Samuel James Dillon Sr. (abt. 1758 - 1836)

Born about 1758 in Goochland, Colony of Virginia

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Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1836 at about age 78 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Samuel James Dillon was born in 1758 in Virginia. He married Chloe Farley (b. 1762 in Walker Creek, Giles Co, VA; d. 4 February 1856 in Franklin Co, VA) in Virginia in 1778^[1][2]. In 1789, he was ordered by the court to support two children he fathered out of wedlock. From the case}}:

On the Motion of the Overseers of the Poor it is Ordered that Saml. Dillon find Sufficient Surity that James Perdue & William Perdue two bastard children of the said Saml Dillion begotten on the body of Edith Perdue be not chargeable to the Parrish. Whereupon the said Dillion with William Boyd his Surity Ackd themshelves severally indebted to the said Overseers of the Poor in the sum of Ten pounds each to be levied on their Respective goods & chattles on condition the said Bastard Children Should become chargeable to the Parrish^[3].

Slaves

• George
• Sukey

"We have also assigned to Chloe Dillion a Negro man named George and a Negro Woman and Sukey as her interest in the Slaves belong in to the estate of said decedent [Samuel Dillion, Sr.]"^[4]

Research Notes

Appears to have been conflated with Dillon-937, do any of his children belong to the other?

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Ancestry Record 7836 #397778; Name: Chloe Farley; Gender: Female; Birth Place: VA; Birth Year: 1762; Spouse Name: Samuel Dillon; Spouse; Birth Place: VA; Spouse Birth Year: 1758; Marriage; Year: 1778; Number Pages: 1.
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2. ↑ Franklin Co., Va Order Bk 2, Pg. 25. Written: October 5, 1789.
3. ↑ Probate: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Franklin > Will Books, Vol 5-6, 1837-1849 > image 97 of 668
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 5 October 2022). Image of Will Book 5, page 170, "Dillion, Chloe, Assignment of Dower" dated 15 March 1836.

See also

• Franklin County, Virginia Will Book 4, p. 421; 11 March 1836, Inventory of Samuel Dillon.

• DAR Records: http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=495436&MyLineageCount=1 http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=524455&MyLineageCount=1

• Chancery Records Index. Franklin Co (1840-005). Samuel Dillion Jr vs Meredith Dillion, etc. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=067-1840-005

Acknowledgements

Material from the personal records of Eli Mckinney.

Additions and Corrections by Reg Shrader: Shrader family history research

Many thanks to Janet King for her invaluable postings to the Franklin Co., VA, usgwarchives.org.