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And Thank you.. Nell Frazor (Hendersonville,Tn) for
your time, copies of documents& the picture of Wm "Babe" Dillard
You're too Sweet!
**I am looking for pictures of the families that lived on "Center Point Road" in Hendersonville (Sumner County) TN (ie..DILLARD/FRAZOR/RICE/WILLIS) or others who lived there during the 1800's.**
Please get in touch with me if you have any kind of photos: Thank You
ChapmanCB@aol.com
A Little History about the "Dillard" name:
d'Illard from France?
Much controversy exists as to the origin of family Dillard. Some think the roots of the family are French, from the ancient family d'Illard, and specifically, from Carbonne d'Illard, a companion of William the Conqueror in the Norman invasion of England in 1066.
Others reject the Carbonne d’Illard connection and instead believe that family Dillard originated as French Huguenots who migrated to England, perhaps after the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 when many Huguenots fled to England, or perhaps during other French religious wars in the 1620's.
Still others believe the Dillard line first originated in the Wiltshire area of southern England, and that Dillard is likely an alliteration of an English name such as Tilliard or Tilyard or some other similar name. Prior to the 1600's most people could not read nor write and hence, did not know how their names were spelled. Those who did write did so phonetically, with little regard to formal spelling rules such as we follow today. Name alliterations were common in those days.
The more serious genealogists claim that evidence suggests the first documented Dillard came from England and that no evidence, other than family lore passed down through the generations, exists of a French connection, and because of that it must be rejected. Although, there is scanty evidence of Dillards in England also.
Dillard in America
George9 Dillard (ca 1630 - ca 1704): George landed at
Jamestown in the Virginia Colony after a voyage from England in 1650, or shortly before, likely as a young, illiterate indentured servant (as were most immigrants of that period). 1650 was, indeed, very early in the colonization of the North American continent, and as such, George would be considered one of the original settlers.
RESEARCH OF THE DILLARD FAMILY
Beginning with Gabriel (b.1798 d. 1857 apx)
and Harriet Frazor Dillard (b.1803 d. 1880's)
Center Point Road in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee
~PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTO GALLERY TO SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY~
~.~ Dillard Line of Research ~.~
Owen Dillard & Polly Mourning Quarls
were parents of Gabriel Dillard
Gabriel Dillard B 1798 D.1857
Harriet Frazor Dillard B.1803 D.1880’s
Children: Born Died
Mary Jane Dillard: 4/2/1841 5/11/1915
William James Dillard: 5/1842 7/25/1915
*Martha Elizabeth Dillard 9/7/1844 2/1/1929
*Margaret A. Dillard 9/7/1844
(*) twins
John Roy Dillard ~Notes of the Dillard Family~
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