William Hilliard Dortch1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 1468, (1805 - 1835)
FatherCapt. Isaac Dortch4,5
MotherMartha Norfleet5 (abt 1774 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 19 Oct 18056,7,8
Marriage: 21 Nov 1827, Marina Turner Bryan (18 Mar 1811 - 7 Dec 1890)9,10,11
Death: 12 Aug 1835, Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee12,13

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Narrative:

     William Hilliard Dortch was born on 19 Oct 1805.6,7,8
     William married Marina Turner Bryan, daughter of Col. Henry Hunter Bryan and Elizabeth Ann Averett, on 21 Nov 1827.9,10,11
     He was a lawyer. He was clerk of the Circuit Court of Robertson Co., Tennessee, serving there as late as May 1833.14,15 By Oct 1834 he had been appointed clerk of the Tennessee Chancery Court, Western Division, in Dickson Co.16,17
     William was named an executor in the will of Col. Henry Hunter Bryan, his wife's father, dated 12 Jan 1835.18
     William and Marina moved to Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee, shortly before his death.
     William died on 12 Aug 1835 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee, at age 29.12,13

Children:
     Children with Marina Turner Bryan:

  • Dr. George C. Dortch19,5,4 (abt 27 Nov 1828 - 10 Sep 1904)
  • William T. Dortch20,5 (23 May 1833 - 22 Aug 1913)

Citations

  1. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows name as William Hilliard Dortch.
  2. [S1023] "Death of Mrs. Cobb," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 9 Dec 1890, shows name as Wm H. Dortch.
  3. [S645] Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, pg 300, show name as William Dortch.
  4. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570.
  5. [S645] Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, pg 300.
  6. [S2303] Kilbury-Cobb, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, granddaughter of Joshua Cobb, with notarized statement that they were from a Bible in her possession, shows date.
  7. [S10082] Wm. H. Dortch obituary, National Banner and Nashville Whig, shows in 31st year at death 12 Aug 1835.
  8. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows year, as c. 1800.
  9. [S1023] "Death of Mrs. Cobb," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 9 Dec 1890, shows date.
  10. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows year.
  11. [S10065] "Queries and Answers," pg 632, shows married.
  12. [S10082] Wm. H. Dortch obituary, National Banner and Nashville Whig, shows date and town.
  13. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows year 1834.
  14. [S10083] Legal advertisement, National Banner and Nashville Daily Advertiser, 6 May 1833, shows him as clerk and master, and court.
  15. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows occupation as lawyer.
  16. [S10084] Legal advertisement, National Banner and Nashville Whig, 24 Oct 1834, shows him as clerk and master, and court.
  17. [S10082] Wm. H. Dortch obituary, National Banner and Nashville Whig, shows him lately appointed clerk.
  18. [S8704] Will Books, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, G:222-3, will of Henry H. Byran, July term 1835.
  19. [S1023] "Death of Mrs. Cobb," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 9 Dec 1890.
  20. [S10085] William T. Dortch obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.