Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....D.C.  Dunlap  1823 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Pages 505-506

D. C. Dunlap


D. C. Dunlap, a prosperous farmer and active business man of this county, is a 
native of Lincoln county, Tenn., born in 1823. His parents were James and 
Sarah (Massey) Dunlap, the former born in South Carolina in 1790, and served 
in the Indian war; the latter a daughter of James Massey, a native of Ireland, 
who was an early settler in Giles county, Tenn. James Dunlap’s parents were 
David and Polly Dunlap who early moved from South Carolina to Alabama, being 
among the very first settlers of Tuscaloosa, in that state. Mr. Dunlap had 
been one of the soldiers of the revolution. Young Dunlap spent his boyhood in 
the place of his birth, the farm in Lincoln county, Tenn., with very 
restricted educational privileges. In 1843 he went to Tuscaloosa, Ala., where 
he spent three years. In 1850 he came to Georgia and built a large mill at 
White Sulphur Springs, in the southern part of Meriwether county, and in 1854 
he moved to his present home, near Rocky Mount. Here, in 1875, he built a 
large public gin and machine shops, his being the first steam gin erected in 
this county. In 1877 it was destroyed by fire, two men, a white and a negro, 
being the incendiaries; the latter died in prison. By this fire Mr. Dunlap 
lost $6,200; but, nevertheless, this loss did not discourage him, and he has 
been quite prosperous in later years. His unbounded energy and steady industry 
have been the foundation of his success, and he has always been highly 
respected wherever known. He served with honor to himself in the late war, 
enlisting in 1862 in the Twenty-sixth Georgia battalion, under Capt. Robert 
Heard, taking part in the battles of Resaca and Missionary ridge, and others, 
and doing his part until the declaration of peace. The marriage of Mr. Dunlap 
took place in 1852, his wife being Miss Francina Brittain, born in Clark 
county, Ga., Sept. 18, 1832, a daughter of William and Mary (Harris) Brittain, 
the former also a native of Clark county; born in 1804. Six children have been 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, of whom the eldest, Sarah E., wife of Barney 
Almon, died in 1882. The others are: Mary E., Louisa, James D., John H. and 
Robert R. The parents are faithful members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. 
Dunlap is a member of the order of masons. He was also for some years justice 
of the peace, from 1866 through 1868


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