History of the Peter Dillow Family Lineage


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US Census 1830 for:

 Delo, Delon, Delone, Dellon, Dellow, Dilan, Dillan, Dillo, Dilloe, Dilon, Dillon, and Dillow were located in only the following states:

Alabama, DC, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

The earliest known records of the Dillon & Dillow surname are:

In earlier centuries the name Dillon and Dillow was occasionally recorded as Delyn which confirms its origins in France and in the French personal name of Dillon.

Although not native Gaelic in origin, the names Dillon and Dillow may now be regarded as hundred per cent Irish: when met outside Ireland it will almost always be found to belong to a person of Irish origin or with Irish connexions.

The Dillons came to Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion and during the well nigh eight centuries, which have elapsed since that event Dillon has been an important name in Irish history and in modern politics. The family never lost the power and influence it acquired at the end of the twelfth century.

The large tract of country covering most of the modern county of Westmeath, which was their main territory, became known as Dillon's Country. A branch settled in Co. Mayo. Many Dillons held high government office up the fall of the Stuarts. Their chief renown thereafter was won as Colonel-Proprietors of Dillon's Regiment, famous in French military annals. The Dillons were created Counts in 1711 some of their descendants still live in France.

1185
Robert le Dillon (on the pedigree), arrived in Ireland in the train of the Earl of Moreton, afterwards King John of England. This Dillon apparently established himself at Kilkenny-West and at Drumrany, County Westmeath, and from this original Dillon there were living descendants (in 1954) in the following branches (in seniority order):

1. Dillon of Costello-Gallen, County Mayo, (Viscounts Dillon).
2. Dillon of Rathmile (Rathmoyle), County Roscommon.
3. Dillon of Mount Dillon, County Roscommon.
4. Dillon of Kilcornan (Ireland) and, later, of Terrafort (France), (Counts Dillon).
5. Dillon of Clonbrock, Co. Galway, (Lords Clonbrock).
6. Dillon of Lismullen, County Meath, (Baronets of Lismullen).

1500
Sir Lucas Dillon (d.1593, son of Sir Robert Dillon (?1500-1580), sol.-gen. for Ireland 1565, att.-gen. 1566, MP 1569, chief baron of court of Irish exchequer 1570, knighted 1576, seneschal for W. Kilkenny 1583, apointed inter al. to admin. government pending arrival of Sir John Perrot 1584, commissioner for plantation of Munster 1587.

The International Ancestry Guild in London, England files the Dillow family name as it was spelled hundreds of years ago in French Parish Registers: Deloe, Dellowe, Dillow, Delong and DeLong. Their earliest reference was from Carnot's "Land Rolls of Brittany"in Brittagne Province, France in 1232 A D.

The document contained in name of Henri De Loe, an undertenet on the lands of the Duc de Jocelin. The Guild files also relates that Huguenot records for the year 1600 A D showed eight Delo families in Angers, five in Nantes, eight in Paris, five in Lyons, and six in Caens.

Late 1600's
Location of the DELON - DELO - DELAUNE - De L'eau in Loraine, France:1
1688 Serres 10 mi East of Nancy
1691 Ville au val 10 mi NNW of Nancy
1701 Belleville 26 mi West of Metz
1704 Bezaumont 12 mi NNW of Nancy
1705 Diarville 17 mi SSW of Nancy
1717 Pompey 3 mi NW of Nancy
1718 Nancy, Notre Dame
1700 Liège
Nancy is located about 70 miles west of Strasbourg, Alsace.
Full Index to Petty's 1659 Census' of Principal Irish names O Dillane, O Dillene, Dillan, O Dillon, Dillon

As the Delyan's immigrated to other areas of the world besides their native France, the name began to be changed. It has been changed into far many differ spellings than the two that the Delyn surnames for our purpose with this Website.

THE DILLON FAMILY IN AMERICA: DILLON ( Welsh). " Dillyn the From fine: brave, gallant, handsome.
THE DILLOW FAMILY IN AMERICA: DILLON (British). "Dillo (='destroy')" (Germanic). Names taking -- or based on -- the first name of the ancestor's father (patronymic).
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, Volume I

1651
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts-1651:Volume I , William Dellowe.

1656
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts-1756:Volume I , William Dello.

1568
On 30 May 1568, William Dellowe, witnessed the will of John Thake:" 30 May 1568-JOHN THAKE the elder of Clavering, malster, and my body be buried in the churchyard of Clavering... I give to my John Thake my son two obligations due me...I give to William my son one cow...I give to Richard my son 20s,... I give to Steven Thake my son 10 pounds delivered at the day of his marriage, the residue of all my goods I give to Agnes my wife whom I obtain executrix. Witnesses:William Holgle,the elder;George Daye,the younger: Willm Dellowe; Edward Brooke and Robert Bathe. Proved 22 June 1568."
1660
ARYAN FRANSEN, born unknown. Marriage 1680 to Rachel Jans PIER DEATH: ABT 1697, Kingston, Ulster, NY: The parents of Frans DELONG.

