Cornelius Dabney

88 - 1843/44  (175 years)

• Name	Cornelius Dabney  [1]
  Born	1786-88	King William County, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1843/44	King William County, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I75	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	William Dabney,   b. Abt 1757-62, King William County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Dec 1828, King William County, Virginia  (Age ~ 176 years)
  Mother	Sarah (Sally) Gwathmey,   d. 1829/30
  Married	Abt 1785-87	King William County, Virginia   [4]
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Diana Dabney,   b. 1799/1800, King William County, Virginia ,   d. 1863/64, King William County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Married	Abt 1814/15  [5]
  Last Modified	14 May 2013
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Cornelius Dabney was born to William and Sarah (Gwathmey) Dabney in 1799/1800 in King William County, Virginia. During the War of 1812, he served as an ensign with his brother, Mordecai B. Dabney, a private, and his cousin, Henry Dabney, a corporal, in a detachment of 46 men of the King William County militia under the command of Major Thomas Hill for a tour of duty of 17 days in December, 1814. About 1814/15, he married Diana Dabney, who was born in 1799/1800 to William Dabney Jr., and Hannah Temple Dabney, a daughter of Richard Dabney. They were complexly interrelated because Diana’s parents were first cousins of each other and of Cornelius. They had five children who survived into adulthood: William Winston, born 1815/16, married Martha Ann Bosher September 21, 1837; Adeline (or Eliza Adeline), born 1819/20, married James Gwathmey White in December, 1839; Cornelius Hamilton, born 1825/26, married Lucy Ann Ellett December 23, 1846, in Hanover County; Bushrod W., born 1828/29, married Jane Mason Timberlake, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Mason)Timberlake of Frederick County, Virginia, in November, 1855; and Robert A. E., born April, 1836, married Virginia H. Taylor in 1858/59. Cornelius first appeared in the King William County personal property tax list in 1816 and continued with irregularly rising prosperity through 1842, the year before his death. He was listed in the land tax list from 1816 to 1823 with 69-243 acres, no land from 1824 through 1827, and from 1844 to his death in 1843/44 with 200 to 600 acres. After his death, his estate continued to be charged with 600 acres through 1863, when Diana died. In 1864, his land was charged to his eldest son, William Winston Dabney. As executor for John Cordwell, Cornelius sold Cordwell’s 205 acres to Presley Atkinson for $861 in 1822. He purchased 200 acres in 1828 and inherited 400 more from his mother in 1830. After his death, Diana was listed with the same acreage from 1844 to 1850, after which it was listed as Cornelius’ estate through 1863. According to the evidence from the tax lists, Cornelius died in 1843 or early 1844, aged about 44. Diana received a life tenancy in his land and was appointed executor under his will. In the 1850 and 1860 censuses, she was living with her son William Winston Dabney,. She probably died in 1863/64 when Cornelius estate ceased to be listed in the land tax rolll, aged about 63/64. [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

  
  

• Sources

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