My Dabbs line's earliest known ancestor is as follows and I am posting Bible records here:

The following is from "South Carolina Bible Records" Edited by Dorothy Harris Phifer, Pickney District Chapter S.C. Genealogy Society


"The following 2 Dabbss Bibles are presently in possession of Mrs Essie Joiner Oswalt of Tuskegee, Al. Abstracts are taken from photocopies of the originals. The first Bible is that of Joseph of Union District South Carolina. Although her name doesn't appear in the Bible, Joseph married a woman name Susannah. Curiously in the marriage section the names of the spouses are not recorded.
The second Bible is that of Joseph's son, William Mc. Dabbs, born in Union District South Carolina. He moved to Blount county Al in 1870, then later returned to Union Co. South Carolina , where he was buried in 1908 at Mount JOy Baptist Church."

Joseph's Bible page 1-Births

Joseph Dabbs was borne November, 10 1793
Sarah was borne January 25, 1815
John was borne October 12, 1818
George W. was borne August 22, 1820
Mary was borne May 10, 1822
Winnie was borne October 8, 1824
Wm. Mc. was borne August 29, 1827
Nancy was borne August 29, 1829
L. J. (Lemuel Jackson) was borne December 29, 1832
Rebecca was borne July 13, 1834
S.S.A.E. was borne 17, 1837
Joseph Mc. was borne May 10, 1838
Frankey J. was borne November 15, 1839
Joseph Willie was borne February 4, 1869

My note--I assume that Joseph Willie was a grandchild, as Susannah would have been in her sixties in 1869 and there are 13 children before him. Her obituary says that she had 13 children.

Page 2--Marriages
Mary Dabbs married April 1847***my line
Winnie married December 24, 1845
John married September 27, 1848
Rebecca married March 17, 1853
SSAE married May 13, 1856
Wm Mc. married February 1856
L.J. married September 26, 1867
F.T. married November 31, 1873

page 3 --Deaths
Sarah--February 16, 1816
James--July 10, 1819
Joseph Mc. November 28, 1838
George W. September 11, 1850
Winney--March 4, 1857
Joseph--April 13, 1873---*** I assume this is Joseph the father, as he was on the 1870 census, but not on the 1880.
F.J. Dabbs Mott--November 8, 1874
Rebecca Dabbs Pridmore--September 28, 1882
M.R. Pridmore ---December 26, 1901
C.M. Pridmore --January 1, 1910
Nancy C. Bradley Pridmore --April 5, 1929



William Mc. Dabbs Bible
Page 1--Births
William Mc. Dabbs borne August 29, 1827
Lucinda Christina Atnas Dabbs borne January 28, 1836
Mariah Sims Dabbs borne April 12, 1857
James McI. Dabbs borne December 5, 1858
John Rupel borne July 4, 1860
William J. borne August 7, 1862
Susan Emmer borne December 31, 1865--**my line
Elizabeth B. Dabbs borne March 4, 1868
George Boner Harper Dabbs borne April 20, 1870
Ara Alice Whaley Dabbs borne September 16, 1873
Nancy Ann Perninna Dabbs borne September 23, 1876

Page 2--Marriages
William Mc. Dabbs and Lucinda Christina Atnas Going was married Feby. 28th 1856
J.T. McKinney and S.E. Dabbs was married March 31st, 1881

Page3--Deaths
James McI. Dabbs died August 2, 1859
John Rupel Dabbs died May 21, 1861
W.J. Dabbs died August 25, 1863--age 1 year 18 days
Nancy Ann Perninna Dabbs died October 8, 1878


These Dabbs were in Union County S.C. Mary Dabbs, daughter of Susannah and Joseph, married William McKinney--In 1860 they are enumerated in Cherokee County Georgia--near James McKinney and other Dobbs families. They are reported to be related to her--one name of a nearby Dobbs is Cicero. I can't make a definate link. I do know that her son and daughter in law (who was the daughter of her brother William (see record above)) lived next door to a David Dobbs in Marietta, Ga in the late 1800's--need to pull out more notes. Would love to finally make some connections!