Henry DeWald, 1733-1817, York County, Pennsylvania

      The following was taken from "Henry DeWald, 1733-1817, York County, Pennsylvania" by DeVault, Newland.

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HENRY DEWALT and wife, ELIZABETH GROSS DEWALT

7th child of HENRY & MARY CATHERINE DEWALD of York Co., Pa.

      HENRY DEWALD Jr., or Dewalt as he spelled his name after his marriage in Tenneesssee and moving to Indiana, was born near Hanover, Pa., on Jan 1st 1774 and died near Salem, Ind., September 20th 1864. His wife, Elizabeth Gross was born Oct 10, 1776 and died Nov 15 1851. She originally being from Rockingham Co., W. Va.

      Henry and his brother Gabriel, then married, were the first of the Dewald, Davault, DeVault, brothers to settle in Tennessee -- coming in the fall of 1797. Gabriel, with his family, settled at DeVault's Ford, on the old John Bean Plantation, which had previously been purchased by their father, Henry Dewald, from John Bean -- for the court records of Washington Co., shows a permit issued to "Gabriel DaVault" in Nov of 1798 to operate a ferry across the Watauga river. There Gabriel remained until the fall of 1800 when his brothers, Valentine and Frederick Davault, came and settled, for their father had purchased the old John Bean Plantation for them; then Gabriel moved a little ways north on the Holstein River to the two adjoining farms, which their father had purchased for Gabriel and for Henry -- purchased them from a John Bishop on Sept 25 1797.

      It is most likely that Henry settled at once, upon arrival in late 1797, on the land his father had purchased for him on the Holstein River. "John Bishop to Henry DeValt, consideration $400.00 current money of Va., dated Sept 25 1797, part of a track of land in Sullivan Co., and State of Tennessee -- 400 acres more or less." Another adjoining track was purchased or recorded on November 29, 1800. These two tracks were to belong to Henry and Gabriel at the death of their father, and the track at DeVault's Ford (John Bean's old Plantation) was to belong to Valentine and Frederick.

      Henry's and Gabriel's farm adjoined that of Jacob Gross, who had a daughter, Elizabeth Gross, whom Henry was soon to marry -- date not known, but their first child was born in December of 1801 in Tennessee, and about a year later Henry was to move to Indiana and settle near what was later to be known as Salem.

      There are several discrepencies in the local Histories of Washington County, Indinan concerning Henry Dewalt and his arrival. He is reputed to have built the third house in Salem, in 1803 -- then until 1808 he operated a Tavern; shortly after that he moved to a farm near Salem where he was to spend the remainder of his life. However Henry's third child, Elizabeth Dewalt (married to Wm. Payne) in the census of 1850 lists her birth place as Tennessee -- she was born 3-15-1807 and if that is so she must have been born while her parents were back in Tennessee on a visit.

      Henry Dewalt had a varied career -- I have his picture, given me by Wm. and Bernice Hilton, of Salem, the only picture to my knowledge of any of the children of Henry and Mary Catherine Dewald of Pa. He is a big, burly, gruff looking type of man with typical German features. It is said that Henry and three others picked the site of Salem and named it. They first decided to call the place Vernon, but Henry with his strong German accent, could not pronounce the name -- called it WERNON -- so they changed the name to Salem. Henry's brother, Phillip, had a son, Daniel Dewald, who too looked German and had a very strong German accent and could not pronounce many English words.

      Henry Dewalt was a Captain in the Militia (1812), later a Colonel, an Indian fighter, an operator of a Tavern for four years, a flat boat operator to New Orleans, a deputy Sheriff at one time (1817) and a County Commissioner for several years. He made considerable money flatboating down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. The story is told that Henry was drowned on one of his trips to New Orleans. The report was verified and accepted as true by his friends and family. Their shock was great (and their relief) when he came walking in to his home one dark night.

      He was a Lutheran, like his parents; a "proslavery" man, and took slaves from the underground "railway" and returned them to their masters.

      In the fall of 1820, shortly after the settlement of his father's estate, at which time Henry came into possession of his interest in the two farms on the Holstein in Sullivan Co. (the will stated that Henry and Gabriel had an equal interest in these farms) he rode horseback to Tennessee where he sold his interest to his brother Gabriel, who had been farming the two farms. This transfer was made Sept 7, 1820; the signatures on the deed are interesting. Henry of Indiana had been spelling his name as "Dewalt," but the two brothers, and a nephew (as witness) had to spell the name the same as on the original deed -- hence "Devalt." The description of this land is as follows: "beginning at the original bounded trees, a hickory and a dogwood, thence nearly west to a white oak beginning at a Spanish oak on Jacob Gross line (his father-in-law) (Henry's) west 64 poles to the two white oak saplings."

      When Henry returned to Salem he carried with him on horseback two small pine trees (evergreen) from the farm which he had sold, and planted them on his farm in front of his house -- his old homestead. These trees were pointed out to us, with pride, by Charlie and Earl Dewalt, when we visited the place in 1946. We also say several old land transfers of about 1820 or later. Henry Dewalt made a trip to Pennsylvania on horseback in the spring of 1844 -- see copy of letter written by his son John Gross Dewalt to his cousin, John Devault in Leesburg, Tennessee.

