1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1790

3.  1800

4.  1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #43 of 65; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810

NC

Rockingham Co.

Roll M252_43

p. 216

Ln. 9

Thomas Dalton

31010-20010-04

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
3 males	9 or under	1800-1810	=
1 male	10-15	1794-1800	=
1 male	26-44	1765-1784	= Thomas
2 females	9 or under	1800-1810	=
1 female	26-44	1765-1784	= Mary
4 slaves	all ages	in or bef. 1810	=

Listed four lines below his mother-in-law, Elizabeth DEATHERAGE (lone elderly widow with eleven slaves).

5.  1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9 of 39; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820

NC

Rockingham Co.

Roll M33_82

p. 594-595

Ln. 21

Thomas Dalton

021111-00001-0-601

4020-2020

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 white males	10-15	1804-1810	=
1 white male	16-18	1801-1804	=
1 white male	26-44	1775-1794	=
1 white male	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= Thomas
1 white female	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= Charlotte
6	people engaged in agriculture
1	people engaged in manufacture
4 male slaves	13 and under	1806-1820	= ? ? ? ?
2 male slaves	26-44	1775-1794	= ? ?
2 female slaves	13 and under	1806-1820	= ? ?
2 female slaves	26-44	1775-1794	= ? ?
*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four.

6.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #39-40 of 78; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830

NC

Rockingham Co.

Roll M19_124

p. 297

Ln. 17

Thomas Dalton

000 020 010 - 000 000 100

143200-312000

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 white males	20-29	1800-1810	=
1 white male	50-59	1770-1780	= Thomas
1 white female	40-49	1780-1790	= Mary? Charlotte?
1 male slave	9 or under	1820-1830	= ?
4 male slaves	10-23	1806-1820	= ? ? ? ?
3 male slaves	24-35	1794-1806	= ? ? ?
2 male slaves	36-54	1775-1794	= ? ?
3 female slaves	9 or under	1820-1830	= ? ? ?
1 female slave	10-23	1806-1820	= ?
2 female slaves	24-35	1794-1806	= ? ?

7.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #23-24 of 116; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

NC

Rockingham Co.

Roll M704_369

pp. 135B-136A

Ln. 28

Thos Dalton

000 010 010 - 000 000 010

100400-430300

0900000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 white male	20-29	1810-1820	=
1 white male	50-59	1780-1790	= Thomas
1 white female	50-59	1780-1790	= Mary? Charlotte?
1 male slave	9 or under	1830-1840	= ?
4 male slaves	36-54	1785-1804	= ? ? ? ?
4 female slaves	9 or under	1830-1840	= ? ? ? ?
3 female slaves	10-23	1816-1830	= ? ? ?
3 female slaves	36-54	1785-1804	= ? ? ?
9	persons employed in agriculture

8.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9 of 14):  Sauratown District, Stokes Co., NC, Roll, p. 144A, 1044/1074, enumerated 19 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thomas Dalton

68

M

Farmer

4000

Va

Listed five households from Absalom B. DALTON (æ 46, b. NC, wife Nancy POINDEXTER).

9.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #88 of 270):  Hogan's Creek P.O., Southern Division, Rockingham Co., NC, Roll M653_912, p. 45A, PN 89, 677/677, enumerated 12 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thos Dalton	82	M		Farmer	6000	16000	Va
William  "	22	M		Trader?			NC

10.  Richard W. Tobin II.  1984/1992.  The Deatherage Family:  The First Four Generations in America (online at Richard Tobin's web site at members.aol.com):

9.GEORGE DEATHERAGE3 (Philemon2, William1), son of Philemon and Elizabeth Deatherage, was born between 1755-1774 [1800 federal census]. He lived in Rockingham Co., North Carolina. He died in 1811 or 1812 [County Record] in North Carolina. He married first Margaret Joyce who died before 1802, the daughter of James. George married second Charlotte Joyce, the daughter of Thomas... Robert Deatherage, son of George and Margaret Deatherage, wrote his will on 3 Sep 1817.  It was probated in Nov 1817.  In the will he named his sister-in-law Elizabeth Deatherage, brother Philemon, dec'd... children of his Uncle Thomas Dalton, Sally, Robert, William, Elizabeth, and James...

12. MARY DEATHERAGE DALTON3 (Philemon2, William1) was the daughter of Philemon and Elizabeth Deatherage.  She died about the year 1814 [Wheeler].  Mary married about 1801 Thomas Dalton.  Thomas was born about 1770 [Wheeler] and he died in Rockingham Co., North Carolina, in 1864 [Probate Record].  He wrote his will on 12 Mar 1858.  He named his son William, his daughter Elizabeth Joyce, heirs of Garrett, heirs of son Robert Dalton, and grandsons William F. and John Dalton.  He named his son William his executor.  The will was witnessed by Nath'l. Dodd, and T.R. Stone.  Stone was dead when the will was probated... children:   i. Sally   m. Garrett Watts   ii. Robert -1835 m. Charlotte G. Dalton  iii. William 1804-1891 m. Mary "Polly" Jones   iv. Elizabeth 1806-1881 m. John K. Joyce    v. James

11.  The Y-Chromosome-DNA DALTON America Surname Project.  Male DALTONs are strongly encouraged to participate in this project.

12.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

13.  Tom Cloud's Dalton Surname Pages (online at mykindred.com).