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I am related to the Dillon family through my father, Delbert Keith Brown<\/a>. My father was a descendant of two children of Joanna (Dillon) Smith<\/a>: Martha P. (Smith) Alford<\/a> and Wyatt Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richard Dillon<\/a> served in the Revolutionary War. According to Luke Ward Conerly:\u00a0Richard Dillon \u201c\u2026saw service as an enlistee on the vessel ‘Greyhound,’ a privateersman commanded by Samuel Butler.\u00a0 With the capture of that vessel, he was made a prisoner on the English frigate ‘Baloosa’ which carried 36 guns and was commanded by a Captain Kennedy, a Scotsman.\u00a0 After a nine-month imprisonment, he again returned to Bertie County.” About 1810-He move to Pike County.\u00a0 He lived there till his death “which supposedly occurred on his 89th birthdate in 1833.”\u00a0 Eight known children are listed.<\/p>\n

Brothers Theophilous, Willis & Clarkston Dillon served in the War of 1812. Clarkston was involved in the Battle of New Orleans. Willis was a trumpeter for the 13th<\/sup> Mississippi Regiment. Theophilous was in a regiment of mounted riflemen.<\/p>\n

TIMELINE of the DILLON Family.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 James Theopilous Dillon b: c. 1719 in Ireland
\n… + Mary Dillon
\n……2 Richard Dillon b: 7 Oct 1745 in Norfolk, VA, d: 07 Oct 1833 \u00a0MS
\n…… + Anne Lawrence b: c. 1762 in Bertie, NC, m: c. 1776, d: Abt. 1830\u00a0MS
\n………3 Joanna Dillon b: 22 Aug 1778 Bertie, NC, d: Aft. 30 Apr 1821 Pike,\u00a0MS
\n……… + Jeremiah Smith b: 23 Dec 1773\u00a0SC, d: 1843 in Pike,\u00a0MS
\n………3 Nancy Ann Dillon b: 26 Oct 1779 Bertie, NC, d: 28 May 1869 Pike,\u00a0MS
\n……… + John Stallings d: 23 Sep 1851
\n………3 Lawrence Dillon b: 21 Jun 1783 Bertie, NC, d: Unknown
\n……… + Martha Jackson
\n………3 Clarkston Dillon b: c. 1785 \u00a0Bertie, NC, d: Unknown
\n……… + Sarah Dillon b: SC
\n………3 Willis D. Dillon b: 31 Dec 1787 Bertie, NC, d: Unknown
\n……… + Mary Dillon b: 1783 in SC
\n………3 Mary Dillon Morris b: 1793 NC, d: 4 Jul 1876 Hinds, MS
\n……… + Salathial Morris
\n………3 Theophilous Dillon b: 26 May 1796 NC, d: c. 1879 Washington,\u00a0LA
\n……… + Peggy Pearson b: 1808, d: 05 Sep 1857
\n………3 Clara Dillon b: 1799 NC, d: Unknown
\n……… + George Smith Sr. b: 1775 SC, d: 1833
\n………3 Sarah Dillon b: 04 Feb 1804 SC, d: 12 Jun 1834
\n……… + Daniel Graves m: 18 Nov 1819<\/p>\n

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