Thomas Dooley was born about 1725 in Ulster, Ireland and died 1783 in Augusta (now Rockingham) County, VA. Court records located in Orange County, VA indicates "he was shortly imported into this country from Ireland. This was an oath taken to enable him to obtain 50 acres of land in the Colony. In May, 1752 a Thomas Dooling proved his importation into Virginia from Ireland. He married Elizabeth Fennel in 1755 and shortly after, purchased 300 acres from John Goodall and then a 189 acre tract from Jonathan Coward.
Dooley, formerly O'Dooley and originally in Gaelic O'Dubhlaoich, is a common Irish surname, found principally in County Offaly (formerly called County Kings, southwest of Dublin.
It is not known when Elizabeth Fennel was born or exactly when she died. It is known that she had a daughter named Jane McMullan. It is possible that Elizabeth was some how related to Bennet Beasley of Orange County, VA. Thomas Dooley was one of the purchasers at his estate sale. If so, then Capt. William Dula, son of Thomas Dooley, and his wife Theodosia Beasley may have been related. In Rockingham Co., the Thomas Dooley family lived near Bennet Beasley's son, Capt. Jeremiah Beasley, who was married to his cousin Sarah Beasley, an older sister of Theodosia.
In 1840 the part of Wilkes County where the Dulas lived, became Caldwell County.
Children of Thomas Dula and Elizabeth Fennell
Children of Thomas Dula, Jr. and Lucy Webb
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Children of Margaret Dula and John Rains
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Children of Capt. William C. Dula and Mrs. Theodosia Beasley McMullan
Willam Dula and Mrs. Theodosia Beasley McMullin eloped and after four children were born to them, they married. Thomas fought in Revolution and served under Capt. Hopkins, Capt. Laird and Capt. Jeremiah Beasley. The fought the British in VA, PA, NY and NJ. He is buried in the family graveyard on Dula Hill. His tombstone reads as follows:
"In Memory of Captain William Dula -- born September, 1755, died January 16, 1835. Captain Dula was a patroit and soldier in the Revolution and served in more than one engagemnet in the War for American Independence. He was a kind husband and father, ever ready to extend charity to the poort and much esteemed by those who knew him."
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Children of John Dula and 2) Mrs. Susannah Allison Brown
Bennet Dula moved to TN and arrested for the murder of William Patton. On October 14, 1834, he was in the Jasper County jail awaiting trial. Results are not known
After the death of John Dula, his widow spent her last years in the home of his niece, Mrs. Milly Dula Horton, widow of General William Horton.
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Children of Judith Dula and Thomas Hall
(William Dula Hall was reared by Capt. William Dula. He was a natural son of one of the Dula women, probably Judith. He moved to Ebert County, GA shorty after his marriage in 1801.
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Children of Bennett Dula and Anna Stowe
William Lee Maguire Dula is thought to be a natural son of Bennett Dula. William was about six years old when he arrived in Wilkes County, NC
Children of Capt. Thomas Beasley Dula and Elizabeth Hulme
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Children of Elizabeth Betsy Dula and Capt. John Witherspoon
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Children of William Beasley "Buck" Dula and Sarah Pogue
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Children of Alfred Dula and Elizabeth Wadkins
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Children of William Lee Maguire Dula and Mary "Polly" Ferguson
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Children of Thomas P. Dula and Mary Keaton
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Children of Sarah Dula and William Ferguson
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Children of John "Jack" Dula and Mary Privett
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Children of Jefferson Dula and Ally "Polly" McGee
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Children of Mary Eliza Dula and Thomas Ferguson, Jr.
