Lived in DeKalb Co., Ga.
UPDATE: 1996-03-19
MARRIAGE: Peggy Koenig, GEDCOM files.
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
MARRIAGE: Harold L. Dowdle, M.A., Ph.D. (3223 Mohawk Lane, Provo, Utah 84604,
801-374-9600), "ROBERT DOWDLE, SR., and his Descendants"; Stevenson's
Genealogy Center, 230 West 1230 North, Provo, Utah 84604, 1990; Troy Public Library, 300 North Three Notch Street, Troy, Alabama 36081
NOTE: does not give his wife's surname.
Daughter of Robert Dowdle.
DIRECT LINE OF: Peggy Koenig; Sarah Brooks;
PARENTS: John and Eleanor DOWDALL of Ireland.
2D0: Look at book by Virginia Alexander, Coleen Morse Elliott, and Bettie Willie PENDLETON DISTRICT AND ANDERSON COUNTY SC WILLS, ESTATES, INVENTORIES, TAX RETURNS AND CENSUS RECORDS, Southern Historical Press, c/o Rev. S. E. Lucas, Jr., PO Box 738, Easley SC 29640.
UPDATE: 1999-11-20
PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: W. F. Joiner to Terry McLean
gedcom fileBIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bill Foster, College Station, TX to Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA, Nov 1994; ; compiled records; ; letter and family group
sheets; FILE: P-210.CONFLICT: Has place of mg. as SC, and spouse as Jane, surname unknown, possibly surnamed BENNET?, with Mary GIVENS PICKENS listed as a 2nd wife.
Bill also states Robert's pob could be Ireland, VA or PA and that one source
gives his dod as Nov/Dec 1823.RESIDENCE-CHILD: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; author, Memphis TN, 1961;
p. 15; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
CHILD: mentioned in this source is Margaret, who married Andrew PICKENS.
May be the same as Robert DOWDLE who is named as exector or witness to the will of son-in-law, Andrew PICKENS [gives name of executor as Robert - no Jr. or Sr. designated]BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Clint Joyce, Enc #---?. CONFLICT: pob PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Peggy Koenig, Enc #P-086. CONFLICT: pob Anderson Co SC.
MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; author, Memphis TN,
1963; p. 13, 23-24; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.-----TIME LINE:
1801 - named as executor of will of son-in-law, Andrew PICKENS, Anderson
Co., SC.--------------------
Prodigy message dated 10 Apr 1992, from Peggy Koenig (JCKX97B), Tulsa OK:
"Robert DOWDLE, Sr. was my GGGGGF, a Revolutinary War Soldier who lived in
Pendleton District, Anderson Co., SC. His children were Eleanor; John; Margaret DOWDLE b. 1774-76 md Andrew PICKENS - son of Capt. Joseph PICKENS and his wife, Eleanor off Anderson Co., SC - Capt PICKENS was a brother of Gen. Andrew PICKENS of the SC Revolutionary Army.; Jane DOWDLE b. 1777 d. in AL aft 1820 (have it but forgot when) m. John MIDDLETON (my direct ancestor - John d. 1820 AL); Robert DOWDLE, Jr.,; Ester DOWDLE; Samuel DOWDLE; James DOWDLE, birth date unknown m. Ann PICKENS daughter of Capt. Joseph PICKENS - and a sister of Andrew PICKENS who was husband of Margaret DOWDLE; Rebecca DOWDLE. Mormon branch of the DOWDLE family was Ann (PICKENS) and James DOWDLE which should be beneficial to you that research was done on PICKENS and DOWDLE familes. I found a book by Velna Cooper Brown, 1971, COOPER, LAURENCE, DOWDLE, SMITH, CLEM AND ALLIED FAMILES at the DAR library which is on microfilm [available from SL]...There is quite a lot in a book compiled by Virginia Alexander, Colleen Morse Elliott, and Bettie Willie - PENDLETON DISTRICT AND ANDERSON COUNTY SC WILLS, ESTATES, INVENTORIES, TAX RETURNS AND CENSUS RECORDS, Southern Historical Press, c/o Rev. S. E. Lucas, Jr., PO Box 738, Easley SC 29640. I noticed quite a few PICKENS in the index...."Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 15. "Andrew PICKENS ...died in 1801 in Anderson Co., SC. [He married]
Margaret DOWDLE, daughter of Robert DOWDLE, Sr., of Anderson Co., SC, who had
lived in York Co., SC prior to and during the Revolutionary War, and who moved to Old Pendleton District (Anderson) SC in 1784. Robert DOWDLE, Sr., lived in the same community as did Mrs. Eleanor PICKENS [mother-in-law of Robert's daughter, Margaret]...
