Key Facts

Snapshot:	wife of a Revolutionary War veteran; moved from Virginia to Georgia
Parents:	862John Summerell Her mother's identity is unknown.
Born:	1750's perhaps in or near Southampton County, Virginia
Last known record:	1832 militia district 318 (map), Baldwin County, Georgia
Buried:	probably in an unmarked grave in Doles Cemetery, Baldwin County, Georgia Cemetery's coordinates: N33.12056 W83.34944

431Elizabeth Summerell, daughter of 862John Summerell,1 was born in the 1750's,2 perhaps in Southampton County, Virginia, since her father is named in Southampton County court records in 17503 and 1765.4

Although we don't know exactly when, she married 430Jesse Doles.1,5 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

Her husband died in July 1831,6 but 431Elizabeth survived him at least a year or so, since she won land during the 1832 Cherokee land lottery, which shows her as a resident of militia district 318 (map), Baldwin County, Georgia and the widow of a Revolutionary soldier.7 This is the last known record of her.

431Elizabeth is probably buried near her husband, whose tombstone is at coordinates N33.12056 W83.34944. A 1939 newspaper article mentions two anonymous graves near 430Jesse's,8 but sadly those graves are no longer visible.

Sources Cited:

1: Southampton County, Virginia. Wills book 4, page 82-84. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PX-FXZH?i=52&cat=366241> et seq., accessed 28 September 2020.

2: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Baldwin County, Georgia. Page 31, Jesse Doles household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 16. Internet Archive, <https://archive.org/details/populationsc18300016unit/page/n54/mode/1up> and <https://archive.org/details/populationsc18300016unit/page/n55/mode/1up>, accessed 30 September 2020.

3: Southampton County, Virginia. Wills book 2, pages 66-67. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TZ-H3KR?i=324&cat=366241> et seq., accessed 28 September 2020.

4: Southampton County, Virginia. Deeds book 1, pages 167-168. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-M934-S?i=95&cat=367713>, accessed 28 September 2020.

5: Baldwin County, Georgia. Ordinary Court. Wills book A (1806-1832), pages 325, 326, and 327. Be aware that Baldwin County confusingly had two different wills books both described as book A: one for the years 1806-1832, and another for 1868-1936. I have written a summary and transcription of 430Jesse's will.

6: Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, Georgia), 25 August 1831, page 3, column 5, about four-fifths of the way down the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82016415/1831-08-25/ed-1/seq-3/>, accessed 4 October 2020.

7: James F. Smith, The [1832] Cherokee Land Lottery, containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1838), page 187, line 73. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89C5-Q4LK?i=329&cat=176832>, accessed 5 October 2020. The entry indicates that 431Elizabeth drew lot 73, 27th district, 2nd section.

8: "Grave of Revolutionary Soldier Marked," The Union-Recorder (Milledgeville, Georgia), 18 May 1939, page 9, column 1, top of the page.