I’d
like to find and document Archibald Dunlap’s parents and children. I’ll begin
with what I know. Then gather what facts or information is available to me from
internet resources. Hopefully, I will be able to add to the Dunlap family
history. As with any research project, I’m uncertain what twists and turns I’ll
encounter along my way.
3rd
Great Grandmother Margaret Dunlap married Grandfather Jacob Spitler June 14,
1824, in Augusta County, Virginia. I learned more of my Dunlap ancestry when
Mrs. Katherine Bushman, a professional researcher, sent me a pedigree chart
noting Archibald Dunlap was Margaret’s father.
Great
Grandmother Margaret (Dunlap) Spitler’s death was registered in “The Virginia
Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912” database online at Familysearch.org documenting
her parents--Archibald and Betsey Dunlap.
Name: Margaret Spitler
Gender: Female
Death Date: 29 Oct 1858
Death Place: Augusta, Virginia
Age: 38
Birth Date: 1820
Birthplace: Augusta Co., Va.
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jacob Spitler
Father's Name: Archibald Dunlap
Mother's Name: Betsy Dunlap
Citing
this Record
"Virginia
Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RK-BJX : accessed 29 February 2016),
Margaret Spitler, 29 Oct 1858; citing Augusta, Virginia, reference LN 1529; FHL
microfilm 30,416.
A problem cropped up when I noticed
Margaret’s age and birth date (38 years and birth date 1820). Her first child
was born in 1825 entirely ruling out an 1820 birth. The 1850 federal census
noted Gram’s age to be ’45 years’ dating her birth to 1805. Depending on who
talked with the census enumerator, it’s hard to say if she was really 45 years
old at that date.
A tombstone photograph dedicated to
Grandmother states she was 59 years old when she passed in 1858 indicating an
1799/1800 birth date. I’m betting the gravestone is the most reliable.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 February 2019), memorial
page for Margaret Dunlap Spitler (1799–28 Oct 1858), Find A Grave
Memorial no. 38713360, citing Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Cemetery, Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by BKL
(contributor 47026697) . Photo contributed by Marlin Diehl.
I
turned to the “Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912” to find Great
Grandmother Margaret’s siblings:
Nancy
Dunlap born 1795 in Augusta County, VA and passed Oct. 29, 1879.
Name: Nancy
Dunlap
Gender: Female
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place:
Death
Date: 29 Oct 1879
Death
Place: Augusta Co., Virginia
Age: 84
Birth
Date: 1795
Birthplace:
Augusta Co.
Occupation:
Housekeeper
Race: White
Marital
Status: Single
Spouse's
Name:
Father's
Name: Arch. Dunlap
Father's
Birthplace:
Mother's
Name: Elizth. Dunlap
Mother's
Birthplace:
Citing this Record:
"Virginia Deaths
and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5T5-4Y3 : 12 December 2014), Arch.
Dunlap in entry for Nancy Dunlap, 29 Oct 1879; citing Augusta Co., Virginia,
reference it 1 ln 17; FHL microfilm 2,056,974.
Robert
Dunlap, born 1798 died at Valley Mills in Augusta County April 13, 1882.
Name: Robert
Dunlap
Gender: Male
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place:
Death
Date: 13 Apr 1882
Death
Place: Valley Mills, Augusta, Virginia
Age: 84
Birth
Date: 1798
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital
Status: Unknown
Spouse's
Name:
Father's
Name: Arch. Dunlap
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's
Name: Elizbth. Dunlap
Mother's
Birthplace:
Citing this Record:
"Virginia Deaths
and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5T5-8D7 : 12 December 2014), Arch.
Dunlap in entry for Robert Dunlap, 13 Apr 1882; citing Valley Mills, Augusta,
Virginia, reference it 1 ln 23; FHL microfilm 2,056,974.
James
M. Dunlap, born in Augusta Co. 1801 and died July 4, 1879.
Name: Jas.
