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William Martin Dehart

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William Martin Dehart

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
6 Jun 1882 (aged 76)
Swain County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Needmore, Swain County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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William Dehart, the second child of Nathan and Catherine Dehart, was born in Tennessee. While he was a baby, his parents, Nathan Dehart and Catherine Ramsey moved from Wayne County, Kentucky, to a farm on Johnson's Fork Creek. He probably married Sarah Lovelace there. He moved to then Macon County, now Swain County, NC around 1830. He raised most of his 13 children on his father's farm at Licklog, which he acquired after his father's death in 1861.His children were:
*John Patton (My 2nd great grandfather)buried Maple Springs Cemetery
*Catherine (Morgan) buried in Brush Creek Cemetery
*James Wesley (Burial in Brush Creek Cemetery
*Mary "Polly" Ann(Ammons) buried in Breedlove
*Matilda (Burnett)buried in Breedlove
*Eleanor (Walls)recorded 1900 Census in Fanin, Georgia
*Nathan P, 1870 Census: single,$1000 farm in Franklin, NC
*Susannah, only recorded to age 7 in 1850 Census.
*William M. buried New Hope Cemetery, Jackson Co Alabama
*Sarah Minerva(Breedlove)buried in Breedlove Cemetery
*Henry probably buried Jenkins Cemetery in unmarked grave
*Allen A.buried Tellico Cemetery, Macon Co NC
*Margaret(Wall or Walls)moved to Georgia
1850 Census lists children, Catherine, James, Polly Ann, Matilda, Eleanor, Susannah, Nathan P., Minerva, Henry, William. 1870 Census lists Allen and Margarette.

William and his wife, Sarah, died at Licklog Farm and are buried together on the hillside above the creek in the family cemetery, known today as Breedlove. His parents, Nathan and Catherine Dehart are also buried there.

The original headstone says he died June 6,1882.
William Dehart, the second child of Nathan and Catherine Dehart, was born in Tennessee. While he was a baby, his parents, Nathan Dehart and Catherine Ramsey moved from Wayne County, Kentucky, to a farm on Johnson's Fork Creek. He probably married Sarah Lovelace there. He moved to then Macon County, now Swain County, NC around 1830. He raised most of his 13 children on his father's farm at Licklog, which he acquired after his father's death in 1861.His children were:
*John Patton (My 2nd great grandfather)buried Maple Springs Cemetery
*Catherine (Morgan) buried in Brush Creek Cemetery
*James Wesley (Burial in Brush Creek Cemetery
*Mary "Polly" Ann(Ammons) buried in Breedlove
*Matilda (Burnett)buried in Breedlove
*Eleanor (Walls)recorded 1900 Census in Fanin, Georgia
*Nathan P, 1870 Census: single,$1000 farm in Franklin, NC
*Susannah, only recorded to age 7 in 1850 Census.
*William M. buried New Hope Cemetery, Jackson Co Alabama
*Sarah Minerva(Breedlove)buried in Breedlove Cemetery
*Henry probably buried Jenkins Cemetery in unmarked grave
*Allen A.buried Tellico Cemetery, Macon Co NC
*Margaret(Wall or Walls)moved to Georgia
1850 Census lists children, Catherine, James, Polly Ann, Matilda, Eleanor, Susannah, Nathan P., Minerva, Henry, William. 1870 Census lists Allen and Margarette.

William and his wife, Sarah, died at Licklog Farm and are buried together on the hillside above the creek in the family cemetery, known today as Breedlove. His parents, Nathan and Catherine Dehart are also buried there.

The original headstone says he died June 6,1882.


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