This Family History of an American Revolution Captain, Civil War Patriots & Pioneers who helped build the United States since before America was a Nation. The Dowden, Dougherty/Daugherty, Roork/Roark, Moulder/Moler/Mohler & Salmon/Sammon/Sammons Families have roots in America as far back as the early 1700's when Captain John Dougherty was born in Virginia and became a captain in the Virginia Militia that fought in The American Revolution and led expeditions "into the American unknown" under General George Rogers Clark. These pioneers in a new land lost family members to The Civil War, Struggles with Native Americans, disease & more... The American Melting Pot is exemplified through these families that now include well over 600 surnames to include: Abbott, Adams, Armstrong, Autry, Bradley, Buchanan, Crockett, Crosby, Defoe, Dell, Dial, Eastwood, Ellis, Harrison, Hatfield, Hendrix, Hoover, Hopkins, Kennedy, Maris, McCain, McCarthy, McDowell, Montgomery, Nicholson, Nixon, Osborn, Patton, Penn, Thorpe, Vansant, Whitman, York, a "Priest" and a "Pope," to name a few... A new land with a few thousand people in the early 1700's became a country with 300 million, thanks to families like these...