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Children of Riley Dula and Susanna Thorington
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Children of Bennett J. Dula and Minerva Adeline Brown
Children of William Hulme Dula and Sarah Howard Witherspoon
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Children of Thomas Beasley Dula and Amanda Caroline Jones
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Children of James Alfred Dula and 1) Elizabeth Evelyn Corpening
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James Alfred Dula (1812-1884) and 2) Harriet Harshaw
Harriet came to the Belvoir plantation as a slave when James Alfred Dula purchased her from one of the Harshaw plantations nearby. She had with her two children, Solomon and Amanda. James Alfred Dula was know to his family as "Squire." It is said that at his death James left a sum of money for the children he fathered by Harriet to retain legal counsel to help them keep the property he had passed to them. (Caldwell County Hertiage, 1983)
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Children of James Wesley Dula and Margaret Bradshaw
Seth enlised in Co. I, 26th NC Regt. on July 25, 1861. Present and accounted for until wounded at Gettsburg, PA, July 1, 1863. Deserted on an unspecified date because "he heard his wife had a little one, and he could not resist going home to see it." Returned to duty on an unspecified date. Court-martialed and sentenced to be shot. Sentence remitted on a unspecified date and he rejoined his company. Present or accounted for until killed at Bristoe Station, VA, October 14, 1863, while "leading the charge." (NC Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Volume VII, 1979, Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr. Ed.)
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Children of Sidney Patterson Dula and Jane Eliza Connelly
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Children of Larkin Dula and Sarah Jane Houston
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Children of Harrison Harvey Dula and Cynthia Triplett
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Children of Thomas Maguire Dula and Anny Triplett
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Children of William Leander Dula and Thensay Ledosia Prior
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Children of George Anderson Dula and Mary Eliza Stennett
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Children of James Horton Dula and Orilla Dula
Wayne Moore generously contributed material for this page. Thank you, Wayne! The Dooley/Dula family have ties to no less than twelve families that are presented on this site. Wayne's e-mail address is: bevway4033@juno.com and he would like to correspond with anyone that is interested in or has information on this family.
First Generation
Capt. William C. Dula (1755-1835) m. Mrs. Theodosia Beasley McMullan (1755-1844)
d/o James Beasley and Anne Reynolds
Thomas Dula, Jr. (1760) m. Lucy Webb, d/o Merry Webb and Elizabeth
Margaret Dula (1765) m. John Rains, Sr. (abt. 1756-1847)
John Dula (1760-1846) m. 2) Mrs. Susannah Allison Brown (1759-?), d/o William and Lucy Allison
Judith Dula (abt. 1762-1809) m. Thomas Hall (1755-1831)
Bennett Dula (abt. 1764-1822) m. Anna Stowe (1772-?) (died in Wilkes County, NC)
Elizabeth Dula (abt. 1768) m. James Rea/Ray, Jr.
Mary "Polley" Dula (abt. 1774-1849) m. James Benjamin Kendall (abt. 1774-abt. 1857)
Jane Jean Dula (abt. 1777-?) m. John McMullan, Jr. (1776-?)
Second Generation
Jesse B. Dooley (abt. 1775)
Mary "Polly" Rains (1800)
Capt. Thomas Beasley Dula (1782-1829) m. Elizabeth Hulme (1788-1865),
d/o Maj. Hulme and Susan Patterson
Elizabeth Betsy Dula (1784-1864) m. Capt. John Witherspoon (1779-1863)
Ann Nancy Dula (1786-1846) m. Col. Catlett Jones, s/o George Jones and Phebe Foster
William Beasley "Buck" Dula (1788-1856) m. Sarah Pogue (1793-?)
