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Delilah Na-li McLain (Hildebrand)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Death: 1864 (50-51)
Oklahoma, United States
Place of Burial: Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: Near Fort Gibson Cherokee Nation IT (OK)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Michael Hildebrand, Sr. and Nancy "Nannie" Hildebrand
Wife of Unknown 1st husband; Jesse McLain and Jesse McLain
Mother of Calvin McLain; Mary Ann Ratley and Private
Sister of Elizabeth Armstrong; John H Hildebrand; Jane Cookson; Margaret “Peggy” Catron; Eliza Kilpatrick and 6 others

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About Delilah Na-li McLain

DELILAH NA-LI HILDEBRAND (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1813 in CNE [TN], and died 1864 in Illinois Dist, CNW. She married (2) JESSE MCLAIN Abt. 1828. He was born Abt. 1810 in TN or NC, and died 1854. More About DELILAH NA-LI HILDEBRAND: 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 260 as Delila McClean Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

Child of DELILAH NA-LI HILDEBRAND is: i. JENNIE4 NOFIRE, b. Abt. 1830.

Children of DELILAH HILDEBRAND and JESSE MCLAIN are:

ii. ELVIRA JANE4 MCLAIN, b. 1830; d. 1898.

iii. CALVIN MCLAIN, b. Abt. 1831, CNE [TN]; d. September 1863.

iv. AUSTIN MCLAIN, b. Abt. 1833; d. Abt. 1864; m. MALISSA ARMINDA CORDERY; b. Abt. 1842.

v. ANNIE MARIE MCLAIN, b. June 12, 1835, CNE [GA]; d. February 02, 1906, Muskogee Co, OK.

vi. NANCY ELMIRA MCLAIN, b. 1837, CNE [TN]; d. Aft. 1906, Canadian Dist, CNW.

vii. JOHN MCLAIN, b. August 05, 1839, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. November 20, 1905.

viii. JOSEPH MCLAIN, b. June 15, 1842, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. November 01, 1914.

ix. LEWIS DO-LE-DV MCLAIN, b. June 1848; d. 1903.

x. WILLIAM H MCLAIN, b. September 22, 1849, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. Aft. 1906.

xi. MARY EMELINE MCLAIN, b. July 03, 1851, McLain, Canadian Dist, CNW; d. July 08, 1908, Tahlequah, Cherokee Co, OK.

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Nancy Martin, the daughter of Betsy/Elizabeth Ward and General Joseph Martin was born about 1778, Cherokee Nation East. She had only one husband, Michael HIldebrand. He had a second wife, Lucy Absher.. Nancy died in April, 1837, Cherokee Nation East. Nancy and :Michael were the parents of 12 children: Elizabeth, John, Jane, Margaret, Delilah, Eliza, Stephen, Rachel, Nancy, Joseph, Brice, and Mary.


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Delilah was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Delilah Hildebrand was born about 1812 in the Cherokee Nation (East) the daughter of Michael Hildebrand, a white man, and Nancy Martin, a Cherokee. She was the great-granddaughter of Nan-ye-hi (Nancy) Ward. She married Jesse McLain, a white man, about 1826. They were the parents of at least eleven children, Elvira, Calvin, Austin, Mary Ann, Nancy, John, Joseph, Lewis, William, Letitia (died in infancy), and Mary. [1] The family was Removed to Indian Territory in 1838, probably traveling in the detachment led by Nancy's uncle Peter Hildebrand. They settled in the Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, where Delilah appears on the 1851 Drennan roll with eight children. [2] Delilah died in the winter of 1864. [3]

Research Notes

from Findagrave.com:</i>[4]
"DELILAH NA-LI3 HILDEBRAND (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1813 in CNE [TN], and died 1864 in Illinois Dist, CNW.
She married (2) JESSE MCLAIN Abt. 1828.He was born Abt. 1810 in TN or NC, and died 1854."

Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. pp. 210-213
2. ↑ Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. p. 345, #260
3.↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Court of Claims, Record Group 75, Eastern Cherokee Application #6591, daughter Nancy Morrow. images at Fold3 daughter
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159228100/delilah-na-li-mclain

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hildebrand-1501
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DELILAH NA-LI HILDEBRAND (NANCY6MARTIN, ELIZABETH BETSY5WARD, NANCY4, TAME3DOE, NANCY2MOYTOY, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1813 in CNE [TN], and died 1864 in Illinois Dist, CNW.
She married (1) 7nknown
She married (2) JESSE MCLAIN Abt. 1828. He was born Abt. 1810 in TN or NC, and died 1854.

  • 1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 260 as Delila McClean
  • Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

More About JESSE MCLAIN:

  • 1835 Census roll: Cha-ta-ta Creek, McMinn Co, TN
  • Aka (Facts Pg): Tse-si U-s-di, Little Jesse
  • Translation: Tse-si = Jesse, U-s-di = Little

Child of DELILAH NA-LI HILDEBRAND is:

	i.	 	JENNIE8 NOFIRE, b. Abt. 1830.

Children of DELILAH HILDEBRAND and JESSE MCLAIN are:
1255. ii. ELVIRA JANE8 MCLAIN, b. 1830; d. 1898.
1256. iii. CALVIN MCLAIN, b. Abt. 1831, CNE [TN]; d. September 1863.

	iv.	 	AUSTIN MCLAIN, b. Abt. 1833; d. Abt. 1864; m. MALISSA ARMINDA CORDERY; b. Abt. 1842.
	More About AUSTIN MCLAIN:

1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 260
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)

	More About MALISSA ARMINDA CORDERY:

1851 Drennan roll: Illinois, 283
1257. v. ANNIE MARIE MCLAIN, b. June 12, 1835, CNE [GA]; d. February 02, 1906, Muskogee Co, OK.
1258. vi. NANCY ELMIRA MCLAIN, b. 1837, CNE [TN]; d. Aft. 1906, Canadian Dist, CNW.
1259. vii. JOHN MCLAIN, b. August 05, 1839, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. November 20, 1905.
1260. viii. JOSEPH MCLAIN, b. June 15, 1842, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. November 01, 1914.
1261. ix. LEWIS DO-LE-DV MCLAIN, b. June 1848; d. 1903.
1262. x. WILLIAM H MCLAIN, b. September 22, 1849, Illinois Dist, CNW; d. Aft. 1906.
1263. xi. MARY EMELINE MCLAIN, b. July 03, 1851, McLain, Canadian Dist, CNW; d. July 08, 1908, Tahlequah, Cherokee Co, OK.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com,, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...

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Delilah Na-li McLain's Timeline

1813
1813
Tennessee, United States
1831
1831
Tennessee, United States
1835
June 12, 1835
McMinn, Tennessee, United States
1864
1864
Age 51
Oklahoma, United States
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Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: Near Fort Gibson Cherokee Nation IT (OK)