Martha Ann DILLON, Proctor

Notes:

Martha Ann Dillon met and married John Proctor in Dillon, SC. They moved to Marion County, FL from Dillon, SC in 1857.

Martha Ann was helping son Alfred and his wife Ophelia nurse their children through the Measels when she took the
disease and died. (told by granddau. Mattie Leitner Moore) There were 10 children.

(Research):





Martha Ann Dillion Proctor lived to the age of 62 years.  She was helping
her son, Alfred and his wife, Ophelia, nurse their children through the
measles, when she took the disease and died.

Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, FL;  "In Memory of Martha Ann Proctor, wife
of John Proctor, 7 Sept 1825, 5 Mar 1886."

Martha married John D. PROCTOR in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States. John (son of Frederick PROCTOR and Jemima MCQUAIG, Proctor) was born on 25 Dec 1822 in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States; died on 22 Nov 1908 in Summerfield, Marion, Florida, United States; was buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, Sumter, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mealy Manning PROCTOR was born on 15 Dec 1861 in Eureka, FL; died on 30 Jan 1941 in Pedro, FL; was buried in Pine Level Cemetary, Oxford, FL.
2. Mariah PROCTOR was born on 19 Mar 1857 in Little Rock, SC; died on 14 Nov 1946 in Miami, FL.
3. Aginora PROCTOR was born on 10 Nov 1850 in Little Rock, SC; died on 24 Feb 1877 in Marion County, FL.
4. Alfred Daniel PROCTOR was born on 7 Nov 1853 in Little Rock, SC; died on 17 Dec 1917 in Summerfield, FL.
5. Charles PROCTOR was born in 1853 in SC; died in 1880 in Ft McCoy, FL.
6. Colin Murchison PROCTOR was born on 1 Nov 1855 in Little Rock, SC; died on 3 Jul 1937 in Tampa, FL.
7. John R. PROCTOR was born on 15 May 1860; died on 14 Sep 1936 in Gadsden County, FL.
8. Anna Jane PROCTOR was born on 21 Jan 1849 in Marlboro District, SC; died on 29 Apr 1927 in Marion County, FL.
9. Flora PROCTOR was born on 12 May 1866 in Pedro, FL; died on 6 Sep 1948 in Bradenton, FL.

William married Lucretia COTTINGHAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]