Ezekiel T (Delph) Delp Delf (1839 - 1865)

Born 1839 in Hancock, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Jan 1865 at about age 26 in Andersonville Prison, Sumter, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Military

Pvt. Ezekiel (Delph) Delp Delf served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 09/23/1861
Mustered out: Jan 25 1865 died of fever Andersonville Prison
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

Pvt. Ezekiel (Delph) Delp Delf was a Prisoner of War during United States Civil War.

Pvt. Ezekiel (Delph) Delp Delf Died of Disease during the United States Civil War.

POW memorandum gives "Number of grave #12498" but not where, so assume it is the Andersonville National Cemetery, now we know new photo of headstone, " :"12498 E.T. Delf Tenn"

8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, United States Civil War. Andersonville Prisoners of War |

"He died in the Andersonville hospital of Diarrhoia A, Jan 22 1865"

United States Civil War Soldiers Index

Name Ezekiel T. Delp

Event Type Military Service

Military Beginning Rank Private

Military Final Rank Private

Military Side Union

State or Military Term Tennessee

Military Unit 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

Military Company C

Affiliate Film Number 4 ^[1]

Family Life

Here is a William Delp and looks like a wife???

1850 Hancock county, Hancock, Tennessee

Address: 305

DATA for Ezekiel

Age 11

Birth Year (Estimated) 1839

Birthplace Tennessee

House Number 305

William Delp M 51 Virginia

Roxalana Delp F 45 Virginia

James Delp M 21 Virginia

Eli Delp M 23 Virginia

Abijah Delp M 15 Tennessee

Ezekiel Delp M 11 Tennessee

George Delp M 4 Tennessee

Josiah Tesnar M 77 Virginia

NEXT DOOR is

Delp, DANIEL age:25/Mary Ann age:21/Sarah age:2

living with the rest of the family in War Gap

1860 P.O. War Gar, Wallen District, Hancock, Tennessee

Age 58

Birth Year (Estimated) 1802

Birthplace Virginia

Page 120

Wm Delp M 58 Virginia

Rockcellany Delp F 55 Virginia

Ezekiel Delp M 19 Tennessee

Sary Delp F 15 Tennessee

Annis Delp F 15 Tennessee

George Delp M 14 Tennessee

Rufus Hansford M 7 Tennessee

Florence Hansford F 5 Tennessee

Abijah Hansford M 1 Tennessee

NEXT DOOR is

Lucy Delp age:40 born:Tennessee/with her are 5 kids ages 2-12 and no husband

ALSO 4 pgs further back is

Delp, James H age:31 born Virginia/ Mary age:28/2 boys/ an Anderson family ^[2]

The Descriptive card states that he was married.

Pension card gives "Widow: Martha Willis"

Minor "Samerica Robineth"

Research Notes

ONCE AGAIN, the military headstone is MISCHISELED, WE SPELL the name DELP as per the military Death certificate attached. Ezekiel T. Delp of the 8th Tennessee

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSNP-9J9 : 4 December 2014), Ezekiel T. Delp, Private, Company C, 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M392 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 821,892.
2. ↑ 1850 Hancock county, Hancock, Tennessee

1. Descriptive card
2. Find A Grave: Memorial #28872151 New photo on f-a-g provided by Kevin Frye Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28872151/ezekiel-t-delf: accessed 04 February 2023), memorial page for PVT Ezekiel T. Delf (1839–21 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28872151, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by carole l taylor (contributor 47890355).
3. Minor's benefits card