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This compilation of 59 pages of census records for Dille-Dilly-Dilleys is intended to help descendants to locate their ancestors by name and place. The census records have been indexed to facilitate searches. Only Federal Censuses are included. They cover mostly states north of the Mason-Dixie line and east of the Mississippi River. The early Dilleys lived in New Jersey; they spread westward through PA, OH, IN, IL, or south through VA, W VA, Ky, and TN to reach southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois where better lands were available. Most census records in this collection are for the states of PA, OH, IN, and IL where Dilleys were most abundant. Two periods of census records are treated separately because the data available changed; listing all names with ages began in 1850.
The census records were divided into two groups as follows: Part I. censuses for 1790 to 1840; and Part 11. 1850 to 1870. Each part is preceeded by an index of heads-of-famil ies which should facilitate research. Part III. is a general index of all names in the 1850 to 1870 censuses. If a researcher knows his father and grandfather by name, the head-of-family index will usually provide and entry into ancestors. The census records are presented by states and counties but not in a fixed format.
The census records have been annotated with names of fathers, maiden names of wives and other clues on their relationships. Census records provide clues but cannot be depended upon for proof of relationship, ages and names. These census data should be followed by bible, church, graveyard, and vital records for proof of genealogical data.
Census records are usually copied verbatim but mis-speIIings, unreadable script and frequently false ages are common; mistakes in copying and false statements by the person being censused occur. Where firm dates, ages and names have been available, corrections have been made in the census records or the alternative offered. Where there is doubt about an age, name, or relationship, a question mark has been placed behind the item and the reader should be wary.
The indices for Heads-of-Family have been annotated with fathers, wives or widows, birth years, location and census year to provide distinctive information for each individual. When these fail, one must go to the general index which will be much more complicated to use.
A brief summary of the major Dille-Dilley clans has been included along with a chart of migration routes to help the reader. A clan is defined as any size from a family to several generations. Where parentage is not known, clans have been substituted as clues.
The compiler collects census records for Dilleys as a hobby; contributions and comments are invited. Sometimes I find my mistakes but more often it is the new reader who detects them. Corrections are always in order. I thank Neville DiIley of LouisviIle, KY for use of the 1870 census records mostly collected by him.
106 Cornwallis Rd.
Yorktown, Va.23690
This census compilation is intended to present me with a quick reference to Dilley clans in USA. This second census book includes records collected after the first volume was compiled in August 1990. Some clans are repeated where later censuses were collected, and when the earlier records were disjointed in Book I . Most censuses in Book II are new ones, therefore, both volumes must be checked to identify individuals, families and clans.
The format of the index is designed to provide maximum information in three headings or columns--Given Names; Birth Years of Heads of Families; and Parentage of Individuals. Sometimes, localities are substituted for parentage when other data are missing. The birth years of parents are derived from census ages mostly, except when actual dates are known. In census records, a few people fudge or give false acies, ususally younger for various reasons. Children's ages are usually given correctly. People born during the period that censuses were being taken show variable ages by years. Names often change in census records where only one of two given names is reported; nicknames often get into census records too. Some people appear in as many as four censuses which provides better choices of real ages.
There will be mistakes in this census account; it can be used only for confirming names, ages, professions, etc. I have deliberately left space on each of the census pages for notes and corrections, and for posting new information with the proper clan;, This compilation is for my personal use in identifying Dilley relationships, and in answering inquiries about clans. I collect data on all Dilley families before 1900 in USA. No special effort to collect families after 1900 is made. Tne only clan excluded from this compilation is that of Virginia Cilleys for whom I have a separate, recent account, I am retaining separate the index compilation which shows families in groups in the order of census pages. For ease of finding, all names have been alphabetized in the bound index for easy use.
