Dillard Family History

Dillard Precursor Generation 1 — bears further research

George Dillard
b. abt. 1651, England
d. abt/ 1721

+ Mary Daniel, abt. 1765
b. bef. 1655, Spotsylvania, Virginia

Thomas Dillard

Dillard Precursor Generation 2 — undocumented descent to generation 3, bears further research

Thomas Dillard
b. 1706, King and Queen County, Virginia
d. Oct. 23, 1774, Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

+ Elizabeth Holliday, abt. 1741, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
b. abt. 1710, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia
d. abt. 1755, St. George, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Thomas Dillard II
James Dillard
Joseph Dillard
William Dillard
John Dillard
Hannah Dillard
Ann Dillard
Jane Dillard
Lucy Dillard
Richard Dillard
Fielding Dillard
Mary Dillard

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Dillard Precursor Generation 3 — undocumented descent to generation 4, bears further research

Thomas Dillard II
b. 1740, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

James Dillard
b. 1744

Joseph Dillard
b. abt. 1740
d. 19 August 1822, North Carolina, buried in the cemetery on Merritt Dillard's property, Wake County, NC

+ Mary Williams
b. bef. 1750, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

James Dillard

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Dillard Generation 4

James Dillard
b. abt. 1765, Wythe County, Virginia
d. Dec. 22, 1836, Cooper County, Missouri

+ Majer [Marjorie] Cole
b. 1774, Wythe County, Virginia
d. 1847, Cooper County, Missouri

Joseph Dillard
William Dillard
Mary Ann [Polly] Dillard
Marjorie Elliner Dillard
Abraham Dillard
Nancy Dillard
Stephen Dillard
Phoebe Dillard
Sarah Dillard
Ann Dillard

Migration with Cole In-laws

James and Majer Cole Dillard moved to central Missouri along with members of her Cole family. William Temple Cole and his wife Hannah, as well as Stephen Cole and his his wife, Phoebe Allison, settled near what is now Jefferson City, Missouri, in what is now Cole County. Hannah Cole, through her bravery as wife and mother through hardship imposed from Indian attacks, has honorary title of "Pioneer Mother of Missouri."

Tax Lists

The names of James Dillard and his sons Joseph and William appear in tax lists in Cooper County, Missouri, for the year 1820. ⁽¹⁾

Majer Dillard wrote this letter in 1842 to her daughter, Ann Dillard Fleming, in Texas. The transcription was by Susan Blair of Plano, Texas.

Booneville Mo. July 1842

My Dear Daughter --

Your kind letter of the 13th of Febry was handed me by Doctor Levin (?). It afforded me the highest degree of pleasure to hear from you and more especially to hear of your being ____ in Texas. I should be glad to see you and I truly hope that the great distance between us will not deter you from once more coming to see me before we will have to separate for ever. You might make it convenient to pay a visit while the difficulty between Mexico and Texas is in an unsettled condition. I am truly sory to hear of the fresh outbreak of the Mexicans and I hope before they ____it you will have them scouted out of the country and once more enjoy peace and happiness.

I have nothing special to tell you. Our friends here all well and getting along about as usual. There has been no deaths in the family since you last heard from us with the exception of your Aunt Hannah Cole and cousin Ellen Ashcraft. Your aunt was perfectly resigned to die and seemed to be happy. She told her friends not to grieve after her, that she was going a better and happier world in the presence of her God where we shall all meet in the day of judgement ...____... live according to his word. And now my daughter as I may never see you again let me impress upon your mind the great obligation you are under to serve your God. I want you to do that above all things - as it will be the means ...___ this world and give you eternal felicity in the world to come.

In conclusion let me request you to write as soon as possible. I shall always be glad to hear from you and I hope you will visit me shortly. I am satisfied you would be pleased to see your native land and all your old acquaintances. There has been a great change since you left. Every thing has rapidly improved. But at present business is dull on account of the extreme scarcity of money. The banks are all breaking and nothing but gold and silver is counted good. Give my love to Mr. Gates and his wife, Abraham Dillard's widow and child. And if yo come to this country (I would?) be pleased to have them come with you. Jo Dillard's children Jane and her husband I am informed she married but I do not know his name. Also Wm. Burnet and his wife. And believe me to be you Most Affectionate Mother.

Major Dillard
To Peter (and?) Ann Flemmon (?)"

