Peter Dillon, Sr.

DAR RECORD Peter Dillon Sr born on 6 - Feb - 1752 at __ died at Greene Co TN on 9 - Jul - 1829 married Elizabeth Haworth on 11 - Aug - 1773 at Guilford Co NC -tcd

(Extracted from the Book "History of Dillon, Fletcher, and Kindred Families" by Henry Dillon 1909 pg 18)

"The foregoing record was kindly furnished me by Eli Marshall, Rheatown, Tennessee, extracted from the records of Newhope monthly meeting but the record of deaths is not found. The letter containing the record extracts bears date March 10, 1888."

"Tradition says that Peter Dillon removed from Virginia to North Carolina and that while Sallie and Garrett were playing out of doors they heard the guns of the Guilford Battle, March 15, 1781."

"They doubtless removed to Newhope meeting about the time that Grand-father Rees did, say fall of 1781, where they lived to be old and died. I remember seeing Peter coming up the long ascent, say forty rods, from home to Monthly Meeting, walking with two canes and I have heard mother Dillon say that when he could no longer thus get to meeting he used to draw his chair to the porch looking towards the meeting house at meeting time and there, though absent in body yet present in spirit, worship with his friends"

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21 Sep 2003

Found in 1820 N. Carolina, Guilford Co census who appears to be Peter Dillon. Very hard to read due to smudging of origional. Shows: 2 free white males under 10 yrs; 1 free white male of 26 and under 46 including ???; 3 free white femalesunder 10; 1 free white female of 10 and under 16; 1 free white female of 16 and under ???; 1 number of ???

He married Elizabeth Haworth on January 20, 1776.