David DALTON, Sr.

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David Sr., is believed to be the immigrant on this line from England. He and his sons fought in the Revolution and three sons are known to have received pensions. He lived in Albemarle County, Virginia before 1763; According to the pension applications of John and William they joined the army from Albemarle County, Virginia. Subsequently the family removed to Burke County, North Carolina, where they were in constant conflict with the British and Indians. Because of the heavy fighting, David decided to send his wife and daughters, along with his youngest son, Thomas to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where the children's uncle, William Grant lived. Thomas found the area a hotbed of Tory support, and became a spy for the Patriots. By 1782, the family had reassembled in the Mountain Creek area of Rutherford County. David, Sr. is found on the tax list for that year. In 1786 he bought 70 acres on the North Fork of Broad River from a Thomas Morris.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tombstone says birth date 27 February 17---; estimates are about 1752. Buried in Friendship Baptist Church, Saluda, North Carolina. On 16 March 1801 David, Jr. purchased 50 acres for 12 pounds, 10 shillings from a David Miller on the waters of Cove Creek, southeast of the "Brooker's". David lived on Howard Gap Road in present -day Polk County in his declining years. He is thought to have moved there in the 1820s from the Cove Creek area. Both Saluda Magazine and the book "Sketches of Polk County History" by Sadie Smathers Patton, tell of an Englishman, David Dalton, who lived on Howard Gap Road in Polk County, and whose family "married and intermarried" with the Morris, Thompson and Rhodes families., as being the progenitor of the Dalton's in Henderson and Polk Counties. It is believed that "Englishman" to have been David Jr's father, David, Sr.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alive at 1870 Census, Monroe County, Tennessee. He purchased, with John Smith, 200 acres of land in Cocke County, Tennessee. (Grant # 22602) on 20 April 1838. He and Mary are also listed as members of the Slate Creek Baptist Church (Membership List -- 1812-1876), but it is not known when they moved to Cocke County, but it was probably in 1837 when Zach requested a letter of dismissal from the Church. They moved to McMinn County, Tennessee by 1850 and to Monroe County by 1860 (Census).
1850 Tennessee Census: Zack, 55; Mary, 50; Alfred, 26; Elizabeth, 20; Mary, 19; Carter, 14; Harriet, 12; Malinda, 10. moved from North Carolina
Saturday, June 11, 1836:
Received brother Zachariah Dalton and sister Mary Dalton, his wife into our fellowship by letter.
Saturday, February 11, 1837
Brother Dalton came forward and acknowledged that he had done wrong in going to see the slite of hand and the church forgave him
Saturday, Aug 12, 1837
Choose Brethren Thomas Smith, Simon Smith, Zachariah Dalton delegates to the association on Sunday the thirteenth opened a door for the reception of members.
October 5, 1837
Brother Zackariah Dalton came forward and requested a letter of dismission for him and his wife which was granted.

Family/Spouse: Mary Poly JONES. Mary was born in 1809; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriett married Thomas Franklin CARTER in 1861 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Thomas (son of Elijah CARTER and Mary Ann GRAHAM) was born about 1842 in Oglethorpe, GA; died on 05 Aug 1924 in Maryville, Tennessee; was buried in 1924 in Cloyd's Creek Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]