Occupation, farmer and grave digger.
Among the men listed in Captain Samuel Cobrin's company of militia, the Spanish Alarm, is Fetty Taliner. His name appears among those of married men. In an article in The Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, Dr. Robert W. Ramsey identified Fetty Taliner with Valentine Dellinger. This list unfortunately carries no date, but speculation is that it was composed anywhere from 1749 to the early 1750's. The list definitely predates 1760 because some of the men listed are deceased by that year.
Valentin might of been the father of Jacob of Leeper's Creek Dellinger.
Johann was born at
Oberacker, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 15 February 1709. He was the son of
Hans Paul Dellinger and
Clara Anna (?). He married
Maria Magdalena Schäfer at
Oberacker, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 19 July 1735. He married
Magdelena (?) at
Oberacker, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 7 May 1748. He emigrated, on 13 September 1749. Point of origin: Rotterdam, Holland. Johann Valentin Dellinger was land contract on 6 April 1765 at
North Carolina; Valentine was granted 150 acres on both sides of Leeper's Creek on 6 April 1765. He made a will at
Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, on 8 April 1766. Johann died in 1766 at
Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.