec'd, was proven in court by the oaths of Adam Hope, John McCauley and David Lowrey the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Alexander Doran one off the executors therein named who took this oath prescribed by law, and together with David Lowrey his ____ entered into and acknowledged their bond in the sum of two thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs. A Certificate is therefore granted him for the probate of the said will in due form.

Attest: And. W. Rusell, D.C.

A copy Teste

J.V. Hillman, Jr.

Deputy Clerk

Records in Virginia

First Lands Surveyed on the Waters of the Holston and Clinch Rivers, of which Any Record is Preserved.

Surveyor's Record of Fincastle County. Surveyed by John Floyd, Robert Doach, Robert Preston and Francis Smith.

Jan. 21, 1774, James Doran, 268 acres on Wolf Creek.

[Source: History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870, pg. 810]

On the first day of August, 1776, the Virginia Council ordered that a commission issue appointing William Christian, Esq., colonel of the first battalion and commander-in-chief of all of the forces raised for the use in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians. It was decided to send two battalions of troops upon his expedition., which were offered as follows:

Commander-in-chief, William Christian.

But little is known of the participants in this expedition. I have, therefore, gathered the names of privates who took part in this expedition, as far as I can obtain them. There names are as follows:

James Doran [listed among many others]

[Source: History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870, pg. 240]

Information on James Doran

It is possible that James Doran is related to the Doran family that migrated to Kent County, Maryland. More research is necessary.

Possible clues to parentage of James Doran:

Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 8 Doran (Deoran, Dorin), James, planter,Kent Co., 17th Sept., 1738;

This James Doran would have been about 11 years old in 1750:

http://www.geocities.com/jaccschmidt/shrew.html

Shrewsbury Parish Kent County,Maryland

Members Who Subscribed to the New Church Building in 1750:

James Doran

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/l/Barbara-A-Holman/GENE1-0001.html

Cuthbert Hall was alive on June 1, 1747, when he witnessed the will of Thomas Humphry (Kent Co. PR 3:272). By November 26, 1748, Rosetta Hall (lately Holeman) was, however, again the sole executor of the estate of Edward Holeman (Testimony Proceedings 32:215). About 1749, Rosetta married William Salisbury, who probably was the same man who had married Jane Doring, the widow of John Doran, on April 24, 1739. Rosetta and William had three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah, recorded in the Shrewsbury Parish records, born between 1750 and 1753. In 1754, William and Rosetta Salsbury settled the estate of Cuthbert Hall, which was worth 423 shillings, less than 106 shillings in debts.

http://www.childers-mosby.com/childers-mosby/PS29/PS29_001.HTML

There was an Elizabeth Doran that married John Cannaday from Kent County, Maryland on 31 May, 1701.

Possible Brothers of James Doran: Terrance Doran??

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV.

• page 519 - Court of Rockbridge versus Steele.--List of delinquents and insolvents in the County Levy for 1796 in the Northeast District, by J. Purris, D. S. for S. Keys, S. R. C.: Abednego Casteel, runaway; William Campbell,

removed to Amherst; Torence Doran, removed; John Donnaho, Jr., Botetourt; Peter Horn, removed; James Martin, removed to Kentucky; Samuel Paxton, Sr., removed to Amherst; Samuel Raneck, removed to Kentucky; Robert Simpkins, removed; Simpson Sturgeon, removed to Tennessee; Peter Sumbro, removed to Augusta; Thomas Tongate, Amherst.

From Washington County, Virginia Court Minutes:

June 1821 Court:

Terence Doran, 66 years of age on 9/29 last year. (b. 9/29/1754) Was in Revolutionary War in 9th Virginia Regiment and 5th Regiment, Laborer, no family.

Possible brother of James Doran: Jacob Doran??

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV.

