Seventh Generation


384. Samuel Worthington DORSEY was born on 23 April 1811.1124 He was buried in 1875 in St John's Cemetery, , Howard, MD.1125 He died on 18 October 1875 at the age of 64 in Tensas Parish, LA.1126 Samuel has reference number 839. Lived in Tensas Parish, LA and Mississippi - had large land holdings and many slaves - lost most during the Civil War.

Samuel Worthington DORSEY and Sarah Ann ELLIS were married on 19 June 1853.1127,1128,1129 Adams County is on the southwest border of Mississippi - the county seat is Natchez. Sarah Ann ELLIS served in the military Jefferson Davis captured on 12 May 1865 in Irwinville, GA.1130 She signed a will on 4 January 1878 in Beauvoir, Harrison, MS.1131 She has reference number 857.