Franz Delon from Moore Township who left this record:

Northampton County, Pennsylvania (Moore Township (Settled c.1745, Erected 1765) Originally called Adjacents of Allen.) joined the military to help protect settlers against the Indians in 1756 "Allegations of Soldiers", dated January 12, 1756, in Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 1.

FRANS DELONG (1740-1786): b. Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY. He is the son of Arie DELONG and Anna WILTSIE. Franz Delong married Elizabeth WELLS about 1760.

There are family reocrds of Frans DELONG birth: ABT 1681, Esopus, Ulster, NY death: May 1755, Beekman, Dutchess, NY. His grandson, Franz Delong was in PA in 1756.
1677
Darby Dillan was on the passenger list for the St. George, a merchant ship that sailed from Waterford, Ireland to Maryland (don't know what port) on Oct 7, 1677, carrying 180 passengers.

"Oct. 7 [1677] Portsmouth. Ralegh Hull to Robert Yard. This morning sailed from Spithead the St. George of London for Waterford and thence for Maryland, wind N. E."

On November 1, 1678, John Quigley, a merchant captain, not the captain of the ship, appeared before the Secretary of Maryland and applied for l and warrants for transporting 180 settlers into the province on the ship St. George of London.

Following is the list of settlers. The original spelling is duplicated, along with the original order of names.

Darby Dillan

Captain John Quigley hath appeared before me and made oath upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the severall persons within named amounting to the number of one hundred and eighty were by him imported into this province in the Ship St. George of London, and that neither himself nor any person for him by his consent privity or knowledge hath made use of their or any of their rights for taking up of land according to the condition of plantations. Given under my hand the first day of November anno 1678.

Source: Maryland State Archives. Land Office, Patent Records, Liber 15, Folio 553. Annapolis, Maryland: 1678.

1700
Pierre Delome and his wife are on the passenger list of the MARY & ANN.
Messrs. De la Muce et de Sailly fout en tout 207 personnes
Virginia: James Town, July 31, 1700.
Two of those Huguenot Refugees on Board Ship Mary and Ann, August 12, 1700, Virginia, James City were Pierre Delome and his wife.

Pierre Delome and his wife are also listed as residents of Jamestown, VA in 1700. Jamestown, VA
1700
In the 1700’s James Dillon possessed the area which is now Island Heights, New Jersey. James Dillon was forced to flee to Canada during the Revolutionary War since he was a Royalist. Another member of the Dillon family took over ownership of the island. On the East end of the island is a home built in pre-revolutionary times called "The Dillon House". Dillon’s Creek which extends through the North central portion of the Borough is also named after the Dillon family. The island was also commonly referred to as Dillon’s Island.

Southern Virginia: Dillon and Dillow surname

1681
1 William DILLON
BORN: 1 AUG 1681, New Kent, New Kent Co, VA
DIED: ___ 1744, Goochland Co, VA
MARRIED: Mary _____, ,
CHILDREN: 2
1.2.1 Thomas DILLON.....born 1701:married Mary ?.
CHILDREN:3
1.2.3.1 James DILLON.....born 1726, Goochland Co, VA:married MARRIED: Mary ROBINSON
CHILDREN: 4
1.2.3.4.1 Jesse DILLON....................ABT 1749, Cumberland Co, VA.
1.2.3.4.2 Samuel James DILLON.....ABT 1758, Goochland Co, VA.
1.2.3.4.3 Eleanor DILLON................ABT 1760

1.2.3.4.4 William DILLON................ABT 1761, DIED: ___ 1818, Franklin Co, VA:married Frances BLANKENSHIP on 28 JUL 1790, Franklin Co, VA.
CHILDREN: 5
Marlin DILLON.............ABT 1791, Franklin Co, Va
Reese DILLON..............ABT 1794
John DILLON................ABT 1798
Mary DILLON...............ABT 1800
Lucy DILLON................ABT 1800
Randolph DILLON.........ABT 1803
Temperance DILLON....ABT 1805, Franklin Co, Va
Elizabeth DILLON.........ABT 1806
Cynthia DILLON............ABT 1809
Celia DILLON................ABT 1813
Cora Frances DILLON..ABT 1815
1.2.3.4.5 James (Jr.) DILLON 1771, Franklin Co, VA.
1.2.3.2 John DILLON....................born 1728, Goochland Co, VA.
1.2.3.3 Thomas DILLON...............born 1730, Goochland Co, VA.
1.2.3.4 Henry DILLON......born 4 DEC 1732, Goochland Co, VA.
1.2.2 William (Jr.) DILLON.....born 1703, VA.
1.2.3 Henry DILLON...............born 1705, VA.
Virginia - Franklin County -- 1788 Personal Property Tax List A
Delany, Martin....... 05
Delany, Samuel....... 05
Dillen, Jesse............ 05
Dillen, William..........05
Dillmon, Jacob, Jr.....05

Virginia - Franklin County -- 1800 Peresonal Property Tax List
Dillian, Samuel            Franklin 1799  PersonalA 06
Dillian, William            Franklin 1799  PersonalA 06
Dillion, Arthur              Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dillion, Asa                  Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dillion, Henry              Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dillion, James, Jr        Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dillion, James, Sr        Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dillion, Jesse               Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dilmon, Jacob, Jr        Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06
Dilmon, Jacob, Sr        Franklin 1799  PersonalB 06

