Zachariah Dulaney (1793-1852)

Zachariah Dulaney was born on 23 January 1793 in Culpepper Co., Virginia. Some sources give his birth date as 1797. He was also sometimes found as Zachary Dulaney.  His parents were Leroy Dulaney and Anne Routt.

He married Mary Eleanor Braden, daughter of Robert Braden and Elizabeth Stevens, before 1816 in Loudoun Co., Virginia. The obituary of their son, Woodford, states, "Mr. Dulaney was a Virginian by birth, being born in Loudoun County, which is in the northern part of that state. His parents were Zachariah and Mary Eleanor Braden Dulaney, who came from families which had long made their homes in the tidewater district of Virginia. They were of Irish descent, their ancestors having come over to Virginia in 1700 at the period of political agitation which resulted in the immigration to America of a large number of the best citizens of Ireland. They settled first at Alexandria, near Washington, which was then the principal seaport of the state." I have not yet verified this, but there are some indications that at least parts of this could be true. 

A biography of son, Woodford, found in America's Successful Men of Affairs (ed. Henry Hall, New York Tribune, 1896), says that Zachariah was a school teacher and a farmer.  And it gives his lineage as: Zachariah, son of Leroy; Leroy, son of William; William, son of William who settled in Bellhaven (now Alexandria), Virginia in 1700.

On 1 January 1816 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Robert Braden (as guardian) paid Zachariah Dulaney for boarding, clothing, and tuition for Joseph and Mahala Potts. Zachariah witnessed the will of his wife’s grandmother, Sarah (Wright) Braden, on 15 March 1816 at Loudoun Co., Virginia. In June 1816, Robert Braden, Zachariah's father-in-law and the executor of Joseph Braden, Jr.'s will, paid Zachariah $87.76 on his account. 

On 1 January 1817 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Robert Braden (as guardian) paid Zachariah Dulaney for boarding, clothing, and tuition for Joseph and Mahala Potts. On 20 November 1819 at Waterford, Loudoun Co., Virginia, Zachariah served on the jury of inquest into the death of Stephen Ball. Zachariah Dulaney was a member of the Catoctin Free Church.
 
The following entry was made in the Loudoun Co., VA Minute Book #3 on 14 Feb. 1820 (p 170): "Adm. of estate of Stephen Ball dec'd granted Abiel Jenners with $5000 bond with Zach. Dulany as security. James Moore, John B. Stevens, Edward Dorsey & Thomas Philips to appraise estate." 

According to entries in the account book of an unidentified Waterford merchant for 1823, Zachariah Dulaney made the following purchases in 1823: on 24 Jan 1823, "4 lbs sugar;" on 27 Jan 1823, "4 milk potts (sic);" on 7 Feb 1823, "3 lbs sugar;" on 12 Feb 1823 he paid $35 cash; on 14 Feb 1823, "32 lbs beaf (sic);" on 18 Feb 1823, "1 pr shoes, 2 lbs sugar;" on 22 Feb 1823 "per B. Dan'l" is recorded "4 1/4 yds cassinett, silk, 3/8 yds ticking, 1/2 yd lin, silk twist, th'd, buttons;" on 22 Feb 1823, "3 yds steam loom shirting, 1 pad lock, 1 doz buttons;" on 24 Feb 1823 "1/4 yd cassinett;" on 25 Feb 1823 "4 lb sugar, 1/4 lb tea;" on 27 Mar 1823 paid $5 cash; on 7 April 1823 "cash lent $25 (paid);" on 16 Apr 1823 "250 lb hay, 3 lb coffee;" on 26 Apr 1823 "3/4 yds silk velvet;" on 29 May 1823 "10 yds cotton, 4 yds ditto, cash lent $20;" 4 June 1823 "to cash lent $15;" on 5 June 1823 "cash $35;" on 10 Sept 1823 "1 lb shott, 1 oz liquorice;" on 13 Sept 1823 "cash lent $10;" and on 17 Sept 1823 "7 yds power loom shirting, 10 lb sugar." 

