Dolan Families

A fellow Dolan researcher Michael Andrew Dolan Møller stated "The Dolans of today are the descendants of the Gaelic septs of O'Dubhlain or O'Dobhlain, who were located in the Barony of Cloumacnowen in eastern County Galway, as well as in the Barony of Athlone in County Roscommon. (Republic of Ireland.) Sometimes the Irish septs were anglicised as the Doolan and also Dowling. With migration the name was further established in counties Cavan, Leitrim and Fermanagh. The name today is widespread. It is however in the five counties of its origin that it is found in its greatest numbers.

Beginning with John Dollen/Dolan...

Whose death occured before 31 Oct. 1800: John's name was spelled Dollen in his Last Will & Testament, made in Stokes County, North Carolina, 25 September 1800. This will made bequests to "my son-in-law Willey Wright," "my daughter Sarah Dollen, "my wife," and "my son John." Henry Baker Dobson and John Endsly were nominated as executors.

Descendants of John (Dollen) Dolan

1 John (Dollen) Dolan b: Bef. 1755 d: October 31, 1800 in Stokes Co., NC
..+Juriah Unknown b: Bet. 1756 - 1774 d: Aft. 1800
....... 2 John (Jr.) Dolan b: Abt. 1788 in Surry County (now Stokes County), North Carolina d: Bef. 1860 in (1850 was residing in Lawrence Co. Arkansas)
...........+Jenny Cates m: July 11, 1812 in Jefferson Co., TN
....... *2nd Wife of [1] John (Jr.) Dolan:
...........+Mary "Polly" Jolly b: Abt. 1802 in N.C. m: February 28, 1821 in Jefferson Co., TN d: Aft. 1870 in McMinn Co. TN ? Father: William (Sr.) Jolly Mother: Lucinda Allen
................3 Mahala Dolan b: Abt. 1822 in TN d: Aft. June 4, 1880 in (was still single in 1870)
................3 John (III) Dolan b: Abt. 1824
.....................+Anna Coats b: Abt. 1824 in TN m: July 22, 1843 in Grainger County, Tennessee
..........................4 Mary L. Dolan b: Abt. 1844 in TN
..........................4 Sarah D. Dolan b: Abt. 1849 in TN
..........................4 Wm. Dolan b: Abt. 1851
..........................4 Thomas Dolan b: Abt. 1854
..........................4 Margaret Dolan b: Abt. 1857
................3 William Dolan b: 1827 in Jefferson or Grainger County, Tennessee d: Bef. August 3, 1860
.....................+Mary M. "Polly" Richards b: 1829 in TN m: March 29, 1848 in Meigs Co., TN d: March 17, 1883 Father: Curtis Richards Mother: Edith "Eady" Sumanthia Morgan
..........................4 John Wesley Dolan b: March 16, 1850 in Independence or Lawrence Co., Arkansas d: May 22, 1920 in Oak Grove Cem., Peakland, Meigs Co., TN
..............................+Phoebe Louise Richards b: February 28, 1860 in Meigs County, Tennessee m: September 10, 1874 in Decatur, Meigs Co., TN d: August 20, 1945 in Oak Grove Cem., Peakland, Meigs Co., TN Father: Charles Haskett Richards Mother: Asposia Moss
..........................4 Joseph Dolan b: Abt. 1852
................3 Mary Jane Dolan b: Abt. 1830 in TN d: Aft. 1870
.....................+Samuel Gregg b: Abt. 1834 in TN m: February 18, 1857 in Athens, McMinn County, TN d: Aft. 1870
..........................4 Mary Gregg b: Abt. 1858
..........................4 Julia Gregg b: Abt. 1860
..........................4 Sarah Gregg b: Abt. 1862
..........................4 Bettie Gregg b: Abt. 1864
..........................4 Jessie Gregg b: Abt. 1866
..........................4 Eliza Gregg b: Abt. 1868
..........................4 Samuel Gregg b: Abt. 1872
................3 Margaret Dolan b: Bet. 1830 - 1835
................3 Josiah Dolan b: Abt. 1833 in TN
.....................+Elizabeth J. Howard m: October 22, 1857 in Meigs Co., TN
..........................4 Sirious Dolan b: Abt. 1864
................3 Jacob Dolan b: Abt. 1835 in Rhea County, TN
................3 Darius Dolan b: Abt. 1839 in Meigs Co. TN d: Aft. May 11, 1910 in (was still single in 1870)
................3 Cyrus W. Dolan b: September 1841 in Meigs Co. TN d: April 23, 1921 in McMinn Co., TN Burial: Carlock Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn Co., TN
.....................+Rachael Emaline Hicks b: Aft. 1850 in TN m: April 16, 1881 in Athens, McMinn County, TN
..........................4 Mary Etta Dolan b: January 21, 1882 in McMinn Co., TN d: April 25, 1960 in Etowah, McMinn Co., TN Burial: New Zion Cemetery, McMinn Co., TN
..............................+Charles Hughes Williams b: June 13, 1876 in Monroe Co., TN m: Dec 25, 1898 in McMinn Co., TN
..........................4 Emily Celestine Dolan b: May 19, 1884 in McMinn Co., TN d: August 3, 1975 in Etowah, McMinn Co., TN Burial: Wesleyanna Cemetery, McMinn Co., TN
..............................+William Theodore Trotter b: June 2, 1881 m: Abt. 1902
..........................4 Minnie Elizabeth Dolan b: December 27, 1888 in McMinn Co., TN d: March 28, 1975 in Athens, McMinn Co., TN (never married)
..........................4 Myrtle Ann Dolan b: December 24, 1889 in McMinn Co., TN d: December 6, 1980 in Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN Burial: Goodsprings Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn Co., TN
..............................+John Webb b: August 11, 1880 in Monroe Co., TN m: September 25, 1910
..........................4 Cyrus Burkette Dolan b: May 4, 1892 in McMinn Co., TN d: January 23, 1955 in McMinn Co., TN Burial: Goodsprings Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn Co., TN
..............................+Flora Alice McKinney b: April 28, 1899 in McMinn Co., TN
Burial: Goodsprings Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn Co., TN ....... 2 Sarah Dolan b: Bef. 1800
....... 2 Susannah Dolan b: Bet. 1775 - 1784
...........+Willey Wright b: Bet. 1756 - 1774 m: January 15, 1800 in Stokes Co. NC
................3 Unknown Male Child Wright b: 1800

