Delila Caroline Law

Delila Caroline Law

Female Abt 1847 - 1892  (45 years)

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

    Family Richard Crabtree McFarland,   b. Oct 1838, Fentress Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1904, Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 17 May 1888  Fannin Co., Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
    +1. Henry Bently Law McFarland,   b. 1870, Gilmer Co., Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1950, East Point, Fulton, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1952, Fannin Co., Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Miranda Adeline McFarland,   b. 15 Sep 1881, Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1950, Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Grover Cleveland McFarland,   b. Oct 1883, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1932, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [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.

    5. [S1403] Ancestry.com-trees, Richard Crabtree McFarland Owner: MargaretBoruff.

    6. [S1405] Ancestry.com, Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;).