Mildred Amelia Dula (1792-1869) Gen. William Horton, s/o Col. Horton and Elizabeth Eagles
Sarah Dula (1797-1884)
Thomas Dula (abt. 1804-?) m. Elizabeth Foster (abt. 1807-?) (first cousins)
Bennet Dula (abt. 1806)
Alfred Dula (abt. 1808) m. Elizabeth (abt. 1810-1874) (died in Iowa)
William Dula Hall m. Rebecca McKinney
William Lee Maguire Dula (abt. 1785-aft. 1860) m. Mary "Polly" Ferguson (abt. 1795-aft. 1860, d/o Thomas Ferguson and Edith Foster
Judith Dula (1792) m. Lewis Waters (moved to McMinn Co., TN)
Thomas P. Dula (1794-1854) m. Mary Keaton (1800-aft. 1880), d/o Clifton Keeton and Sarah Parr
Sarah Dula (1795-1868) (died in Athens, TN) m. William Ferguson (abt. 1814), s/o Thomas Ferguson and Edith Foster
John "Jack" Dula (1800-1870/79) m. Mary Privett (1804), d/o Macarias Privett
Mary "Polley" Dula (abt. 1805) m. Orrell Livingston
Jefferson Dula (1808-aft.1880) m. Ally "Polly" McGee (1810), d/o Bluford McGee and Mary Allison
Mary Eliza Dula (abt. 1812-?) m. Thomas Ferguson, Jr., s/o Thomas Ferguson and Edith Foster
Riley Dula (abt. 1815-aft. 1870) m. Susanna Thorington (abt. 1824-aft. 1870), d/o James and Charity Thorington
Bennett J. Dula (abt. 1820-aft. 1880) m. Minerva Adeline Brown (abt. 1820-aft.1880)
Third Generation
William Hulme Dula (1806-1856) m. Sarah Howard Witherspoon (1803-1895), d/o Capt. Witherspoon and Elizabeth Dula
Susannah Adeline Dula m. Benjamin S. Martin
Sarah Caroline Dula m. Joshua A. Dinkins
Thomas Beasley Dula (1809-aft. 1880) m. Amanda Caroline Jones (abt 1812-aft. 1880), d/o Thomas Jones and Jane Robins
James Alfred Dula (1812-1884) m. 1) Elizabeth Evelyn Corpening (1814-1846); 2) Harriet Harshaw (1824-1907)
James Wesley Dula (abt. 1819-1855) m. Margaret Bradshaw (1823-aft. 1870)
Sidney Patterson Dula (1825-1876) m. Jane Eliza Connelly (1827-1876), d/o George Connelly and Myra Perkins
Elizabeth Ann Dula (1828-1900) m. John Randolph Catron (1819-1873) (died in Hamilton, MO)
Col. William Pettigrew Witherspoon
Sarah Howard Witherspoon (1803-1895) m. William Hulme Dula (1806-1856)
Marthy "Patsy" Dula (abt. 1812) m. James M. Hendrix (abt. 1804)
Mildred Dula (abt. 1815) m. George W. Hendrix (abt. 1814)
Sandford Dula (abt. 1816)
Thadocia Carolyn Dula (1818-1895) m. Thomas Triplett, Jr., s/o Thomas Triplett and Jane Ferguson
Thomas Dula (abt. 1829)
James E. Dula (1831)
Lucinda Dula (1818-1920) m. Wiley A. Winkler, s/o John Winkler and Mary Pennell
Sylvanus Dula (1832) m. Caroline Holder
Larkin Dula (1834-aft. 1860) m. Sarah Jane Houston (abt.1836-aft. 1870)
Amanda Dula (1837-1932) m. Nathan Horton (1823-1907)
George Hamilton Dula (1840-1905) m. Mary Amelia Woodford (1852-1926) (died in Iowa)
Harrison Harvey Dula (abt. 1817-1858) m. Cynthia Triplett (1817-aft. 1870), d/o Lewis Triplett and Elizabeth Church
Thomas Maguire Dula (1819-1907) m. Anny Triplett (1848-1900), d/o Jesse Triplett and Dicie Gray
Mary (Fanny) Dula (abt. 1826-aft. 1880) m. James McNeal (abt. 1818-aft. 1860)
William Leander Dula (1821-1917) m. Thensay Ledosia Prior (1835-1921)
George Anderson Dula (1829) m. Mary Eliza Stennett
Edith Dula (1833) m. Jesse O. Triplett (1829-1863) (died during Civil War), s/o Martin Triplett and Mary Winifred "Polly" Hall
John Dula (1834-abt. 1862) (killed during Civil War)
Lenny A. Dula (1838-abt. 1862) (died during Civil War)
Thomas C. Dula (1845-1868) (hanged for the murder of Laura Foster)
Eliza Dula (1846) m. Anderson Dula (abt.1840) (they claimed the body of her brother)
Elizabeth Ferguson (1815-1887)
Thomas Ferguson (1818-1840) m. Matilda Ferguson (abt. 1816)
Ann Ferguson (1838) m. Coleman Chapman
John Ferguson (1823-1880) m. Susan Jane Patty
