William E. Racter Dellinger (1861 - bef. 1870)

Born 4 Jun 1861 in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died before 1870 before age 8 in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States

Biography

William Dellinger's birth is recorded in his father's Bible as "Wilem E. Racter, son of L. H. Delinger was born June 4th 1861."^[1] He apparently was deceased before the 1870 census enumeration when he was not in his parents' household.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ When Solomon David Dellinger, son of Logan Henry Dellinger, applied for Civil War pension benefits, he exhibited his father's Bible which contains names and birth dates of Logan, his wife, and their children. Solomon D. Dellinger (Corporal, Co. I, 3rd Infantry, North Carolina Mounted Infantry, U.S. Civil War), pension certificate no 388400; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications ... 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, p. 761, Burnsville, dwelling 15, family 16, L. H. Dellinger; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1166.

• Kathy Gunter Sullivan, “Descendants of John and Barbara (Whitener) Dellinger,” Heinrich Weidner 1717–1792 and Catharina Mull Weidner 1733–1804: Through Four Generations With Important Contributions from Gracie Seitz Cook, Dr. Joy E. Whitener, and Kathy Gunter Sullivan (Privately printed, 1992).