Augustus Dorn Jr. (abt. 1803 - bef. 1876)

Born about 1803 in Holland

Husband of Ruth (Hawkins) Dorn — married 1828 (to 1844) in Harrodsburg Mercer Co. Ky.

Husband of Elizabeth (Wall) Dorn — married 29 Nov 1844 (to before 1870) in Lincoln Co. Ky.

Husband of Nancy (Parker) Dorn — married 26 Jan 1876 (to after 1876) in Lincoln Co. Ky.

Descendants

Died before 4 Jun 1876 before about age 73 in Casey County, Kentucky

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Biography

This biography is from 2 books, the Nichodemus Dorn family Website, His son Dell Dorn his grandson Dell Dorn, Augustus Dorn's Will, wikipedia, Ida Dorn Phair's book, and the research of Pike-2301.

Augustus Van Dorn (Sr) was born about 1785. Augustus Van Dorn was killed on 18 June of 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo. This battle between The Duke of Wellington with his Anglo-allied army along with Prince Blücher versus Napoleon was fought in present day Belgium. At the time the land was The Netherlands that was under the rule of The U. K. Pike-2301 searched for casualties of the battle around 1998 without luck.

Van Dorn Dutch or Netherlands surname meaning, (from the Middle Dutch) Do(o)rne ‘thorn bush’, ‘gorse’, or a habitational name for someone from any of several places in Belgium and the Netherlands called Doorn. Dorn & it's variations came from these 2 small countries that were nicknamed the Low Lands. The surname Dorn meant thorn.

Augustus dropped the Van & one of the o's in Doorn. Researching on the Dorn surname of German & Austria there were few Van Dorn's. Just about every Dorn was spelled Doorn or Dorne and had no Van in front, like Augustus Dorn. This is why Augustus was born in Holland as it's boundary existed in 1815.

Augustus was listed as a farmer in the 1850 Census and in Mercer County with his first wife. His 1st wife is estranged.

Augustus Dorn came to America with a younger brother around 1816 to the New Orleans area. I have information that his first name might be Leopold. No record found of their immigration after there father had been killed at Waterloo fighting against Napoleon. There is no direct evidence of this except his oldest son (Nichodemus') family stated this while I was E-Mailing to California Dorns. I talked to an Augustus relative some 20 yrs. ago (1996). The last name of Dorn was Anglicized from Van Dorn to just Dorn. Pike-2301

His father was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. Augustus and his younger brother, Leopold, were living on the streets of Amsterdam. They were shanghaied and forced to work in the galley of a ship bound for the port of New Orleans. What happened to the brother is not known. We have no information as to his name or where he went after they arrived here. According to family tradition, Augustus stayed in New Orleans for a few years and then migrated to Kentucky.

"Per Mary Ellison HUGHES". Taken fron the Dorn, Puppo Web Site.

The Drum

Augustus may have had an old tattered drum that was his father's during the war. This seems unlikely to me & that Jake Dorn, his son acquired one as a used drum while Jake was in the Militia during the Civil War. He played the drum. The drum had Jacob's name on it. It seems that all of the Jake Dorn children & grandchildren saw it but no one knows its location now. Some said it was destroyed in a fire. That drum was held dear to the hearts of Jake's children and grandchildren.

According to his last Will Jake had a bit of falling out with his children. Maybe that's why sometimes using Wall instead of Dorn was a sign that they disowned Augustus as a father or grandfather.Augustus remarries after Eliza dies. I'll have to find that marriage later. Jake should have inherited his mother's land after Ruth Hawkins Dorn had died.

I was E-Mailing to the west coast branch of Dorns & studied their family tree information around 1996. No other sources could be found at the time. I read the book about Nichodemus and about his travels & early times prospecting for gold & land deals. It was on the web and sources are listed below. I worked on this until I found that it was a long N. A. J. Dorn tree that didn't interface with the Kentucky descendants. I enrolled as a relative of Nichodemus Dorn.