Edith Ferguson (1826-1910) m. 1) Nelson M. Crockett; 2) William J. Patty
William Ferguson, Jr. (1829-1893) m. 1) Caroline Hunt; 2) Ann Dula (1834) (his first cousin)
Riley J. Ferguson (1831-1920) m. Margaret McRoberts (1856)
Wiley T. Ferguson (1831)
Sarah Heloise Ferguson (1834-1867) m. Capt. Lindsay Carson Ferguson (1829-1893)
Martha Eliza Ferguson (1837) m. William Shelton Chesnut (1838-1892)
Mary Angeline Ferguson (1841)
Sarah Dula (1830)
Thomas W. Dula (1832-aft. 1920) m. Laura E. Laxton (abt. 1841-aft. 1920)
Ann Dula (1834-) m. William Ferguson, Jr. (1829-1893) (her first cousin)
William Dula (1837)
Franklin Dula (1840-aft. 1860)
James Horton Dula (1843-1919) m. Orilla Dula (1856-1936), d/o Harrison Harvey Dula and Cynthia (Sintha) Triplett
Thomas Dula (was probably killed during Civil War)
Bennett Dula (abt. 1831-1862) (died during Civil War)
Calvin Dula (abt. 1834-1922) m. Mary Broyhill
Amanda Dula (1836-aft. 1880)
Sarah Dula (1838-1907) m. John Ambrose Foster (1844-aft. 1880)
Lindsey Dula (abt. 1840-1862) (died during Civil War)
Lavina Dula (abt. 1842)
Lowery Dula (1842-aft. 1860) m. Martha Jane Harris
Mary Dula (abt. 1847)
Leander Ferguson (1849) m. Elizabeth C. Ferguson (1859-1891) (died in Joliet, IL)
Jane Roxana Wilson (Ann) Dula (abt. 1852) m. John Baxter Richards
Ann Dula (abt. 1843)
Granville Dula (abt. 1846)
Clarissa Dula (1849)
Fourth Generation
Caroline Dula
Thomas Joshua Dula (abt. 1831-aft. 1864) m. Mary Emma Howell
John W. Dula (abt. 1833-aft. 1864) m. Martha Austin (1842) (served during Civil War)
William Hulme Dula, Jr. (abt. 1835)
Ebanezer P. Dula (1838-1844)
Dr. Felix G. Dula (abt. 1841)
Elizabeth Evaline Dula (1846-1919) m. Columbus A. Tuttle (1845-1930)
Sidney Alexander Dula (1844)
Celia Dula
Anna Eveline m. Micajah Hendrix (1828)
Jane Dula
Thomas M. Dula (1833-aft. 1870)
Clarissa Dula (1835-aft. 1880)
William M. Dula (1840-aft. 1870)
Falina Dula (1842)
Albert J. Dula (1845)
Adelia E. Dula (1847)
Julia A. Dula (1847)
John L. Dula (1850)
Julius Abram Dula (1834-1915) m. Anna Rebecca Harshaw (1844-1928), d/o Alfonso Harshaw and Lucinda Corpening
Mary Elizabeth Dula (1836)
Susan Adeline Dula (1838)
Josephine Elizabeth Dula (1843-1913)
Aurelius James Dula (1843-1913) m. Mary Sherrill McKee, d/o Ed Mckee (1844-1889)
William Thomas Dula (1846)
Samuel Dula (1852)
Alexander Dula (1854)
Kelly Dula (1857)
Wallace Dula (1858)
Callie Dula (1861)
Edward Vine Dula (1864)
Emma Dula (1865)
Grant Dula (1867)
Seth Thomas Dula (abt. 1842-1863) m. Mary Hartley (killed during Civil War)
Jones Simpson Dula (1845-1886) m. Elizabeth Triplett, d/o Asa Triplett and Belinda Ford (1849-1944)
Catherine Dula (abt 1849-aft 1870) m. William Ananias Presnell (abt. 1849-aft. 1870)
Harriett Dula (abt. 1852-aft 1900) m. George Harvey Austin (abt 1849-aft 1900)
Sarah E. Dula (abt. 1854-aft 1880) m. W. Finley Greenfield (abt. 1853-aft. 1910)
George Thomas Dula (abt. 1847-aft. 1860) m. Sallie Threadgill
Robert Byron Dula (1848-aft. 1870) m. Josephine Carr
Adolphus W. Dula (abt. 1850-aft. 1860) m. Georgianna Adams
Adelaide Louise Dula (1852-abt. 1880) m. John Marshall Powell (1851-1912), s/o John Powell and Mary Suddreth
Myra E. Dula (abt. 1854-aft. 1870) m. James Z. Gapin
Laura J. Dula (abt. 1856-aft. 1870) m. Lewis W. English
Ella Martha Dula (abt. 1860-aft. 1870)
Rutherford S. Dula (abt. 1862-aft. 1870) m. Gabrielle Madison Hunt
Caleb Conley Dula (abt. 1864-aft. 1870) m. Julia Womack
Ralph Dula
William S. Dula (abt. 1858-aft. 1870)
George J. Dula (abt. 1859-aft. 1870)
Alice C. Dula (abt. 1863-aft. 1870)
Amanda A. Dula (abt. 1866-1870)
This family moved to Madison Co., IN by 1858.