      What interested me the most was an old German Lutheran Bible, which both Charlie and Earl think is the original family Bible of Henry Dewald of York Co., Pa. But NO PROOF. Earl says he remembers his Grandfather, John Gross Dewalt, handling the Bible very carefully, allowing no one during his lifetime to handle it except himself; stating further that the Bible was "brought over from the old country in an especially constructed wooden box." I turned though the pages, could not find any dates of births or deaths -- no marriages -- and no pages for such data, which is strange for old Bibles of that period.

      But I question this being the original Bible of Henry and Mary Catherine Dewald of Pa.; for in the settlement of the estate of HENRY DEWALD there was a Bible listed, value $5.00 which went to his widow, who died later in 1837; she at the time of her death living with her youngest daughter, Juliane Wortz, and it is most likely that Julianne gave it to her youngest daughter, Louise, who married Abner Forney. For a Granddaughter had this to say (Mrs. Bertha Newcomber of Hanover, Pa in 1955): "When my Grandmother Forney (daughter of Julia Wortz, youngest child of Henry Dewalt) passed on in 1917, the household effects were sold, and of course we were young, and did not care for antigues, and did not buy anything, but found out later that this Bible was the one belonging to Grandmother's family, probably Henry's Bible -- we have since tried to find it, but have not been successful."

      If the Bible in Indiana is the original family Bible of Henry Dewald of Pa., which could be the case, there are no dates whatsoever and I could not determine if any pages had been taken out or out out that might have contained family records. The two children most likely to come in possession of the Bible, would be Henry Jr. of Indiana and the youngest daughter, Julianne Wortz, with whom his wife lived after Henry's death in 1817.

      At the death of his father in 1817, Henry of Indiana, received in addition to the farm in Sullivan Co., TN -- 33 pounds in cash. He left no will. The following is an article taken from the "History of Washington Co., Indiana," concerning the "Dewalt" family of Salem Indiana:

HENRY C. DAWALT -- his father and Grandfather

      Henry C. Dawalt, farmer, Salem, Washington Co., was born on March 6 1852, on the old Dawalt homestead and is the son of John and Mary Tatlock Dawalt. He grew up under the paternal roof, on the farm entered by his Grandfather from the government, and attended the Quaker Seminary, when it was conducted by Prof. Ponkha, about five miles east of Salem, which was at that time a famous school, students coming from all parts of Indiana.

      John G. Dawalt, father of the subject of this sketch, was born about 1816 where the farmers store is now located on South Main Street, where his father then kept a Tavern. He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Gross Dawalt -- he lies buried in the old Dawalt burial grounds on the farm. Mr. Dawalt was united in marriage with Mary Tatlock by whom he had four children: Emeline, Scott, Henry G. and Commodore. Emeline died when about 11 years old; Scott died whet about 16 years old and Commodore died in 1912.

      HENRY DAWALT, the paternal Grandfather and wife, Elizabeth Gross Dawalt, were natives of York Co., Pa. and Rockingham W. Va. resp., and both of German Lineage. Mr. Dawalt came to Washington County frist in 1803, settling in Sect. 15 where he spent the remainder of his life, with the exception of four years. His death coming at the age of 90. Mrs. Dawalt died at the age of 75. He was Commissioned Captain of the Militia by the Territorial Governor Harrison, receiving several promotions until he was made a Colonel of his Regiment and was at the head of his Company during the Pigden Roost Massacre. Mr. Dawalt kept Tavern for four years in Salem, in the third house build in town, erected by himself in 1805-07. He bought many tracks of land.

      On his farm, three miles east of Salem, was a cabin, that was used as a defense against the Indians, where settlers gathered for mutual protection during the time of Indian scares. Mr. Dawalt was frankly a "Pro-Slaver Man," and did his duty as he saw it, taking runaway slaves from the "underground railway," and returning them to their masters. Besides being a Colonel in the Militia, Henry Dawalt was a County Commissioner, serving several terms. To Henry and Elizabeth Dawalt were born the following children: Henry, Daniel, John G., Betsy (Eliza), Susan, Polly, Kate and a girl who died young. He died at the age of 90 and lies buried in the old Dawalt burial grounds on his old farm.

      The name "Dawalt," was formerly spelled as Dewald and is of German origin, signifying, "of the woods." -- From "History of Washington Co. Indiana."

      The following is a copy of a letter that Henry's youngest son, John Gross Dawalt, had written to his cousin, John Davault, of Leesburg, Tenn in 1844. This copy was sent to me by Ed DeVault, who was then living in the Tavern in 1958. I saw the original in 1946 and it was then hanging on the Tavern wall in an old wooden mail pouch, that was attached to a strap and carried over the shoulder of the stage coach drivers. Just a few years before his death, Russall DeVault, gave me a letter which had reposed in this same mail pouch for almost a hundred years, from my Gr Grandfather, Peter Davault, of Mo., -- the "Missouri Tavern," to the same John Davault of Leesburg, his brother. The two letters remained together in the mail pouch, hanging on a wall near the TAVERN BAR. John Gross of Indiana spelled his name as "Dawalt," -- his cousin John of Tennessee spelled his name as "Davault," all his life, though on his stone the children changed it to "DeVault," a name he never used. The letter follows:

Indiana, Washington Co.
February 5th, 1844.