The URL was gone for some time & reappeared later under a different name. Nick, the oldest son finally stayed outside L.A. and was wealthy with judges and lawyers as sons. Pike-2301

Augustus (van) DORN Family Information

Augustus (van) DORN Jr. was born 1803 in HOLLAND. He died before June 4, :1876 in Casey Co., KY USA. HIS Will was written August 1, 1861 and probated 10 :JUN 1876 in Casey County Kentucky. Though one Census stated his pace of birth :is Prussia , I believe Prussia to be bogus. He had command of the English :Language enabling him to move among English speaking persons rather than :settling into a German Community.

He was the son of van DORN (?-1815).

Augustus (van) DORN's first wife was Ruth FLECHER. They were married ABT :1828 in Harrisburg, KY USA. They had two known children named Nicodemus :Andrew Jackson DORN (1829-1903) and Elizabeth DORN.

His second wife was Eliza (WALL ?) WALLS (1818-?). They were married on November 29 1844. They had one known child that survived, named Jacob Anderson DORN (1840-?). There was Augustus Dorn Jr. on the 1850 census but not on the 1860 census & would have been a teen on that date. Jr. must have died.

From Cecilia PUPPO, Puppo_Family.ged Pike-2301 Events and Attributes He immigrated About 1816. via New Orleans

Notes

Father killed in the Battle of Waterloo In June of 1815.

Told by uncle (after his father's death) that it was time to leave Holland. Despite the fact that he (Augustus) should have inherited the estate of Augustus Sr.

Augustus Jr and his brother immigrated about 1816. via New Orleans,

Marriage #1

Augustus Dorn

Event 29 Oct 1827, Mercer, Kentucky

Spouse Ruth Hawkins

1830 Census

Name: Augustus Dorn

Event Place: Perryville, Mercer, Kentucky

Note

Both Mercer & Casey counties were formed previous to 1830.Augustus could only be found in Mercer and Casey County. Augustus was not in Mercer County in 1840. This shows that he was living near Eliza when Jacob was conceived.

1840 Census

Augustus Dorns

Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky

Name: Eliza Dorn Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Household ID 365 Event Place: Casey county, part of, Casey, Kentucky, United States Gender: Female Age: 37 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated):1813 Birthplace: Ky.

1850 Census

Dorn Augustus, Husband, Male, White, Age 47, born Holland

Dorn Eliza, Wife, Female, White, Age 37, born Kentucky

Wall Jacob, Son, Male, White, Age 10, born Kentucky

Dorn Augustus Jr., Son, Male, White, Age 1, born Kentucky

Casey County, Kentucky,^[1]

1870 Census

Augustis Dorn, Husband, Male, White, Age 71, Born Prussia

Nancy Dorn, Wife, Female, White, Age 69, Born Kentucky

Rhordrain Luttrell, Unknown, Female, White, Age 34, Born Kentucky

Florina Luttrele, Unknown, Female, White, Age 26, Born Kentucky

Mary A Luttrele, Unknown, Female, White, Age 5, Born Kentucky

George M Luttrele, Unknown, Male, White, Age 3, Born Kentucky

John W Luttrele, Unknown, Male, White, Age 1, Born Kentucky

Nancy Falcanberry, Unknown, Female, White, Age 26, Born Kentucky

Kentucky,^[2]

Marriage Event #3

Augustus Dorn

Event 28 Jan 1876 Event Place: Lincoln, Kentucky

Spouse Ruth Parker

Will

The 2nd and final Will of Augustus Dorn

The Will of Augustus Dorn :: ::In the name of God Amen I Augustus Dorn of the county of Casey and the state of Kentucky, being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make this my last will and testament. That is to say after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged the residuary of my estate both real and personal I give bequeath and dispose of as follows towit. To my beloved wife the Land and appurtenances situated therein lying in the county of Casey and the state of Kentucky and on the dividing ridges between the waters of Knob Lick and Fishing Creek now possessed by me, during the term of her natural life and after her death to be divided equally among her heirs. To my son Nicodemus A Dorn the son one dollar and fifty cents and to my daughter Elizabeth the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. I give and bequeath and Devise all the rest resident and remaining, both real and personal to my wife to be to be divided between her heirs as above mentioned. Likewise I make and appoint Nathan Coffey and John M Wall to be executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me. In witness whereof I herto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the tenth day of August one Thousand eight Hundred and Sixty One

Augustus Dorn

The above written instrument was subscribed by the said Augustus Dorn in our presence and acknowledged by him to each of us and he at the same time published the above instrument and subscribed to be his last will and testament and we at the testators request and in his presence have signed our names as witnesses hereto.