M. Dunlap
Gender: Male
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place:
Death
Date: 04 Jul 1879
Death
Place: Augusta Co., Virginia
Age: 78
Birth
Date: 1801
Birthplace:
Augusta Co.
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital
Status: Single
Spouse's
Name:
Father's
Name: Arch. Dunlap
Father's
Birthplace:
Mother's
Name: Elizth. Dunlap
Mother's
Birthplace:
Citing this Record:
"Virginia Deaths
and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5T5-4YW : 12 December 2014), Arch.
Dunlap in entry for Jas. M. Dunlap, 04 Jul 1879; citing Augusta Co., Virginia,
reference it 1 ln 18; FHL microfilm 2,056,974.
Archibald
and Betsey’s daughter, Elizabeth (Dunlap) Palmer died March 8, 1856, with a
birth date of 1806.
Name: Elizabeth
Polmer
Gender: Female
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place:
Death
Date: 08 Mar 1856
Death
Place: Valley Mills, Augusta, Virginia
Age: 50
Birth
Date: 1806
Birthplace:
Augusta Co.
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital
Status: Married
Spouse's
Name: Philip O. Polmer
Father's
Name: Archibald Dunlap
Father's
Birthplace:
Mother's
Name: Betsy Dunlap
Mother's
Birthplace:
Citing this Record:
"Virginia Deaths
and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RK-52N : 12 December 2014),
Archibald Dunlap in entry for Elizabeth Polmer, 08 Mar 1856; citing Valley
Mills, Augusta, Virginia, reference ln 1090; FHL microfilm 30,416.
FindAGrave.com
has information for an Archibald Dunlap, Jr. The FAG contributor states
Archibald Jr. was a child of Archibald and Elizabeth “Betsy” Baird Dunlap born
in 1800 and died before 1850. Archibald Jr. married Margaret Minick August 31,
1830, and this marriage was confirmed in Familysearch’s Virginia Marriages
database.
Name:
Archibald Dunlap
Birth
Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's
Name: Margaret Minick
Spouse's
Birth Date:
Spouse's
Birthplace:
Spouse's
Age:
Event
Date: 31 Aug 1830
Event Place: Augusta, Virginia
Father's
Name:
Mother's
Name:
Spouse's
Father's Name:
Spouse's
Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital
Status:
Previous
Wife's Name:
Spouse's
Race:
Spouse's
Marital Status:
Spouse's
Previous Husband's Name:
Citing this Record:
"Virginia
Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7Q-NZW : 5 December 2014), Archibald
Dunlap and Margaret Minick, 31 Aug 1830; citing Augusta, Virginia, reference;
FHL microfilm 30,415.
An
ancestry.com search provided another sibling, William Dunlap born about 1815
and died May 1862.
Name: Wm Dunlap
Birth Date: abt 1815
Birth Place: Augusta County
Death Date: May 1862
Death Place: Near Buffalo Gap,
Augusta, Virginia
Death Age: 47
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Archabald Dunlap
Mother Name: Elizabeth Dunlap
Spouse Name: Julia Dunlap
FHL Film
Number: 30416
Citing
this Record:
Ancestry.com. Virginia,
Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original
data: "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912." Index. FamilySearch,
Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of
original and compiled records.
Although
Ancestry obtained the death from the Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912
index entries from FamilySearch, I couldn’t find William Dunlap’s information
online. However, Margaret C. Reese, author of ‘Abstract of Augusta County,
Virginia Death Registers 1853-1896’ confirms he died in May 1862, age 47.
I’m
making progress with the family. Archibald and Elizabeth Dunlap are parents to six
documented children. Nancy, the oldest child, was born 1795 and the youngest
William about 1815. Perhaps Archibald and Elizabeth married in the early 1790’s
before raising their family in Virginia. The younger Archibald Dunlap Jr. mentioned
on FindAGrave could very well belong with the family, but further proof needs
to be found.
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