On 26 February 1823, Zachariah and his brother-in-law, Noble Braden, were named as trustees for Samuel Hough, Jr. on a deed of trust with Thomas Donaldson for a woolen mill property in Loudoun Co., Virginia. Also in 1823, George Henry owed Jozabed White $1,416.64, so on 30 September 1823, Henry sold 103 acres of the farm adjoining Mary Fox, Matthew Beans, Presley Cordell, and Samuel Gregg (that he bought from White) to Zachariah Dulaney and Burr Braden. R. Braden and Samuel Hough were the Justices of the Peace recording the deed. 

On 1 March 1824 in Loudoun Co., Virginia, a guardianship account was filed between Robert Braden and his wards, Jos. L and Mahala Potts, children of David Potts, for the period from Dec. 1815 to March 1, 1824. It includes payments to Z. Dulaney for tuition for the children, and was witnessed by Abiel Jenners. Zachariah signed a petition regarding flour prices along with many other Waterford area residents on 6 May 1824 at Waterford, Loudoun Co., Virginia. In November 1824 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Z. Dulaney signed the inventory taken of Abiel Jenners' estate. Zachariah Dulaney paid to John Braden (executor of Abiel Jenner's estate) $40 on a note owed the estate on 20 January 1825 at Loudoun Co., Virginia. 

On 12 July 1825 at Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, Zachariah and his brother-in-law, Burr Braden, posted a notice in the Genius of Liberty of sale of land by deed of trust for Jozabed White on 31 May 1825 at Loudoun Co., Virginia: "TRUST SALE. -- In pursuance of a deed of trust given to us by George W. Henry, for the benefit of Jozabed White, dated the 30th day of September, 1823, and recorded in the Loudoun office, the undersigned will, on Saturday, the 9th day of July next, at 12 o'clock, offer for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the TRACT OF LAND By said deed conveyed. It is situate in the county of Loudoun, near Waterford, adjoins the lands of William Smith, Presley Cordell, and others, and contains 103 ACRES. -- This is fine Wheat land. The sale will take place on the premises:-- The object is to raise, for the benefit of the Central Bank of Georgetown and Washington, assignees of J. White, the sum secured by the deed, with the expenses of the trust. ZACHARIAH DULANEY, BURR BRADEN. May 31, 1825 --- 21 ts The above sale is postponed till Saturday, the thirteenth day of August next, when it will be made at the same hour and place. July 5, 1825 -- 26ts."

On 16 August 1825, Noble Braden and Zachariah Dulaney published a notice of an upcoming public sale related to a deed of trust for Thomas Donaldson and his wife dated 27 January 1823. 

Zachariah Dulaney and Mary Eleanor Braden had 5 children: Robert Leroy Dulaney, born 1818; Elizabeth Ann Dulaney, born 1820; Woodford Hector Dulaney, born 1822; Mary Eleanor Dulaney, born 1823; and Charles Fenton Dulaney, born 1825. 

On 21 March 1826, Zachariah Dulaney placed an ad in "The Genius of Liberty" regarding a trust sale involving a deed of trust for Nathaniel Manning and his wife for Amos Beans. For sale would be a tract of land and a mill near Waterford. 

On 20 February 1827, Burr Braden and Zachariah Dulaney placed the following advertisement in The Genius of Liberty: "Trust Sale. -- Under the authority of a deed of trust, from George W. Henry to the undersigned, made originally for the benefit of Jozabed White, dated 30th September 1823, and recorded in the Clerk's office, of the county court of Loudoun, we shall, on the 24th day of February next and about the middle of the day, offer for sale at public auction, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for cash, the Tract of Land, In said deed of trust mentioned. It lies in the county of Loudoun, contains 103 acres, and adjoins the lands of Wm. Smith, Mary Fox, and others. The sale will be made to raise $341 with interest from the 21st day of June 1826 and the charges of this trust, for the benefit of the assignee of the Central Bank of Georgetown and Washington, and will take place on the premises. Zachariah Dulaney, Burr Braden, Jan. 16, 1827 - 2 ts Trustees. The above sale is postponed to the 24th of March at the same place. Feb. 20, 1827 - 7 ts." 

