DAUGHERTY
O'Dogherty
Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A
Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy
Parsons Smith
William Daugherty
William
Daugherty
, b. 1761-1762; 23 Dec 1835,
Lee
County
,
Virginia
; m. *
Elizabeth
(possibly
Reynolds
) Harber
, b. ca. 1760-1770; d. unknown
.
William
&
Elizabeth
Daugherty
had at
least (1) one child:
1.
Charles
Daugherty
,
b. 1808
Charles Daugherty
1.
Charles Daugherty
, son of William & Elizabeth Daugherty
, b. 1808 (From 1850 Census); d. prior 1883, Lee
County, Virginia; m. ca. 1828-1829 to Mary Trotter,
daughter
of Isaac
&
Rebecca Trotter,
b. ca.
1811. No children.
*$
According to family,
Elizabeth
was the daughter of
R.
J.
Reynolds
. According
to Vernon Harber
, the family received a letter after the death of
R.
J.
Reynolds
stating that she was his daughter. However,
the family was not entitled to any inheritance.
According to "Early Settler's of
Lee
County
Virginia
and
Adjacent
Counties
, Vol. 1",p.__, in court records
Elias
Harber
, her son, is declared the illegitimate child of
Jeremiah
&
Elizabeth
(
Reynolds
) Harber
. According
to records she shows up with a fourth child,
Charles
Daugherty
, b. 1808. According
to tradition,
Jeremiah
Harber
left
Elizabeth
and the children and went into
Kentucky
and was not heard from again. Perhaps
after several years alone, she felt that her husband was dead and that since she
was alone with children a second husband was needed.
Elizabeth
Harber
most
likely married
William
Daugherty
around
1807/1808 . Her son
Charles
Daugherty
was b. 1808.
Elizabeth
remained
William
Daugherty
for the rest of her life.