1850 Franklin County, Virginia Census

Franklin County, Virginia Formed in 1785 from:
Henry-1776______________________________Bedford-1753
Pittsylvania-      1766        Albemarle-1744_____Lunenburg-1746
Halifax              1752       Goochland-1727________Louisa-1742_________Brunswick-1720
Lunenburg-       1746           Henrico-1634              Hanover-1720           Prince George-1702
Brunswick-      1720                                               New Kent-1654             Charles City-1634
                                                                                                                              (original shire)
Prince George-1702                                                     York-1642
Charles City-  1634                                         Charles River-1634
(original shire)
The land records of IRISH IMMIGRANTS TO VA show a William Dillon owning 250 acres of land in Cumberland County, VA in 1760.

In 1749 Cumberland County was formed from Goochland County.
In 1728 Goochland Formed from Henrico County. In 1634 Henrico Original Shire. Richmond
All records were destroyed by fire June 1820; other records were lost during the Civil War, 1865.
The land records of IRISH IMMIGRANTS TO VA show a John Dillian as owning 40 acres of land in Sussex County, VA in 1796.

In 1754 Sussex was formed from Surry County.
In 1652 Surry Formed from James City County.
In 1634 James City Original Shire. Williamsburg.

Northern Virginia: Dillon and Dillow surname

The families in Northern Virginia were concentrated in counties of Berkeley and Jefferson which were formed from part of Frederick County, VA. Berkeley and Jefferson later became and remained prerent day WV.

OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA: The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompass 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy and Grant counties in West Virginia.
In the 1730's there was a migration of Friends from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the western wilderness. In 1735, Hopewell Quaker Meeting was established in Frederick County, Virginia which served as a parent meeting for many others. Hopewell Meeting continues to the present and its records are great historical value, despite the destruction of some during the Civil War.
1710
Some families who married into the early VA Dillon-Dillow families have a "legend" that they have passed down through their families for generations that they believe Luke Dillian emigrated from Ireland in 1710. Luke Dillon married Susanna Garrett about 1710. One family legend is that they first went to Nantucket; and then to Bucks County, PA in 1714.2 Another family legend simply has them as coming first to Bucks County, PA about 1710.3

Their two sons, Daniel and William were in a wave of Quakers who emigrated from Bucks County, PA to Frederick County, VA about 1740. Daniel and William married and had children in Fredreck County, PA. Berkeley County was formed from Frederick. Jefferson was formed from Berkeley; and finally Jefferson County, VA became WV.

Daniel Dillon stayed in Fetererick County, VA for a while before once again becoming part of a wave of Quakers who emigrated from Frederick County, VA; and later went to NC about 1770. In the 1790 census for Guilford (Rowan) County, NC Daniel and all of his sons except Peter.

Daniel's brother William remained in Frederick (Jefferson) County, VA from his arrival in the 1740s until he died in 1762. Although William married Mary Reese (Rees), a woman from a Quaker family he apparently did not remain in the Quaker faith, if he ever was a Quaker, because there does not appear to be any Quaker records of William and his sons. There are Quaker records of his daughters because they married into Quaker families.

Charity married William Reese. Ann married Richard Haworth. Susanna married George Haworth. Hanna married Edward Wright. Mary married Jacob Pickering. William and Mary's sons, John married Lydia Geist and James married Sarah Monks who apparently were not from Quaker families because the Quaker family records do not contain any information about James, John or Mary as they do for Charity, Ann, and Susanna who married into Quaker families.

Because of the lack of any records that have been found to date to support any other conclusion, I "personally" believe that because William Dillon remained in Frederick County, VA with his family until he died in 1762, that it was his two sons James and John who started the Dillow surname in Frederick County, VA which later became Berkeley County which later became Jefferson County VA--and finally Jefferson County, WV.
Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow , who married Elizabeth Haworth, was a cousin to Ann and Susanna Dillon. Mary Rees, who married James Haworth, was a daughter of Charity Dillon Rees, another sister of Ann and Susanna Dillon. With this generation, begin marriages between Haworth, Dillons and Wrights which continued into generations. George and Susanna Dillon Haworth were remarkable parents of remarkable children. Their stories emerge more clearly than for most of their contemporaries.
After William Dillon AKA William Dillow died 10 NOV 1762, his widow Mary married Joseph Bridges.2 Joseph Bridges died intestate before 20 Feb 1796 in Frederick County, VA. Because Daniel Dillon's son, Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow born in VA about 1754-57, married Elizabeth Haworth in a Quaker meeting in Guilford County, NC in 1773, there are Quaker records of him and the names of birth dates of at least some of his children which were recorded in the Newhope Meeting in Greene County, TN in when he lived there last in 1798.3 There may have been at least one daughter, Polly, born to them after they returned to VA in 1799.

Most Haworth records tell of the migration to what is now Greene County, Tennessee. There were no roads, only game or Indian trails. The Smokies were crossed by pack horse. George Haworth explored the area with his two older sons; Mahlon about twelve years of age and John, ten. They found a location and built a cabin. In a list of North Carolina land grants, George Haworth is recorded as receiving 300 acres in Greene County, on the banks of the Nolachuckee, a tributary of the Holston River.

