Tennessee Family Group Sheet for the William DELAFIELD Family

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Submitted by: Gina Heffernan
Email address: <gina gale h @ yahoo . com>

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Husband: William DELAFIELD
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  Birthdate: 1763 - Mecklenburg Co, Virginia
  Deathdate: 1860 - Marshall, Harrison Co, Texas
     Father: Nicholas DELAFIELD (1720-1785) (1)
    Married: Abt 1785                  Place: Georgia
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   Wife: Nancy ???
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  Birthdate: Abt 1765
  Deathdate: Aft 1830 - Alabama
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Children
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1  M  Nicholas DELAFIELD (1)
  Birthdate: 1790 - Georgia
  Deathdate: 1854 - Marshall, Harrison Co, Texas
     Spouse: Sarah GORMAN (1805-1878)
 Marr. Date: 22 Apr 1821 - Hall Co, Georgia (2, 3)
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2  F  Nancy DELAFIELD
  Birthdate: Abt 1792
  Deathdate: Deceased
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3  M  John Glass DELAFIELD (4)
  Birthdate: 7 Sep 1794 - Sparta, White Co, Tennessee
  Deathdate: 27 Nov 1862 - Titus Co, Texas
     Spouse: Celia JONES (1802-1866) (4)
 Marr. Date: 21 Apr 1820 - Georgia
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Husband's General Notes
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  There is a historical marker honoring William Delafield as a patriot
in the LaGrone Cemetery near Hallsville, Texas. He is also listed in
the Roster of Texas Daughters Revolutionary Ancestors. There is also
a book "Delafield - The Family History" by Brigadere General John
Ross Delafield.
  The marker states
     "Son of Nicholas Delafield, a cooper in the English Navy in
1740's and an artisan living in Mecklenburg Co., Va., as early as the
1760's. William Delafield, as a lad of 16, served in the militia
company of a neighbor, Capt. Reuben Vaughan, during the year of 1779
when the former American colonies--joined together since 1776 as the
United States--were revolting against the tyranny of George III of
Great Britain.
     "In 1825, William Delafield, then 22 moved to Georgia. There he
brought up a family and in 1827 was awarded land on basis of his
Revolutionary War Service. By 1832, he and a son, Nicholas, lived in
Alabama, where in 1836 both received land grants in Barbour County.
The son in 1846 settled here in Harrison County, Texas.
     "By 1850, William Delafield also lived here, where he was known
to neighbors as an elderly man who sat in a rocking chair relating
stories of old times. He had lost a leg, probably in frontier
fighting in Georgia against the Indians. His descendants include
persons who have attained distinction in military and civilian life
in Texas and other states."

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Sources
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1. Texas Historical Marker, LaGrone Chapel.
2. Sybil Wood McRay, Hall County, Georgia 1819-1839 Marriages Book A,
   (Gainesville, Georgia), 5.
3. Marriage Certificate, Hall Co, GA Book A, Page 14.
4. Coffe, Jack, DELAFIELD rezsearcher.

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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF!

Most of this information came from the historical marker.