George Dawson

NOT AN ANCESTOR This person is not in my direct ancestry. Their relationship to known members of my family is currently a matter of active research, specifically the research attempting to vet the accuracy of genealogical data found in Fred Albert Dawson's Sons of the American Revolution application. This page was made to help collect information about this person for use in the research.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth
Marriage	10 Nov 1836	Henry Co., IN	Rebecca Church
Death	1840<x<1850
Burial

Children

(children with ?)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	BLM Land Grant Certificate for George Dawson of Hancock Co., IN, indicating that he now owns 77.81 acres in the "the west half of the north west quarter of Section 4 in Township 16 North of Range 6 East..." [NB: This is about 6 miles NW of Greenfield, IN.] The certificate is dated 11 May 1835.
2	BLM Land Grant Certificate for George Dawson of Hancock Co., IN, indicating that he now owns 80 acres in the "the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 32 in Township 17 North of Range 7 East..." [NB: This is about 5 miles due north of Greenfield, IN.] The certificate is dated 20 May 1835.
2	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has an entry for Rebecca Church marrying George Dawson on 10 Nov 1836 in Henry Co., IN.
3	1850 U.S. Federal Census for Centre Township, Hancock Co., IN, dated 11 Sep 1850, page 16. Lines 23-26: Rebecca Dawson, 49, lives with her son Jesse Dawson, 13, her daughter Orinda Dawson, 10, and her son Lee Dawson, 8. Rebecca was born in NH, the children were born in IN.