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James Theophilous Dillon was a young adult in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1730, and in Spotsylvania County in 1735-6. He seems to have had difficulty with debts and with people fighting with him. In 1745, James and his wife Mary were in Norfolk, VA, when their son Richard was born, and moved to Bertie Co, NC, by 1748. James appears on the tax list of Hyde County, NC, in 1765. There do not appear to have been any other children, and when Mary requested that Richard be apprenticed to Christopher Harrison, and taken in by his family, in 1759, she signed as Mary Whitson. Mysteries remain.

Richard Dillon (7 Oct 1745 - 7 Oct 1833) married by 1776 Ann Lawrence (c1762-1834) daughter of Humphrey Lawrence (c1726-1772) and Ann Ashley. Richard was born in Norfolk, VA, bound as apprentice cooper to Christopher Harrison of Bertie County 12 Jan 1759 in Bertie Co, NC, and was one of the executors of Harrison's will in June 1769. Later, he took in as apprentice John Leddenham (1775) and Frederick James (1787). Enlisted in militia (1776?) near Edenton, NC, served three months. Enlisted 1781 on the Greyhound under privateer Samuel Butler, captured and imprisoned nine months. He purchased 150 acres in Wills Quarter Swamp in 1778, selling it in 1785. He then purchased 250 acres "East side of Round Pocasin" 25 Aug 1787, selling it 11 Nov 1789. He moved soon after to Barnwell District, SC, leaving there in March 1807 for "the west" and was in Amite Co, Mississippi for the 1810 census, receiving land in Marion County that year, near "Dillons Bridge," just above the Louisiana line west of Highway 27, which fell into Pike Co. when it was formed in 1815, and Walthall County in 1914. He was buried in the George Smith Cemetery, which was destroyed when the railroad went through. Ann was a founding member of Bogue Chitto Baptist Church 31 Oct 1812. Family Tradition states that Richard's wife was Annys Morris, but documentation is lacking.
See Bevin Creel's exhaustive 2002 study of Richard Dillon and his descendants A Patriot's Legacy http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=20691&REC=1&CISOSHOW=16375

1. Joanna Dillon (1778-) married Jeremiah G Smith, Pike Co, MS
2. Nancy Ann Dillon (1779-1869) married John Stallings, Pike Co, MS
3. Lawrence Dillon (1783) m(1) Martha m(2) Dicey Miller
4. Clarkson Dillon (1785) married Sarah Gill
5. Willis Dillon (1787) married Mary Jane Smith
6. Mary Dillon (1793-1876) married Salathiel Morris, then Moses Miller
7. Theophilus Dillon (1796-after 1874) m(1) Margaret Pearson, m(2) Lucy Bickham
8. Clara Dillon (1799-1886) married George N Smith, Pike Co, MS
9. Sara Dillon (1804) married Daniel Graves

Joanna Dillon (1778) m.1798 Jeremiah G Smith (1773-1843) for details, see Smith
Married 16 Dec 1798 in Bertie Co, NC; moved from Lancaster Dist, S.C. to West Florida in 1808.
1. Hollander Smith (1800) married Ben Morris
2. Martha "Patsy" Smith (1802-1861) married Edwin Alford
3. Elias V Smith (1804-1838) married Orpha Roberts, then Ann Crews
4. Jane Smith (1805-1846) married Thomas Calter Warner
5. Edwin Smith (1807)
6. Wyatt Smith (1809-1894) married Eusaba Fortenberry
7. Eliza Smith (1811-1837) married Irwin (or Quinney) Bullock
8. Calvin Smith (1812) married Ann Crews Smith (d.1843), widow of Elias, then Sarah Brumfield
9. Lydia Smith (1815) married Harris Harvey
10.Mehala Smith (1816) married first a Youngblood, then Josiah Lewis
11. Milevey Smith (1818) married Daniel Harvey ?
12. Joanna Smith (1819) married Lemuel T Bullock
13. Jeremiah Smith, Jr (1821-1894) married Pernissa Smith, daughter of George

Martha "Patsie" Smith (1802-1861) m.1818 Edwin Barksdale Alford

Harriet Jane Alford m.1847 Tyra Jennings Tynes

Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928) m.1871 Frances Mary Tate

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)