After the building of the cabin, George Haworth returned to North Carolina to bring the rest of his family, leaving his two sons with provisions to last until his return. However, they were delayed and did not reach the new home until much later than expected. "When at last the parents arrived, the boys ran to meet them with outstretched arms. The mother sprang from her horse, clasped them in her arms and they all wept together for joy."
Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow moved from NC to the area in Greene County, TN that became known as the 14th state of Franklin by 1783. Family legend has Peter still living in Guilford County, NC on 15 MAR 1781 because his two oldest children, Sallie (1774) and Garrett (1776), could hear the guns from the Guilford Battle, which was the turning point in the war, while playing out in the yard that day.3

Besides the Quaker records of Peter's marriage to Elizabeth Haworth and the names and dates of their children's birth, the first known public record of Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow born 1754-57 is listed on the tax collection for Green County, TN in 1783.

4 Thousands of settlers arrived and settled mostly near the Tennessee, Nolichucky and Holston rivers.

But soon the tension between states and their residents was thick - especially in a region of North Carolina now known as Upper East Tennessee. Settlers there hated North Carolina so much they refused to pay taxes.

In 1784 they petitioned the Assembly of North Carolina for the "salutary benefits of government." But North Carolina immediately ceded the entire Over Mountain territory to the Federal Government, "for the frontiersmen were always on the verge of war with the Indians and in case of trouble they would require protection." Congress was given two years in which to accept or reject the grant.

A move to separate from North Carolina gained ground in August 1784 when delegates from around the region gathered in Jonesborough. By the following December, separation was a done deal and a new state named Franklin was born.

At first, the government was functioning and the state was at peace. No one went hungry. Settlers were so happy they voted to remain independent of North Carolina.

However, it didn't last. By March in 1788, the Cherokee, Chickamauga and Chickasaw had gone on the warpath - killing, burning, looting and scalping. The settlers were not even upon the frontiers of North Carolina, they were hundreds of miles in the wilderness beyond the frontiers and open to Indian attack from the east, north, and south. No remote dwelling or home on the frontier was safe. Settlers were abandoning their homesteads.

Apparently one of those settlers who felt forced to abandon his homestead was Peter Dillion AKA Peter Dillow. Quakers did not believe in living on land where ownership was still contested by the Indians. Also, at that time, it is believed that Peter was still practicing the Quaker faith. Most likely, he would have been disowned by the Quaker society if he participated in a war.

Since the rightful ownership of the land he was homesteading was in question and it became dangerous to live with his family on the frontier, perhaps Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow felt that he the safety ane well being of his family was more important than taking a chance to own his own land. Even if his family were not killed by Indians, he still might not be able to keep after he put in all the hard work to clear it for farming because of the conflict of who actually owned the land.

Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow and his family were not only in danger of being killed in Indian attacks, but his land grant from NC had been given away by NC to the Federal Government. The settlers had voted to make the area a state, but the Federal Government refused to recognize it as a state.

Since the settlers in Upper East Tennessee were unhappy with the government of NC, it makes sense for Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow to have taken is family back to where he had been born and grew up, Frederick County, VA which was safer and more civilized. He ahad family there from his Uncle William Dillow's line. Perhaps his wife, Elizabeth Haworth, also had family there as well.

It appears that at that time because of things beyond his control, Peter gave up his dream of owning his own land and took his family back on the "Great Wagon Road"4 to the place of birth and childhood where he had family members in Frederick (Berkeley) Jefferson, County VA/WV.

The second known public record for Peter Dillow is recorded as Peter Dillon is located in Deed Book 8, pp 133-140, Berkeley Court House, Martinsburg, West Virginia was recorded with his name as Dillon. It states that Peter rented 75 acres of land in a tract known as Shannondale on 20 March 1786, from Lord Fairfax.5

The lands that Peter Dillow (1757-1851) leased was adjacent land owned by William Dillow Jr. Both their lands were situated on the east bank of the Shenandoah River, about three miles south of Harper's Ferry.

A third known public record for Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow is found in the tax records for Berkeley County, VA, which was formed from Frederick County, VA in 1787. Taxpayers Index for Berkeley County, VA.


Page # Name               #males 16-21 #males 16-21 #Blacks >16 yrs #Blacks <16 yrs # horses, mares & colts #cattle
p. 1423 Dillo, Peter        self 0 0 0 0 2 2

Jefferson County, VA was created by an act of the General Assembly on January 8, 1801, from parts of Berkeley County. Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, VA.

While many settlers were forced to abandon their land grants such as Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow, other Franklinites set aside their differences with North Carolina and fought side by side with the state's militia. Sevier showed no mercy to the Indians. The last 15 months of Franklin's history are a mystery.

Only fragments of records exist. Franklin disappeared forever when it was ceded to a new federal government in 1788. It became known as the Southwest Territory.

In 1790, North Carolina ceded the state's western lands to the Federal government forming the "Territory of the Unites States, South of the River Ohio" (Southwest Territory). The area included all of that which became the state of Tennessee. President George Washington appointed William Blount as governor. Blount lived with the William Cobb family at Rocky Mount (in Sullivan County near the Washington County line) for a short time before moving to Knoxville.

