Lyenna, Your Jonathan sounds like the individual that is described in the Ephraim Dilley Diary on page 34 as a possible brother to my ggg-father, James Dilley. His probable brothers are listed as Hiram, Luke, and Jonathon in the link below (I have copied this first page below, but you will find more on this family by clicking on the following link and scrolling down around page 34-39): http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tnoye/Ephr31-40.html Their father is listed as Jesse Dilley. Also, please review the census records I have attached below. Sorry, Johnathon is not listed in these but you might find him by searching for him by his first name on the main Dilley page. There are many Dilley records for Guernsey/Noble here: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tnoye/a-Dilley.html My gg-mother, Olvie B. Dilley (Robinson) was born to James Dilley and Rebecca Tener in 1848 in Cumberland, Guernsey Co., Ohio. In 1851, this area of Guernsey created part of the new county of Noble, and the family is found in Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio where she married my gg-father John W. Robinson on Dec 24, 1867. I have previously listed much of this info, so please contact my if you are a relation and require further info. Let me know if this helps. Thanks, Chris 34. VIRGINIA DILLEYS IN THE CUMBERLAND AREA OF GUERNSEY CO. OHIO One of the largest clans of the Virginia Dilleys is that I call the "Cumberland" Dilleys. The town of Cumberland is located on the southern boundary of Guernsey Co., OH. This location is critical and difficult for research because the county boundaries were changed, and a new county of Noble was founded in 1851 from Guernsey, Morgan and Monroe counties. Some of the Cumberland Dilleys lived in the town as tradesmen and others just south of it in Morgan Co. Therefore, they appeared in several county censuses, although often the same townships, including Morgan and Muskingum counties. They may have lived in the same places but the county boundaries around them changed during the 1840s and 1850s and particularly in 1851 when Noble Co. was created. My purpose here is to give a descriptive account of the clan with my interpretations of their relationships. The supporting data are listed in several sets of census, bible, newspaper, and other records. In 1839, four brothers appeared in Cumberland town and Morgan Co. In the newspaper article entitled "Tales of Old Cumberland," May Stranathan describes the families of Jonathan, James and Hiram Dilley living in or near Cumberland village. The 1840 census showed Luke and Hiram in Cumberland, Spencer Twp, Guernsey Co., whereas James and Jonathan were living together in Morgan Co., Noble Twp. Living with James title oldest son and Jonathan in 1840 was an old couple, and in 1850 a Jesse Dilley age 80 was living with Jonathan in Morgan Co. Both James and Jonathan were men--hants in l850 which may mean country stores. but Jonathan was living in Guernsey. The importance of finding Jesse Dilley living with these two Virginia born brothers is that a Jesse Dilley appeared in the 1820 census for Shenandoah Co., Virginia with eleven children of which five were males. He was still there the 1830 census. In a biography of Judge Jonathan Dilley of Noble Co., OH, he is reported as born on the Potomac River some miles from Washington, but that he was reared in Shenandoah Co., VA. This makes a second circumstantial evidence of a connection of Jonathan to Jesse and Shenandoah Co., VA. The ages of Hiram, James, Jonathan and Luke in 1850 were 38 ', 43, 45, and 50 years respectively. The Stranathan account reports James., Jonathan and Hiram to be brothers. Luke was the oldest and is linked mostly by association with the others at Cumberland as a probable brother. Luke would have been about 20 years of age in 1820 and Jesse had a son in the 15-20 age category then; the ages of the other three brothers fit the categories in Jesse's census record fairly well (males Jesse would have been 50 in 1820 (b 1770 in New Jersey), so he could have had older sons who had left the nest if they were born before 1800 when Jesse was 30, such as Moses b 1794. There is an older generation of Virginia-born Dilleys who settled in the corner around SW Guernsey Co. near Cumberland. John and Moses Dilley arrived in Guernsey Co. about 1812 and they appeared in the 1820 census with families. Moses left a military record for the War of 1812 (may have paid a substitute) from Guernsey Co. He and John Speared in tax records for Morqan Co., which bordered Guernsey on the south, from 1827 to 1829. John disappeared, but Moses continued to live in Morgan or adjacent townsship of Muskingum Co. until 1870, when he was found in Ross Co. Hanrison Twp with three other Dilley families including a Moses age 49close by and a Thomas age 54 who be sons of Moses. Apparently, Moses had moved a little SW to join one or more of his sons in Ross Co., OH. Moses married Jane McGill 5 Aug 1813 and Moses Jr. was born about l82l. Both Moses Jr. and Thomas were born in Ohio, which is possible if Moses Sr., who arrived in Ohio about was their father. There were several more Virginia Dilleys who appear to have links to the Cumberland area. Aaron Dilley and his wife, Mary, both born in Virqinia, appeared in the 1850 census for Allen Co., IN ages 70 and 60. In the same Lafayette Twp lived George Dilley age 31. whose sons were Ichabod, Moses and Silas. These are typical of the biblical names of Virginia Dilleys. This George Dilley enlisted 1850 Census Cumberland twp, Guernsey Co., Ohio >Page 144 Image 2 >Hiram 38 merchant VA; Sarah 34 PA; Mary E 11 OH; Amanda F 7 OH; Nancy 6 OH; >Susan J 3 OH; James H 6/12 OH >Page 144 Image 3 James 43 Merchant TN; Rebecca A 22 OH; Charles C 20 OH; Mary 19 OH; Thos F 16; Merchant OH; Martha 14 OH; Frances A 12 OH; Amanda 10 OH; Elizabeth 8 OH; Olive 1 OH >Page 145 Image 5 >Luke S 30 grocer VA; Mary 45 VA >From: LDickin628@aol.com >To: DILLEY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Dilley List: Judge Jonathan Dilley b. 1809 VA >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:55:43 EDT > >Hi Listers, > >Can anyone identify this Jonathan Dilley's parents? > >Lynnea > >History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago >1887 >JUDGE JONATHAN DILLEY is an old and well-known citizen. He was born on the >Potomac River in Virginia, about thirty miles from Washington, in the year >1809. His early life was spent in Shenandoah County, Va. In 1839 he came to >Ohio, and in 1841 to Cumberland, Guernsey County, where he clerked in the >store of John E. Boyd. In 1843 he removed to Sarahsville and engaged in the >mercantile business, at the same time dealing in tobacco. He continued a >resident of Sarahsville for twenty-seven years. In 1869 he was elected >probate judge, and in the following year he removed to Caldwell, and >entered >upon the duties of his office. In 1872 he was re-elected to the same >office. >He has since served two terms as deputy probate judge. He married Margaret >Nicholson, and is the father of five children. Judge Dilley is a >Republican, >and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail