William was born between 1750 and 1765. He was land contract on 22 July 1774 at
Lincoln Co., North Carolina; The following is from an email from Ann Dellinger in regards to William and Jacob Dellinger getting a land survey warrant:
In response to the message posted by Bob and Jan Dellinger Woltz, they quote "Neal Caskey's book shows a copy of a land grant of 400 acres to Jacob Dellinger and William Dellinger in 1774." The book referenced is The Descendants of Jacob Dellinger of Leepers Creek compiled and published by the late Neal Caskey. The "land grant" referenced is on page 15 of that book. Rather than a "land grant," the copy of the document reproduced on page 15 is actually a warrant being issued to a surveyor, authorizing him to survey land being entered by Jacob Dellinger and William Dellinger. They are making a claim for 400 acres of vacant land on the waters of Leepers Creek joining the lands of Philip Dellinger, Martin Hoyle, Frederick Snap, and Peter Bumgardner. The warrant is dated 22 July 1774, so the Dellingers entry for the land was probably made at least a year prior to that date. The actual grant for this land entry being made by Jacob and William Dellinger was issued 2 March 1775 and is recorded in Patent Book 25, page 3 To receive a land grant, a person entered a claim (describing the number of acres, nearby waterways, neighboring landowners). The entry taker then issued a warrant to the county surveyor to survey the land. After the survey was made the warrant and completed survey were sent to the Governor's office and the grant was issued, IF all fees incurred in the transaction were paid and no one challenged the claim. The entire process took time. He began military service in 1781. He married
Elizabeth (?) in 1785. William Dellinger was census 1790 in 1790 at
Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He was census 1800 in 1800 at
Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He was census 1810 in 1810 at
Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He was migration on 8 May 1812; According to Ann Dellinger there is a document that shows that William migrated to Indiana. This document is dated 8 May 1812. He purchased land on 6 August 1819 at
Knox Co., Indiana. William was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census at
Harrison Twp., Knox Co., Indiana. He was church membership on 12 May 1824 at
Greene Co., Indiana; William Dellinger, along with 33 others including his sons Joseph, Thomas and Christian, signed a petition, dated 12 May 1824, to the Lutheran Synod of Tennessee requesting a minister be assigned to his congregation in Greene Co., Indiana. Some other names in this petition include; Slinkard and Killians, both of whom also came from Lincoln Co., North Carolina and settled near Slinkard's Mill which is near the current town of Newberry, Indiana. William was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census at
Greene Co., Indiana. William died on 23 May 1831 at
Greene Co., Indiana. His body was interred in May 1831. Place of burial is unknown. He is not recorded in the record of Weaver Cemetery made in the early 1990's. Weaver Cemetery is located in Elmore Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana. There are many stones missing from this cemetery, possibily William's is one of those with a missing tombstone. This is a possible place of burial as he does have a daughter-in-law and grand children buried there. Another possiblity is the Old Slinkard Cemetery in Cass Twp., Greene Co., Indiana. It had a very poor record done in the 1990's and the cemetery has been destroyed. It will probably never be known for sure where William Dellinger was buried..