1748 Mary Dalton, daughter of Samuel Dalton of Rockingham, was born. She married Archelaus Hughes of Patrick County, Virginia. She died in 1841. [1]
1749 Samuel Dalton and James Madison had considerable land in Virginia and North Carolina but the Dalton ownership was disputed and passed to the Madison family. An extensive biosketch of Samuel Dalton has been published. [2] A findagrave document reports that he lived on the Mayo River in Rockingham County, Nortyh Carolina.
[1] Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, eds, Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775, Vol 4 of 7 (1912, Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States. Family Histories 1808–1980, DGS 7540159, image 226, [FamilySearchImage].