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Historical Highway MarkersMcDowell Delaney (1844-1926)OL-12
McDowell Delaney was born to free African American parents in Amelia County. During the Civil War he worked as a cook and teamster for the 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He later attended a school taught by his father and managed property at the Freedmen's Bureau Hospital in Farmville. Delaney represented Amelia in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1871 to 1873 and participated in a state convention of African Americans in 1875. He served the county as a justice of the peace, constable, and coroner. Delaney, an ordained minister, was pastor of Chester Grove Baptist Church for 35 years.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Donald Gunter, “McDowell Delaney (ca. 1844-after 1924),” Encyclopedia Virginia. McDowell Delaney death certificate, 1926. McDowell Delaney, Confederate Pension Application, 1924 (Confederate Pensions, Act of 1902, Servants), Library of Virginia. Richmond Whig, 27 Oct. 1871. Kathleen Halverson Hadfield, Historical Notes on Amelia County, Virginia (Amelia County Historical Committee), 1982. U.S. Census, 1850, 1860. |