Flora Deaton (maiden name: Bethune) was born around August 1813 in North Carolina. She married William Deaton, and they had at least five children: Noah, born on October 26, 1838; Sarah, born around 1840; Catherine, born on July 21, 1848; Margaret, born around 1851; and John, born around 1854. The family lived in Moore County, North Carolina, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $275 of personal property. They moved to Rocky Springs, North Carolina, in the 1860s, and her husband worked as a merchant there. By 1870, they owned $150 of real estate and $40 of personal property. Her husband died in the late 1800s. By 1900, she was living in her daughter Catherine’s household in McNeills, North Carolina. She died sometime after 1900.