Dear Cousin and Friends:

      We again, for the second time, write you a letter to inform you that we are all well at this time, and do most sincerely hope that when these few lines are received by you that they will find you all in the same state of health.

      We have had a rainy and muddy winter here. It has been very moderate until about the 26th of January, then it changed very cold, with some snow and have been very stormy -- almost impossible, for in many places the Waggoners are obliged to throw down the fences on the roads and make the best of their way through the farms. Our crops for the past year are very good, except wheat was not as good as usual.

      Pork is $2.00 per hundred net weight; wheat 56� and 65� per bushel; corn 75� and $1.00 per bu; Barrell flour, $4.00 and $5.00; Oats 12� and 20� per bu; new bacon $3.50 per hog round. The measles are in every section of this country and are spreading in deffernt parts of the state. but happy to say that no deaths have occurred from the disease -- no other diseases prevail.

      We cannot say when any of us will visit Tennessee. For in the spring we will be very busy and Father is going to Pennsylvania and there will be no chance for us to leave home. We have not heard from any of you since last winter (1843) and would like very much for you to write us and inform us how all of you are doing. I remain single yet, but I have a strong notion to see which is the best, the Single or the married life, and to choose a girl and try what I can do in the married life, as I have lived a single life this long. We wish you to give us our best respects to all our relatives and to your friends, also I do not know as I have anything more to write you.

This from you most affectionate Cousin,

John Dawalt (Feb 5 1844)

      This letter written Feb 5th 1844 mentioned that he might get married -- he did in December of the same year.

      The following article from the "Western Sun" of 9-8-1812 -- concerning the Pidgen Roost Massacre, mentions our Henry Dawalt, then Captain of the Militia:

Indiana Territory - 1812

      "An express has just arrived in town from Pidgen Roost which brings the distressing intelligence of the Indians having killed 23 souls in addition to which one young man is missing. They were pursued by a party under Captain DeVolt, who fell in with the Indians on Driftwood and had a skirmish with them in which one man was mortally wounded." Note: the name was spelled with a V instead of a W.

      In 1946, I first visited the old homeplace of Henry and Elizabeth Gross Dawalt, then the home of Charlie and Earl Dawalt. Examined the old German Bible, the old clock and old papers - photographed the old stones in the old apple orchid and enjoyed a ride on an old hay bailer - as they were putting up hay. They gave me brief data about their family, as prepared in 1922 by Eva and Nora Dawalt, sisters. About 1964, Earl and his brother, Perre Dawalt visited us in California. Much data of names and dates have been obtained though Walter and Bernice Hilton, of Salem -- Bernice being the Gr Gr Granddaughter of Henry Dawalt of Indiana -- through their many letters. We first met them in 1968 when we visited together the old DeVault and Kitzmiller homes in Washington Co., Tenn., along with Bernice's Uncle, Earl Dawalt. Also much data from local Histories and especially from censusses of 1850 and 1880 - the 1860 census being almost impossible to read.

      Walter Milton called my attention to an interesting speculation -- that there is a possiblility that today, 1966, there might be only one person in the Henry Dawalt line of Indiana, to carry on the Dawalt name -- a Joseph Dawalt of Peru, Ind., born 1952. However Daniel Dawalt had four sons, of whom we know nothing, except that one died in the Civil War -- whether the others had male heirs -- we do not know.

HENRY DAWALT -- 7th child of HENRY & MARY CATHERINE DEWALD

Born in York Co., PA
1 1 1774
died Washington Co., Ind.
9 20 1864

wife: Elizabeth Gross Dawalt
born Oct 10 1776
died Nov 15 1851

Came to Tennessee in fall of 1797 with brother, Gabriel and his family.

Settled on farm on Holstein River, in Sullivan Co., Tenn., which had bee purchased by his father, Henry Dewald.

Married Elizabeth Gross, the daughter of his neighbor -- marriage date not known, but first child born Dec. 13 1801 in Tenn.

Soon afterwards moved to Washington Co., Ind., near present town of Salem. He and three others named the town.

Made trip on horseback to Tenn in 1820 - sold his interest in the farms to his brother Gabriel and brought back two small trees which he planted in front of his home near Salem. These are still standing.

Made trip to Pennsylvania in winter of 1844.

A Captain (1812) and a Colonel in Militia; an Indian fighter; County Commissioner for several terms; a Deputy Sheriff; a Tavern owner; a farmer - owning several tracks of land; and a flat boat operator on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Spelled his name as "Dawalt" -- the English spelling of the German word "Dewald." Another English spelling is "Davault."

The local Histories refered to him as being of German descent.

LIST OF CHILDREN -- WITH CERTAIN DATE:

Name:	CHILDREN:	HOME:	BIRTH DATE:	DEATH DATE:	BORN IN:

1 - Susannah DAWALT m. Lewis Payne b. 7 22 1801 d. 2 1 1862	4	Washington Co., Ind	12 13 1801 7 22 1801	7 18 1874 2 1 1862	Tenn Ohio

2 - HENRY DAWALT		Indiana	6 13 1806	8 14 1831	Ind.

3 - ELIZABETH DAWALT m. Wm. Payne	7 (?)		3 15 1807	1895	Ind. Ohio

4 - POLLY DAWALT m. Scott Tilford	1 known	Ind. & KY

5 - CATHERINE DAWALT m. John Jackson	10	Ind. & KY

6 - DANIEL DAWALT m. Sarah Tatlock	11	Washington Co., Ind.	7 8 1812 8 14 1816	6 12 1898 2 9 1901	Ind.

