Eli Dellinger (1808 - 1900)

Born 15 Mar 1808 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Hoyle) Dellinger — married about 1833 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Dellinger — married 18 Sep 1849 in Union County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1900 at age 92 in Blairsville, Union County, Georgia

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Biography

Eli Dellinger was the eldest son of Martin Dellinger and his wife Ann Mary Englefinger (a.k.a. Inglefinger).

Eli, about age 22, was not in his father's Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1830 census household and is not enumerated elsewhere in the county as head of a household.

The 1832 tax list for Capt. Stamey's district includes "Eli Delinger with 59 1/2 acres valued at $60 and one white poll [Eli is the poll].^[1]

Based on the birth years of Eli's known children, he married Margaret Hoyle about 1833 or before. Margaret's maiden name "Hoyles" [sic Hoyle] is stated on the death certificate of her last-known child, Eva Catherine.^[2]

26 February 1836, Martin Dellinger conveyed land he had acquired from his father Henry Dellinger to Eli.
Lincoln County, N.C., DB 37:473. Martin Dellinger to Eli Dellinger, both of Lincoln Co., for $400 . . . all that tract in Lincoln Co. on the North and Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek containing 626 acres granted Henry Dellinger by two patents dated 1790 and 1797
beginning at a black oak on a ridge on the West side of North Buffalo the beginning corner of the original tract
and runs North 76 East 36 poles to a pine on Thomas Davis' line
with his line North 7 East 43 poles to a post oak his corner
with his line South 83 East 100 poles crossing the Creek below the sawmill to a white oak
North 76 East 190 poles crossing Middle Buffaloe to a stake and pointers
North 20 West 25 poles to a stake and pointers near John Stamey's corner
East 146 poles to a post oak near a branch of South Buffaloe
North 2 West 129 poles to a small black oak on David Reap's corner
with his line West 192 poles to a post oak his corner
with another of his lines North 180 poles to a post oak his corner
West 58 poles to a dead black oak the beginning corner of Henry Dellinger's second 500 acre grant
then South 74 poles to a small black jack near Charles Biles' corner
South 80 West 106 poles to a pine knot and pointers on Self's corner
then with his line South 20 West 118 poles crossing the Creek to a white oak his corner on the West bank
then with another of his lines south 62 West 133 to a stake on his corner on the old line
with said line South 19 East 58 poles to a stake on William Self's line
with his line South 50 East 47 poles to a post oak his corner
with his line South 40 West 29 poles to a pine on the old line
South 19 East 42 poles to the beginning . . .
[signed] Martin Dellinger.
Witnesses: Thomas Self [sic Davis], Samuel Self.
Proved by oath of Thomas Davis at September Sessions 1838.

3rd Monday in August 1838, Lincoln County Court minutes; microfilm C.060.30005, North Carolina State Archives]: "Deed of Sale from Martin Dellinger to Eli Dellinger for 626 acres of land dated 26th February 1836 proved in Open Court by oath of Thomas Davis a subscribing witness."

1840 U.S. census, Upper Regiment, Lincoln County, North Carolina, p. 71, line 12, Eli Dellenger; NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 364
Male 30-39 [1801-1810: Eli]
Male 15-19 [1811-1825: unknown; too old to be a child of Eli and Margaret]
Male 0-4 [1836-1840: John about age 4]
Male 0-4 [1836-1840: Henry an infant]
Female 20-29 [Margaret born 1811-1820]
Female 5-9 [1831-1835: Barbara age 6 born circa 1834]
Female 0-4[1836-1840: Margaret age 2]

The 1840 Lincoln County, N.C., tax list for Captain Estley Rhyne's district has an entry for "Eli Delinger" listing 443 acres valued at $500 and one white poll;^[3] however, the entry is stricken through, indicating that boundaries of Rhyne's district had changed, and Eli was residing in a different tax district. Not all tax lists are extant, and Eli has not been found in any other 1840 tax district. The previous year’s lists were used as a guide when compiling the current year’s tax list, implying that Eli's stricken-out entry represents his 1839 taxables. The 1839 list is not extant.

Margaret (Hoyle) Dellinger was alive in September 1844 when her child Eva Catherine was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina.^[4] Margaret was deceased before Eli's second marriage in 1849.

About 1848, Eli relocated to Blairsville in Union County, Georgia. The sale of his North Carolina land has not been found in deed indexes of Lincoln or Cleveland or Gaston counties.

28 September 1849, Union County, Georgia: marriage of Eli Dillinger and Elizabeth (née --?--) Smith.

8 October 1850 Union Co., Georgia p. 231, family no. 405
Eli Dilinger age 41 [c1809] born NC; Farmer; RE value $350. Married within the year.
Elizabeth Dilinger age 24 born Tennessee [Eli's second wife]
Barbary Dilinger age 16 born NC [born circa 1834]
John Dilinger age 14 born NC [born circa 1836]
Margarett Dilinger age 12 born NC [born circa 1838]
Henry Dilinger age 9 born NC [born by 1840 census]
Robert Smith age 6 born Tennessee [1844; Eli's stepson]
John Smith age 3 born Tennessee [1847; Eli's stepson]
[Daughter Eva Catherine Dellinger is in the nearby household of [Aunt?] Barbara (Hoyle) Dellinger, p. 232, enumerated as Catherine Dellinger age 5 born N.C. (born circa 1845).]

