When James Dougherty Jr was born in 1785, in Cherokee, Georgia, United States, his father, James Dougherty, was 35 and his mother, Dorothy Hodges, was 30. He married Mary Elizabeth Dean in December 1805, in Town Creek, Gilmer, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Hightower, Forsyth, Georgia, United States in 1818. He died on 10 November 1842, in Cherokee, Georgia, United States, at the age of 57.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Conan, Daley, Donal, Paddy.
Irish and Manx: variant of Doherty .
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