7 - JOHN GROSS DAWALT m. Mary Tatlock on 12 1 1844	4	Washington Co., Ind.	1 25 1817 4 18 1826	12 24 1895 8 30 1878	Ind.

8 - a girl - died when young - mentioned in local Histories only.

CHILDREN OF HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT
of Salem, Ind.

1st Child -- SUSANNAH DAWALT

      SUSANNAH DAWALT, the first child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, was born in Sullivan Co., Tenn Dec 13 1801 on their first homestead on the Holstein River, a few miles north of DeVault's Ford on the Watauga, where Henry's brothers, Valentine and Frederick were then living. About a year later her father moved to Indiana. She married (date not known) Lewis Payne, b. 7 22 1801; died 2 1 1862. In the census of 1870 she was listed as a widow and living with her was a girl, Mary Payne, age 13 - probably a Granddaughter; and close by lived several of her sons. All were living in Franklin Township.

1 - James H. Payne, first child, born 1817, m. Sophia ______, b. 1815 - listed in the 1850 to 1880 censuses - in latter a widow, only four children then, though in the 1860 censuses there were several more - difficult to read. {**Note from Shari Bennett -- this appears to be incorrect. From information that I've seen, James H. Payne who married Sophia Blades, was actually the son of Jeremiah Payne & Sarah McCoy - parents of Lewis Payne (m. Susannah Dawalt) & William Payne (m. Elizabeth Dawalt). Lewis & Susannah did have a son named James (Martin) Payne who was born August 23, 1839. Since this is a transcription of the book, I'm leaving the information in, but I wanted you to be aware that it is incorrect.}
1 - Isaac Payne b. 1843, a teacher
2 - Eli J. Payne b. 1851
3 - Jeremiah Payne b. 1852
4 - Jacob D. Payne b. 5 25 1854; d. 10 30 1923; m. Annie L. Tilford, a distant cousin on 9 30 1875, who was born 11 27 1857; died 11 30 1937. Four children:
a - Wm. Lebert Payne b. 4 11 1877, m. Zella Motsinger 3 19 1899
1 - Kenneth O. Payne m. Estella Anderson
a - Virginia K. Payne b. 9 10 1924 Kenneth Payne m 2nd time, Isalena Brown.
a - Jerry L. Payne b. 8 11 1935
2 - Elsie M. Payne b. 8 28 1902 m. Leroy Walker 6 10 1910
a - Esther Walker
b - Lloyd Walker
c - Glenn Walker
3 - Genove M. Payne b. 9 17 1917 m. Marion Charles 7 23 1933
a - Willis M. Charles b. 5 17 1934
b - Helen M. Charles b. 1 21 1936
c - Arthur Charles b. 12 28 1937
4 - Morris Payne married 5 16 1934 Lucile Leonard
a - Bernard Payne born 6 28 1936
b - Claude B. Payne b. 8 10 1879; m. Francis Lear 12 25 1899
1 - Helen Payne m. Wm. Norman
2 - Randall Payne
3 - Francis Payne
c - Ross L. Payne b. 11 3 1881; m. Mary E. Plott in 1901
1 - Iva Payne
2 - Jake Payne
3 - Mabel Payne m. Clifton Karnes
a - Bonnie Karnes
b - Joyce Karnes
4 - Eva Payne married Bud McKinley
a - Russell McKinley
5 - Helen Payne m. Chas Baker
6 - La Francis Payne
7 - Paul Payne (twins)
8 - Ross Payne (twins)
d - Stella M. Payne b. 10 3 1887; m. Chas G. Waisner
1 - Fay Waisner
a - Marylin A. Reidinger
2 - Mildred Waisner m. Chas Hendron
2 - Sarah Payne, 2nd child of Susannah & Lewis Payne, m. Isaac Anderson
3 - Wm. Harvey Payne, 3rd child of Susannah & Lewis Payne, b. 1823, d. 1861, married ______
1 - Lewis Cass Payne b. 10 10 1849, m. 3 10 1875 Feraby Ellen Brickey. He died 12 26 1929.
a - Claude Lotus Payne b. 10 17 1876.
b - Maude Evelyn Payne b. 1 4 1879; m. 4 29 1906, Herschel Tatlock, born 1 25 1877.
1 - Merrill Payne Tatlock b. 1 19 1907
2 - Forrest Wier Tatlock b. 1 19 1909
3 - Ellen Marie Tatlock b. 3 7 1915
c - James Cassius Payne b. 3 20 1880; m. 1 15 1908 Ona Stalker born 5 20 1879.
1 - Paul Levon Payne b. 8 6 1912
2 - James Herschel Payne b. 9 19 1915
d - Wm. Herschel Payne b. 1882; d. 1908
e - Martha Blanche Payne b. 7 3 1884; m. 8 12 1918 to Virgil Mitchell
1 - Ellen Mae Mitchell b. 8 17 1919
2 - Martha Maxine Mitchell b. 12 7 1912
3 - Robert Wayne Mitchell b. 3 28 1924
f - Leafa Murl Payne b. 1 10 1887; m. 11 21 1914 Fred Baynes, b. 3 30 1887
1 - Ellen Elizabeth Baynes b. 12 7 1917
2 - James Eldon Baynes b. 12 8 1919
3 - Kathryn Louise Baynes b. 8 3 1919
4 - Frederick Lewis Baynes b. 9 28 1923
5 - Paul Leon Baynes b. 1 12 1925
g - Laran B. Payne b. 5 5 1889; m. 6 17 1933 Mary Mitchell
h - Mary Lucretia Payne b. 9 24 1892; d. 8 30 1926; m. 2 26 1916 to Ray Newlon, who was born 10 14 1893
1 - Carl Lorraine Newlon b. 6 6 1918
2 - Richard Lewis Newlon b. 3 21 1920; d. 10 7 1920
3 - James Norman Newlon b. 11 24 1924
4 - Ray Newlon Jr. b. 8 25 1926
4 - Henry R. Payne, 4th child of Susannah & Lewis Payne, b. 1826, m. Caroline Davis, born 1833 - list of children from 1880 census only.
1 - Wm. Edgar Payne b. 1851; m. Mary ____ b. 1850.
a - Eleanor Payne b. 1871
2 - Francis Leonard Payne b. 1856
3 - Dora A. Payne b. 1858
4 - Edna B. Payne b. 1863
5 - Ora D. Payne (f) b. 1865
6 - Henry Bryon Payne b. 1869
7 - Edgar D. Payne b. 1871
5 - Jeremiah Payne b. 1827 m. Catherine _____ b. 1834 (from 1870 census)
1 - Pearl Payne b. 1854
2 - Lucinda Caroline Payne b. 1858; d. 1932; m. 6 6 1881 Wm. Walker, b. 1856
3 - Samuel D. Payne b. 1867
6 - Catherine M. Payne b. 1829; d. 1872; m. James W. Anderson, b. 1833 - d. 1919
1 - Lewis Anderson
2 - Lindsey Anderson
3 - Wm. Anderson
4 - James Anderson
5 - Amand Anderson m. a Sturtevant
7 - Dawalt Daniel Payne b. 1835; d. 1879; m. Amy Walker b. 1835 (census of 1870 and 1880).
1 - Wm. B. Payne b. 1855
2 - Sarah E. Payne b. 1856 m. a Barrett
3 - Samuel H. Payne b. 1864
8 - John C. Payne, 8th child of Lewis and Susannah Payne, b. 1837; d. 1912. Merchant, m. Mary A. Kettery b. 1837. Lived in Franklin Twn., Washington Co.
1 - Andrew Brittian Payne b. 1865 m. Elizabeth Farabee
a - Nara Payne m. Breaks Quillin
b - Erwin Payne
c - Elsie Payne m. Harold Johnson
2 - Arthur Dawalt Payne b 1872 m. in 1906 Elizabeth Kennedy
2nd Child -- HENRY DAWALT Jr