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Dillard Generation 5

Joseph Dillard
b. Dec. 16, 1792, Wayne County, Kentucky
d. Dec. 1835, Washington County, Texas

+ Susanna Beason, Dec. 2, 1814, Wayne County, Kentucky, or Dec. 1, 1814, Bonneville, Cooper County, Missouri
b. Aug. 3, 1797

Elizabeth Ann Dillard
Daniel Boone Dillard
Jane Dillard
Henry Dillard
William M. Dillard
Stephen Dillard
Jacob Dillard
Temple Dillard
Abraham Dillard

Joseph Dillard is believed to have moved into Texas in January of 1834. This followed the move into Texas by his brother, Abraham Dillard. This date is interesting, because on Apr. 6, 1830, Mexico issued a policy which prohibited further emigration into Texas by settlers from the United States. This policy is one of the factors which led to the Texas Revolution.

William Burnett married Susanna Beason Dillard, the widow of Joseph Dillard, between 1836 and 1856.

A drawing of lots by heirs of Joseph Dillard divided his land in Gonzales County, Texas, in a legal proceeding dated July 5, 1856, as follows: ⁽¹²⁾

"State of Texas)
Gonzales, County)

"This indenture contract and agreement entered into this 5th day of July, A.D. 1856 between William Burnett and his wife Susan Burnett, who was the widow of Joseph Dillard, deceased, and Daniel B. Dillard, Abraham Dillard, Eliza Gates, the wife of William Dillard/Shoaf, heirs at law of said Joseph Dillard, deceased, in citation to the partition by patent No. 180, Vo. 3 bearing date of 22nd of Sept. 1845, situated in Gonzales County, State aforesaid, on the southwest side of the Guadalupe River about 8 miles from Gonzales.

"Witnesseth that for the purpose of dividing said League and Labor of land between ourselfs in an equitable manner and with as little expense as possible: William Burnett and wife, Susan, agree to take a child's part as her share. One League and one Labor to be divided into eight shares as equally as possible - about 575 acres each. Shares numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

"William Dillard drew No. 1.
Daniel B. Dillard drew No. 2.
Jane Shoaf, wife of G.W. Shoaf, drew No. 3.
Jacob W. Dillard drew No. 4
Eliza Gates, wife of Samual H. Gates drew No 5.
Susan Burnett, widow of Joseph Dillard drew No. 6.
Abraham Dillard, drew No. 7.
Henry Dillard, drew No. 8.

"Signed By:
D.B. Dillard, H. Dillard
A. Dillard, Willam Dillard
Susan Burnett, M.J. Shoaf
William Burnett (X), S.H. Gates
J.W. Dillard, E.A. Gates (Eliza Adeline)
G.W. Shoaf.

"On July 5, 1856"

Dillard Generation 5 continued

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Dillard Generation 6

Elizabeth Ann Dillard
b. Sep. 1, 1816
d. Feb. 20, 1869

+ Samuel Hardin Gates, son of Samuel and Katherine Pyeall Gates

Samuel A. Gates, b. abt. 1841, d. abt. 1863
William H. Gates
Eliza Jane Gates
Joseph Dillard Gates, b. Aug. 9, 1840, d. Jan. 1, 1920

During the Texas Revolution, Samuel Hardin Gates fought in the battle of Gonzales. After the Mexicans won the battle at the Alamo, Gates helped Gonzales, Texas, residents burn their own buildings. This prevented critical resources from falling into the hands of the advancing Mexican army. These actions were part of a much larger strategy called the Run-A-Way Scrape.

In 1849 Samuel Hardin Gates traveled west through northern Mexico to the gold fields of California. He soon determined that the safest way to make a living there was to supply fresh-killed meat and other foods to the mining camps. He also worked in California as a gunsmith. He stayed in California for a short time and returned to his family in Texas.

Photo by David Orr, November 1998

In 1856 Samuel Hardin Gates built a log cabin a few miles south of Gonzales, Texas. This was a luxurious cabin for its time. It had functional double hung windows with glass, as well as cypress shingles shipped by boat from Louisiana. The home has been restored and is open to public viewing at the Pioneer Village on Highway 183 north of Gonzales, Texas.

Daniel Boone Dillard
b. Jan. 21, 1819, Cooper County, Missouri
d. Apr. 5, 1877, buried Wrightsboro Cemetery, Gonzales Co TX, with Masonic Emblem on tombstone ⁽²⁾

+ Nancy Avant Forester, Nov. 10, 1856, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽³⁾
b. Mar. 20, 1827, DeKalb County, Tennessee
d. May 18, 1874, buried Wrightsboro Cemetery, Gonzales County, Texas

Fannie Dillard
Nathan Dillard
Margaret Dillard
Louisa [Lulu or Ludie] Dillard
Joseph Dillard
Alice Dillard
Eliza Dillard

Document Context

Parchment for the grant was prepared for the state of Texas by James Harris, a bank note engraver of 58 Nassau St., New York. The parchment has a width of 14.5 inches, a height of 13 inches, and a decorative border with a river steamboat top center and multi-sailed ships left and right center.

