Unless otherwise noted all locations are in Rabun County, Georgia. Notes I don't yet know who the mother(s) of Alfred's children were. Alfred was married at least twice. Habersham County records have an Alfred Dockins married to Thena Starrett in 1828. I no longer know if this Alfred Dockins is the right one. See the other Alfred Dockins below. He married Nancy Cannon in 1850 according to Rabun County records. "Sketches of Rabun County" by A. J. Ritchie says that Alfred and Nancy had no children. Alfred bought lot 33, 250 acres, of the 5th district in Rabun County from Martin Kell on 23-Nov-1829. He also bought lot 149 (40 acres) of the 13th district from James Watt Ellard on 27-Jan-1839. According to the 1850 Rabun County Census, Alfred had acquired 300 acres of land. Census information on Alfred is as follows. 1850 - 50 years old, farmer, born in NC, married to Nancy (Cannon). 1870 - 68 years old and farming for a living. 1880 - 79 years old and living with his neighbor William Ellard. Second Generation Alfred's Children Benjamin (5-Feb-1831) - (30-Nov-1899) is buried in Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. John Tennessee (Jack) b 1832 Alfred Mitchell (31-Jul-1835) - (28-Feb-1917) is buried in Libery Baptist Church Cemetery. James M. b 1836. Ann b 1838. Martha b.1840 Andrew b. 1842 Alfred Jr. b. 1844 Notes Military Service Third Generation Benjamin and Airy Amanda Wall's Children Mary Jane (18-Nov-1856) - (1-May-1921) Martha M. (27-Mar-1859) - (3-Apr-1906) Siblayane E b.1861 Nancy Adeline b.1863 Lafayette B.(8-May-1866) - (15-Apr-1941) is buried in Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. John Beck (12-Feb-1868) - (31-Dec-1939) is buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery John b. 1875 Notes John Beck Dockins served as Rabun County Sherrif for 2 terms. Alfred Mitchell and Saleena Matilda Pitts' Children (married on 29-Jan-1875) A. S. b. 1873 Olive b. 1876 Clayton Mitchell (18-Feb-1877) - (18-Oct -1941) is buried in Pickens, SC. Monterella Maude b. 1879 Carrie L. (1886) - (25-Aug-1957) James Mitchell (1-Jan-1887) - (21-Apr -1970) Fannie b.1888 Notes According to the 1920 US Census, Saleena Matilda Pitts Dockins and her daughters Maude, Carrie and Fannie were living at 839 Kitson St, Greenwood SC in 1920. Military Service Clayton Mitchell Dockins served in the Spanish American and the first world war. He also served as a guard on the Mexican Border. He volunteered in the Spanish American War and served from 8/11/1898 - 4/22/1899 in Co. K, 3rd GA Infantry. He entered the service at Camp Northern, Mt. Airy, GA and mustered out at Camp Sevier in Greenville, SC. He spent 3 months in Cuba during the American occupation. Clayton next volunteered from 2/16/1916 - 12/20/1916 and spent 3 months on the Mexican Border (El Paso, TX). Then from 2/1917 - 2/18/1918 Clayton volunteered in WWI and served in Co. C, 118th Infantry, 30th Division. James M. and Nancy J.'s Children Martha L. b 1859 Amanda b. 1864 James Jr. b. 1865 Matthew A. b. 1867 Lexington S. b.1869 Fanny R. b.1873 George B. b.1876 Jesse M. b. 1878 Andrew and Mary Catherine Jones Children Nancy Thena b.1869 Amanda M. b.1871 Cordelia E. b.1879 John T. and Hester J Cannon's Children (married 12/31/1857) Hiram Dudley (16-Feb-1858) - (3-Nov-1924) L. Matthew (1882 - 1953) Fourth Generation Jesse M and Bertie Dockins' Children Ethel b.1899 D.G. b.1904 John M. b.1907 Mary Jane Dockins and J. M. Crisp's Children (married on 1-Mar-1881) No information Martha M. Dockins and William C. Norton's Children No information Siblayane E. Dockins and John Norton's Children No information Nancy Adeline Dockins and Ranson Hunt's Children No information Lafayette B. and Cansadie Page's Children Rance (1895 - 1973) Gertrude Rhodes (1902 - 1986) John Beck and Flora Ritchie's Children Lex John Beck and Laura M. Dockins' Children Irene Clayton Mitchell and Annie Dean Boatwright's Children Roy Stanton (23-Oct-1901) - (1-May-1985) born in Pelzer, SC and died in Charleston, SC Joseph M. (15-Jun-1904) - (24-Dec-1962) buried in Graniteville, SC Clayton Mitchell Jr. (11-Nov-1913) - (1-Feb-1968) William Tripp (31-Aug-1916) - (21-Jun-1989) Clayton Mitchell and Eva Marie Holder's Children Living Dockins James Mitchell and Bertha Lee McClain's Children (married 1908) Rex Alfred (28-Feb-1909) - (22-Nov-1985) born in Rabun County and died in Bexar County, TX. Ruel Wallace (3-Apr-1912) - (6-May-1987) born in