Newton-Gwinnett County GaArchives Biographies.....Dollar, William December 2, 1789 - January 6, 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: JOHN SIMMONS http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007486 July 30, 2018, 10:54 pm Source: Personal research of author Author: John Simmons William was born in either Berkeley or Frederick County in Virginia in 1789. He was the son of William Dollar and Ruth Beasley. His parents had been married in 1780 in that area of Virginia. His father had served as a private in the Revolutionary War with the 2nd Virginia Regiment. His father came from Wales. William was the fourth oldest of his siblings known to survive into adulthood. He lived with his parents, brothers, and sisters in Virginia. In about the year 1790 he moved with his family to Laurens District in South Carolina. After about 1810 his parents and other siblings moved from South Carolina to Franklin County, Indiana Territory. William and his brother, Joseph, remained in South Carolina. After reaching manhood living and working on his father's small plantation he was married to Verlinda Prather in 1813. William's brother Joseph had married Hannah Prather. Virlinda and Hannah were sisters. William and Verlinda started a family. William was living in Laurens District in 1820. He had two children, one male and one female under age 10 by that time. Between 1820 and 1830 he moved his family to Newton County in Georgia and was living there in 1830. While living in Newton County, William was a fortunate drawer in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery. William and Verlinda lived and worked the farm and raised their family. They continued there life there in Newton County from the 1830s through the 1860s. War came to the south and to Georgia in 1861. William and Verlinda saw four of their sons off to war fighting for the Confederacy. After the war he and his family had to endure the devastation of the war and even more with the Reconstruction period He and Verlinda were still living in Newton County near Covington. William lost his wife in 1878. He was lonely after the death of his wife so he later moved to Sugar Hill, Gwinnett County, Georgia and was living with his son William H. Dollar and his family in 1880. William passed away in 1897 at the age of 107. William Dollar Jr. was born during Washington's administration. He lived through our nation's history including the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the the War between the States. William and Verlinda had the following children: Jesse b. 28 August 1814 Mary b. 12 March 1817 John Arch b. 11 June 1825 Joseph W. b. 29 December 1826 William H. b. 24 June 1829 Chaney Albert b. 20 June 1836 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/newton/bios/dollar1053gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb