Welcome Kedar Dobbs Descendants

During the last several years, I have been on an exciting genealogy quest to find all descendants of Kedar Dobbs, our Revolutionary War Soldier Ancestor. He was born in Norfolk, VA in 1748 and died in 1816. He married Mary Willoughby after he came back from his three year stint in the Virginia Regiments of the Continental Army. He enlisted in November of 1776 and mustered out in November of 1779...and it's a good thing that he did. During my recent genealogy hunt in Virginia (Richmond, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, St. Bride's Parish) I discovered that in 1780, Kedar's regiment went to Charleston, S.C. where it was wiped out!!! If Kedar had re-upped, there would be several hundred of us Dobbs cousins who wouldn't be trying to find each other now.

Kedar was given a Land Grant Certificate for his service in the war. I found a copy of it in the Library of Virginia. His Military Certificate Number for this land grant was LO6054. On the back it is signed with his mark that looks like a plus sign with a right loop at the top of the vertical line. He didn't claim this grant until 1812 and did so with the help of some attorneys who represented him. Kedar's records are together with those of Timothy Wood, certificate LO7661. Timothy was from Massachusetts and this was a big mystery to solve. Apparently, sometime during their war service, they met up. Through a vigorous search, I found out that both of their regiments fought in New Jersey. Did Timothy sign over his certificate to Kedar? Why? Each grant was for 200 acres and I discovered that they were worth $1.25 an acre! Since Kedar couldn't write, this story was probably handed down orally and lost somewhere in Virginia in the 19th century.