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Jemima Cofer Dawson

Jemima Cofer Dawson

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 11:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cofer, Salmons, Dawson
Need help in making a connection for a DAR application. Jemima Cofer, daughter of Josias, married Robert Salmons. Two children - Robert Depriest Salmons b 1805 and Jessie James Salmon b 1804 in Bedford Co. Robert died young and Jemima married Pleasant Dawson in 1815. Need proof of relationship of the two Roberts. Jessie was in Amherst Co VA in 1850 and 1880 and likely died there. Robert Depriest Salmons came to Kanawha County WV and married Elizabeth Deborah Marshall. Have not found a death, marriage or any other record that names his parents. Any help will be appreciated.

Re: Jemima Cofer Dawson

Posted: 6 Jun 2015 4:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Salmons, Cofer, Dawson, Marshall, Milam, Higginbotham, Tucker, McCutcheon, Shelton, Neil
It has been about 50 years since I gathered the information you are seeking from records in the Bedford County C.H. while looking for my ancestors.I knew my G Grandfathers middle name was Depriest and that led me to his grandparents records in Goochland Co. They were John Salmons and Naomi Depriest who moved from Goochland to Bedford where John died , leaving a will naming children, among whom were son Robert, b. 1770, who married Jemima Cofer, daughter of Josias.
Robert also left a will in Bedford providing for his two sons by leaving them one slave apiece.
I regret not having a reproducible copy of this will to send you. I may yet have a copy of the will John Salmons left in Bedford in 1791 should you be interested in that. Since you did not mention your line of descent, I am not aware of how the information on the two Robert Salmonses will fit into the solution to your problem. Perhaps with a little more explanation from you I can look for more definitive data in my records. I am a direct descendant of Robert Depriest Salmons through his son Robert Allen Salmons and his son Jerome Clifton Salmons who was my father. Feel free to e-mail me with any comments questions or family data you have in which you think I would be interested. My address is well_aqua@yahoo.com.
Jerome C. Salmons, Jr.
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