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DILLON James Theophilous Dillon was a young adult in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1730, and in Spotsylvania County in 1735-6. He seems to have had difficulty with debts and with people fighting with him. In 1745, James and his wife Mary were in Norfolk, VA, when their son Richard was born, and moved to Bertie Co, NC, by 1748. James appears on the tax list of Hyde County, NC, in 1765. There do not appear to have been any other children, and when Mary requested that Richard be apprenticed to Christopher Harrison, and taken in by his family, in 1759, she signed as Mary Whitson. Mysteries remain. Richard Dillon (7 Oct 1745 - 7 Oct 1833) married by 1776 Ann Lawrence (c1762-1834) daughter of Humphrey Lawrence (c1726-1772) and Ann Ashley. Richard was born in Norfolk, VA, bound as apprentice cooper to Christopher Harrison of Bertie County 12 Jan 1759 in Bertie Co, NC, and was one of the executors of Harrison's will in June 1769. Later, he took in as apprentice John Leddenham (1775) and Frederick James (1787). Enlisted in militia (1776?) near Edenton, NC, served three months. Enlisted 1781 on the Greyhound under privateer Samuel Butler, captured and imprisoned nine months. He purchased 150 acres in Wills Quarter Swamp in 1778, selling it in 1785. He then purchased 250 acres "East side of Round Pocasin" 25 Aug 1787, selling it 11 Nov 1789. He moved soon after to Barnwell District, SC, leaving there in March 1807 for "the west" and was in Amite Co, Mississippi for the 1810 census, receiving land in Marion County that year, near "Dillons Bridge," just above the Louisiana line west of Highway 27, which fell into Pike Co. when it was formed in 1815, and Walthall County in 1914. He was buried in the George Smith Cemetery, which was destroyed when the railroad went through. Ann was a founding member of Bogue Chitto Baptist Church 31 Oct 1812. Family Tradition states that Richard's wife was Annys Morris, but documentation is lacking. See Bevin Creel's exhaustive 2002 study of Richard Dillon and his descendants A Patriot's Legacy http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=20691&REC=1&CISOSHOW=16375
1. Joanna Dillon (1778-) married Jeremiah G Smith, Pike Co, MS 2. Nancy Ann Dillon (1779-1869) married John Stallings, Pike Co, MS 3. Lawrence Dillon (1783) m(1) Martha m(2) Dicey Miller 4. Clarkson Dillon (1785) married Sarah Gill 5. Willis Dillon (1787) married Mary Jane Smith 6. Mary Dillon (1793-1876) married Salathiel Morris, then Moses Miller 7. Theophilus Dillon (1796-after 1874) m(1) Margaret Pearson, m(2) Lucy Bickham 8. Clara Dillon (1799-1886) married George N Smith, Pike Co, MS 9. Sara Dillon (1804) married Daniel Graves
Joanna Dillon (1778) m.1798 Jeremiah G Smith (1773-1843) for details, see Smith Married 16 Dec 1798 in Bertie Co, NC; moved from Lancaster Dist, S.C. to West Florida in 1808. 1. Hollander Smith (1800) married Ben Morris 2. Martha "Patsy" Smith (1802-1861) married Edwin Alford 3. Elias V Smith (1804-1838) married Orpha Roberts, then Ann Crews 4. Jane Smith (1805-1846) married Thomas Calter Warner 5. Edwin Smith (1807) 6. Wyatt Smith (1809-1894) married Eusaba Fortenberry 7. Eliza Smith (1811-1837) married Irwin (or Quinney) Bullock 8. Calvin Smith (1812) married Ann Crews Smith (d.1843), widow of Elias, then Sarah Brumfield 9. Lydia Smith (1815) married Harris Harvey 10.Mehala Smith (1816) married first a Youngblood, then Josiah Lewis 11. Milevey Smith (1818) married Daniel Harvey ? 12. Joanna Smith (1819) married Lemuel T Bullock 13. Jeremiah Smith, Jr (1821-1894) married Pernissa Smith, daughter of George
Martha "Patsie" Smith (1802-1861) m.1818 Edwin Barksdale Alford Harriet Jane Alford m.1847 Tyra Jennings Tynes Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928) m.1871 Frances Mary Tate Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap James Matthews Liptrap (1951)