Display Patriot - P-143299

Reuben DALTON

SAR Patriot #: P-143299

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A029420

Birth: 1750 / / NC
Death: 27 Jan 1822 Thorn Hill / Grainger / TN

Qualifying Service Description:

Enlisted in Capt William Bobbitt's Company of Montgomery Co, VA

Additional References:

VA MAGAZINE HIST & BIOG, VOL 47, pg 37
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004

Spouse: Elizabeth Shockley
Children: Carter; Enos; Timothy;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2008-12-09	FL	33670	Dale John Dalton (172976)	Timothy
2011-08-18	OH	43544	Ervin Dalton (180510)	Timothy
2022-04-22	NV	99565	Richard L. Dalton (209333)	Timothy

Burial:

Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery_(C-0072156)

Location:

Thorn Hill / Grainger / TN / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

289413

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

10744667

Marker Type:

SAR Lug

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

19 May 2012

Comments:

Photo displayed with permission from Vickey in Find-a-Grave

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Ervin Dalton
Biography: Reuben Dalton was born around 1752, probably in Bedford Co,. Va.. and died in 1822 in Grainger Co., Tn. (Will dated Jan. 27, 1822). He married Elizabeth Shockley in 1771 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. . He moved to Montgomery Co., Va. around 1782 and acquired 170 in that county near Cranberry Creek. He sold that land in Grayson Co., Va., 100 acres in 1797 and the last 70 acres in 1801. He purchased 200 acres in Tennessee on the north side of Clinch Mountain and he was the first Dalton to settle in Grainger Co., Tennessee in 1801.

Military: Reuben is first listed in Capt. William Bobbitt's Company of Montgomery Co., Va. According to documentation from “The Virginia Magazine” of History and Biography published by the Virginia Historical Society in the 1939 edition (Vol. 47, pg. 37), he is listed with a William Dalton (who could be his brother? ) And also in Mary B. Kegley's publication of 1777-1790 Montgomery Co., Va. Militia (pg. # 9). We know that he joined this Company between 1778-1782 because that is the time line of William Bobbitt's acceptance and then resignation of his Captain's Commission in Montgomery Co.. We also know by the records that many of the militia often met at Capt. Bobbitt's home.

He is later listed in the “Joint Return of Strength" of Capt. Jonathan Isom's Company as a Ensign and William as a Lt.. (pg. # 18). We know that Capt. Isom had taken over Capt. Bobbitt's command by documentation from “Biography and Genealogy of Men in Wm. Herbert's Company” where it states that Capt. Jonathan's Company, earlier was Capt. William Bobbitt's Company.

The unit records of the county militia were scarce and often fragmented. The best records usually came from pension applications filed. By a Act of Congress on June 7, 1832 pension applications were accepted but unfortunately Reuben had died in 1822. Around 1838 the “widows” section of that procedure was active but unsure when Elizabeth actually died and we see no records of her applying under Reuben's name. So with no pension information, we have no records of unit movement, conflicts or his discharge date .

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