Standard text was engraved on the parchment. The layout of the grant reserved blank spaces for parcel details, which were written by hand in ink along inked guide lines. The parchment has an initial central vertical fold, which was been followed by three horizontal accordian folds.

The document holds two seals with circular imprints. The strongest imprint reads from the rear with "County Court" legible on an arc around a central Lone Star.

Survey terminology

League — in Spanish practice a league, in distance, was about 2.63 miles and, in area (a square league), about 6.92 square miles. The Dillard grant, as one-third league, was 2.31 square miles or about 1,475 acres.

Vara — in Spanish practice one vara is equal to 33-1/3 inches.

Text on Front of Parchment Document

Text originally engraved in the document appears below in italics. Text originally written by hand in ink appears below with line numbers.

No. 260 Vol. 6

IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

To all to whom these Presents shall come know ye

I, J. Pinckney Henderson, GOVERNOR of the STATE aforesaid, by virtue of the power vested in me by LAW and in

accordance with the LAWS of SAID STATE, in such case made and provided, do by these presents GRANT to Daniel B. Dillard his

heirs or assigns FOREVER, one third of a league

of LAND, situated and described as follows: In Gonzales District, on the South West side of the Guadeloupe river, on the Salt fork of

of the Sandies, about twelve miles from the town of Gonzales. Beginning at a Stake, the North corner of the Salt League

from which a Post a Post... Oak makd [written with a raised 'd', representing 'marked'] X bears th [illegible due to ink smear, either North or South] 35 ° East 47½ varas. Thence South 45° West with the N.W. line of said League

two thousand three hundred and ten varas, to said Salt Fork 1 vara wide runs S.E. two thousand eight hundred

and eighty-seven varas, to a stake on said line from which a Post Oak marked D.D. bears North 26° West 6 varas, and

another marked B.L. bears South 29° eight varas. Then north 45° West four hundred varas to the said Salt Fork

runs South East, seventeen hundred and fifteen varas, to a branch runs South West at twenty-four hundred and

twelve varas, a Stake, from which a Post Oak marked DD bears N. 68° E. 14 varas. Thence North 45° East at Twelve hundred

varas a branch runs South at thirty-one hundred and Sixty varas, a Stake, from which a Post Oak makd [raised 'd'] A.G. brs. [Bears] N 75 E. 6

varas. Thence South 70° East fifteen hundred and Sixty varas, a branch runs SE at Sixteen Hundred and fifty varas,

to a Stake, a corner of Grinages Survey, from which a Live Oak marked X bears South 21° West 60 varas. Thence South 20°

West at four hundred varas, a branch runs South at ten hundred and seventy five vsa [varas] Stake, from which

a Post Oak mkd [raised d] DD bears South 76° West 8 varas, another marked X bears North 37° East, twelve varas.

Thence South 45° East four hundred and twenty-five varas to the beginning.

Hereby relinquishing to him said Daniel B Dilliard and his heirs or assigns FOREVER all the right and title in

and to said LAND, heretofore held and possessed by the said STATE and I do hereby issue the Letter Patent for the same.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have Caused the SEAL of the STATE to be affixed as well as the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE

DONE at the City of Austin

on the Twelfth day of October In the Year

of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty seven.

Signed [Wm.Ward] , Commissioner of the Gl. Ld. Office

Signed [J. Pinckney Henderson], Governor

Text on Rear of Parchment Document

Written notations record this grant in Gonzales County. The notes fill areas defined by fold marks in the parchment. Text line numbers are indicated below.

The State of Texas

Gonzales County -- as Clerk of the County Court

of the aforesaid county -- I certify that the within

Patent was filled in my office for Record Feb

uary 6th 1850 at 11 o clock AM and was duly

recorded February 7th 1850 at 1 o clock PM in

Gonzales County Record Book of Lands and

Tenements G page 448

Given under my hand's official

seal

signed [F. Chenault]

Clk C.C.G.C.

1870, Gonzales County, Texas

"If the census taker entered his numbers properly, old 'Boon' was quite well off, as his property was valued at $11,100, and his personal property at $1,032. Those were handsome valuations for 1870."
— Temple Pouncey, Oct. 30, 2002

Confederate Veteran

Daniel Boone Dillard fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He served as a Private in Company H, Texas Heavy Artillery, formerly the 3rd, also called the 1st Battalion and Cook's Battalion, Texas Heavy Artillery. During the summer of 1864 he was detached under orders of General Magruder to arrest deserters. He was discharged by expiration of service on April 3, 1865.

