DOLLINS.
The family of Dollins has been established in the county
from early times. The first of the name was Richard, who
in 1761 bought land on the head waters of Mechum's River,
and a few years later purchased from the Stockton family on
Virgin Spring Branch. He died in 1774. His wife's name
was Elizabeth, and his children were Ann, Presley, John and
William. John died in 1787. He and his wife Elizabeth had
six children, one of whom was John, who died in 1823, leaving
five sons and one daughter, John, Tyree, Richard, Jeremiah,
William, and Susan, who was the wife of a Polson.
Of this family, Jeremiah married a daughter of Nicholas Merritt,
and died in 1856. His children were Tyree, Martha, the
wife of William Lupton, John, Nicholas, Mary Ann, the wife
of a Rogers, and Sarah, the wife of a Baber. Some of the
earliest nurseries in the county were planted by members of
this family, and on this account the name is well known in
connection with the cultivation of fruit.