• page 531 - 16th December, 1780.--John Poage gives this public notice: That the following persons propose making inclusive surveys, viz: Leonard Bell, round the land where he lives in the Cow Pasture; Jacob Doran, round the

land he got of Ludwick Shaddow, near William Mathews; John Archer, round the land where he lives on north side Middle River; Samuel Henderson and James Crawford, joining the land formerly Thomas Stevenson's.

Full Context of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (17 Vols.)      

Volume 4

page 879

Doran, James. Account sworn to Aug. 27, 1781, of bounty, etc., due said Doran and others who engaged to serve in the Continental Army for the town of Petersham for the term of 3 years; reported hired by Benjamin Knap.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5458/fam00194.htm

Husband: James Doran

Born: ABT. 1740 at: Doran Castle, County Donegal, Ireland

Married: BEF. 1760 at: Ireland

Died: 1799 at: Abington, Washington Co., VA

Father:

Mother:

Wife: Margaret Gordon

Born: ABT. 1740 at: Ireland

Died: AFT. 1799 at: Washington Co., VA

Father:

Mother:

CHILDREN

Name: Alexander Doran

Born: 2 JUL 1760 at: Washington Co., VA

Married: at:

Died: 1814 at: Carter Co., TN

Spouses: Elizabeth Lowery

Name: James Doran

Born: ABT. 1762 at: Washington Co., VA

Married: at:

Died: at:

Spouses:

Name: Margaret Doran

Born: ABT. 1764 at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 22 OCT 1789 at: Washington Co., VA

Died: at:

Spouses: Alexander Breeden

Name: William Doran

Born: ABT. 1766 at: Washington Co., VA

Married: 20 JUL 1790 at: Washington Co., VA

Died: 1834 at: Rutherford Co., TN

Spouses: Mary Duff

1. ↑ Raulston and Russel Genealogy, by Barbara Gonce Clepper, 1986.

   Raulston and Russel Genealogy, by Barbara Gonce Clepper, 1986, The Gregath Company,

2. ↑ .

   "The King's Mountain Men" - Katherine White

3. ↑ Annals of Southwest Virginia
   1352.

   Page 221 November 7, 1799. James Doran. His estate to his wife Margaret and his son Alexander. Executors: Alexander and Margaret Doran. Witnesses: Adam Hope, David Lowrey, John McCauley. Probated December 17, 1779.

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   James Doran
   Born: Ca 1730 1740, Ireland
   Married to Margaret Gordon
   Occupation: Immigrated to US ca. 1764
   
   The early Dorans were Irish. The house of Doran is one of the oldest of Irish nobility. The Dorans reigned in Donegal when there were petty Kings in Ireland in the eighth century.
   
   James and Margaret Gordon Doran are the first ancestors of whom we have a record. They came to America about 1764 and settled in Maryland. At the close of the revolution they moved to Washington County, Virginia, probably not far from Abington. James took 268 acres of land on Wolf Creek in 1774 and his son, Alexander, (our next ancestor in direct line) took 105 acres at the head of Cane Brake Springs, Iron Mountain.
   
   Both James and Alexander served in the Revolution and both served at King's Mountain. In 1775 James took part in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians. Alexander also served in the War of 1812, supposed to have been a major. He entered the revolutionary army at the age of 14 or 15 under General Washington, as a teamster, driving a munitions wagon.
   
   A Mr. Gordon, whose first name we do not have, was the father of Margaret Gordon Doran. Driven by persecution he fled from Scotland to Ireland. He and others were condemned to be hung because they were protestants. They escaped by a ball of yarn and a vial of equafortis. By these they destroyed the gates of the prison. Escaping at night, they reached the shores of Ireland the next day. Their property was confiscated, and Gordon's wife and son were turned out to starve. A shepherd took her to the mountains and concealed her until the persecution was over, then she was sent to her husband. A son, Alexander Gordon, came to America about 1764.
   
   Mr Gordon, the father, opposed the marriage of Margaret to James Doran but the mother consented, and they were married 12 months befor the father knew it. A copy of the will of this James Doran is given.
   
   http://www.sheltons.net/genes/180.html