Jay D. Andrews
22 Dec 1996
(Major clans and localities settled)
1. Aaron Dilley b 1721 of Hunterdon Co., New Jersey--first of three generations of Aaron Dilleys in N.J. through to the 1800s, and ancestor of many N.J. lines after 1800--including "Dutch" Dilleys of western N. J. and probably other clans who migrated westward (examples: George E. Dilley of Palestine, TX; Jonathan b 1741 of Trumbull Co. clan; & Ephraim Sr. of Guernsey Co., OH. Oldest son of David Dille Sr.)
2. David Dille Sr., b 1718, raised a family in Morris Co., N.J. and migrated to Washington Co., PA about 1776. The family migrated from Morris Co. N.J. with a Presbyterian church group of Axtells, Dodds, Days, Condits with whom they intermarried. All 8 of David's sons lived in Washington Co. for a generation, but by 1800 all but Isaac and Israel had moved across the Ohio River to Belmont Co., Ohio. After a generation there, most spread westward into Ohio and Indiana. A large portion of the Dilles who lived in the mid-continent states during the 1800s were descended from David Dille Sr. David was probably a son of John Dilley Jr. b 1681.
3. Ichabod Dilley b 1724 lived in Morris Co., N.J. until about 1790 when he and son Lewis migrated to Washington Co., PA. Lewis Sr. became the ancestor of many Dilleys who have remained in Washington Co. to the present time. Price Dilley was a probable son of Ichabod. Ichabod died in Washington Co. soon after appearing in the federal census for 1800, but his burial site is not known. Probably a son of John b 1681.
4. Richard Dilley b about 1740 moved to Luzerne Co., PA about 1784 with grown children from a home site in Sussex Co. N.J.. Several generations continued to live in Luzerne Co. and in nearby New York state; some scattered westward to Minnesota and beyond. He was a son of Aaron b 1721 along with Ephraim, and Jonathan b 1741., the progenitor of the Trumbull Co., OH Dilleys.
5. Jonathan Dilley b 1741 had 4 sons--Thompson, Cornelius,
Samuel and Aaron,
who migrated directly from N. J. to Trumbull Co., Ohio during
the early 1800s. Some of the Thompson branch, after a brief period
in Mercer Co. PA, spread westward to Lake Co., Illinois. Others
remained in Trumbull Co. OH. A descendent, Gerald Dilley and wife
Ruth, of Wind Lake WI have collected much data on this clan and
the early generations of all Dilleys in New Jersey.
6. Ephraim Dilley b 1755 in N. J. migrated to Fayette Co., PA about 1800 and to Guernsey Co., Ohio about 1814, where numerous descendants lived for several generations and some still do. He had six sons and two daughters who produced a numerous clan at Senecaville, Guernsey Co., OH. His sons spread from Mississippi (Samuel) to Minnesota (Ephraim Jr). Detailed genealogical accounts of the Ephraim Dilley clan are available at the LDS library in Sal t Lake City. Sandra Williams of Massachusetts collected a detailed account of this clan (records not available). See a new more comprehensive account by J. D. Andrews in 1997 at DAR, LDS, Gen. Soc. of OH, AlIen Co. , IN Iibrary , Guernsey Co. library, and others including DAR in Wash. D.C.
7. Price Dilley b 1754, probably a son of Ichabod, moved to Washington Co. PA with the 6 sons of David Sr. about 1776. He lived there with the "Ten Milers" until 1800 when he moved with other Presbyterian Church members to Mercer Co., PA in the NE corner of that state. After a generation there, some grandsons and relatives moved to Roseville, IL near the Mississippi R. Eventually several Roseville Dilleys moved to Sterling, Kansas where several of his grandchildren are buried. A manuscript account of this clan by J. D. Andrews is available at these living-site Iibraries and the LDS and DAR Libraries. Lewis Dilley, a brother of Price, moved from NJ to Wash. Co. PA in 1790 where his clan remains, the only one in that early Dilley site. All of David Dille Jr.'s 6 sons moved west in the early 180O's.
