William B Dalton (1754 - 1852)

Born 1754 in Albermarle Parish, Surry, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Johnson) Dalton — married 7 Nov 1783 in Bills Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 1852 at about age 98 in Henderson, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

William Dalton enlisted for service in the American Revolution at Albemarle County, Virginia in 1775. He was discharged in 1778. He became a volunteer in Burke County, North Carolina and fought at the battle of Ninety-Six. He received a soldiers pension for his service on pension number #S8295.

Fought in the American Revolution in Burke County, N.C., against British and Indian forces. He fought under Capt. Joseph McDowell and was at the Battle at Ninety-Six, S.C. He received a pension for his Revolutionary War service as a private in the Virginia militia.

In 1789, he moved from the Bill's Creek area along the Broad River to land he purchased on White Oak Mountain on the Green Creek, southside of White Oak Creek. He sold this the next year and bought land on Mountain Creek on both sides of Maple Creek.

Toward the end of his life, he lived with his daughter, Ann, who had married James M. Murphy. Next door was his daughter, Susan, and her husband, Braxton Langford.

In February 1848, when he was 94, "a jury of good and lawful men" were ordered "to examine into the soundness of mind of William Dalton whether he is capable of transacting his own affairs" and they found that he was non compos mentis. The court appointed E.G. Foster guardian to handle "the funds he received from the government."

Bond in the amount of $200 was posted by Braxton Lankford, his son-in-law, and Thomas Jefferson, one of the Justices of the Court. On 1 July, 1852, Braxton Lankford filed an administrator's bond in the amount of $50 for William in Henderson County, North Carolina.

Name: William Dalton^[1]

Father: David Dalton^[1]

Birth Date: 1754^[1]

City: Albermarle^[1]

State: VA^[1]

Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Morgan, Rutherford, North Carolina^[2]

Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Rutherford, North Carolina^[3]

CENSUS 1850

Name: William Dolton Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Henderson county, Henderson, North Carolina, United States Gender: Male Age: 95 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1755 Birthplace: Virginia House Number: 757 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James Murphy Male 64 North Carolina Ann Murphy Female 65 North Carolina William Dolton Male 95 Virginia Charlotte Dolton Female 32 North Carolina

Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S4W-MW2?i=119&cc=1401638

Pension Application

Name: William Dalton^[4]

State: NC

County: Rutherford County

Township: Age 74 No Township Listed

Year: 1840

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
2. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Morgan, Rutherford, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 33; Page: 105; Image: 417; Family History Library Film: 337909
3. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Roll: 42; Page: 365; Image: 00184; Family History Library Film: 0337915
4. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
5. ↑ Chalot Johnson in the Rutherford County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1779-1868 Name: Chalot Johnson Gender: Female Marriage Bond Date: 17 Nov 1783 Spouse: William Dorten

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Acknowledgemetns

• WikiTree profile Dalton-1531 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman.

• WikiTree profile Dalton-1805 created through the import of Riddle Family Tree.ged on Dec 3, 2012 by Jim Riddle. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jim and others.