PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05411::A Guide to the Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189-)//EN" "vi05411.xml" A Guide to the Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189- Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189- 53160 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia © 2022 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Trenton Hizer, 3 February 2022 Description is in English A Guide to the Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189- A Collection in the Library of Virginia 53160

Library of Virginia 2022 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Dillard family papers, 1771-1859, 189- 53160 .37 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder) English Dillard family Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

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

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Biographical Information

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