John DILLARD

HAIRSTON.org ID#1514, b. about 1751, d. before 13 January 1823
Father*James DILLARD Jr. b. a 1727, d. 1794
Mother*Mary Ann HUNT1 b. a 1734, d. a 1788
Birth*John DILLARD was born about 1751 in Amherst, Virginia.1,2,3 
He was the son of James DILLARD Jr. and Mary Ann HUNT.1 
Marriage*John DILLARD married Sarah Sally STOVALL, daughter of George STOVALL Jr. and Mary "Molly" COOPER, on 23 December 1771 in Amherst, Virginia.3,4 
Court RecordOn 27 August 1779, Patrick Henry, Hugh Innes, Archelaus Hughes, Robert Hairston, Edmund Lyne, Abrham Penn, John Salmon, James Lyon, Robert Woods, Jesse Heard, Jonathan Hanby, Peter Saunders, William Turnstall, George Waller, Frederick Reeves, William Cook, Thomas Henderson, John Fountaine, Henry Lyne, John Dillard, John Marr and William Letcher, Esq. are recommended to his Excellency the Governor as Proper Persons to serve in the Commonwealth in the Commission of the Peace for this County. - Henry County Court Order Book 2. FSL #7898572, image 32. 
Military*1780 - Listed as Captain in Henry County Militia under J. Shelton.5 
Court RecordCol. Abraham PENN; Patrick Henry, Abram Penn and John Dillard were recommended to the Governor as Commissioners of peace for Henry County.6 
Death*John DILLARD died before 13 January 1823 in Henry, Virginia.1,3 

Family

Sarah Sally STOVALL b. a 1753, d. b 13 Jan 1823
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S113] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications.
  2. [S3074] Hale, Nathaniel Claiborne, Roots In Virginia: an Account of Captain Thomas Hale, Virginia Frontiersman, His Descendants And Related Families. With Genealogies And Sketches of Hale, Saunders, Lucke, Claiborne, Lacy, Tobin And Contributing Ancestral Lines. Philadelphia?, 1948.
    https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066151580, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. [S3399] Bishop, Donald E., Descendants of Bartholomew Stovall 1655-1722: First Five Generations. Laurel, Mississippi: Stovall Family Association, 1999. 929.273 St76bd https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/835331, Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  4. [S3804] Wingfield, Marshall Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, 1964 The Virginia Book Company., Personal Collection - printed book.
  5. [S149] McAllister, J T. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: Mcallister's Data. Hot Springs, Va: McAllister Pub. Co, 1913. Print. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101013939630, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  6. [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940., Ancestry.com.
Last Edited2 Nov 2023