8. Aaron Dille b late 1740's?, probably the oldest son of David Sr., stayed in N. J. until about 1790 when be appeared on the Wash. Co. tax records for two years; then he migrated to Belmont Co., OH along with five of his brothers by 1800. No information on his residence in N. J. has been found. Seven of his brothers migrated to Washington Co. in 1776 where most lived a generation before moving on to Belmont Co., Ohio. All of David's sons moved farther west after a generation in Belmont Co., except Aaron and John who remained there for life. Aaron had remained in N.J. where he raised a family before moving to Wash. Co. in 1790. He moved to Belmont in 1792 where his children began marrying in the early 1800s. His children moved farther west as they matured, particularly to Indiana and Illinois where a great grandson, Jesse Brooks Dille, began collecting family history records in the 1890s. Sons John and Ichabod and grandson Hiram left many descendants in Indiana.
9. John Dille b 1748? was the first son of David to move to Belmont Co., Ohio, where he had a farm, and operated a supply store on a barge anchored on the shore of the Ohio River. He died there in Dille Bottoms, and is buried in the Gallagher private cemetery in Belmont Co. Most of his children moved west. A son David born 1790 moved to Missouri and left many descendants there who are recorded in the Dille book. The Dille book placed 3 of John's sons, William, Squire and Amos as sons of John Jr. rather than sons of David Jamison Dille b 1790. The 1850 census records show the families of these three grandsons of John Dille in Missouri. Samuel Dille, who moved with David Jr. & Asa to Cuyahoga Co., OH about 1803. He was reported to be a nephew of David and Asa; he was a son of John Sr. which was only recently determined in the Draper Papers in Cleveland, OH.
10. Israel Dille b 1755 moved west from Wash. Co. with his sons to Richland Co., OH, before the 1820 census, and some descendants moved on to Illinois and Missouri. He and Isaac b 1757 lived and died in Richland Co. OH, but their sons and daughters, who first lived in Richland Co., moved to Hardin and Logan counties Indiana & elsewhere. Israel and Isaac are buried in Richland Co. ages 67 and 70. Their wills in Richland Co. provided lists of living children.
11 . Isaac Dille b 1757 was the ancestor of some Dilles in W. Virginia and Green Co., PA. The oldest sons Stephen and Ezra stayed in SW PA., but six of his sons moved to Richland and Hardin counties, Ohio, and later farther west. A descendant, Thomas Ray Dille, a lawyer in Morgantown, W. VA, collected genealogical data for over 20 years from 1920 to 1939. His data, deposited in the University of West VA library, are a major source of information for all Dille/Dilley clans, including the book by George E. Dille entitled The Dille Family in America (1965).
12. Asa and David Dille, Jr. (b 1767 and 1753) married Saylor sisters in Washington Co. , PA; they lived in the same areas during the rest of their Iives. After a few years in BeImont Co., Ohio (1800-1804), they moved to the Cleveland area (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio. These two sons of David Sr. produced many descendents; they had 34 children and a high survival rate. David's family by his first wife stayed in the Cleveland area; those of the second marriage migrated west throughout middle America. The birth year of Asa (1767) was controversial because his affidavit on David Jr.'s pension application conflicted with birth years given in the Dille book for his family. A new set of correct birth dates was found in David Buel Dilley's biography that were some 10 years later than those given in the Dille book. They conform with the ages of the two Saylor sisters who married David and Asa.
13. Caleb Dille b 1759 moved to Belmont Co. for a generation and then to Henry Co., IN. with most of his sons. Caleb was among five of David Sr's sons and a cousin Price who served in the Washington Co. militia during the Revolutionary War. Caleb was the ancestor of George Earl Dille author of the Dille book; there is a Iong list of Caleb's descendents in the book. Some of Samuel Dille's descendants also lived in Henry Co. IN in the 1830s, but most moved bcrk to Montgomery Co., OH in later years.
14.Samuel Dille b 1752 spent a generation in Washington Co. before ne moved to Belmont Co. with his sons. He did not stay long in Belmont Co. as his son John moved Belmont Co., who moved to Henry Co., IN, also two or more sons moved there from Montgomery Co., OH. Some descendants of John's son Samuel who died early lived in the SW corner of Illinois at Villa Ridge on the Ohio River. Most of Samuel's children are listed only by name in the Dille book. Samuel Sr. and several of his descendants are buried in a private cemetery on ValIey Pike, Mad River Twp., Montgomery Co., OH.
