DOTSON, ISAAC
There are a few discrepancies in these 2 biographies, but they are for the same person.
ISAAC DOTSON
Biography
Isaac Dotson, son of George Jefferson Dotson, was born in Arkansas in 1837 and died in Collin County in 1903. He was married to Mary Jane Hanson July 3, 1856 in Collin County. Their children all born near Blue Ridge were: Nancy Dotson married Sam Jones, Parilee who married Gabe Worden, Zora married Ben Eakles, and who married the second time to Rice Travilion, James Pinckney Dotson who married Leannah Helen McKinney, Alice Jerusha married George Campbell McCoy, Annie married Thomas Wyrick, Elnettie married Ferhander Sims, Edeny Dotson married Elijah Parker, William Dotson died at age 19, Otto died as a child, Mollie and Martha were twins. Mollie married Green Dowland and Martha died in infancy.
Biography
Isaac Dotson, son of George Jefferson Dotson, was born in Arkansas in 1837 and died in Collin County in 1903. He was married to Mary Jane Hanson July 3, 1856 in Collin County. Their children all born near Blue Ridge were: Nancy Dotson married Sam Jones, Parilee who married Gabe Worden, Zora married Ben Eakles, and who married the second time to Rice Travilion, James Pinckney Dotson who married Leannah Helen McKinney, Alice Jerusha married George Campbell McCoy, Annie married Thomas Wyrick, Elnettie married Ferhander Sims, Edeny Dotson married Elijah Parker, William Dotson died at age 19, Otto died as a child, Mollie and Martha were twins. Mollie married Green Dowland and Martha died in infancy.
ISAAC JEFFERSON DOTSON
Biography
1831 - 1903 C. S. A. Soldier
Isaac Jefferson Dotson, son of Thomas Jefferson Dotson and Sally Ann Dotson, was born near Russellville, Arkansas in 1831 and came with his parents to now Blue Ridge, Collin County, Texas sometime in the 1840's. In 1856 he married his distant cousin, Mary Jane Hanson, daughter of James and Jerushia Hanson, and granddaughter of George Washington Smith, who fought in the War of Texas Independence, and who had early settled in this “Ridge” settlement.
Ike Dotson traded his horse and saddle for his land – where the present Blue Ridge High school stands. The young couple were happily making themselves a home on their land near her grandfather’s when the Civil War began. Taking his own horse and gun Ike enlisted at once. Young Mary with two baby daughters and expecting a third child, courageously carried on the clearing and planting with the help of their one good slave couple, Wylie and Becky, who had a family of small children of their own.
In August 1861 Isaac Dotson was badly wounded at the Battle of Wilson Creek near Springfield, Missouri. With other wounded, both Union and Confederate, he was carried from the field and became a prisoner - patient at an old Catholic institution being used as a Union hospital. Here he was given medical attention and his wounds dressed but the minnie ball was too near his heart to be removed and he carried it the rest of his life....
when he was exchanged, this young Texian came riding home with quite a few “Yankee” dollars in his saddle pockets. These went to buy some black waxy acres near his own small place....
After a short time of convalescence, Isaac Dotson went back into Service. On March 1, 1862 he was mustered into Capt. Hezekiah Warden’s Co., 16th Reg., Texas Cavalry Volunteers. Commanded by Col. Wm. Fitzhugh of Collin County.
Later on we find Isaac Dotson stationed at Ft. Washita in the Indian Territory north of Red River, serving the Confederacy as dispatcher between Ft. Washita, Boggy Depot, and Ft. Smith and between the armies of Van Dorn and Price.
For him this was a good assignment. He was near enough home that an occasional furlough enabled him to help and advise Mary on running the farm and her other endeavors, which by this time included a project sponsored by their Collin County friend, James W. Throckmorton, who was gaining influence in the confederate administration. He managed to get a contract for the women to weave material and make it up into suits for the men and officers of the Confederate Army. Mary, being an accomplished seamstress, was a leader in this patriotic work.
Isaac continued at Ft. Washita until the end of the war.... Their fourth child, a son, was born July 5, 1865, and the little long dresses which awaited him were of “cream colored calico with a tiny pink rosebud”, which Mary had purchased of Ben Rhine’s Store at McKinney, paying the price of thirty five dollars per yard in Confederate money.
After the War, with his surviving neighbors, Isaac came home hoping to work his land and live in peace as before.
In 1866 Throckmorton was elected governor of Texas and began at once to bring back order to the country. He proposed a plan whereby, if agreed to by both parties, freed slaves could remain in their homes and sharecrop their former master’s land. This would provide a way for both the ex-slave and the ex-master to feed their families in this time of terrible hunger and hardship. Wylie and Becky chose to remain, as did many other negroes in the Blue Ridge area.
But the ax fell again. General Phillip Sheridan, the popular hero of Northern Radicals because of his bold blows on the dying Confederacy, was made commander of the 5th Military District, which included Texas. The hard blunt Sheridan welcomed a chance to punish and humiliate the people of the South. He soon removed the elected Texas Governor, James W. Throckmorton from office and the country was at the mercy of Carpet Bagger Rule.