      Henry Dawalt Jr., the second child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, was born June 13, 1806 and died Aug 14 1831 at the age of 25.

3rd Child -- ELIZABETH DAWALT

      ELIZABETH DAWALT, the 3rd child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, was born March 15, 1807 -- the census of 1850 of Washington Co Indiana gives her birth places as Tennessee - if correct, it is most likely that when she was born her parents were back in Tenn on a visit, for her father is supposed to have moved to Indiana in 1803. She died in 1895, married Wm Payne, a brother of Lewis Payne who married Elizabeth's sister, Susannah. The only data I have is the census of 1850, Washington Co., Indiana as follows:

Payne	William	46	born	1804	in Ohio	Could not find family in later censuses - almost impossible to read
	Elizabeth	41	born	1809	in Tennessee
	Margaret	20	born	1830	in Indiana
	James R.	15	born	1835	in Indiana
	Lena A.	12	born	1838	in Indiana
	Henry B.	10	born	1840	in Indiana
	Catherine	5	born	1845	in Indiana
	Martha	2	born	1848	in Indiana
	Richard	8	born	1842	in Indiana

4th Child -- POLLY DAWALT

      POLLY DAWALT, the 4th child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, no data on hre birth or death. She married Scott Tilford. Have seen references that the family settled across the river in Ky - near Louisville, as most probably did her sister, Catherine, who married John Jackson. Have data on only one child, Wm. H Tilford and ~~Polly~~ wife Mary.

1 - Francis H Tilford m 9 19 1875 Addie Alligre
a - Tressy Tillford [sic]
b - Charles Tilford
c - Ray Tilford
d - Erma Tilford
e - Eva Tilford
f - Rilla Tilford
g - Vancleve Tilford
2 - Annie L Tilford b 11 27 1854; d 11 30 1987, m 9 30 1875 Jacob D Payne, a distant cousin. He was born 5 25 1854; d 11 30 1923 - he being a Grandson of Susanna Dawalt, who married Lewis Payne. For list of descendants of the four children, look under James H Payne, 1st child of Susannah Dawalt, and Lewis Payne. a - Wm Lebert Payne b 4 11 1877, m Zella Kotsinger
b - Claude B Payne b 8 10 1879; m Francis Lear
c - Ross L Payne b 11 3 1881; m Mary E Plott
d - Stella M Payne b 10 3 1887, m Chas G Wisner
3 - Florence E Tillford, 3rd child of Wm and Mary Elisabeth Tilford, nothing known
4 - Ida M Tilford married - no data

