House of Hackett
William DILLON
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. William DILLON (son of William DILLON and Lucretia COTTINGHAM).
2. William DILLON was born in in SC (son of Joshua DILLON and Mary BLACKWELL); died in in Little Rock, SC; was buried in Little Rock, SC. William married Lucretia COTTINGHAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Lucretia COTTINGHAM Children:
- Martha Ann DILLON, Proctor was born on 19 Sep 1824 in Little Rock, SC; died on 5 Mar 1886 in Summerfield, Marion, Florida, United States; was buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, Sumter, Florida, United States.
- James William DILLON was born on 25 Nov 1826 in Little Rock, SC; died on 29 Jul 1913 in Dillon County, SC.
- 1. William DILLON
Generation: 3
4. Joshua DILLON was born before 1737; died on 1 Aug 1824. Notes:
Joshua Dillon came to America with his family in 1737. He settled in Virginia and served all 7 years of the Revolutionary War with his brother William Dillon. Joshua's sons James and Charles served in the war also. After the war, Joshua settled near Little Rock, SC. He married three times. Mary Blackwell was his third wife.
Joshua Dillon migrated from Great Briton in time to become a patriot in the American Revolution (pg 124)
Followed Francis Marion "Swamp Fox" against British (pg 35)
Patriots ID by locator of homes at the time, inconclusive (pg 35)
Stokes, Durward T., "The History of Dillon County South Carolina, 2nd Ed," US Press, 1978. ISBN 0-87249-366-0
Joshua married Mary BLACKWELL. Mary died in 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary BLACKWELL died in 1827. Children:
- 2. William DILLON was born in in SC; died in in Little Rock, SC; was buried in Little Rock, SC.
- Charles DILLON
- James DILLON