General Notes

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Helen Stinson sites in Greenbrier Co., two court records in 1890 and 1810, involving John & Elizabeth Dilley and a William Blair, which hint of domestic problems,  It is noted that Wm Bl air left a large family in Greenbrier Co., to move to Lawrence Co., OH where he appeared alone in the 1820 census, and died soon thereafter.  The court records imply a liaison between William Blair and Elizabeth.  His will was not probated in Lawrence Co for at least twenty years (why?).

Ed Riggs of Wheelersburg, VA shared information from the family bible on his ancestor, Peninah (Dilley) Golden,   born 25 July 1802, which indicates that the removal of John to Greenbrier C o., OH occurred when she was six weeks old, and that John's children moved to Gallia Co., Ohio o in 1813 and 1814.

In 1820, an Elizabeth Dilley married Isham Blankenship Sr.; the census for that year shows 1 5 children in the household, which included a child for each age of her known children.  It a appears that this same Mr. Blankenship married again five months later(?).