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A Guide to the Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189- Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189- 53160

A Guide to the Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189-

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 53160


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
53160
Title
Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189-
Extent
.37 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)
Creator
Dillard family
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189-. Accession 53160. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased

Biographical Information

The Dillards were a prominent family in Amherst and Nelson Counties  next hit, Virginia. James Spotswood Dillard was born 29 November 1791. He married Narcissa Elizabeth Turner (1797-1878) on 17 October 1816. James Spotswood Dillard died 29 August 1866. James and Narcissa Dillard's son Terisha Washington Dillard was born 11 September 1817 and their son William S. Dillard was born about 1825. Terisha W. Dillard married Mary Elizabeth Dillard (1826-1886) 30 November 1844. Terisha Dillard was killed by enslaved persons on 9 May 1863. William S. Dillard was a physician who practiced in previous hit Nelson County .

Scope and Content

Papers, 1771-1859, 189-, of the Dillard family of Amherst County, Virginia, consisting of circular letters, correspondence, letters to the editor, and speeches concerning local, state, and national politics; drawings, land grants, and plats regarding property in Amherst and Buckingham Counties; account books, accounts, and correspondence regarding purchases and financial matters; commissions for the 90th Virginia Militia; claims for property losses during the Civil War; and a business card for Dr. William S. Dillard.

Contents List

Folder 1
Correspondence, 1818, 1822-1823
Folder 2
Correspondence, 1843, 1849, [184-]
Folder 3
Correspondence, 1851-1853, 1859
Folder 4
Peter Martin and Company correspondence to James S. Dillard, 1855, 1857
Folder 5
Stephen Turner account with Robert Rives and Company, 1798
Folder 6
James S. Dillard cash account book, 1819-1821
Folder 7
William S. Dillard claims, 189-
Folder 8
Land grants, 1789, 1821 (located in oversize folder)
Folder 9
Plats, 1789, 1792, no date
Folder 10
J. P. Dillard drawing, no date
Folder 11
Militia commissions, 1812, 1819, 1833 (one commission located in oversize folder)
Folder 12
Lord Dunmore call for elections to the House of Burgesses, 31 Ocober 1771
Folder 13
Letter to the Lynchburg Republican by "Eastern Virginia " [Terisha W. Dillard?], 1840
Folder 14
Terisha W. Dillard speech, Democratic meeting in Bedford County, Virginia, ca. 1840s
Folder 15
William S. Dillard business card, 1847