Hattie Williams Dortch
Woman of "Mt. Hebron" Farm, Clarke County, named in February 1922 as the mother of Helen Helm Dortch, killed when the Knickerbocker roof fell in Washington in 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of February 2, 1922, reporting the death of Miss Helen Helm Dortch in the "Knickerbocker Theatre" collapse, names her as the daughter of Mrs. Hattie Williams Dortch of "Mt. Hebron" Farm, Clarke County.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of February 2, 1922, reporting the death of Miss Helen Helm Dortch in the "Knickerbocker Theatre" collapse, names her as the daughter of Mrs. Hattie Williams Dortch of "Mt. Hebron" Farm, Clarke County.
What the source supports
That Hattie Williams Dortch lived at "Mt. Hebron" Farm in Clarke County in 1922 and was named as the mother of Helen Helm Dortch.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her daughter's death notice. The item does not state her marriage; the kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The February 2, 1922 report of Miss Helen Helm Dortch's death.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 2, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-02-02 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Miss Helen Dortch Killed Instantly in Theatre Crash"
Relevant passageMiss Helen Helm Dortch, daughter of Mrs. Hattie Williams Dortch, of “Mt. Hebron” Farm, Clarke county, and a descendant of Col. Leroy Peachy, one of the first settlers of Clarke county, was instantly killed when the roof .of the Knickerbocker Theatre at Washington Collapsed last Satur ay [Saturday] night. Miss Dortch attended the theatre with two friends
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Mrs. Hattie Williams Dortch. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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