Dear Sandra, 31 July 1999

I have been struggling to update my census records on some of the descendents of John Dilley Jr. b 1774. I have tried to make the census records for Abner readable for l850 and 1860. Abner had a family before the 1850 census which was further enlarged by the time of the 1860 census. Some of the childrens names are unusual and hard to spell correctly. There is confusion about Albert in the 1870 census, but in 1900, Abner age 84 was living with his daughter Armisetta age 61she was born in 1839 apparently. The two boys living with Abner in 1900 were probably grandsons.

I have much greater problems with James Dilley whose parentage is not clear to me. Was he a son of John Dilley Jr.? He married Delilah Hall and had a family mostly gone from home by 1850 census. She died and James married Susanna Whittington in 1849. Separating the children is difficult and most of them were already gone from the famiily. By 1860 James had a new family by Susannah. I would like to have their families.

I am sending copies of a 3 page census record set that also includes some VA born Dilleys of other clans. If you know someone who has the families of James Dilley on record, I would appreciate if you would inform them or send me their address.

I wouldi ask for one more service you could provide for me. I do not have email facility, and I do not have names and addresses for most of the 64 Dilley searchers in Teddys group. Jack R. Saylor who is searching the Asa Dille clan of the David Dille group, has the wrong birth year for Asa Sr. In an affidavit by Asa to support David Dille Jr.s application for a war pension, Asa states that he was born in 1767 and that he was 9 years old then. David and his sons moved from Morris Co., NJ to Washington Co., PA in the fall of 1776. I have a copy of this affidavit which I could send to Jack if I had his address. If you could notify him by email, he could then write me with his information. Or you could probably give me his mail address when and if you answer this letter. Thank You!

Sincerely yours,

Jay D. Andrews

CENSUSES FOR OHIO COUNTIES FROH 1850 TO 1900
<Lawrence, Licking, Lucas & Allen Counties)
(Descendants of VA born Dilleys)

 

LAWRENCE CO., OHIO 1850 CENSUS
(Elizabeth twp. 22 Oct 1850)

Dilly, James b 1810 40 m 1849 Susanna (2nd) 37
(Whittington)
James 8
m Farmer $800 OH
f (m 1 Delilah Hall, 7 Jan 1830 OH
(John Jr.)
m (James Vinton, last & 13th child by Delilah) OH

Mary E. Whittington 8 f (dau/Susanna by previous marriage) OH x
(James had 3 children by Susanna: James B., Lucinda, & William)

LAWRENCE CO., OHIO
(Aid twp 15 Oct 1850)

Dilly, Abner 36 m Farmer (1814-1902) $1200 OH (John Jr.)
Armila 33 f (Armilda Russell) PA (1814-1900)
Harriet 12 f OH
Amacetta 11 f (Amasetta) OH
Charity 9 f (Charity Ella) OH
Zerelda 7 f (Sorilda Jane) OH
Albert 3 m OH

(Lawrence twp 17 Oct 1850)

Dilly, Luke 30 ? m Farmer $1600 VA (John Jr.)?
Margaret 22 f VA
Nancy A. 7 f OH
Susan 4 f OH
Margaret J. 6/12 f OH

LAWRENCE CO., OHIO, 1860 CENSUS
(Lawrence twp 29 Jun 1860)

Dilley, Luke 47 m Farmer $2500 1000 OH x (John Jr.)
M 2nd Louisa 18 f (McKinney) 15 Mar 1860 OH x
Nancy A. 15 f OH x
Susan J. 14 f OH x
John W. 8 m OH x
James H. 6 m OH x
George W. 4 m OH

(Aid twp., 28 July 1860)

Dilley, Abner 44 m Farmer $3000 800 OH (John Jr.)
Armilda 44 f (Armilda Russell) PA
Harriet 23 f OH
Amassetta 21 f OH x
Charity 18 f OH x
Cerilda 16 f OH x
Albert 13 m OH x
Hester A. 9 f OH x
Alva Newton 4 m OH x
Lawrence Co., OH, Elizabeth twp. 19 Jul 1860, Contd

Dilley, James b 1810 48 m Farmer $1150 220 VA (John Jr.)
M 2nd Susannah Whittington 48 f (m 1st Delilla Hall 7 Jan 1830) OH
Charles Whittington 15 m OH x
Luscinda 10 f OH x
William 5 m OH x
(Note: Census record does not fit family records!)