On July 2, 1791, Blount made the Treaty of the Holston with the Cherokee, who placed themselves under the protection of the United States and agreed to the extension of boundaries for white settlements. These events would give Peter Dillon ALA Peter Dillow reason to make the trip with his family down the "Great Wagon Road" to try to reclaim the land he was forced to abandon during the years of conflict over ownership of the land and the danger of Indian attacks.

The fourth known record is the Captain George Wilson's Company list of taxable for the year of 1791 and 1792 lists Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow with a ? as to if he should be taxed for owning land.

Was Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow actually living in Greene County, TN in 1791 and 1792 or had his original land grand been given back to him? Because of the ? in the land to be taxed area, if Peter was living in TN at the time--he didn't own any land there to be taxed for. The tax for 1792 was listed as "no change."

Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow was not on the VA tax list for for 1788, 1789, 1790 and 1791.. Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow either no taxable property during those years or he did not live in VA during those years.

We do know that Peter Dillow was in VA in 1795 or 1796 because the Quaker records show that Peter Dillow Jr was born about 1796. The TN Census records show Peter Dillow Jr was born in VA about 1796.

Census taken in 1795 indicated a population of 77,262. A vote for statehood was taken and the State of Tennessee was admitted into the Union by the U.S. Legislature on June 1, 1796.

Washington County, located in northeast Tennessee, is about 15 miles south of Virginia and 10 miles north of North Carolina. The Nolichucky River courses through the southern end of the county, and the Watauga River forms the northeast boundary of the county.

As Washington County, NC and the mother county of Tennessee, Washington County gave rise to Sullivan County, 1779; Greene County, 1783. After statehood, Washington County gave rise to Carter County, 1796. Southern portions of Washington and Carter counties formed Unicoi County in 1875. Because of boundary changes, the researcher needs to be mindful of these and other neighboring counties when looking for ancestors.

At this time, I have not found any further records of Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow in either VA or TN after the tax record in Greene County, TN in 1792 until Peter shows up again in Green County, TN in 1797 on the Greene County Tax list. Peter is also on the 1798 tax list which also includes also his oldest son Garrett who was born in 1776. Garrett would have been 22 years of age in 1798.

Having his children growing up in want and need of owing their own land is a good reason for Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow to have returned to Greene County, TN in 1797 after TN had become a state and the conflict over the land with the Indians had come to an end. Peter Dillow had never been able to own any land in VA, but he had hope in TN on the new frontier that was now safe to live with his growing family.

The The 1798 Greene County, Tennessee Tax List for Taxables of Captain John Heneger's Company for the year 1798 has Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow owning 232 acres of Land. The land in the Greene County, TN area which Peter owned was not very good land. It was very mountainous and rocky. A lot of work would have had to been done on it to make it suitable for farming.

This is the last record to known date of Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow in Greene County, TN. There are no tax record for Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow in VA Tax List for VA for 1798, 1799, and 1800.

Newhope Monthly Meeting (formerly Nolichuky): Greene County, Tennessee. Newhope was established 28th of 2nd month, 1795, by direction of New Garden Quarterly Meeting and Westfield Monthly Meeting. Samuel Frazier was recorder and Joseph Thornbrough was one of the overseers. Settlement by friends had begun as early as 1784 and it was first called after the Nolichucky stream on which the settlement was located. Several family names are found there at inception of the meeting such as Haworth. These would most likely be relatives of Peter's wife, Elizabeth Haworth.

A fifth record for Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow and his wife Elizabeth Haworth and birth dates of their children are found at the Newhope Monthly Meeting. The records of Peter's marriage to Elizabeth and the names and birth dates of their children were on record there as late as 1888. There are no records of any of their children there other than their names and birth dates.

Peter and Elizabeth's Quaker records come to an end sometime shortly after 1796 in Newhope Monthly Meeting in Greene County, TN. They apparently stopped attending the Quaker Meetings in Greene County, TN and they did not attend any Quaker meetings after they returned to VA in order to transfer their records there.

The records in Newhope do not show that Peter and Elizabeth were were disowned by the Friends. However, it is possible that their Quaker relatives might have been disowned when they stopped attending the Quaker Meetings. Or, their Quaker family members simply may just have lost track of them because neither Peter or Elizabeth or their children could read or write. Thus, communication with family members who lived great distances would have been impossible for them.

Quaker records can be found at the Hopewell Monthly Meeting (Opeckan): Frederick County, Virginia. This was the earliest Quaker meeting established in this region during the settlement of the Shenandoah Valley. The exact date of its establishment is not known, although a sign outside the meetinghouse indicates 1734. "Hopewell...is situated in Frederick Co...five miles north of Winchester and Harper's Ferry Railroad. It was established about the year 1730 and was for many years attached to Concord Quarterly Meeting in Pennsylvania...The Monthly Meeting was established about 1735." Hinshaw's description of this Meeting in Volume VI, page 357-360, tells much of the early Quaker migration and settlement in this area.

