Born in Amherst, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Dillard
and Judith (Higginbotham) Dillard
Sister of
James Higginbotham Dillard, George Washington Dillard, Elizabeth Watts (Dillard) Cash, Thomas Pettus Dillard, Mahala Roberson (Dillard) Plunket, Joseph Dillard, Paulina Smith Dillard, Christopher Columbus Dillard, Oragon Duvall Dillard, Susan Ann (Dillard) Page and Mary Ellen Judith (Dillard) Hughes
Wife of
Peter H. Joyner
— married
23 Feb 1836 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 33
in Amherst, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2012
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Biography
Cassandra was born in 1809. She is the daughter of Joseph Dillard and Judith Higginbotham. On January 23, 1836 in Amherst, Virginia she married Peter H. Joyner.[1] It is believed that they had two daughters; Ella Oschia (Joyner) Brame (1837–1926) and Paulina (Lina) Dillard (Joyner) Thompson (1840–1914), before she passed away in 1842. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRV5-TBR : 29 January 2020), Cassandra P. Dillard in entry for Peter H. Joyner or Joiner, 1836.
- ↑ Entered by Tom Hill, May 5, 2012
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3FF-QTP : 20 February 2021), Cassandra Dillard in entry for Lina D. Thompson, 15 Sep 1914; citing W. Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, reference 209, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,841.
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3XC-G9H : 20 February 2021), Cassandra Dillard in entry for Ella Ossia Brame, 24 Sep 1926; citing North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, reference cn241, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,296.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cassandra by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cassandra:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cassandra by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cassandra:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Jack Graham 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A128024 [compare], Ancestry member jgg111
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Mary Graham :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lisa Hill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A582900 [compare], Ancestry member lisadhill1919
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