1.  State of North Carolina.  1977.  An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives.  North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC (online at Ancestry.com):

Groom:	William F Dalton
Bride:	Lizzie Hand
Bond Date:	11 Dec 1861
Marriage Date:	17 Dec 1861
County:	Rockingham
Bondsman:	Josephus Vaughn
Witness:	W M Ellington
Performed By:	D E Jordan

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #46 of 48):  Madison P.O., Huntsville Twp., Rockingham Co., NC, Roll M593_1157, p. 239B, PN 46, 353/334, enumerated 8 Oct 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Dalton William	35	M	W	Farmer	1000	450	N Carolina
______ Sarah E	28	F	W	Keeping house			"    "
______ Charles	6	M	W				"    "
______ Robert	4	M	W				"    "
______ William	65	M	W	At home			"    "
______ Mary	59	F	W	"   "			"    "
______ Walter	17	M	W	Attending School			"    "
Anderson Shelly	22	M	W	Farm Laborer			"    "
Farmer Ruffus	17	M	W	"     "			"    "
Robertson Maria	40	F	B	Domestic Servant			"

3.  1880 Census: Every-Name-Index/Extraction (online at FamilySearch.org); Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 26):  Huntsville Twp., Rockingham Co., NC, Roll T9-0980, p. 77C, PN 15, SD 2, ED 230, enumerated 8 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

11

13

21

24

25

26

147

150

Dalton Wm F

W

M

46

/

Farmer

NC

NC

VA

"    Sarah E

W

F

38

Wife

/

Keeping house

"

"

NC

"    Charles H

W

M

15

Son

work on Farm

/

"

"

"

"    Robert L

W

M

13

Son

"   "   "

/

"

"

"

"    Wm

W

M

75

/

At Home

"

"

"

Hand Ulyses

W

M

12

Nephew

"   "

/

"

"

"

Webster John R

W

M

28

/

work on Farm

"

"

"

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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

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