[Andrew PICKENS left a will dated 18 Oct 1801, Anderson Co., SC...]
'In the name of God, Amen. I, Andrew PICKENS of Pendleton District, South
Carolina, Farmer, ... I appoint my wife, Margaret PICKENS, Robert DOWDLE, and
John WARNOCK my executors of this my last will and testament ...
witnesses:
John GEORGE signed: Andw PICKENS
Israel PICKENS [seal]
Robert DOWDLE, Jr."
----------------------From Wm. Joiner:
Abt 1775 Moved to Turkey Creek in the Camden Crown District of the New
Acquisition in South Carolina
Military 8 FEB 1779 South Carolina
ABT 1782 moved to Broadway Creek,Pendleton District,South Carolina WILL: 2 SEP 1819, Pendleton District,South CarolinaFrom Wm. Joiner:
(All of the documents pertaining to Robert LOVE, Sr.'s death and estate
settlement are on file in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina: #302 Anderson County Estate Papers, Roll 142, C119--Robert Dowdle.)
Robert DODLE, Sr. entered the Revolutionary War as a member of the South
Carolina Militia. The British seized Savannah on 29 Dec 1778 and in early
Hanuary of 1779 they began advancing up the Savannah River toward Augusta.
Robert DOWDLE Sr., enlisted on 8 Feb 1779; his brother James DOWDLE enlisted on 15 Feb 1779. Robert DOWDLE, Sr., served as a Quarter Master's Sergeant in a "troop of horse" under a Major ROSS. from 8 Feb 1779 until 9 May 1779. James DOWDLE served in the same unit, under a Captain KIRKPATRICK.
Both Robert DOWDLE, Sr. and James DOWDLE participated in the Battle of Briar Creek in Georgia, which occurred on or about 3 Mar 1779. The farmer-soldiers couldn't compete with the highly trained professional British Army. The battle was a comlete rout with Robert and James' unit suffering very heavy casualties and the loss of many horses and much equipment. Robert later received reimbursement for his equipment; James received reimbursemnt for his horse, bridle and saddle. James terminated his period of service on 2 Apr 1779; Robert terminated his on 9 May 1779.
Robert and James again responded to the call for volunteers and served for 40 days in July and Augsut of 1779. Both Robert and James served under General SUMTER and were again the victims of a sound defeat, in August 1780, at the hands of the British at the Battle of Fishing Creek in South Carolina. Robert and James again lost equipment for which they were reimbursed at a later date.
Robert DOWDLE, Sr. later served as a Lieutenant for a period of 30 days.From Wm. Joiner:
Ann Dowdle LOVE is not mentioned in the will of her father, Robert DOWDLE,
Sr., nor are her sisters, Rebecca Dowdle LOVE and Jane Dowdle MIDDLETON;
however, all three sisters are mentioned in the estate papers of Robert DOWDLE, Sr.From Wm. Joiner:
Robert DOWDLE, Sr., sold his land on Turkey Creek in the Camden Crown District of The New Acquisition on 17 July of 1781, prior to moving to Pendleton County of the Ninety-Six Judicial District of South Carolina.
Robert DOWDLE, Sr. and his family moved from the Turkey Creek Community in the Camden Crown District of The New Acquisition in South Carolina shortly after 1781 to Pendleton County of the Ninety-Six District in South CArolina. Robert DOWDLE could have moved into this wild, unsettled area by late 1781 or early 1782, for he was listed as a "squatter" in pre-1784 land records of that region.
DIRECT LINE OF: Peggy Koenig; Sarah Brooks;
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
PARENTS: Phillip and Martha (BOWMAN) GIVENS.
UPDATE: 1999-11-20
BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: W. F. Joiner to Terry McLean; gedcom
file; CONFLICT: gives date of mg as aft 1781.BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Clint Joyce to Terry McLean; ; compiled records;
FILE: Enc #___;BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Peggy Koenig to Terry McLean; ; Gedcom file;
MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN,
1963; p. 24 ; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.---------------------------------------------
From Wm. Joiner:
It is known that Robert DOWDLE's second wife was named Mary. Circumstantial
evidence indicates that she was a GIVENS; however there has been no
documentation of that fact.