Continuing the children of Henry and Elizabeth Gross Dawalt:

5th Child -- CAHTERINE DAWALT

      CATHERINE DAWALT, the 5th child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, born in Indiana; named for her Grandmother of York Co., Pa. She married a Mr. John Jackson - no dates known. One reference stated that they lived in Louisville, Ky another they lived 20 miles away. Could not located them in any of the censuses of Washington Co., Indiana. Ten children. The following is taken from the data of Nora and Eva Dawalt:

(1) - James A Jackson b 8 7 1822, d 12 18 1908
(2) - William Jackson b 2 9 1824, d 5 28 1848
(3) - Henry Jackson b 2 7 1826, d 3 5 1903
(4) - Elizabeth Jackson b 12 11 1830, d 7 9 1890, m a Robertson
(5) - Daniel Dawalt Jackson b 1 28 1833, d 2 2 1904
(6) - Margaret Jackson b 4 10 1834, d 3 3 1887 - single
(7) - Mary E Jackson b 2 6 1835, d 2 15 1910, m a Reynolds
(8) - Jeremiah Tyler Jackson b 4 7 1841, d 3 8 1925
(9) - Catherine Jackson - date not known - married a McDonald
(10) - John Thompson Jackson b 3 3 1828, d 4 29 1907

6th Child -- DANIEL DAWALT

      DANIEL DAWALT, called "Old Dan," the 6th child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, was born in Indiana 7 8 1812; died 6 12 1898; married Sarah Tatlock, the daughter of Joshua and Mary Tatlock, on 2 11 1836, who was born 8 14 1816 and died 2 9 1901, she being the sister of Mary Tatlock, who married John Gross Dawalt, the brother of Daniel. Lived in Franklin Twn. He had a Masonic emblem on his tombstone. The list of children is taken from a composite list of censuses of 1850-1860, 1870 and 1880.

