JoAnn Dillon married Jerimiah Smith in SC in 1798. One of their children was Hollander Smith who married Benjamin Blades which is my wife's lineage. The known Dillon line is as follows: JAMES THEOPILIOUS DILLON MARY SMITH ---------------------- ----------------- b b m 1737, Cork, Ireland d prior to 1759 d ---Children--- ---> Richard Dillon James must have died prior to 1759 as on January 23 of that year, Richard Dillon was ordered "bound as an apprentice to Christopher Harrison until about the age of 21...to be taught the business of a cooper..." (Bertie County Court Minutes, Vol 1761-1769). He must have been freed from his indenture prior to 1768. RICHARD DILLON ANNYS MORRIS ---------------------- ----------------- b Oct 7, 1745, Norfolk Va b m by 1776 d 1833, Pike Cty, Ms d Richard enlisted in the Patriot Militia under Capt John Faulk. hIn 1781, he again saw service as an enlistee on the vessel "Greyhound" a privateersman commanded by Samuel Butler. With the capture of that vessel, he was made a prisoner on the English frigate "Baloosa" which carried 36 guns and was commanded by a Captain Kennedy, a Scotsman. After a nine-month imprisonment, he again returned to Bertie County. Richard showed up in the 1790 census in Barnwell District, SC and in the 1800 census, he was in Pike Cty, Ms. ---Children--- Lawrence Dillon ---> JoAnn Dillon--m Jerimiah Smith Nancy Ann Dillon--m John Stallings Clarkson Dillon Willis Dillon Mary Dillon m Salathial Morris Theophilus Dillon Clara Dillon Theophilus Dillon's daughter, Conseta Dillon, married James Bolton Morris, a son of Benjamin Morris and Sarah Bolton. That line is further documented at the MORRIS page. Richard Dillon recorded a cattle brand in Marion County, Conveyance Book A, page 11 as: "Richard Dillin, Ear mark, a crop in the right ear and a half-moon above-- a crop in the left and a half-moon below. Branded RD. Recorded 24 June 1812" JERIMIAH SMITH JOANN DILLON ---------------------- ----------------- b Dec 23, 1773 b Aug 22, 1778, NC m 1798, Sc d d ---Children--- Hollander Smith To continue this line, see the SMITH page followed by the BLADES page.Hang on, you are in a
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