Featured Discussions - Genealogy Wise2024-03-29T09:33:07Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/group/mostwantedancestorslostandfound/forum/topic/list?feed=yes&xn_auth=no&featured=1EVAN/EVIN DOBKINS-The Mystery Mantag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-07-19:3463583:Topic:746582009-07-19T12:04:57.114ZCarol Dobkins Keithhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/CarolDobkinsKeith
John A. Dobkins/Dobikin (often referred to as Capt. John, or John, Jr.) and his wife, Elizabeth, had at least 4 sons; and I believe may have had one or two more. The four known are Jacob, Reuben, Evan, and John. The various Dobkins and Dobkins-related family lines have, over the years, tracked down most of the information on Jacob and Reuben and their families; and a slight amount on John and his family. All we know of Evan Dobkins is that he married Margaret Johnson in 1775 in Shenandoah…
John A. Dobkins/Dobikin (often referred to as Capt. John, or John, Jr.) and his wife, Elizabeth, had at least 4 sons; and I believe may have had one or two more. The four known are Jacob, Reuben, Evan, and John. The various Dobkins and Dobkins-related family lines have, over the years, tracked down most of the information on Jacob and Reuben and their families; and a slight amount on John and his family. All we know of Evan Dobkins is that he married Margaret Johnson in 1775 in Shenandoah County, VA. By about 1789, if not before, they had migrated to Washington/Greene Counties, Tennessee. At that time, depending upon who needed tax money, or who didn't want to help the settlers combat the Indian uprisings, the area Evan settled in was alternately claimed or not claimed, by Virginia, North Carolina and the the State of Franklin. Therefore, records were passed back and forth, many were destroyed-family Bibles went up in smoke with the cabins, etc. Add all of this to the fact that for the most part, the Dobkins "tribe" has subscribed to the theories of "Mind your own business", and "Live and let live"--meaning they knew little of their neighbors; and their neighbors knew virtually nothing of them.<br />
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This brings me to the mystery. Evan disappears soon after performing a marriage in Washington County, TN (he was a minister) and obtaining a land grant in Sevier County, TN. Nothing is known of who his children were or when and where Evan and his wife, Margaret Johnson died. HELP!!!