Edward Dillard (abt. 1680 - abt. 1770)

Born about 1680 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1770 at about age 90 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

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Biography

Edward Dillard was born about 1680. He is assumed to be a son of George Dillard and wife Unknown because he appears in the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls of King and Queen County, Virginia as owning 150 acres and living near George Dillard^[1]

"Edward Dillard, Jr., the alleged father of "Rabun" John Dillard, may have been in the area at the same time as an older Edward Dillard. The older Edward Dillard may have been the father of the younger Edward Dillard and a grandfather to "Rabun" John Dillard. John Parks sold to Edward Dillard on November 23, 1737 190 acres in St. Marks Parish, Orange County, later Culpeper County, on Muddy Run of the Great Fork of Rappahannock River adjoining John Bowmer and John Latham.

That this November 23, 1737 deed could be a deed to the elder Edward Dillard is principally based upon the fact that this same 190 acres became the home place of George Dillard, his reputed son, who lived in Culpeper County until 1790 and for whom no deed conveying this property can be found. George Dillard could have obtained title to this property by primogeniture. The younger Edward Dillard, alleged father of "Rabun" John Dillard, owned 100 acres on Gourdvine Fork of Hazel River located elsewhere beginning in 1740.

On the death of George Dillard in 1790 this 190 acre home place was referred to as where “deceased lastly lived” in a deed from the children of George Dillard to their brother, John Dillard, dated January 13, 1791 in the settlement of the real estate of George Dillard under his will." ^[2]

The Dillard Family Association, the Dillard Annuals ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ My Reid and Harrison Families in North America from Their Arrival to Present: With Special Section on the Eells, Loss, Smiths of New York, p. 27, Larry E. Reid, Jan 1, 2006 - Connecticut
2. ↑ John Dillard Revolutionary Minute Man, Four Dillards in Culpepper County, p. 246, John M. Dillard, January 2012.The Dillard Annauls
3. ↑ The Dillard Family Association, the Dillard Annuals

See Also:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Dillard_Family_Association
• The Descendants of George Dillard, rev. 2015, by Sam Bowden, Personal copy in the files of Sam Bowden.

• “Primogeniture and Entail in Colonial Virginia,” C. Ray Keim, The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 25, No. 4 (1968) at pages 545-586.

• Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book A at page 39 referenced by Howard V. Jones, in "Edward Dillard of Culpeper and Pittsylvania Counties" at page 103.

• The Dillard Family Association, the Dillard Annuals

U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 for Edward Dillard Virginia 10th Regiment, 1778-1779 (Folders 266-272); 11th Regiment, 1776-1778 (Folders 273-281)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dillard-321 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.