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RobertJr Commander DUNHAM

Male 1786 - Bef 1844  (< 57 years)


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  • Name RobertJr Commander DUNHAM 
    Born 1786  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1844  Monroe and Wilcox County, Alabama. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10168  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father RobertSr Commander DUNHAM
              b. 1760, Marion County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1813, Baldwin County, Mississippi Territory (now Baldwin County, AL.) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ann DAVIS
              b. 1762, Marion District, S C Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1825  (Age < 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1784  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4056  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah LEWIS 
    Married 22 Mar 1810  Randolph County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F4459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Mar 1810 - Randolph County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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.

      Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr., born about 1786, and his wife, Sarah Lewis, settled in the area around Oak Hill. Other relatives lived in McWilliams, Nadawa, Lower Peach Tree, and Rehobath. Rev. Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr. was a Methodist Protestant Clergyman. On December 15, 1834, he was granted the right, by the Orphans Court of Wilcox County, to Solemnize the Rites of Matrimony. Before 1844, Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr. died and his oldest son, Samuel Jenkins Dunnam, and Enoch Hooper Cook, are bonded as administrators for the his infant children, and heirs to his estate

  • Sources 
    1. [S1692] JOHN DUNNAM.
      RANDOLPH COUNTY GA
      I do hereby certify that in obediance to the above marriage license I have joined in the holy state of matrimony Robert C Dunham and Sarah Lewis given under my hand this 22 day of March, 1810.
      R Carter J P
      John Collier C. C. O.