Other than the record of the land leased in 1786 from Lord Fairfax, and the Tax list for 1786 there are no other records to be found for Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow in VA until the 1810 Federal VA Census show the following about Peter Dillow's household:

  • Males
    2 age under 10
    1 of 10 and under 16
    1 of 16 and under 26
    1 of 26 and under 45
    1 of 45 and over
    		•
  • Females
    1 age under 10
    1 of 10 under 16
    3 of 16 under 26
    1 of 45 and over

    Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow is in the VA Census for 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850 VA census. On June 10, 1850, a Peter Dillow (age 93) of Jefferson County made application for a Revolutionary War Pension . Peter's friend John Moore, Sr., of Jefferson Co., Va., declares he has been acquainted with Peter Dillow at least 45 or 50 years, during which time Dillow has resided in Jefferson County. Since the application was dated in 1750, this only places Peter as a resident of Jefferson County, VA since from about 1800.

    Another friend of Peter's, George Eichelburger, stated in Peter's application for the Revolutionary War Pension that he had known Peter for at least 34 years. Thus, he can only date Peter as living in VA since about 1815.

    The government could not find any records of Peter ever being in the military. Neither has any Dillow researchers who have diligently searched the military records. Since the government could not find any records of Peter being in the military, he did not receive a pension.

    Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow born about 1754/57 died in 1851 at the age of either 93 or 96. The 1850 VA Census gave his age as 93. Some family Quaker records have him born in 1752 and others in 1754. We know he died in 1851 because of the record of the sale of his estate.

    A Jefferson County Court order dated 27 DEC 1851 ordered an inventory and appraisal of the personal estate of Peter Dillow, deceased. The inventory and appraisal was delivered to the Court on 17 FEB 1852. The personal property was appraised at $138.30 and 1/2 cents. The property was sold by John Bliscoe, serving as administrator on 10 JAN 1852 realizing $174.45.

    Among the persons buying items were a Lee Dillow, a David Dillow, and a Thomas W Dillow. The records were found in the Jefferson County Court House in WV. The Salt Lake City Archives, Microfilm #464,950 Jefferson County, WV records 1801-1899.5

    The 1850 Jefferson County, VA Census has Peter Dillow listed as number 952 and Lee Dillow listed as number 953. This shows that they were neighbors and possibly related. Lee Dillow was about 30 or 34 years old in 1850. Lee Dillow's parents were Nathan S and Sallie Dillow according to the Jefferson County death records.

    The 1850 Jefferson County, VA Census shows Peter Dillow living with a George Ott, age 50 with no others listed living in the household. A Polly Dillow married a George Ott in Jefferson County, VA on 1 OCT 1818. Found in Jefferson County, WV Court House marriage records 1800-1899.6 Could Polly Dillow be a child born to Peter and Elizabeth after Peter Jr was born in 1796? There are no Quaker records of any children born after Peter Jr in 1796. However, it is apparent that Peter and Elizabeth stopped attending the Friends Meetings in Greene County, TN by 1798 and they did not transfer their records from the Newhope Meeting in Greene County, TN to a VA Meeting. Thus, it is possible that Polly was born after 1798.

    The Quaker records show Peter and Elizabeth as having ten children, five boys and five girls. The 1810 Jefferson County, VA Census also shows them as having ten children, five boys and five girls. However, Sallie was born in 1774. Sallie married John Stanfield in TN. They lived in TN for several years and then moved to Vermilion county, IL in the early 1820's. Therefore, Sally would not have been listed on the 1810 VA Census as living in Peter's household.

    Peter and Elizabeth's youngest son Peter Dillow born about 1795 in VA, who is the main focus of this research, lived in VA with Peter and Elizabeth until after 1820. Peter Dillow Jr disappears from the VA Census and shows up in the TN Census in 1830 along with his older brothers and sisters in Greene County, TN.

    Before 1840, Peter Dillow moved a few miles down the way to Sullivan County, TN to work as a cooper (barrel maker) at Kingsport on the Holston River. Although he had land surveyed in Greene County, TN in 1824, he did not buy it. Instead, he purchased in Sullivan County, TN where he settled down and raised seventeen children by his first and second wives.

    Peter Dillow and a Thomas Dillow also from Jefferson County, VA also moved to Sullivan County, TN at about the same time. The two of them established the Dillow branches in Sullivan County, TN. However, the exact relationship between Peter Dillow and Thomas Dillow are not known for sure. It is thought that they were most likely cousins since they both lived in Jefferson County, TN at the same time, left there about the same time, and showed up in Sullivan County, TN about the same time.

    Peter and Elizabeth's sons Garrett and William moved to Vermillion, OH shortly after 1830. Many other Dillon family members had moved there already. Their son, James, remained in Greene County, TN until after the 1850 TN Census. It is believed that James died in TN. There were no Dillons or Dillows in the Greene County, TN Census after 1850.

    Vermilion Monthly Meeting: Vermilion County, Illinois. At the time Vermilion Monthly Meeting was set off from Honey Creek (Indiana) in 1826, it was the most westerly monthly meeting in America. It was first held 2nd day 9th month 1826 four miles south of Georgetown. The area was settled as early as 1823. This meeting is the link to meetings in the west - certificates were deposited here until Salem Monthly Meeting was established in Iowa. Hopewell Meeting was set off from it in 1873. Haworths, Canadays, and Mills were founders of this meeting.