Rabun County and died in San Antonio, TX. AM (Alfred M.) (1-Nov-1916) - (17-Nov-1943) Esther James Mitchell and Vernelle Caroline Moseley's Children (married 7-Jun-1941) Mary Elizabeth (12-Sep-1943) - (2-Jul-1986) My mother Notes James Mitchell (Jim) Dockins, my grandfather, was a farmer when he moved from Rabun County, Georgia to Greenwood County, SC. In 1920 he was living at 208 Jackson St., Greenwood SC and working in the Old Greenwood Cotton Mill cloth room. Grandpa's first wife Bertha (Birdie) Lee McClain (7-Sept-1891) - (29-Feb-1924) died at 32 years old. In 1936, Grandpa filled out an application for a social security number and provided the following information: father: Mitchell Dockins, mother: Matilda Pitts, birthplace: Rabun, Georgia. Grandpa married Vernelle Caroline Moseley (6-May-1914) - (25-Apr-1962), my grandmother, on June 7, 1941. I met him and spent an afternoon with him in 1965. I remember him as the largest man I've ever seen in person. He was so tall that his head touched the headliner in the car even when he slouched in the seat. He was 75 years old. Grandpa died in Greenwood County in the town of Greenwood at the Taylor Memorial Nursing Home on April 21, 1970. He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Greenwood, Greenwood County, in an unmarked grave between his two wives. Grandpa's death certificate has the following: father: Alfred Mitchell Dockins, mother: Matilda Pitts. Nancy Thena Dockins and Walter Lafayette Smith's Children No Information Hiram Dudley and Rebecca E. Wall's Children Ballenger T. (1881 - 1957) Lula L. b. 1889 James Benjamin (1892 - 1968) Annie (1890 - 1918) Andrew L. b. 1900 L. Matthew and Mary Magnolia Woodall's Children Clara B. b.1906 Carrie L. (1907 - 1910) Fifth Generation Rex Alfred and Ethel Freida Greigg's Children Emma Rexene (5-Nov-1941) - (23-May-1989) Living Dockins Ruel Wallace and Jane Ann Sezeck's Children Nancy Ann b.1948 AM (Alfred M.) and ?????? Children No Information Mary Elizabeth and ?????????'s Children Ronald James Dockins (????????) - (17-Jun-1960) Mary Elizabeth and ???????? Children Darlene Jeffee (25-Feb-1962) - (29-Mar-1983) Living Dockins Living Dockins Notes My mother, Mary Elizabeth Dockins provided the following information on her social security application: father: James Mitchell Dockins, mother: Vernelle Moseley. Milatary Service Rex, Ruel and AM served in the army and then in the army air corps. Rex and Ruel retired from service. Unfortunately, AM died in a plane crash about two miles southeast of Cord, Arkansas. He is buried in Rest Haven Cemetery in Shawnee, OK. He was 27 years old. |
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According to "A Dictionary of Surnames" by Patrick Hauks and Flavia Hodges, the Dockins
surname originates from the surname Daw which is a pet form of David.
The surname Dawkins has the same origin. I have found examples of known
DOCKINS that had their name spelled as DAWKINS or DOCKENS. It is possible
that this was a mistake of the recorder of the documents and with the latter
that is certainly possible, but with one exception I've found DAWKINS only on
records dating before 1825. |
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Other Alfred Mitchell Dockins Alfred Mitchell Dockins/Dawkins of Habersham County Georgia This Alfred was born 23-April-1841. According to the 1850 Habersham County census, his mother and father were John, born 1808 in SC, and Mary DOCKINS. I have his confederate pension records and know for a fact that there is no known connection between him and the Alfred from Rabun County. Could this be a nephew of Alfred of Rabun County??? The chances of 2 men with the same name living this close together with no connection is astronomical. There is also a John Dockins that served in the same confederate unit, Company E, 16th Georgia Infantry, as the Habersham Alfred. I think that this was the Habersham Alfred's father because the confederate salt records have a Mary Dockins from Habersham County as a widow of a confederate soldier and as the mother of a confederate soldier. Mary is the only woman who qualifies. The 1880 Habersham census has an "A N" Dockins and a Virginia and Betty and Willie with the same birth years. I think that this is the same pe Alfred Mitchell Dockins, because his mother Mary Dockins, 70 years old, is in the same house and her age matches the Mary Dockins on the 1850 Habersham County Census.. |