Dillard Generation 6 continued

Dillard Generation 7

Fannie Dillard
b. Sep. 20, 1857
d. Feb. 9, 1952

+ Francis Marion Buchanan, abt. 1874 (son of Simpson Buchanan and Sarah A. Commons)
b. Jan. 4, 1848, Tennessee
d. Oct. 27, 1925, Wrightsboro, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽¹⁴⁾

Joseph S. Buchanan, b. abt. 1876 ⁽¹²⁾
William Nathan Buchanan, b. Feb. 8, 1879, d. June 28, 1959 ^{(12, 17)}
Ella Belle Buchanan, b. April 25, 1883, d. Apr. 11, 1959 ^{(12, 18)}
Courtney Carl Buchanan, b. July 15, 1885, d. Oct. 29, 1971 ^{(12, 15)}
Lielia A. Buchanan, b. abt. 1887 ⁽¹²⁾
Mary "Mamie" M. Buchanan, b. abt. 1889 ⁽¹²⁾
Hattie Loy Buchanan, b. Nov. 6, 1893, d. Mar. 1, 1973 ⁽¹⁶⁾
Carl C. Buchanan, b. abt. 1895 ⁽¹²⁾
Louie D. Buchanan, b. abt. 1897 ⁽¹²⁾
Morgan Buchanan, b. abt. 1899 ⁽¹²⁾
Wilma D. Buchanan, b. abt. 1904 ⁽¹³⁾

Nathan Dillard
b. Feb. 1859, Texas
d. Nov. 15, 1925, Dilley, Frio County, Texas

+ Margaret "Maggie" Ward, Dec. 5, 1882, Gonzales County, Texas
b. Jan. 9, 1860, Texas, daughter of Hugh T. Ward and Martha Fite

Josie L. Dillard, b. 1883, d. 1883, buried Wrightsboro Cemetery, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽¹⁹⁾
Hattie A. Dillard, b. 1885, d. 1885, buried Wrightsboro Cemetery, Gonzales Co TX ⁽¹⁹⁾
Minnie Dillard, b. abt. 1888 ⁽²²⁾
Hardy Emmett Dillard, b. Nov. 4, 1893, d. Nov. 18, 1975 ⁽²⁰⁾
Coy E. Dillard, b. Sep. 14, 1895 ^{(21, 24)}, d. Nov. 6, 1974 ^{(23, 24, 25)}, buried Dilley, Frio County, Texas ⁽²⁶⁾, + Edna (maiden name unknown) ⁽²³⁾

Margaret Dillard
b. abt. 1860, Texas

+ George B. Kennedy, Dec. 22, 1876, Gonzales, Texas ⁽²⁷⁾
b. abt. 1855, Florida, son of Robert J. Kennedy ⁽²⁹⁾

Ella K. Dillard, b. Jan. 25, 1892, d. Feb. 6, 1950 ⁽²⁸⁾

George B. Kennedy was listed as owner of 138 acres, value of $414, in the tax rolls of 1881 for Gonzales County, Texas ⁽³⁰⁾

Louisa "Ludie" "Lulu" Dillard
b. abt. 1863, Texas

+ Monroe Tenille Ward, Nov. 4, 1862
b. May 31, 1862, Atascosa, Texas, son of Hugh T. Ward and Martha Fite ⁽³²⁾
d. June 21, 1949, buried Styles Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County, Texas ⁽³¹⁾

Wesley B. Ward, b. abt. 1883, Texas ⁽³³⁾
Frank M. Ward, b. abt. 1887, Texas ⁽³³⁾
Lee V. Ward, b. abt. 1891, Texas ⁽³³⁾
Joseph N. Ward, b. abt. 1893, Texas ⁽³³⁾
Emma E. Ward, b. abt. 1897, Texas ⁽³³⁾
Walter Ward, b. abt. 1899, Texas ⁽³³⁾

Monroe Ward by occupation was a stock farmer. ⁽³²⁾

Joseph Dillard
b. Mar. 11, 1866, Texas
d. Nov. 18, 1878, buried Wrightsboro Cemetery, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽²⁾

Alice Dillard
b. abt. 1868, Texas
d. abt. 1868, buried Wrightsboro Cemetery, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽²⁾

Eliza Dillard
b. Jan. 9, 1870, Gonzales County, Texas
d. Nov. 10, 1921, Dilley, Frio County, Texas

+ Joseph Egleston Johnston Pouncey, Nov. 2, 1885, Gonzales County, Texas
b. May 14, 1863, Live Oak County, Texas
d. Dec. 2, 1933, Dilley, Frio County, Texas

See children in Pouncy line.