In January 1851, Eli's father, Martin (acting as agent and attorney for the heirs of his deceased daughter Rebecca and for Elizabeth widow of Martin's deceased son Levi and for his son Eli), sold their inherited share of their maternal grandmother's North Carolina property. This conveyance proves the marriage of Martin Dellinger to Ann Mary Englefinger and also proves the descent of Rebecca, Levi, and Eli from their deceased mother Ann Mary (Englefinger) Dellinger.

4 January 1851, Lincoln County, North Carolina, DB 42:112-113, Martin Dellinger as Agent and Attorney for Eli Dellinger, heirs of Rebecca (Dellinger) Williams, and Elizabeth Dellinger [son Levi's widow] sold 333 acres on Hoyles Creek to Lewis Dellinger. The deed specifies Martin was selling "the undivided three shares of a one seventh part . . . of the legatees of Ann Mary Dellinger dec'd. [Martin's wife] she being entitled to a one-seventh part of the heirs of Eve Englefinger.

Eve Englefinger had seven children, one of whom was Ann Mary (Englefinger) Dellinger. Because Ann Mary was deceased, her four surviving children (Eli, Rebecca, Sarah, and Levi) inherited Ann Mary's one-seventh share. By 1851, Rebecca and Levi were deceased, so their shares were inherited by their heirs. Sarah had already sold her share in 1849; Lincoln County deed book 46:136.

1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia: "Eli Dillinger, living in Union County, Georgia, age 55, born in North Carolina."^[5]

1870 U.S. Census, Subdivision 126, Union County, Georgia, p. 31B.
Eli Dellinger 52 [note: Eli is married to a younger second wife, and subtracts ten years from his age.]
Elizabeth Dellinger 44
La Fayette Dellinger 14
Mary Dellinger 12
Virginia Dellinger 10
Sarah Dellinger 8
Lewis Dellinger 5
James Dellinger 3^[6]

1880 U.S. Census, Coosa, Union County, Georgia, ED 179, p. 133B, dwelling/family 86; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 169.
Eli Dillinger age 72 born NC. Farmer. Both parents born NC.
Wife: Elizabeth Dillinger age 55. Father born NC. Mother born VA.
Daughter: Sarah Dillinger age 17 born GA
Son: Lewis Dillinger age 15 born GA
Son-in-Law: Elijah Teaque age 20 born GA
Daughter: Fiannah Teaque age 18 born GA

1890 Georgia, Property Tax Digests, Coosa Creek, Union County. Eli Dellinger is listed with no taxable polls (he was over the poll tax age) and 95 acres valued at $120. The list is alphabetized and includes Eli's sons Lewis and Henry. Also listed is Joshua Anderson, father of Elizabeth Anderson who married Eli's son John Dellinger.^[7]

1900 U.S. Census, population schedule, Coosa, Union County, Georgia, ED 128, p. 4B. Eli at 92 years, living with his son Lewis and Lewis' wife Nancy and six young children. [This census was taken 1 June 1900, five days before Eli died.]^[8]

Burial

June 1900, Baptist Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Union County, Georgia^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Kathy Gunter Sullivan citing Lincoln County Tax Lists, box no. CR.060.701.5, North Carolina State Archives.
2. ↑ Benton County, Arkansas, Death Certificate #32: Eva Catherine Guthery born 6 September 1844 in North Carolina. Father: Eli Dellinger born North Carolina. Mother: Margaret Hoyles born North Carolina. Informant: Andy Guthary of Gentry, Arkansas [Eva Catherine's son]. Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock.
3. ↑ Kathy Gunter Sullivan citing Lincoln County Tax Lists, box no. CR.060.701.5, North Carolina State Archives.
4. ↑ Benton County, Arkansas, Death Certificate #32: Eva Catherine Guthery born 6 September 1844 in North Carolina. Father: Eli Dellinger born North Carolina. Mother: Margaret Hoyles born North Carolina. Informant: Andy Guthary of Gentry, Arkansas [Eva Catherine's son]. Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock.
5. ↑ 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, database on-line, Ancestry.com; citing Nancy Cornell, 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000).
6. ↑ 1870 Census, Subdivision 126, Union, Georgia; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 179; digital image, Ancestry.com; citing Family History Library Film 545678.
7. ↑ "Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"; digital image, Ancestry.com; citing Georgia Tax Digests, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
8. ↑ 1900 U.S. census, Union County, Georgia; digital image, Ancestry.com; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll: 225.
9. ↑ Find A Grave memorial 137300582 created 15 October 2014 by Reuben Glen Davis Sr.; citing Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, USA

See also:

• Ancestral File Number: 1W54-G2R. Ancestral File June 1998.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Dellinger-203 created through the import of White.wiki.ged on Oct 26, 2011 by Pam Wade.