1 - Henry Dawalt, their first son, born about 1836, listed in 1850, but not in the 1860 census
2 - Martin or Mark Dawalt born in 1838, in 1860 census but not in 1870
3 - Jackson Dawalt born 1840 - supposed to have died in Rome GA., where buried. In Civil War. Not know if married.
4 - Mary J Dawalt, 4th child, born 1844 - in 1860 census age 16.
5 - Daniel Dawalt Jr. born about 1845, in 1860 census - nothing known
6 - John Dawalt, born 1849, m Anna Mariah Morris, b 1853, four children:
1 - Artha Dawalt b 1873 m Clarence Lindsay
a - Elizabeth Lindsay b ____; m Fred Marshall
b - Morris Lindsay m Marjorie Allen
c - Clifford Lindsay m Olive Chambers
2 - Mattie Dawalt b 1875
3 - Sallie Dawalt b 1877
4 - Milburn Dawalt b. 1879; m Vinnie Medlock
a - Helen Dawalt b 9 19 1899; m Burl Neeley Oct 18 1918
1 - Robert Neely b 3 29 1920
2 - Betty Neely b 7 29 1921
b - John Dawalt b 8 29 1908, m Gertrude Ray - no children
7 - Francis M Dawalt, 7th child of Daniel & Sarah Dawalt, born 2 1 1850, d 2 21 1892; m Nancy Coombs. After the death of Francis in 1892, Nancy married his brother James Buchannan Dawalt, who was then a widower.
1 - Katie Dawalt b 1 15 1880; m Guy Newby
a - Bernice Newby 2 - Mary Dawalt b 4 12 1883; d 6 12 1907; m Zanie Nicholson - no children
3 - Sarah Dawalt b 5 20 1885; m Frank Chapman
a - Doris Chapman (twins)
b - Mrs. Zollie O'Hair - one son, Zollie O'Hair.
(**Note from Shari Bennett - these children were incorrectly listed in the book under Mary Dawalt & Zanie Nicholson**)
4 - Daniel Dawalt, called "Little Dan," b 4 18 1887; d 6 12 1918; m Nellie Whison. a - Kenneth Dawalt, a graduate of West Point, became Brig. Gen of Army; m Kathryn Marie King of Shrevenport, La. Lives at 3617 Oval Dr, Alexander, Va.
1 - Karen Dawalt, m John T Brown, attending law school in 1968
2 - Karie Dawalt, Texas Women's U in 1968
b - Raymond Earl Dawalt b 7 25 1912; d 10 8 1968
5 - Elizabeth Ada Dawalt b 8 9 1883; m Herbert Morris
a - Francis Morris
b - Mabel Morris
c - Henry M Morris b 2 1 1892; d 5 16 1892
8 - Catherine Dawalt, 8th child of Daniel and Sarah Dawalt, b 5 1 1852; d 7 11 1937; m Richard Johnson 4 10 1870, b 10 22 1844; d 7 20 1919
1 - Perry M Johnson, 1st child, b 7 24 1871; d 2 18 1935; m 2 20 1892 Sarah C McKnight
a - Ralph Johnson
b - Farrell Johnson
2 - Sarah E Johnson b 4 28 1873; m in 1890 Fred M Coombs
a - Mura Coombs
b - Jesse A Coombs married a Wilson
c - Katien A Coombs married a Collins
3 - Samuel B Johnson b 6 1 1875; d 9 19 1937; m 9 22 1901 Laura Robertson
a - Jerry Johnson
b - Gerald Johnson
c - Mary Johnson
d - Elizabeth Johnson
4 - Eleanora Johnson b 4 12 1877; d 2 13 1937; m Dec 20 1898 Jesse S Fleenor
a - Ray Fleenor
b - Harry Fleenor
c - Lee Fleenor
d - Fred Fleenor
e - Hugh Fleenor
5 - Mary P Johnson
6 - Joseph H Johnson b 9 22 1879; m 1901 Maggie Cunningham
a - Andy Johnson
b - Nell Johnson
c - Bertha Johnson
d - Lige Johnson
e - Lucile Johnson
f - Bessie Johnson
g - Fred Johnson
h - Alice Johnson
7 - Adelia Johnson b 3 12 1880; d 11 13 1932; m 2 11 1899 Fred O Fleenor
a - Mildred Fleenor married a Rayl
b - George Fleenor
c - Avanelle Fleenor
8 - Daniel S Johnson b 8 24 1884; d 11 25 1929 m Maude Cathcart
a - Burnice Johnson
b - Edger Johnson
c - Marguerite Johnson
d - Catherine Johnson
e - Ray Johnson
9 - Golda May Johnson b 6 22 1887; m 1 12 1912 Stella Ward Bell
a - Charles Richard Bell b 3 31 1917; d 9 27 1931
10 - John T Johnson b 2 9 1890; m Oct 4 1926 Ethel E Anderson
9 - Emily Dawalt, born 1854, the 9th child of Daniel and Sarah Dawalt
10 - James Buchannan Dawalt, 10th child, born 8 26 1856; d 10 18 1924; m in 1878 Margaret Thompson, b 9 20 1859; d 6 17 1888. After the death of his wife in 1888 and his brother Frank in 1892, James married his brother's widow.
1 - Winfred Dawalt b 6 15 1860, operated the Dawalt Funeral Home in Salem; m 8 3 1911 Anna Denneny; no children.
2 - Claude B Dawalt b 1884, d 1942; married Lillian Denneny in 1907. She was born in 1887, a sister of Anna, who married Winfred Dawalt.
a - Otis Burton Dawalt b 8 11 1909; d 3 7 1936 - single.
b - Winfield Dawalt b 12 31 1917; d 6 21 1964, Peru, Ind. m Mary Shropshire 1 5 1942, Miami Co Ind. She was born 1 28 1916 Miami Co., Ind. Married in Las Vegas, Nev.
1 - Nancy Dawalt b Jan 18 1948 at Peru; m Jack Drewes Aug 4 1968 Rochester, Ind.
2 - Joseph Dawalt b July 1 1952, Peru. He is probably the last of the descendants of Henry Dawalt (1774) bearing the Dawalt name.
11 - Samuel Dawalt, 11th child of Daniel and Sarah Dawalt, born 5 2 1859; m 3 6 1884 Mary E Thompson, who was born 8 11 1862. In 1880 Samuel then 21, was living with his father and mother in Franklin Twn. They had four children:
1 - Cora Dawalt b 5 10 1885, m 9 24 1905, Samuel Mitchell b 10 21 1884; d 12 4 1912
a - Catherine Irene Mitchell b 8 3 1906; d 9 30 1907
b - Mary Margaret Mitchell b 9 5 1908; d 10 21 1912
c - Boyce Dawalt Mitchell b 9 9 1911 m 1 19 1932 Thelma Richardson, b 6 26 1913
1 - Doris Fay Mitchell
2 - Samuel Mitchell
3 - Bonnie Mae Mitchell
Cora Dawalt, after death of her husband in 1912, married on 2 28 1915, Reuben Lucas, who was born 1 25 1885.
a - Audrey Kathleen Lucas born 12 31 1915
b - Faye Opal Lucas born 4 7 1917
c - Ivan Glenn Lucas born 5 22 1919
2 - Cassie Dawalt, 2nd child of Samuel & Mary Dawalt, b 7 19 1886, died 10 6 1886
3 - Virgil Dawalt b 7 22 1888; died 10 30 1888
4 - Effie Dawalt b 8 2 1890; died 9 26 1890

7th Child -- JOHN GROSS DAWALT

      JOHN GROSS DAWALT, called "Old Dan," the 6th child of HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT, was born in Salem, Ind. 1 25 1817 where the Farmers Store formerly stood, on the site on South Main St., where his father, Henry Dawalt, kept at that time a TAVERN. He married Mary Tatlock, the daughter of Joshua & Anna Tatlock, born 4 18 1826; m 12 1 1844 and died 8 30 1878. Look under his father, HENRY DAWALT, for a copy of his letter written to his cousin, John Devault of Lessburg, Tenn, written by him in 1844. Frederick Davault was still operating the TAVERN then.