1880 census, Precinct 4, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽⁴⁾

Eliza Dillard lived in the household of her sister and borther-in-law, Fannie Dillard and Francis Marion Buchanan. Eliza Dillard probably became part of the Buchanan household after the death of her father, Daniel Boone Dillard, in 1877.

1899, Gonzales County, Texas

Eliza acquired deeds to 505 acres of Gonzales County land from Monroe Tenille Ward, Nathan Dillard, and Monroe Tenille and Ludie Ward.

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Dillard Generation 6 cont.

Jane Dillard
b. Mar. 24, 1822
d. aft. July 1856

+ George W. Shoaf

Henry Dillard
b. Aug. 10, 1824
d. abt. 1870, Caldwell County, Texas

+ H. C. Tayler

William M. Dillard
b. Dec. 24, 1826, Copper County, Missouri
d. May 3, 1907, Caldwell County, Texas

+ Mary Ann Ellison, abt. 1855
b. abt. 1837, Mississippi ⁽⁵⁾

Josephine Dillard, b. abt. 1856 ⁽⁵⁾
Abraham Dillard, b. abt. 1857-1858 ⁽⁵⁾
Emma Dillard, b. abt. 1859 ⁽⁵⁾
George Dillard, b. abt. 1861 ⁽⁵⁾
William Dillard, b. abt. 1865 ⁽⁵⁾

+ E. F. "Fannie" Osteen, Oct. 25, 1896
b. abt. 1846, Mississippi ⁽⁶⁾

The following article originally appeared in the 1800's in the San Antonio Daily Express. That paper reprinted this article on Saturday, March 17, 1988.

"News has reached the city of a shooting scrape near Luling several days ago, in which the principal actors were an indignant father, a determined young lover and a love sick daughter.

"William Dillard is a wealthy farmer who lives about seven miles east of the town of Luling, in Caldwell County.

"Dillard is the father of several pretty girls, one of whom so fascinated a young farmer named Rice as to cause him, after arranging the necessary preliminaries with the girl, to come out boldly and ask Pater Dillard for his daughters hand, with, of course, considerable of the old man's horses and cattle and land thrown in as pelon.

"Old Mr. Dillard told young Mr. Rice very plainly that Miss Dillard could never become Mrs. Rice. But love laughs at locksmiths, the poets say.

"Rice proceeded in good season to elope with the object of his affection. The day set was propitious.

"The young lovers were striking out across the prairie in search of a parson, but before they had gone very far, paterfamilias caught up with them and commenced firing at Rice.

"Rice returned the fire, but didn't hit his man, through in the fusilade was wounded himself.

"No arrests have been made and the matter has been kept quiet. The marriage has not yet taken place."

Stephen Dillard

Not listed in his father's household of 1850.

Jacob W. Dillard
b. June 16, 1829
d. abt. July 1856

+ Mary Stockton, May 12, 1857, Gonzales County, Texas ⁽⁷⁾

Private, Confederate Army, 36th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Woods') ⁽⁸⁾

Temple Dillard
b. Oct. 1, 1831
d. unknown

Temple Dillard was not mentioned in the 1856 administration of the estate of his father, Joseph Dillard.

Abraham Dillard
b. Mar. 22, 1835 ⁽¹⁰⁾
d. July 29, 1908, Luling, Caldwell County, Texas

+ Savannah (maiden name unknown), abt. 1860
b. abt. 1844, Mississippi ⁽⁹⁾

Abraham Dillard
b. Mar. 22, 1835 ⁽¹⁰⁾
d. July 29, 1908, Luling, Caldwell County, Texas

Abe Dillard by occupation was a grocer in Luling, Caldwell County, Texas. ⁽⁹⁾

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Dillard Generation 5 cont.

William Dillard
b. abt. 1800 ⁽³⁴⁾, Wayne County, Kentucky
d. Feb. 8, 1853 or 1854 ⁽³⁴⁾, Cooper County, Missouri

+ Jane Alexander
b. 1790's
d. 1880's, Cooper County, Missouri

Nicholas Dillard
Mager Dillard
Phoebe Dillard
William P. Dillard
Mary G. "Polly" Dillard
Joseph Dillard
Hiram Christopher Dillard
James Dillard
Andrew Jackson Dillard
Thomas P. Dillard

William Dillard went to Texas in the 1830s along with his brothers, but returned within a few years to Missouri.