Frances Elvira Dula (1817-1920) m. 1) William Wallis Cottrell (1837-1962), s/o of James Cottrell and Frances Edmisten;
2) William Adlophus Triplett (1848-1928), s/o William Triplett and Mary Penley
Anna A. Dula (1839-1916) m. James Kelly Hendrix (1849-1916)
William Carson Dula (1841-1917) m. 1) Cordelia Ann Jones (1841-abt. 1885), d/o Andrew Jackson Jones and Rebecca Foster;
2) Acksey McCloud (she had a son named Tennison when she married Wm. C. Dula)
Eloise Dula (1844-1910) m. William Henderson Holder (1841-1928)
Edie Caroline Dula (1844-1926) m. William Henry Harrison Anderson (1840-1927)
Pernina Dule (1849-1889) m. Joseph H. Jones (1844-1934), s/o Andrew Jones and Rebecca Foster
Selena Dula (1851-1935) m. Hilary Stowe Triplett (1840-1926), (died in Annadale, Minnesota), s/o Wm. Triplett and Selene Penley
Alphus Dula (1853) (did not marry)
Orilla Dula (1856-1936) m. James Horton Dula (1843-1919)
Martha Dula (1846-1920) m. William Franklin Barlow (1848-1921)
Dicie Dula (1848)
Ellen Dula (1850-1891) m. Sidney Larkin Walsh (1855-1941)
Rurainey E. Dula (1853) m. William W. Church
Franklin Lafayette "Tate" Dula (1854-1943) m. Mary Victoria "Tory" Jones (1869-1932),
d/o Joseph Jones and Pernina Dula
Edith E. Dula (1857) m. James Avery Hall (1857-1928)
Jane Sophena Dula (1860-1926) m. William T. Land (1857-1928)
John Thomas Dula (1863-1945) m. Savannah Adeline Hendrix (1867-1954)
Jesse Crisman Dula (1866) m. Mary Henrietta Tugman
William Dula (1859)
Riley Lafayette Dula (1861-1939)
John Marshall Dula (1867-1939)
Harrison Dula
Mary Jane Dula (1869-1947) m. Rufus Dula
Eliza O. Dula (1873) m. Melvin Bumgarner
Martha Dula (1876)
Betty Elizabeth Dula
Anderson Dula (abt. 1840) m. Eliza Dula (1846) (sister to Tom "Dooley" Dula)
John Dula
Thomas Stennett Dula (?-1932) m. Mary Cornelia Messick (1862), d/o James Messick and Mary Triplett
William Lee Dula (1862-1945) m. Julia Malone Messick (1874-1944), sister of Mary Cornelia
Cread Dula (1886) m. Verna Lee "Beadie" Bryant, d/o Thurman Bryant and Nancy Dula
Mary Lou Ellen Dula (?-1984) m. James Horton Turnmyre
Annie Dula (1876-1967) m. Frank Gilbert
John William Dula (1879-1959) m. Mary Smith, d/o Winnefred Smith and Claudine McDaniel
Emma Dula (1883) m. Jefferson Gilbert
Fannie Dula (1883)
Source:
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