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Rice, Dorothea Carlos

Female 1805 - 1880  (75 years)


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  • Name Rice, Dorothea Carlos  [1
    Birth 1805  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Dolly 
    Reference Number 45192 
    Death 1880 
    Person ID I44349  Caswell County
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

    Father Rice, Ibzan,   b. 1763   d. 1847, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Carlos, Dolly G.   d. Bef 8 Dec 1818 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1796  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Reference Number 108768 
    Notes 
    • Marriage Bond Record
      Groom: Ibzan Rice
      Bride: Dolly G. Carloss
      Bond Date: 27 February 1796
      Bondsman/Witenss: Carter Blackwell
      Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 87.
    Family ID F6745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Watlington, Jonathan Brooks,   b. 3 Jun 1791, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1844, Guilford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1823 
    Reference Number 669705 
    Children 
    +1. Watlington, James Monroe,   b. 26 Mar 1824, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1867 (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Watlington, John Armistead,   b. 17 Feb 1826, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1906, Guilford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Watlington, William Paul,   b. 17 Apr 1828, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1895, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Watlington, Thomas Jefferson,   b. 10 Jul 1830, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1914, Bowie County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Watlington, Edward D.,   b. 1832, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Watlington, Alexander Rice,   b. 1 Apr 1834, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1841 (Age 7 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Watlington, Robert Henry,   b. 16 Jan 1841, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1921, Old Boston, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • That Dorothea Carlos Rice was a daughter of Ibzan Rice and Dolly G. Carlos Rice has not been confirmed by primary sources, and that relationship is shown here for research purposes only. Researchers are advised to proceed with caution.

      "I was told by my mother, Effie V. May Watlington, that her grandmother, Dorothea Carlos Rice Watlington, was “of Spanish blood”. It is my personal belief that she was a widow when she married Jonathan Brooks Watlington, based on the fact that “Rice” is definitely not a name of Spanish origin. The exact date of her death is unknown; she was listed in the 1880 census as living in the household of her son, John Armistead Watlington, but the 1890 census records were destroyed by fire. My mother recalled that her grandmother, Dorothea, was confined to her bed for a considerable length of time during her last illness and had her burial robe made and stored in a chest at the foot of her bed. She also spoke of her “Spanish temper” which she considered I had inherited! Mother also mentioned that her mother had a brother, Don, who was an author.

      Source: History of the Watlington and Simpson Families, Thelma Floyd Durham, Grace von Ehrenkrook Walker, and Jenny Fallis Widmer (2003).
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      April Court 1803. Will of John Somers recorded (witnessed 7 March 1803). Fanny Carlos (jurat) and her daughter Dolly Rice are witnesses along with C. Dixon [Charles, brother of Tillman Dixon]. Land bequeathed to John Somers's wife, Catherine, described as "adjacent to Ibsan Rice." Sons and daughters given other lands. Ref: Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817. Deed Book E April 1803-Sept 1808 p.4. Abstracted by Katharine Kerr Kendall, Southern Historical Press, 1989, p. 87.
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      Ibzan Rice probate papers of 1847 describe his real estate holdings to include two buildings in the town of Yanceyville (one a tavern) and a 340-acre parcel on Moons Creek at the county line. Among the papers is the Petition of Saul Malty [Mattly?] and Andrew Willis against Richard Stubblefield and wife Elizabeth Stubblefield (10 Nov 1849). This petition to the court refers to Ibzan’s nine children and their spouses:

      Elizabeth (m. Richard Stubblefield)
      Martha (m. Dennis Wilson)
      Fanny (m Anderson Willis)
      Ibzan Rice Jr.
      Dolly Watlington (no first name given for Dolly’s spouse)
      Amanda Rice
      Louisa Rice
      Two minor children: Hezekiah Rice and C. R. Rice.

      Reference: Wills and Estate Papers (Caswell Co) 1663-1978; author: NC Director of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC. Probate Place: Caswell Co NC. Database online: Ancestry.com. NC Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998. File of Ibzan Rice. 34 images. List of children found at image 47574.

  • Sources 
    1. Details: History of the Watlington and Simpson Families, Thelma Floyd Durham, Grace von Ehrenkrook Walker, and Jenny Fallis Widmer (2003).

    2. Details: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 87.