He was named as the husband of Mary E. Dulaney in the will of Robert Braden on 28 June 1827 at Loudoun Co., Virginia. Robert died in November 1827. 

N. S. Braden and Z. Dulany were trustees for a deed of trust undersigned by Thomas and Elizabeth Donaldson. Braden and Dulany published a notice of a sale of items held in that trust on 5 July 1828. The sale was to be held on 6 August 1828 in front of Klein's Tavern in Waterford.

His wife, Mary Eleanor (Braden) Dulaney died on 18 April 1829 at Waterford, Loudoun Co., Virginia. She is buried at Catoctin Free Church Cemetery near Waterford. 

He was still living during July 1829 at Waterford, Loudoun Co., Virginia, with his small children when he was mentioned in a letter from Sarah H. Hough to Mary Dulin Jenners.

In October 1830 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Noble S. Braden, as executor of Robert Braden's estate, filed an accounting with the court in Loudoun Co., Virginia for the period from 4 March 1832 to 4 June 1834. It mentions payment to Z. Dulaney "in Oct 1830 on account of grain growing on farm in Spring of 1828, and for relinquishment of possession (exclusive of rent) as per award of arbitrators $263.40." 

On 9 June 1831, Martin Jenners reported seeing Woodford Dulaney (Zachariah’s brother) in York, Illinois and also seeing Robert Leroy Dulaney (Zachariah's son) in the store. Robert had come to York from Waterford, Virginia with George Janney. Woodford said that Zachariah and a Dr. Edwards were coming out to York in the fall and then they were all going to Lafayette, Indiana. George Janney planned to go to Lafayette soon and take Robert with him. In August 1831 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Zachariah Dulaney borrowed $150 from William Nettles and used his interest in his late wife's estate from her deceased father, Robert, as security. He claimed he wanted the money to educate his children. On 9 October 1831, Martin Jenners reported that "...at York I saw Woodford Dulaney and Zachariah. Mr. Robert attending store for Woodford, he said that Zachariah and Dr. Edwards would be at Lafayette this fall." 

In the summer of 1832, Zachariah Dulaney left Virginia, abandoning at least two of his children, which their uncle, Noble Braden took in, cared for and educated. 

On 1 September 1832, a notice appeared in the Leesburg, Virginia newspaper, The Genius of Liberty, which follows: "TO MR. ZACHARIAH DULANEY. TAKE NOTICE: -- On the first day of October next, between the hours of sun-rise and sun-set, at the office of Master Commissioner Luckett, in Leesburg, I shall take the depositions of William Thrift, and George W. Henry, to be used in the injunction depending in the county court of Loudoun, in which you are plaintiff, and I and others are defendants. Benj'n Shreve, Jr. Sept. 1, 1832. -- 35 t10." 

Zachariah Dulaney and Saurin Jenners arrived in York, Illinois in December 1832 and stayed until the first of January 1833. Saurin and Zachariah spent the winter at Zachariah's father's [in KY?]. "Your [Deborah Jenners] inquiries respecting money from my Grandfathers estate, I empowered my brother Zachariah to receive my share that was coming. The estate is not settled & I cannot tell when it will..." There seemed to be some question as to whether Zachariah owed Saurin money. Zachariah was expected in York in a month. 

In a letter written 20 January 1833, from Ann Jenners to Elizabeth Braden, Ann wrote, "We have not heard from Saurin for a long time; the last we heard he was in Cincinnati and was going to the South. Ma is almost crazy about him. Mr. Dulaney [Zachariah] was with him." 