(Left):Photo of John Wesley DOLAN (1850-1920)

John Wesley DOLAN was the son of William DOLAN and Mary M. "Polly" RICHARDS. William Dolan and Mary M. "Polly" Richards (1829-1883) were married in 1848 in Meigs Co., TN. They had at least two sons: John Wesley DOLAN (1850-1920) and Joseph DOLAN (1852-?).

John Wesley Dolan (born 1850, Arkansas; died 22 May 1920, Meigs Co. TN). According to later census records, both of his parents were born in TN. John W. married in Meigs Co. TN in 1874 to Phoebe Louise Richards (1860-1945), daughter of Charles Haskett Richards and Asposia Moss. After John's death Phoebe Louise Richards-Dolan remarried to a Mr. Snyder (a minister).

Children of John Wesley Dolan and Phoebe Louise Richards:

1. Maggie Lou Dolan, born after 1875, married Jess J. Haddock.

2. Della Dolan, born after 1875, married a Mr. Ray McChustion (pronounced "McHouston" I believe...). Family members say she had twin daughters named Marilyn and Carolyn. She later married a McGovern? and a Griffith? She had a very jolly personality.

3. Misia B. "Mish" Dolan, born after 1875, married Mr. Albert Moore.

4. Mary Dolan, born after 1875 and married a Cunningham? - no other info. at this time...

5. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dolan, born after 1875 - married a Mr. Perry? no other info. at this time...

6. Nina Gay Dolan, born after 1875 - worked as an Administrative Executive Assistant for Senator Estes Keefaffer of TN in Washington, D.C. She never married and later worked and died in New York.

7. Nancy Cora Dolan, born abt. 1885 in Arkansas, married on Nov 3, 1903 in Blount Co., TN to Emmett Ramsey Thompson. They had several children on Signal Mtn., Hamilton Co., TN.

Photo of Nancy Cora Dolan-Thompson (ca. 1908)

DOLAN COUSINS ONLINE...

16 Dec 1997 - Mike Dolan (mdolan@linesoft.com) My Mother is very much into our genealogy. I had quite a laugh when I saw that the name meant "defiance"! I had always been told (family lore) that the O'Daughlin meant "Black Clan" because of the Moorish infiltration into Southern Ireland and Galway Bay in particular. My brother has visited Galway and says an old ruin stands where the "family" castle purportedly stood. He did locate some Dolans buried in the cemetery. Michael Francis Dolan.

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