Hi all,
Anyone who thinks they might have ties to the following family - during slavery, they were the Delaney's in Graves county KY, owned by the Delaney family - and later emigrated to Massac county, IL in freedom. Please contact me directly.
Mother: (1820) Matilda Dulaney McClane Relsaw (also spelled Delaney)
Children:
(1854) Nancy marries Taylor Bly
They have several children: Molly, John, Manuel, Charles, and Elijah.
(1855) Eligah dies young
(1857) Lennord
(1860) Clara marries John Owens - they have several children: Silifore?, James, Arthur, Elmer, and Allie, who marries an unknown Upchurch and has a daughter named Birdie Upchurch
Susan