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Edward Doughtie
(Cir 1782-Cir 1821)
Peggy Langston
(Cir 1782-Cir 1814)
William (Henning) Doughtie
(Abt 1809-Abt 1877)
Ann (Nancy) Elizabeth Smith
(Abt 1815-1877)
Henning Smith Doughtie
(1836-1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Sara Jane Norfleet

Henning Smith Doughtie 83

  • Born: Nov 1836, Gates Co, NC
  • Marriage: Sara Jane Norfleet on 16 Mar 1870 in Nansemond Co, VA. 28
  • Died: 1910, Nansemond Co, VA. at age 74
  • Buried: Liberty Springs Christian Church, Nansemond, VA.
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bullet  General Notes:

CSA 6th Virginia Infantry, Company E, 2nd Lt. Enlisted 4/1861. He resigned his commission in March 1863 and transferred by General Order #85 by General R. E. Lee, assigned by Brig. Gen. Mahone to Capt. Grandy's Artillery Battalion 3/26/63.

Henning Doughtie was born in 1835, the son of William H. and Elizabeth Smith Doughtie.

Title: Norfleet, Sarah Jane; Doughtie, Henning S., married. Note Daily Courier (Petersburg, Va.) (Film 228). Note March 21, 1870, page 2, column 2. Other Format Available on microfilm from the Library of Virginia.


H. S. Doughtie married Sarah Jane Norfleet (1840-1929) March 16, 1870. (Note: The Daily Courier (Petersburg, Va.) (Film 228). Notice published March 21, 1870, page 2, column 2. Available on microfilm from the Library of Virginia.) He died in 1910 and is buried at Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery located at the intersection of Liberty Springs Road and Whaleyville Blvd. in Suffolk, Va.

The 1880 census for Cypress, Nansemond Co., Va., District 53, page 59D records James T. "Doughus" and family (as indexed by familysearch.org and ancestry.com). Next door is brother Hen(n)ing S. "Dondie" and family. In the household is Henning (45) with his wife Sarah J. (38) and son Charles W. (3) Doughtie. Also in the household is farm hand William J. Smith (15).

The 1900 Federal Census for Cypress District, Nansemond Co., Va. (District 24, page 52B) records Henning S. (Nov 1836 - NC/NC/NC) and Sarah J. (Jan 1842 - NC/NC/NC) Doughtie married 30 years. Sarah reports having had 1 child that is no longer living.

See general notes on his wife for 1910 census facts.


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Henning married Sara Jane Norfleet, daughter of John Abraham Norfleet and Rachael L. Knight, on 16 Mar 1870 in Nansemond Co, VA..28 (Sara Jane Norfleet was born on 8 Mar 1840 in Nansemond Co, VA, died on 24 Aug 1929 in Nansemond Co, VA and was buried in Liberty Springs Christian Church, Nansemond, VA..) The cause of her death was Acute Dilatation of Heart.


bullet  Marriage Notes:

Part of an email from Ginny Layman included documentation on the marriage:
Subject: Doughtie Genealogy
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:03:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Laymanrv@aol.com
To: lhagen@vt.edu
You will not believe what I stumbled across while looking for some Cutchin information. A few years ago while in the Clerk's Office in Suffolk, I copied down some Doughtie marriages (not knowing who they were) and ... look what I found in my marriage records book:
Henning S. Doughtie Sarah Jane Norfleet
Age 33 Y single 25 Y single
married 16 Mar 1870, Nansemond Co., VA
Born Gates Co., NC Nansemond Co., VA
Lived Wilmington, NC Nansemond Co., VA
Parents: William H. Doughtie John A. Norfleet
& Nancy his wife & Rachel his wife



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