    1858, February 4; Virginia Free Press, P3c1.
    Notice. Chancery case of John Dillow, Lee Dillow, David Pearl, Julia Ann Pearl, Thomas Viands, Isabella Viands, Thomas W. Dillow, Joseph L. Dillow, Peter Dillow Jr. David Dillow, John James Dillow, William Dulaney, Elizabeth I. Dulaney, Israel Ott, Addison Ott, Joseph W. Dillow, Margaret Ann Dillow, Lewis Nicholls, Elizabeth Nicholls, Thomas Dillow, Sarah H. Dillow

    against
    Robert Lucas Jr. Sheriff of Jefferson County and as such administrator of John Blincoe deceased, William H. Moore executor of John Moore Sr. deceased, Thomas Dillow and Peter Dillow Sr.

    object of suit is to settle administration account of John Blincoe deceased as administrator of Peter Dillow Sr. deceased and to recover distributive shares of the several distributors of said estate.

    1858, October 14; Virginia Free Press, P2c6.
    Notice. Trustee's sale. By virtue of deeds of trust executed by Thomas W. Dillow, David Pearl and wife, Joseph Dillow, Thomas Viands to secure certain debts specified to Philip Coons there will be sold at public auction before the Wager House all interest of said parties in real estate of William Dillow deceased. Signed A. M. Kitzmiller, Joseph A. Brua, Thomas W. Dillow.

    1859, April 7; Virginia Free Press, P3c1.
    Notice. Trustee's sale.
    By virtue of deed of trust given by Thomas W. Dillow, David Pearl and wife, Joseph Dillow, Thomas Viands and wife to A. M. Kitzmiller Joseph A. Brua, Thomas W. Dillow trustees to secure certain debts to Philip Coons there will be sold on 1859, April 30 in front of Wager house all interest of said parties in real estate on south side of Shenandoah River.

    1859, July 21; Virginia Free Press, P2c7. 1859, August 20. Notice. Trustees sale of real and personal property of William Dillow deceased by virtue of deeds of trust given by Thomas W. Dillow, David Pearl, Joseph Dillow, Thomas Viands and wife to A. M. Kitzmiller, Joseph Brua, Thomas W. Dillow Trustees. In front of Wager house. 1860, March 22; Virginia Free Press, p3c1. 1860, April 21. Notice. By virtue of deed of trust given by Thomas W. Dillow, David Pearl and wife, Joseph Dillow, Thomas Viands and wife to Trustees Joseph A. Brua, Thomas W. Dillow and A. M. Kitzmiller real and personal estate of William Dillow deceased will be sold before Wager House at Harpers Ferry. Land on south of Shenandoah River.
    1725
    When Henry Dillon was researching Quaker records for his family history in 1909, he discovered Quaker records for two other Peter Dillons or Peter Dillows.

    The first record is in the New Market meeting records of a Peter Dillon, son of Peter and Susanna Dillon, was born 24 MAR 1725.

    The second record is New Garden meeting 9 MAR 1786 of Peter Dillon or Peter Dillow, son of Peter Dillon of Guilford County (Rowna) and Charity Mills, daughter of Hur Mills, were married on 9 MAR 1786.

    Henry Dillon was positive in 1909 that neither of these were related in any way to the Luke Dillon and Susanna Garrett line.3 I plan to do further research in this area also. If any thing is discovered, it will be posted here.

    I am definitely wondering if this Peter Dillon or Peter Dillow born in 1725 is the son of Pierre Delon who arrived on the ship Augusta in 1734 with a son named Pierre Delon born about 1729. The 1729 could be a christening date rather than a birth date.

    I am also wondering if the Peter Dillon or Peter Dillow born in 1725 that was found by Henry Dillon in 1909 if he might be the father of Abraham, Martha, and Michael Matthew Dillow which researchers have yet to find who their father's were. There is the possibility of records of this Peter Dillon or Peter Dillow born in 1725 being found in the New Market Quaker records.

    Hopewell Monthly Meeting, in Frederick, Virginia, was the parent of Lost Creek. Friends had been resident in Jefferson County, VA since about 1784, when John Mills brought his family into the area now known as Rocky Valley. Lost Creek, the only Quaker congregation in the county, still holds regular services in New Market.

    Hopewell Monthly Meeting (Opeckan): Frederick County, Virginia. This was the earliest Quaker meeting established in this region during the settlement of the Shenandoah Valley. The exact date of its establishment is not known, although a sign outside the meetinghouse indicates 1734. "Hopewell...is situated in Frederick Co...five miles north of Winchester and Harper's Ferry Railroad. It was established about the year 1730 and was for many years attached to Concord Quarterly Meeting in Pennsylvania...The Monthly Meeting was established about 1735." Hinshaw's description of this Meeting in Volume VI, page 357-360, tells much of the early Quaker migration and settlement in this area.

