Doctor married Elizabeth Mary DUNHAM on 13 Jan 1825 in Marion County, South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of RobertSr Commander DUNHAM and Mary Ann DAVIS) was born on 18 Apr 1806 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died after 1850 in Monroe County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1790 Bladen County North Carolina census:
1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families
2nd # free white males under 16 years
3rd # free white females and head of families
4th # all other free persons
5th # slaves
Lock, John...............................1-2-5-0-2

NOTE 2./ CUMBERLAND COUNTY 1804 TAX LISTS <>
LIST OF THE TAXABLES FOR CAPTAIN COLE'S DISTRICT
The tax lists below from original records found at North Carolina Archives. The numbers after each name represents the number of acres owned. There seems to have been no organized system for listing taxes this year.
John Lock Senior - 828
Leonard Lock - 200
David Lock - 250

John married Mary WILSON on 02 Aug 1770 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Josiah WILSON and Sarah UNKNOWN) was born in 1756 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 08 Feb 1800 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr., the son of Robert Dunnam and Susan Burn(e) migrated through Georgia, with his wife Mary ann (Davis) where he settled in Baldwin District, Mississippi Territory, with his family. He probably made more than one trip from South Carolina to Baldwin County, for there are several land transactions in which he sold his property in Marion District, South Carolina.

His son, Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr., married Sarah Lewis March 22, 1910, in Randolph County, Georgia. He came on to Baldwin County, Mississippi Territory (now Baldwin County, AL.). Then to Monroe and Wilcox County, Alabama.

Along with Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr., came Rev. John Jenkins and Rev. James Jenkins. They married two of his sisters. Also some of the Lewises, related to Sarah Lewis, came and all settled in Wilcox County, Alabama, many are buried in the Jenkins Family Cemetery near Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama.

In Baldwin County, Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. wrote his will in which he lists all his children and names his "Trusty Friend", Samuel Ervin, as one of his Executors, along with his wife Ann; son, Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr.; and William Godfrey.

Some of Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. children settled in Monroe County, Alabama. Others migrated to Shelby County, and one to Tippah County, Mississippi, and on to Texas. Some, however, settled in Wilcox County, and their descendants remain in the area to this day.

RobertSr married Mary Ann DAVIS in 1784 in South Carolina. Mary (daughter of Benjamin DAVIS and Rachel PORT) was born in 1762 in Marion District, S C; died before 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ BLADEN CO., NC DEED BOOK 1738-1779 RESEARCHED & COMPILED BY DIANE SMITH October 1998 <>

SEPT 9, 1771 John LOCK & Elizabeth his wife of Bladen to Thomas LOCK his son of same, planter..land commonly called & known by name of Jones Burrough..Wit: John BEARD, Isaac RAY P. 273-4

NOTE 2./ ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL AND RECORDED WILLS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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April 25, 1756. January Court, 1757. Son: JOHN (“my land”). Wife: MIRIAM. Executors: NEIL BEARD (father) and JOHN LOCK (brother). Witnesses: THOMAS THEMS, DANIEL BEARD, ELIZABETH LOCK. Clerk of the Court: THOS. ROBESON.

LOCK, THOMAS.

Bladen County.

John married Elizabeth COOPER about 1751 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of BenjaminSr COOPER) was born about 1721 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died after 1790 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ BLADEN CO., NC DEED BOOK 1738-1779 RESEARCHED & COMPILED BY
DIANE SMITH October 1998 <>

MAY 23, 1772. Joseph BRITTON, Stephen BRITTON of Bladen planters to Josiah
WILSON of same, planter. 100 lbs. 300 A NE side of North River lying bet. lands of
George MARTIN & Dr. Thomas HALL..Wit: Joseph LOCK, Daniel MELVIN P.264-6

Josiah married Sarah UNKNOWN in Bladen County, North Carolina. Sarah died in in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Dunnam and Susan Burn(e) migrated to Georgetown then up the Great Pee Dee River to Marion District where he developed a Plantation on the Pee Dee River, near Snow Island, at a place known to this day as Dunham's Bluff. During the American Revolution, Robert, John, and Ebenezer Dunnam, along with his brother in law, Andrew Burn(e), brother to Susan, gathered supplies for General Francis Marion, who quartered his troops during the Winter, on Snow Island. There are many Indents, dated around 1780-85, a form of receipt in the South Carolina Archives, giving evidence of their work. There are Indents for hogs, sheep beef, corn and other supplies.

Robert Dunnam is said to have lost his life trying to fly with a large pair of wings he had constructed. He jumped from a tall tree on his plantation at Dunham's Bluff into "Nigger Lake" and drowned. He was buried at the family plot on his plantation.

Robert married Susan BURNE in 1746 in Dorchester, South Carolina. Susan was born in 1730; died in 1800 in Marion County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Rachel PORT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]