Brief Life History of Robert William
When Pvt Robert William Dilley was born on 27 November 1842, in Phoenix, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, his father, Samuel M. Dilley, was 40 and his mother, Charlotte Lemenda Hinds Usher, was 25. He lived in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1860. He died on 23 April 1863, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Robert W Dilley in household of Samuel Dilley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Robert William Dilley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robert Dilly in household of Saml Dilly, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (4)
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Name Meaning
English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).
German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .
In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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