In letter from Burr Braden written 19 April 1833 to his sister Elizabeth, Burr says that Saurin Jenners "returned [to Lafayette], in February, I believe. I was very sorry to learn the situation Dulaney has left his children. It is a hard case on Noble. I would willingly take one of the children if I had any way for them to get here possible. Might there be some family moving from Loudoun here who would take charge of them, if so I would be glad Noble would make use of the opportunity…..[Saurin Jenners] & Dulaney were in York on the Wabash last winter where little Robert [Leroy Dulaney] lives.... Dulaney sent from there to his fathers. I never understood from Saurin what Dulaney intended to tell Noble." 

According to a suit filed about 1834 in Chancery Court in Loudoun Co., Virginia, Zachariah Dulaney owed David Jenners money. This suit also lists Zachariah's slaves: Judy & her children, Thompson (who is lame), Betsy & another unnamed child. 

Zachariah Dulaney was mentioned in the chancery suit regarding the estate of Robert Braden on 14 April 1836 at Loudoun Co., Virginia. In 1837 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Zachariah Dulaney was mentioned in a chancery suit involving the division of Robert Braden's estate. On 11 June 1838 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, as executor of the estate of Robert Braden, Noble Braden filed an accounting that listed payment to Zachariah Dulaney or his assignee, William Nettles, of $638.46. 

On 12 May 1840, Noble Braden, executor of the estate of Robert Braden, filed an account of Robert's estate and listed payments to the following heirs: Zachariah Dulaney, Hector W. Braden, Burr Braden, Robert Braden Jr. - deceased; William F. Braden - deceased; Joseph A. Braden; and Fleming Hixon. As executor, Noble Braden filed an account of the estate of Robert Braden and listed payments to the following heirs: Zachariah Dulaney, Hector W Braden, Burr Braden, Robert Braden Jr - deceased; William F. Braden - deceased; Joseph A. Braden; Fleming Hixon. 

In November 1847, Robert Leroy Dulaney wrote: "Upon arrival at Louisville, I put up at the Franklin House where I spent the next two weeks visiting relatives and seeing Pa [Zachariah], Molly, Hector, and Charlie." 

On 13 June 1848, Noble Braden, executor of Robert Braden's estate, filed an accounting with the court at Loudoun Co., Virginia, which also lists accounts with the following heirs: Zachariah Dulaney, Hector W. Braden (deceased), Robert Braden Jr (deceased), Wm F Braden (deceased), Burr Braden, Fleming Hixon (deceased).

On 11 June 1850, Noble Braden, executor of Robert Braden's estate, filed an accounting with the court at Loudoun Co., Virginia, listing accounts with the following heirs: Zachariah Dulaney, Hector W. Braden, Burr Braden, Robert Braden, Jr. (deceased), Wm F. Braden (deceased), Fleming Hixson (deceased).

On 11 June 1850 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, Noble Braden, executor of Robert Braden's estate, an filed accounting with the court at Loudoun Co., listing accounts with the following heirs: Zachariah Dulaney, Hector W. Braden, Burr Braden, Robert Braden, Jr (deceased), Wm F Braden (deceased), Fleming Hixson (deceased). Joseph A. Braden's share of the estate had been completely paid off and discharged. 

Zachariah Dulaney died on 16 September 1852 at Pattersonville (now Patterson), Louisiana, at age 59. After his death, his body was transported from Pattersonville, Louisiana to Louisville, Kentucky "by packet." Zachariah Dulaney was buried at Section P, Lot E, Grave 1-A, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. His Find-A-Grave memorial is here. 

Children of Zachariah Dulaney and Mary Eleanor Braden all born at Loudoun Co., Virginia, were as follows:

       Robert LeRoy2 Dulaney born on 12 September 1818.

       Elizabeth Ann Dulaney, born on 10 December 1820.

       Woodford Hector Dulaney, born 16 March 1822.

       Mary Eleanor Dulaney, born 19 November 1823.

       Charles Fenton Dulaney, born 19 December 1825.