      An interesting part of the letter, written by John Gross Dawalt, was a statement concerning marriage. 'I remain single yet, but I have a strong noticion to see which is the best, the single or the married life.' This was in 1844 and 'to choose a girl and try what I can do in the married life.' Letter written in Feb 1844 and in December he was married. He lived in Franklin Twn; died 12 24 1895, his wife 8 30 1878

2 - John Scott Dawalt, 2nd child, b 2 25 180; d 2 15 1889
1 - Mary Emeline Dawalt, 1st child, b 5 25 1846; d 9 4 1856
3 - Henry Gross Dawalt b 3 6 1852; d 4 23 1925; married 3 26 1877, Margaret Jane Norris, b 10 9 1856; d 2 16 1916. He attended the Quaker Seminary, at that time a famous school five miles from Salem. Lived in Washington Township - two daughters.
1 - Eva M Dawalt b 1 15 1878. She and her sister, Nora, compiled the early data on teh Indiana Dawalts about 1928 - 17 pages, copies of which were given me when I visited Salem in 1846. Never married, both worked for the State of Indiana.
2 - Nora M. Dawalt b 9 16 1879; died 8 15 1937; she married 1st, Henry Streaker on 6 4 1902; died 4 29 1905, b 4 21 1875. Two children. She later married on 2 7 1911, Wm M Short, No children.
a - Margaret Elizabeth Streaker b 5 30 1903; m 10 2 1926 Lawrence F Eder, b 6 30 1900 - deceased in 1955.
1 - Henry Streaker Eder b 9 22 1930
b - Lee Henry Streaker b 5 14 1905; m 5 28 1932 Irene Ready b 12 29 1910; d 12 4 1934. Married 2nd time, Mary Ann Mangan (b 4 23 1913) on June 19th 1936
1 - Mary Ann Streaker b 10 22 1937
Lee Henry Streaker is a Pastor living in 1969 in Santa Barbara, Calif, serving in the Vietnam War - understood his sister Margaret Eder is also living there.
4 - Commodore Perry Dawalt b 5 15 1858, the 4th child of John Gross and Mary Dawalt, was born near Salem, Ind., married Dora Gamble 10 28 1883, born 7 18 1861; died 3 28 1902. He died 11 19 1912.
1 - Charlie Gross Dawalt b 7 15 1884 near Salem on the old Homestead where he died Feb 28 1949 - single. I visited him and his brother, Earl, in 1946. There he lived and died.
2 - Earl Windson Dawalt b 9 30 1885 on the old Dawalt farm; m 1st Merva Brassie, divorced; 2nd Gladys Day, now deceased. He and his brother, Perre, visited us in Calif about 1964. No children by either marriage.
3 - Perre Cauble Dawalt b 12 5 1886; married Clara Ethel Hinds Jan 26 1908, who was born 5 16 1885 at Borden, Ind. Married at home of her parents, Mr and Mrs John Hinds. Lived all their lived on a farm in Washington Co., Ind until 1929, when they moved to Salem. He is a refrigeration man - semi retired when he visited us in 1964. On Jan of 1968 they celebrated their Golden Wedding or rather their 60th Anniversary. Three daughters:
a - Gladys Alberta Dawalt b 9 5 1910, Salem Ind; m Marshall R Colglazier 12 2 1934, born 1 19 1912; d 5 11 1961. Buried Crown Hill, Salem.
1 - John Perre Colglazier b 4 27 1936, Washington Co Married Nancy Purkheiser b 8 13 ____
a - Michael Colglazier b 1866
2 - Carolyn Ann Colglazier b 7 7 1939 m Harry Wesner
a - Tammy Wesner b 12 7 1959
3 - Byron Ray Colglazier b 12 3 1941; m Sue Volves born 12 25 ____
a - Sherry Colglazier b 9 20 1966
b - Bernice Fry Dawalt, 2nd child of Perre C Dawalt, b 12 2 1913; m Walter Francis Hilton, the son of Arthur and Alice Hilton, b 4 30 1911, in Washington Co., a purchasing agent for a firm in Salem. In 1968, Walter, Bernice, her Uncle Earl Dawalt, my wife and myself, met in Johnson City Tenn and spent a day visiting the old DeVault and Kitzmiller homes, including the home of Adelaid DeVault, Valentine's old hom and graveyard. Bernice and Walter married 11 9 1932.
1 - Roger Francis Hilton, 1st child, b 9 22 1933 m Carolyn G Robertson 11 21 1951
a - Pamela Jane Hilton b 5 4 1953 - Salem
b - Dan Robertson Hilton b 9 24 1954
c - Steven Roger Hilton b 4 10 1956
2 - James Arthur Hilton, 2nd child, b 6 6 1937, m 6 19 1960 Carolyn June Sprecker; ordained as a Minister July of 1963.
a - Mark Allen Hilton b 11 24 1961, Wabash Ind
b - Holly Ann Hilton b 3 29 1964, Resselzer
c - Evelyn Lucille Dawalt, b 4 18 1920, 3rd child of Perre Dawalt, m Kenneth E Trueblood 10 25 1939 - b 5 3 1918.
1 - Berverly Jean Trueblood b 1 1 1942; m Geo D Wissler
a - Kelly Gale Wissler b Aug of 1963 at Indianopolis, Indiana.

8th Child -- A YOUNG GIRL

      No date known - no name - but a notation in a local History of Washington Co., Ind., states that HENRY and ELIZABETH GROSS DAWALT had another daughter, who died young, if that is correct that would make eight children.

STONE OF ELIZABETH DAWALT in old apple orchid on his homestead [view photo]

HENRY DAWALT, 7th child of Henry & Mary Catherine Dewald, of York Co., Pa. Born 1 1 1774 York Co Pa; d 9 20 1864 - Salem, Ind. [view photo]

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