LAWRENCE CO., OHIO, 1870 CENSUS

Dilley, Luke 55 m F $2500 OH
Pernina E. 30 f (2nd wife) KY
John 14..
James H. 19 m F OH
George W. 17 m F (by Margaret) OH
Luther C. 15 m F OH
William J. 4 m (by Pernina) OH

Dilley~ Abner 51 m F m 20 Dec 1837 (John Jr.) OH Aids Twp
Armilda 52 f VA
Hester 18 f Mending OH
Albert 10?? m (Alva 13 ??) OH
John Kelly 19 m OH
Margaret Ball f Housework OH

1880 CENSUS FOR LAWRENCE CO., OHIO, AIDS TWP
Dilley, Abner 65 m F OH VA VA (John)
Milly 61 f (Armilda) VA VA VA

1900 CENSUS FOR LAWRENCE CO., OH

Dilley, Abner 84 m
Amisetta 61 f
Alva N. 13 m
John Keys 23 m grandson

LICKING CO., OHIO 1850 CENSUS
(McKean twp. 17 Sep 1850)

Dilly, James C. 31 m Merchant VA (VA Dilley)
Martha 32 f OH (Jesse)
Albert Root 8 m OH
Wm. N. Root 3 m OH
William Hull 34 m OH

(Fallsberry twp. 27 Aug 1850)
Dilley, George W. 40 m Merchant VA (Va Dilley)
Mary 29 f VA (Jesse)
Rufus H. 10 m OH x
Bushrod 8 m OH x
Duncan H. 7 m OH x
Hellen 4 f OH
Lesley 11/12 m OH

LICKING CO., OHIO, 1860 CENSUS
(Granville Village, 16 Aug 1860)

Dilley, James C. 40 m Farmer $3000 VA (VA Dilley)
Martha 42 f Kphouse OH (Jesse)
Samuel 19 m laborer OH x
Albert Root 13 m OH x
Wm. N. Root 19 m student OH x
Marcus A. Root 14 m OH x

LUCAS CO., OHIO 1850 CENSUS (Washington twp)

Dilley, Aurora 35 m Laborer OH (Lewis Brooks)
Catherine 22 f Ireland
Eugene 1/12 m OH

1850 CENSUS, ALLEN CO., LAFAYETTE TWP, IN

Dilley, Aaron 70 VA m 20 Jan 1824 Wayne Twp. (VA Dilley)
Mary 60 VA
Emily 16 OH
Houston 17? IN?
Daniel 7 IN

Dilley, George 31 OH (George Washington) (VA Dilley)
Nancy 28 OH (Aaron 1780)
Aaron 8 IN
John 6? IN
George W. 4 IN
Lavina 1 IN

ALLEN CO., WAYNE TWP

Greer, John 23
Catherine 30
Dilly, Emily 14 Aaron 1780

Notes: The Dilleys in the above counties o-f Morgan, Licking, Muskingum and Lawrence in Ohio appear to belong to the Virginia clans. However, Absolem in Morgan Co. was a grandson of Ephraim Sr. of Guernsey Co. These Ohio census records were obtained through the Ohio Census Research service which was operated until 1 July 1989 by a young lawyer. There are such large descrepancies between ages of some families in 1850 and 1860 censuses that without agematching children I would have decided that they were different families. I dont know how accurate this census copier was, but obviously some of the names are not accurate.
After reading many censuses, I understand the problems. Aaron, age 70 and his wife Mary age 60 in Allen Co., IN, were old enough to be one of the earliest Dilley families in Virginia. He and Stephen b 1781 (Lawrence Co., IN clan) and Moses born 1794 (Morgan Co., Ohio clan) could be relatives of VA Dilleys John, Joseph & Richard who moved to Washington Co., Ohio before 1810. Aaron was old enough to have been father of several of the younger Dilleys in Ohio counties in 1850. Obviously, Aaron lived in Ohio before moving to Indiana. I found Aaron in Jay Co., IN during the 1840 census. It is useful to study the location of counties in Ohio and Indiana because southern counties along the Ohio River were settled almost a generation earlier than northern counties. Note the biblical names of Luke and Moses, John and James, and, Joseph and Jonathan in this Virginia Dilley clan. They could also be considered solid English names.

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