Delila Caroline Law

Abt 1847 - 1892  (45 years)

• Name	Delila Caroline Law  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	Abt 1847	Blount Co., Tennessee, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1850	District 15, Blount, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Residence	1870	Subdivision 55, Gilmer, Georgia, USA   [4]
  Residence	1880	Toccoah, Fannin, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Death	1892	Fannin Co., Georgia, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I27919	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Richard Crabtree McFarland,   b. Oct 1838, Fentress Co., TN d. Oct 1904, Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1888	Fannin Co., Georgia, USA   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Henry Bently Law McFarland,   b. 1870, Gilmer Co., Georgia, USA d. 15 Apr 1950, East Point, Fulton, Georgia, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Law McFarland,   b. 1872  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Tolliver Wheeler Law McFarland,   b. 18 Jun 1873, Georgia, USA d. 11 Apr 1952, Fannin Co., Georgia, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Andrew Jackson Law McFarland,   b. 1876  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Noah Law McFarland,   b. 14 Sep 1879, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Miranda Adeline McFarland,   b. 15 Sep 1881, Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia, USA d. 19 May 1950, Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Grover Cleveland McFarland,   b. Oct 1883, Georgia, USA d. 29 Jan 1932, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Notes found on Delilah Caroline Law on Ancestry tree: MargaretBoruff originally shared this to McFarland Family Tree In 2007 It is believed that Delila Caroline Law is related to R.C. McFarland's first wife. It appears from what records I have seen that cousin fits. Her mother is listed some places as Jane/Jennet and one place Jennetta. I was told that they were sisters, if they were ......they would have to be stepsisters according to the info that I have found. She is listed on one census as a servant in Richard's household in Ga. She has several children and after Mary dies she marries Richard. The story that I was told is that she came to help out in the home after her sister Mary became sick. She then started having children by Richard and then the story repeats when my grandmother, the third wife [Catherine Curtis], moves into the home. She has children by Richard and marries him after Caroline dies. Caroline is listed on one census as a "widow" so.... are all of her children Richard's or are some of them from her previous marriage? It appears from everything that I have seen that they are Richard's. I have always been told that Richard fathered about 22 children by 3 wives. I have been told that the research on this family caused many feuds among the researchers.....the descendants of the older children calling the descendants of the other children "bastards". My grandfather would never allow the word "bastard" to be spoken in his home and instilled that feeling in his older children if not the younger ones. Richard Clay McFarland, my grandfather, was the last child born to R.C. and his 3rd wife. Mable Thornton [researcher from Rockwood, Tn.] told me that after he was born his father passed away and Catherine was driven off the farm by the children of the first wife, Mary. According to the Ga. census she went to live and farm her brother's farm. According to my grandfather they went to live with Hardy Garren. Hardy Garren took Richard in and he moved to Calhoun, Ga. Two of the Garren girls married two of the McFarland boys and they bought the homeplace that my grandfather was evicted from. I also was told that my grandmother was given a "widows share" of the estate which was 1/3 and the other 2/3 went to some of the children. From member chkrdflag Half-Sisters: You may have already come to this conclusion, but in case you have not, here it is. Jennet Lambert(maiden name) married James Walker. They had 3 children, one of them being Mary Walker. After James died she married Anderson Law, and had 4 children, one of them being Delilah Caroline Law. So Mary Walker McFarland and Delilah Law McFarland were half sisters, sharing the same mother yet a different father. If you got any questions feel free to email me. I've no doubt that Mary got sick and help was needed, and that's what brought Delilah there. This extra wife and kids thing was common in those days and not looked upon as we do today.

  
  

• Sources

  [S573] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;;;;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1047] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Toccoah, Fannin, Georgia; Roll: 145; Page: 691A; Enumeration District: 060. [S1055] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 15, Blount, Tennessee; Roll: M432_871; Page: 119B; Image: 245. [S1057] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 55, Gilmer, Georgia; Roll: M593_152; Page: 79B; Family History Library Film: 545651. [S1403] Ancestry.com-trees, Richard Crabtree McFarland Owner: MargaretBoruff. [S1405] Ancestry.com, Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;).