Loyal negroes like Wylie and Becky were persuaded or forced to leave the land and protection of their former masters....
But President Johnson finally got up the courage to remove Sheridan by giving him another assignment, and at last, people could start rebuilding their ravaged country again. Isaac and Mary Dotson lived out their lives at Blue Ridge. Of the twelve children born to them, eight daughters and one son lived to have families of their own....
The daughters were:
Parlee married Gabe Worden
Nancy married Sam Jones
Elzora married Ben Eakles
Alice J. married George McCoy
Annie L. married Tom Wyrick
Nettie C. married Ferd. Simms
Edna married Lige Parker
Mollie married Green Dowland
The son James Pinckney Dotson married Leanna Helen McKinney. Later moved to the Chickasaw nation in Indian Territory. He was appointed by Gov. Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation to survey and settle the Indians on their allotments.
Biography
1831 - 1903 C. S. A. Soldier
Isaac Jefferson Dotson, son of Thomas Jefferson Dotson and Sally Ann Dotson, was born near Russellville, Arkansas in 1831 and came with his parents to now Blue Ridge, Collin County, Texas sometime in the 1840's. In 1856 he married his distant cousin, Mary Jane Hanson, daughter of James and Jerushia Hanson, and granddaughter of George Washington Smith, who fought in the War of Texas Independence, and who had early settled in this “Ridge” settlement.
Ike Dotson traded his horse and saddle for his land – where the present Blue Ridge High school stands. The young couple were happily making themselves a home on their land near her grandfather’s when the Civil War began. Taking his own horse and gun Ike enlisted at once. Young Mary with two baby daughters and expecting a third child, courageously carried on the clearing and planting with the help of their one good slave couple, Wylie and Becky, who had a family of small children of their own.
In August 1861 Isaac Dotson was badly wounded at the Battle of Wilson Creek near Springfield, Missouri. With other wounded, both Union and Confederate, he was carried from the field and became a prisoner - patient at an old Catholic institution being used as a Union hospital. Here he was given medical attention and his wounds dressed but the minnie ball was too near his heart to be removed and he carried it the rest of his life....
when he was exchanged, this young Texian came riding home with quite a few “Yankee” dollars in his saddle pockets. These went to buy some black waxy acres near his own small place....
After a short time of convalescence, Isaac Dotson went back into Service. On March 1, 1862 he was mustered into Capt. Hezekiah Warden’s Co., 16th Reg., Texas Cavalry Volunteers. Commanded by Col. Wm. Fitzhugh of Collin County.
Later on we find Isaac Dotson stationed at Ft. Washita in the Indian Territory north of Red River, serving the Confederacy as dispatcher between Ft. Washita, Boggy Depot, and Ft. Smith and between the armies of Van Dorn and Price.
For him this was a good assignment. He was near enough home that an occasional furlough enabled him to help and advise Mary on running the farm and her other endeavors, which by this time included a project sponsored by their Collin County friend, James W. Throckmorton, who was gaining influence in the confederate administration. He managed to get a contract for the women to weave material and make it up into suits for the men and officers of the Confederate Army. Mary, being an accomplished seamstress, was a leader in this patriotic work.
Isaac continued at Ft. Washita until the end of the war.... Their fourth child, a son, was born July 5, 1865, and the little long dresses which awaited him were of “cream colored calico with a tiny pink rosebud”, which Mary had purchased of Ben Rhine’s Store at McKinney, paying the price of thirty five dollars per yard in Confederate money.
After the War, with his surviving neighbors, Isaac came home hoping to work his land and live in peace as before.
In 1866 Throckmorton was elected governor of Texas and began at once to bring back order to the country. He proposed a plan whereby, if agreed to by both parties, freed slaves could remain in their homes and sharecrop their former master’s land. This would provide a way for both the ex-slave and the ex-master to feed their families in this time of terrible hunger and hardship. Wylie and Becky chose to remain, as did many other negroes in the Blue Ridge area.
But the ax fell again. General Phillip Sheridan, the popular hero of Northern Radicals because of his bold blows on the dying Confederacy, was made commander of the 5th Military District, which included Texas. The hard blunt Sheridan welcomed a chance to punish and humiliate the people of the South. He soon removed the elected Texas Governor, James W. Throckmorton from office and the country was at the mercy of Carpet Bagger Rule.
Loyal negroes like Wylie and Becky were persuaded or forced to leave the land and protection of their former masters....
But President Johnson finally got up the courage to remove Sheridan by giving him another assignment, and at last, people could start rebuilding their ravaged country again. Isaac and Mary Dotson lived out their lives at Blue Ridge. Of the twelve children born to them, eight daughters and one son lived to have families of their own....
The daughters were:
Parlee married Gabe Worden
Nancy married Sam Jones
Elzora married Ben Eakles
Alice J. married George McCoy
Annie L. married Tom Wyrick
Nettie C. married Ferd. Simms
Edna married Lige Parker
Mollie married Green Dowland
The son James Pinckney Dotson married Leanna Helen McKinney. Later moved to the Chickasaw nation in Indian Territory. He was appointed by Gov. Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation to survey and settle the Indians on their allotments.