Dillard Generation 5 continued

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Dillard Generation 6

Nicholas Dillard
b. abt. 1816, Wayne County, Kentucky ⁽³⁴⁾
d. abt. 1865, Cooper County, Missouri

+ Elizabeth Gibson Shackleford, Mar. 7, 1839, Cooper County, Missouri ⁽³⁷⁾
b. 1824, Kentucky, daughter of Tarleton and Martha Shackelford

William Dillard, b. 1841
Martha Dillard, b. 1843
Lucy Ann Dillard, b. 1844, d. Mar. 17, 1862; buried Old Dillard Cemetery; +John T. Adams, Aug. 28, 1862
Amanda Dillard, b. 1846
Phoebe Dillard, b. 1847; +William H. Hender
James Dillard, b. 1853
Joseph Dillard, b. 1856

Mager Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. 1825

+ William Stephens, May 22, 1845, Cooper County, Missouri
b. New York or Kentucky

Seven children

Phoebe Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. 1827, Cooper County, Missouri

+ Thomas H. Adams, Dec. 22. 1842, Cooper County, Missouri, son of Francis A. Adams, Sr., and Mary Elizabeth Hambrick
b. 1822

William P. Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. 1828, Coopers Fort, Cooper County, Missouri
d. 1881

+ Nancy Virginia Hughes, Mar. 2, 1852, daughter of Reece Hughes and Cecilia Johnson
b. 1824, Tennessee

Mary Elizabeth Dillard, b. 1852, d. 1928; + Thomas O'Bannon, 1883
Joseph George Dillard, b. Sep. 29, 1855, Pettis Co MO; + Mary O'Bannon, Sep. 1890, b. 1866, d. 1891; child: Anna Ruby Dillard
William Reece Dillard, b. 1859, d. 1937, +Grace Overstreet, b. 1877, d. 1949

Mary G. "Polly" Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. Dec. 24, 1831
d. Aug. 24, 1905, Pettis County, Missouri

+ James Ramsey Ellis, Aug. 25, 1853, Pettis County, Missouri
b. Aug. 6, 1832, Saline County, Missouri
d. Feb. 3, 1909

John Wick Ellis, b. Nov. 16, 1854, d. Oct. 4, 1932; + Rhoda Lee Greer, b. May 26, 1858, d. Jan. 21, 1927; child: Jim Berry Ellis
Malinda Jane Ellis

Joseph Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. Mar. 27, 1833 or 1838, Cooper County, Missouri
d. Jan. 31, 1891, Pettis County, Missouri

+ Mary Elizabeth Kindred Ellis, Jan. 17, 1854, Pettis County, Missouri, daughter of John W. Ellis and Malinda Jane Ramey
b. 1838
d. Mar. 5, 1923

Hiram Christoper Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. 1834

+ Martha E. Howard, July 9, 1857, daughter of Thomas J. Howard and Susan Ellen Adams
b. 1826 - 1838

James Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. Dec. 29, 1839, Cooper County, Missouri
d. July 13, 1891, as a result of being struck by lightning at his home

+ Malinda Ellen Ellis, Dec. 15, 1860, Pettis County, Missouri
b. 1842

Mary Malinda Dillard
Benjamin Franklin Dillard
Minnie Bell Dillard, b. Apr. 20, 1870; + William M. Tucker, Sep. 1, 1893
photograph of Minnie Bell Dillard (right) with Floy Pearl Pouncey (left), abt. 1905, Texas
Sarah Elizabeth Dillard
James Thomas Dillard
Blanche Dillard

Andrew Jackson Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. abt. 1840, Cooper County, Missouri
d. July 13, 1891, as a result of being struck by lightning at his home

+ Caroline M. Howard, Sep. 10, 1862, daughter of Thomas J. Howard and Susan Ellen Adams
b. 1842

Thomas P. Dillard ⁽³⁴⁾
b. abt. 1841, Cooper County, Missouri

+ Mary Howard, Feb. 18, 1864, daughter of Thomas J. Howard and Susan Ellen Adams
b. 1839

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Dillard Generation 5 cont.

Mary Ann "Polly" Dillard
b. Jan. 29, 1796, Virginia
d. Jan. 26, 1867, buried Hail Ridge Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri

+ Clayton Hurt, abt. 1814, Kentucky
b. 1790, Bedford County, Virginia
d. June 13, 1862, buried Hail Ridge Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri

William Hurt #1
William Hurt #2
Benigale Hurt
Mary Ann Hurt
Rebecca Hurt
Fleming Mitchell Hurt
Julia Ann Hurt
James T. Hurt
Clayton Hurt, Jr.

