Ritchie County, WV: Buck Run Cemetery ******************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ******************************************************************* The following information is made available courtesy of: THE RITCHIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AUG/SEPT 1973 NEWSLETTER VOL I NO III ******************************************************************* BUCK RUN CEMETERY, NEAR TOLL GATE, RITCHIE COUNTY, WV contributed by BARR WILSON Thomas Dotson - Died 28 Dec. 1847, in the 45th year os his life. Ruth W., wife of Thomas Dotson - Died 17 April 1879 in the 73rd year of her age. ***He was a brother of Emmanuel. See History of Ritchie County. She would have been born before 17 April 1806. Her maiden name was Ruth GREGG, daughter of George Gregg. See Quaker Greggs pages 190 & 200 Mary E., daughter of T. and R. Dotson Died 15 Sept 1848 age 8 years Malvina, daughter of T. and R. Dotson Died 8 May 1851 age 17 years (Children of Thomas Dotson and Ruth Gregg.) Marshall Dotson 1844-1888 Mary E. Dotson 1849-1934 He was son of Thomas Dotson and Ruth Gregg. Ellis Dotson Born 15 Feb 1840 Died 6 Oct 1905 He was son of Thomas Dotson and Ruth Gregg. He is the father of Daniel, Lheman, Mrs. George Garner. Marth, wifeof John dotson Died 14 April 1851 in 23rd year. John Dotson was a son of "Aunt Polly Dotson". John Dotson was a brother of Mary Dotson Gregg. page 190 & 200 Quaker Greggs Susan D. Dotson 1841-1929 Cyrun M. Dotson 1839-1932 They are not buried together. Her maiden name was Susan Doll. Joseph M. Dotson Born 19 July 1873 Died 17 Dec. 1905 Theodosie Dotson Born 9 Nov. 1877 Died 5 Dec. 1951 He is a son of Cyrus Dotson and Susan Doll. She is a daughter of Jacob Dotson and Hannah Doak. Thomas D. Dotson Jr. 1892-1951 He burned to death in his home near No. 9 Tunnel. He was a son of Thomas Dotson and a grand-son of Cyrus Dotson and Susan Doll. Littleton Dotson Sr. 1960-1941 He is a brother of Jacob, Keener, James, Columbus, Rilla (Smith), Armstrong (grand-father of Mrs. Barr Wilson - buried at Duckworth Cemetry). Littleton Dotson Jr. 1882-1946 Bertha Dotson 1902- 19__. He is the son of Littleton Dotson. Her maiden name was Bertha Thomas. She is a grand-daughter of John Thomas and Mary A. Gregg. Jacob Dotson 1842-1932 Hannah dotson 1848-1922 He is a brother of Littleton Dotson. Her name was Hannah Doak. John Wesley Dotson Born 12 March 1868 Died ______________ Mary PRIMM, His wife Born 12 Aug 1871 Died 13 March 1916 He was a son of Oliver Dotson and Mary Ann Waters (sister of Wesley Waters) Nichols - page 252 Quaker Greggs. They were children of the Rev. John Waters. Oliver Dotson and Mary Ann Waters graves are not marked. Porter Dotson, Melvina Dotson, and Miranda Dotson, children of Oliver Dotson and Mary Ann Waters are buried here but their graves are not marked. Genefie Dotson, daughter of Porter Dotson and _______ Leeson, is buried here but her grave is not marked. Joseph Dotson 1827-1893 Christina Dotson 1838-1919 He is a son of "Aunt Polly Dotson". Joseph M., son of Christena and Joseph Dotson Born 17 Dept. 1877 Died 22 Dec. 1899 Sarah I., daughter of J. and C. Dotson Died 18 Feb. 1872 Age 2 years Eliza, daughter of Cyrus and Susan (Doll) Dotson Born 20 Oct. 1867 Died 14 Aug 1883 Lawson Dotson 1848-1918 Delilla, his wife 1847-1903 Dorcas E. Dotson Born 20 Oct. 1847 Died 4 May 1871 Sarah E. Dotson Born 11 Oct. 1845 Died 25 March 1926 Charles Wesley Dotson Born 4 March 1844 Died 19 Sept. 1904 Sarah Ann Dotson Born 29 April 1859 Died 31 Jan. 1893 John Thomas Mary A. Thomas, wife of J. A. Thomas Born 4 March 1844 Died 7 Oct. 1897 He is a brother of Elias Thomas. Her maiden name was gregg. He is the grand-father of Bertha Dotson, Stella Doak and Izetta Thomas. She is a daughter of Elza Gregg and Mary Dotson. 1850 Census of Ritchie County gives her age as 12 years. There is no marker at John Thomas's grave. Sherman F. Thomas 1866-1932 Rebecca Ann Thomas 1873-1920 He is a son of John A. Thomas and Mary A. Gregg. He is father of Izetta Thomas and Charley Thomas. Lemon Dotson Born 8 Oct. 1872 Died 25 March 1964 Typhena, wife of Lemon Dotson Born 27 July 1873 Died 14 April 1903 He is a son of Ellis Dotson. She is his first wife. There are two and may have been more after her. John M. Dotson Born 5 Aug. 1862 Died 19 Feb. 1887 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Addie Dotson 1893-1962 She is wife of Thomas J. Dotson Jr. 1892-1951 Charles W. Dotson 1874-1966 Minnie E. Dotson 1884-1959 He is the father of : Mrs. Howard Poole, Mrs. William Collins and Everett Dotson. E. Daniel Dotson 1870-1961 Laura A. Dotson 1877-1946 He is the son of Ellis Dotson. He married Bertha Dotson (widow of Littleton Dotson Jr.) for his second wife. Frederick N. Dotson 1859-1943 Nancy C. Dotson 1858-1941 Her maiden name is Nancy C. Loveall. She was sister of George Loveall. His father lived in the head of the hollow below the road that goes over the hill to Sugar run. Fred Dotson lived in the right hand fork of this hollow. Theodosia and Joe Dotson lived at the forks of the hollow. I do not know his father's name. Columbus Dotson He is a son of Ben Dotson and brother of Armstrong Dotson. He is buried here but his grave is not marked. His sister "Rilla Dotson Smith" is buried in Gnats Run Cemetry. Ben Dotson and his wife, Melinda Dotson, are probably buried here. They are the parents of Armstrong, Columbus, Rilla, Littleton Sr., Jacob, James, and others. Melinda Dotson's maiden name was Melinda Dotson. She came from Long Run or Deep Valley. Keener Dotson, another son is buried in the vicinity of Newark, Wirt County. ********************************************************************