15. John, Joseph and Richard Dilley were VA-born and lived near the Potomac R. in Stafford and Fauquier Co., VA during the period 1780-1810. They moved to Washington Co, Ohio on the Ohio River before the 1810 census. Don Dilley of Lompoc, CA was a descendant of this clan which he searched, and his records are published in a book entitled " Our ElIenwood Clan ' by Nellie Gard, copies of which are found at each state library.
16. Jesse Dilley b 1770 in N.J. lived in Shenandoah Co. VA for about 30 years, and had sons Jonathan, Hiram, James and Luke Dilley, who migrated to present Guernsey, Noble and Morgan counties, Ohio about 1839. These are the Cumberland Dilleys who lived in SW Guernsey Co. beginning in 1839. Changes in county boundaries determined their county locations for the 1840 & 1850 censuses. Jesse had also two sons George W. and James C. living in Licking Co., OH. The N.J. parentage for this clan is probable: he may have been a son of Jonathan Jr. of Alexandria/Kingwood twps, Hunterdon Co., N.J. Jesse appeared in the 1820 and 1830 censuses for Shenandoah Co. then for the 1840 & 1850 censuses in Morgan Co., OH. Some earlier VA-born migrants to Morgan Co., OH were John, Aaron and Ichabod who moved there about the time of the War of 1812. Their VA ancestry is unknown.
17. John Dilley, a German immigrant moved from MD to Shenandoah Co., VA about 1773, where he bought and sold land up to 1780 then disappeared. He had four sons--Christian, John, Martin and Henry who married in Bath Co., VA and became residents of W. VA. Thelma Reeder, a descendant of John Dilley, son of John Sr., researched this clan intensively. Neville Dilley provided the land records searched by genealogist Rebecca H. Good, which describes John Sr's Iiving site between the two branches of the Shenandoah River. See the account by Andrews, Reeder and Hill at Salt Lake City and the DAR library for this clan. This clan has no relationship to the clan of John of Woodbridge Co., NJ.
18. Steven Dilley, b in VA in 1781, lived in Campbell Co., KY before moving to Lawrence Co., IN with his family including Uriah, Joseph, Ishmael, James E, Jonathan, and Stephen. Deborah Dilley Flagg of of Des Moines, IA has searched this clan. The relationship of Steven to other VA Dilleys is not known. This clan must not be confused with the John Jr. clan of the VA Dilleys. John Sr. had 4 sons who all migrated to W. VA where many remained. The clan of John Jr. of W. VA lived in Lawrence, Co., OH whereas, Steven's clan lived in Lawrence Co., IN. These clans lived near the Ohio River in both states.
Notes: Three earlier generations of Dilleys in New Jersey, including two Johns, three Aarons, several Jonathans and others, comprise a large list of NJ Dilleys not satisfactorily known for their ancestry and relationships. Most of the early, scattered records are found in the New Jersey Archives and various local histories and historical publications. Thomas Ray Dille, a lawyer at Morgantown, W. VA, collected genealogical data between 1920 and 1939 from all sources and for all clans. He copied the records of Jesse Brooks Dille of Dixon, IL, a descendant of Aaron, and those of Elbert Dille a descendant of David Dille, Jr. Also, he got records from William Wallace Dille of Cleveland who described the David Dille Jr. clan, and from numerous other Dille-Dilley descendants who responded to his numerous form letters. Thomas Ray Dille's records are deposited at the Library of the University of West Virginia at Morgantown, W. VA. Authors of the Dille book used this collection extensively and added many data on recent generations. The book was published in 1965 by the Walsworth Publishing Co., Marceline, Missouri. The senior author, George Earl Dille, is dead and the surviving author Earl Kaye Dille has not made the supporting records available to the public. In fact, they are now reported as destroyed.
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