"Hail Ridge Cemetery in Boonville, MO is located on my property, which is not open to the public. I have been slowly trying to revive headstones. I thought you would like to see these pictures. I located the headstones a few weeks ago and set them."
— Jennifer Sell, April 21, 2020

Marjorie Elliner "Ellen" Dillard
b. June 2, 1797, Tennessee
d. Sep. 21, 1851, Missouri

+ William Fleming Michell or Fleming H. Mitchell, son of Thomas Mitchell and Elizabeth Moran
b. Oct. 18, 1793, Tennessee
d. Apr. 17, 1865

Julia A. Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
James Dillard Mitchell
Mary Mitchell

Abraham Dillard
b. May 4, 1801, Wythe County, Virginia
d. July 25, 1839, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas

+ Sarah Elizabeth Kent, daughter of Andrew Kent and Elizabeth Zumwalt

Sarah Elizabeth Dillard

Abraham Dillard's widow, Sarah Kent, married William Burnett.

Abraham Dillard was in the First Regiment of Volunteers in the Battle of San Jacinto. He was in Capt. William Warner Hill's Company. He was paid for services from Oct. 8, 1835, to June 1, 1836.

Abraham's father-in-law, Andrew Kent, had rank of private in the Gonzales Mounted Rangers. He died in the Battle of the Alamo, Mar. 6, 1836. He is the namesake of Kent County, Texas. ^{(34, 36)}

Nancy Dillard
b. Dec. 2, 1802
d. Dec. 14, 1898, Bonnville, Missouri

+ William Potter, Nov. 18, 1819, Cooper County, Missouri
b. 1790-1800
buried Hail RIdge Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri

James D. Potter
Susan Potter
Abraham Potter
Betsy Potter
Bennett Potter
Thomas Potter
Sarah Ann Potter
Joseph Potter
Mary Potter

William Potter earned his living as an operator of a ferry at Boonville, Missouri.

Stephen Dillard
b. Mar. 4, 1806

Phoebe Dillard
b. Mar. 11, 1808

+ William P. Retherford, Dec. 29, 1835 ⁽³⁴⁾
b. 1815, Tennessee

Ann Retherford, b. 1837
Nancy I. Retherford, b. 1839
Rhoda S. Retherford, b. 1841
Amanda Retherford, b. 1843
Harriet Retherford, b. 1845
Angeline Retherford, b. 1847

Sarah Dillard
b. Sep. 1810
d. Jan. 12, 1886

+ 1) Josiah Hughes Card

+ 2) John Smillers (or Smithers)

Ann M. Dillard
b. Feb. 20, 1812, Howard County, Missouri

+ Peter Fleming, Feb. 20, 1832, Howard County, Missouri

"I have a copy of a letter written by Majer Dillard... to her daughter Ann Fleming, in Texas. The letter is dated 7/1842. In one section of the letter, Majer writes, 'There has been no deaths in the family since you last heard from us with the exception of you Aunt Hannah Cole and cousin Ellen Ashcraft. Your aunt was perfectly resigned to die and seemed to be happy...'."
— Debbie Dillard, Cole genforum (now defunct), Apr. 11, 1998

