Daniel Flint (1800 - 1876)

Born 1800 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Hale (Davis) Flint — married 15 Dec 1822 in New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1876 at about age 76 in Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, in which delegates from some Unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to break away from Virginia during the American Civil War, although they included many secessionist counties in the new state. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key Civil War border state. West Virginia was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, the first to separate from any state since Maine separated from Massachusetts, and was one of two states formed during the American Civil War (the other being Nevada). This why Daniel Flint residence shows up as Virginia.

Second Marriage

Sometime between 1850^[1] and 1860, Harriet Riggs married Daniel Flint.^[2] Harriet died of dropsy on 28 Mar 1869 in Pleasants County, West Virginia.^[3] Although no marriage record has been located, the inscription on the tombstone for Harriet Flint says she was the wife of D. Flint. In addition to the tombstone and the 1860 census showing Harriet living with Daniel Flint who was born in New Hampshire, that supports that this Daniel Flint was her husband, the below deed spells out their relationship when Daniel relinquishes his rights and title to her property.^[4]

Deed/Proof of Marriage

As part of a court settlement, Daniel Flint, of Pleasants County, Virginia, made a deed in Pleasants County, Virginia on 13 April 1869 to James Riggs, Edmund Riggs, Jr., Ellen R. Riggs and Arthur P. Riggs "and heirs not yet present as yet" of Harriet Flint, decd.^[5]

Slave Owner

Harriet's father left her two enslaved women.^[6] The 1860 Census Slave Schedule of Daniel Flint also supports that Sally and Joana from the will of Bazel Riggs were still owned by Harriett Riggs Flint. The enslaved include one woman, aged 68, likely Sally, and one woman, aged 27, likely Joana.^[7]

Slaves^[8]

1. Sall 'Sally' Roby
2. Joana Riggs

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 U.S. census, Tyler County, Virginia, population schedule, District 61, p. 367B, dwelling 630, family 630, Bazel Riggs; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4206469_00311 : accessed 21 April 2021); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 979.
2. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Pleasants County, Virginia, District 3, p. 665 (penned), dwelling 421, family 421, Harriet Flint; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4298866_00065 : accessed 21 April 2021); citing National Archives microfilm publication M653.
3. ↑ U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, Harriet Flint (1869); database, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3530&h=334166 : accessed 21 April 2021).
4. ↑ Ancestry, Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9985430/harriet-flint : accessed 21 April 2021), memorial 9985430, Harriet Riggs Flint (1799-1869), Long Reach Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia; gravestone photograph by DeLoss McKnight III.
5. ↑ Pleasants County, (West) Virginia, Deed Book 6, p. 24, Daniel Flint to James Riggs and others, 13 April 1869; image, FamilySearch, "Deeds, 1851-1904," image 44 of 622, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37Y-DSWB-C?i=43&cat=70876 : accessed 21 April 2021).
6. ↑ Tyler County, West Virginia, Will Book 1B, pp. 127-129, Bazil Riggs, 19 October 1844.
7. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Pleasants County, Virginia, slave schedule, District 1, p. 1 (penned), lines 6-7, slaves of Daniel Flint; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/vam653_1395-0492 : accessed 21 April 2021); citing National Archives microfilm publication M653.
8. ↑ Tyler County, West Virginia, Will Book 1B, pp. 127-129, Bazil Riggs, 19 October 1844; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9087/images/004715769_00167 : accessed 21 April 2021).

[1] "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch  : 31 December 2014), Daniel Flint and Lydia Davis, 15 Dec 1822; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,000,991.

[2] "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch  : 24 August 2015), Daniel Flint, Wood, Virginia, United States; citing p. 144, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 579; FHL microfilm 29,693.

[3] "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch  : 9 November 2014), Daniel Flint in household of George Flint, Doddridge county, Doddridge, Virginia, United States; citing family 60, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

[4] "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch  : 30 December 2015), Daniel Flint, 1860.