Rueben Station

Sawyer/ Lawyer Black

Casey County Court June 4 1876. A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Augustus Dorn deceased was offered to the court for probate and on the oath of Lawyer / Sayler Black one of the subscribing witnesses hereto was proven in the last will and testament of the said Augustus Dorn deceased and_____ to be recorded.

Attest T. W. Wash CR

Augustus wills out Jake Dorn & leaves his land to his brand new wife. These 200 acres came as Eliza's Dower from her unproven father Whitfield Wall. The Will proves the 2 children from the first marriage. The Census' prove his last two children with Eliza Wall. Pike-2301

On Jacob's birth record it would show him as a Wall because Eliza wasn't married.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RM-Z41 : accessed 8 August 2015 Ed L Pike-2301), Casey county, part of, Casey, Kentucky, United States; citing family 365, Affiliate Film 196, GS Film 7849, Digital Folder 4193962, Image 136, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Pike-2301 20:43, 31 October 2015 (EDT)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7R-SJ3 : accessed 1 November 2015 Ed L Pike-2301), United States; citing p. 23, family 155, Digital Folder 4263744, Image 415, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,953. Pike-2301 21:36, 31 October 2015 (EDT)

• <A book about Augustus & his first family. Puppo_Family.ged website. 1850 - 1880 Casey & Lincoln Co. Ky. Census. Birth Death records. Augustus' Will dated 4 June 1876. Pike-2301 is or was Listed to an Augustus Dorn descendant on the website but that URL is no longer available. No grave for site found for Augustus or Elizabeth Wall Dorn. They probably have a family plot on the old 200 acre farm and cattle ranch. The site has Augustus born in the Netherlands / Holland and another states Europe. Augustus dies in 1876. Pike-2301 13:40, 1 February 2018 (EST)
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V653-G5R : accessed 8 August 2015 Ed L Pike-2301), Augustus Dorn and Ruth Hawkins, 29 Oct 1827; citing p. 334, Digital Folder 4705549, Image 173, Mercer, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 192,267. Pike-2301 13:40, 1 February 2018 (EST)
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP1-XHG : accessed 7 August 2015), Augustus Dorn, Perryville, Mercer, Kentucky; citing p. 356, Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication M432, Affiliate Film 196, GS Film 7849, Digital Folder 4193962, Image 136, Digital Folder 4410761, Image 696, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 7,818. Pike-2301 13:40, 1 February 2018 (EST)
• "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYP-2VM : accessed 8 June 2015),

Augustus Dorns, Liberty, Casey, Kentucky; citing p. 172, Digital Folder 4410762, Image 356 NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 107; FHL microfilm 7,824. Pike-2301 21:36, 31 October 2015 (EDT)

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1Z-1X2 : accessed 8 June 2015), Augustus Dorn and Ruth Parker, 28 Jan 1876; citing Lincoln, Kentucky, reference 00490; FHL microfilm 1,904,136. Pike-2301 14:04, 1 February 2018 (EST)
• http://www.nifty-gadgets.com/Puppo_Family/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Doorn
• History of the Dorn family: California pioneer settlers of Green Valley

books.google.com/books?id=By8sAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=dorn

• History of the Dorn Family by Peter T Conmy 1965
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Doorn Pike-2301 21:36, 31 October 2015 (EDT)

Note

This is the 1st place we find Augustus in the U.S. and later he is found marring his 2nd wife in Harrodsburg in Mercer Co. Ky.