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Sources

Debbie Dillard, emails in 2001, with these sources:
- "William Dillard" - A 29th Century History of Southwest Texas, 1907
- Family Group Sheet of Joseph Dillard, compiled by Janet Smith, Gonzales, Texas
- Photocopied pages from the Family Book of Joseph & Susan Dillard
- Family Record Sheet of Wm. Dillard compiled by Deanne B. Reed
- Letter written to Deanna B. Reed from Wilma M. Windwehen, Gonzales County Historical Commission, 1993
- Information of additional children and their spouses provided by Bette 'Belle' Dillard Edwards.
- Descendants of James Dillard -FTM User Home Pages
- "Some Texas Land Grants" by Marion Day Mullins, page 74.
Cemetery readings in Gonzales Co TX, by Lewis McCloud.
Gonzales County, Texas, Marriage Book A
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFND-NR5 : 15 July 2017), Francis Buchanan, Precinct 4, Gonzales, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 71, sheet 500A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1306; FHL microfilm 1,255,306.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGN-68S : 12 April 2016), William Dillard, Texas, United States; citing p. 1, family 7, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,072.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LS-P4K : accessed 17 August 2018), William Dillard, Justice Precinct 1 (south & east part excl. Lockhart), Caldwell, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 15B, family 262, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,616.
"Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX31-V8N : 11 February 2018), Jacob W. Dillard and Mary Stockton, 12 May 1857; citing , Gonzales, Texas, , reference 2:2559H8D; FHL microfilm 1,310,949.
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9KT-X3K : 4 December 2014), Jacob W. Dillard, Private, Company DK, 36th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Woods'), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M227 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 880,023.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF5-YC3 : 15 July 2017), Abe Dillard, Luling, Caldwell, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 28, sheet 248D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1294; FHL microfilm 1,255,294.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Z-C1R9 : 13 December 2015), Abraham Dillard, 1908; Burial, Luling, Caldwell, Texas, United States of America, Luling City Cemetery; citing record ID 61422127, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Misc. notes from Miss Lenora Bright, transmitted by Paul Prince, Mar. 9, 2000, referencing records taken from County Court House in Gonzales, Texas. Deed Record - Volume N- page 192
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GD-4SH : accessed 18 August 2018), Francis M Buchanan, Justice Precinct 5 (west part), Gonzales, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 5B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,639.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SM-WX7 : accessed 18 August 2018), Marion F Buchanan, Justice Precinct 5, Gonzales, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1556; FHL microfilm 1,375,569.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2S-N22P : 13 December 2015), Francis Marion Buchanan, 1925; Burial, Wrightsboro, Gonzales, Texas, United States of America, Wrightsboro Cemetery; citing record ID 55748534, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K361-V7L : 13 March 2018), Francis Marion Buchanan in entry for Courtney Carl Buchanan, 29 Oct 1971; citing certificate number 75693, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,436.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K361-V7L : 13 March 2018), Francis Marion Buchanan in entry for Courtney Carl Buchanan, 29 Oct 1971; citing certificate number 75693, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,436.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34H-TF6 : 13 March 2018), Frances Marion Buchanan in entry for William Nathan Buchanan, 27 Jun 1959; citing certificate number 32343, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,900.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34Z-J62 : 13 March 2018), Frances Marion Buchanan in entry for Ella Belle Thompson, 11 Apr 1959; citing certificate number 20559, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,910.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M1-ZXZ : accessed 18 August 2018), Coy E Dillard in household of Nathan Dillard, Justice Precinct 4, Frio, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 17B, family 318, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1553; FHL microfilm 1,375,566. Cemetery readings in Gonzales Co TX, by Lewis McCloud.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38V-XNW : 13 March 2018), Nathan Dillard in entry for Hardy E Dillard, 18 Nov 1975; citing certificate number 84227, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,834.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M1-ZXZ : accessed 18 August 2018), Coy E Dillard in household of Nathan Dillard, Justice Precinct 4, Frio, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 17B, family 318, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1553; FHL microfilm 1,375,566.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GH-X1M : accessed 18 August 2018), Nathan Dillard, Justice Precinct 3-5, Frio, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 14B, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,636.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWV5-K3K : accessed 18 August 2018), Coy E Dillard, Dilley, Justice Precinct 4, Frio, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-7, sheet 15B, line 71, family 268, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4036.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTM2-T22 : 20 May 2014), Coy Dillard, Nov 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K387-QCD : 13 March 2018), Coy E Dillard, 06 Nov 1974; citing certificate number 83653, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,404.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Z-QGYR : 13 December 2015), Coy F Dillard, 1974; Burial, Dilley, Frio, Texas, United States of America, Dilley Cemetery; citing record ID 63618283, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-PVTM : accessed 18 August 2018), G B Kenedy and M Dillard, 22 Dec 1876, Marriage; citing Gonzales, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,310,955.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1W-WNP : 13 March 2018), Geo B Kennedy in entry for Ella K Doke, 06 Feb 1950; citing certificate number 6032, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,245.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLR-4NS : 12 April 2016), George B Kennedy in household of Robt J Kennedy, Texas, United States; citing p. 8, family 55, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,086.
"Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-123P : 19 July 2017), Geo B Kennedy, 1881.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVG-27XQ : 13 December 2015), Monroe Tenille Ward, 1949; Burial, , Medina, Texas, United States of America, Styles Cemetery; citing record ID 17898004, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SM-NB3 : 13 March 2018), Monroe T Ward, 21 Jun 1949; citing certificate number 29530, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,342.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G8-TMN : accessed 18 August 2018), Mounoe T Ward, Justice Precinct 5 (west part), Gonzales, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 11A, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,639.
Family Group Sheets of Jonette Severson, which reference "Dillards in Cooper Co. MO. by 1830" (author unknown) and "Early Cooper Co. Pioneers" by Mrs. J.R. Carter, both books in the collection of the FHC, Salt Lake City.
Donald and Peggy McNutt, Adrian, Michigan, Ellis-Nash Surname Database
Wikipedia's "List of Alamo Defenders"
"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28H-F5L : 11 February 2018), Nicholas Dillard and Eliza Shackleford, 07 Mar 1839; citing Cooper,Missouri; FHL microfilm 902,782.

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