    Falls Monthly Meeting: Bucks County, Pennsylvania. "Friends from Falls, as this southeastern region of Bucks County came to be called, met at first in their various homes for worship...On third month 2, 1683, they organized a monthly meeting of their own. The following year it was divided into two meetings, Falls and Neshaminy." The Moon and Haworth families are first found here in Quaker records in America.

    1742
    Henry Delon: Bertie Deed Book F, Page 385. John Moor, blacksmith, to John Edwards. August 5, 1742. 100 Pounds for 100 Acres on Easternmost part of a plantation formerly belonging to John Edwards Dec’d. which contained 200 Acres "…which was equally divided betwisch the said Edwards Dec’d and the said Moor…" Witnesses are Thomas Whitmell, Joh Hill. November Court 1742. Henry Delon C/C. (Sell the 100 acres which was the easternmost part of a plantation formerly belonging to John Edwards, deceased, which contained 200 acres.) Bertie Precinct, North Carolina.

    1742 Oct Ct John Collins to Jethro Rountree 100£ for 400 acres on NWS Guy Hall Swamp. wit. Robert West, Henry Delon.

    1752
    Lunenburg Co., VA, Will Book No. 1, With Inventories, Accounts, Etc., 1746-1762; p.56 & 57:

    p. 56: Per Court order, we have appraised the estate of Capt. William Howard, deceased. Signed: Thomas Hawkins. Total value: £ 22.7.6. Signed: William Sandefur, John Speed, Hutchins Burton. Recorded January 7, 1752.

    p. 57: Inventory of the estate of William Howard, deceased. Includes a Negro man, Jack, 1 cart and wheels and harness, 7 beds and furniture, 1 silver watch, a parcel of books, money scale. Total value: £ 187.2.9. Per Court order, we, being first sworn before Field Jefferson, Gent., have appraised the estate of William Howard, deceased. Signed July 1, 1751 - William Sandefur, John Speed, Henry Delon. Signed - Thomas Hawkins. Recorded January 7, 1752.

    1760
    Early Marriage Records in that county showed that "William Dellow was married to Elizabeth Copas (Coper?) on April 15, 1790, by Minister Moses Hoges". The printed version, located in a recent compilation, showed the name as Dellon, but examination of the original handwriting proved it to be Dellow. With the exception of this one record, all West Virginia "Delos" spell the Dillow.6
    1786
    On 20 March 1786 William Copas leased 50 acres from George William Fairfax, duration to be, "the natural lives of William Copas, John Copas, his son, and Elizabeth, his daughter." On the same day 20 March 1786 Greenberry Copas also leased 105 acres from George Fairfax, duration to be "the natural lives of him the said Greenberry Copas, Mary Copas his wife and John Copas their son".
    Is this more than a consequence that Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow (1757-1851) also rented 75 acres of land in a tract known as Shannondale on 20 March 1786, from Lord Fairfax on the very same day as William Copas? The same William Copas who had a daughter named Elizabeth who married William Dillow (Dellon) on 15 April 1790?

    1767
    John Dillo was listed on the 5 June 1787 Berkeley County, VA Tax. Also listed on the 5 June Berkely county, VA 1787 Tax List was both William Copas and Greenberry Copas. They were charged with tax, but both were delinquent, Greenberry Copas listed as [to] Carolina, William Copas [to] Georgia.

    1769
    Henry Dellow, AKA Delay, AKA Delong, Hampshire County, VA.
    Henry was a scout with the Hampshire County militia in 1769. He applied for the tract of land due him for his military service. The record did not show whether he received it or not. Another record - presumably of the same man - showed a Henry DeLong of August County, Va. in 1779 - the same place and time period of Michael Matthew Dillow and a few other early relatives.

    Henry DELON:born in France. Henry married Hanna OVERMAN, daughter of Charles OVERMAN & Ann SYMONS. Born in England. Henry died in North Carolina.

    Children of HENRY DELON AND HANNA OVERMAN are:
  • 1. Ann Delon
  • 2. Charles Delon
  • 3. Francis Delon
  • 4. Penninah Delon
  • 5. Mark Anthony Delon (1750-1808)
    • 1770
    From Berkeley County, Virginia to Vermillion County, IN:
    William Dillow born in VA about 1770. William Dillow married Elizabeth Copas on 15 APR 1790 in Berkeley County, VA. 5

    Their children are:6
    1. Joseph S Dillow....VA about 1793-about 1853 IN. He married Mary Collett in 1821 in Ohio, then moved to IN. Maybe their son?
    2. John T Dillow........VA about 1800-??. He married ?? in Newport, Vermillion County, IN on 13 January 1840.
    3. Henry Dillow.........VA about 1802-??.
    4. Daniel Dillow.........VA about 1804-1831. He married ?? in Newport, Vermillion County, IN on 12 September 1826.
    5. William Dillow Jr....VA about 1806-??.
    6. Anna Dillow................................??-??. She married Thomas Matheny in Charles Town, VA on 11 February 1819.
    7. Hester "Hetty" Dillow....about 1810-about 1853. She married William Dillow in Charles Town, Jefferson County, VA on 17 March 1825.
    What relation were Hester Dillon and her husband William Dillow? Cousins??

    William Dillow born in VA about 1770 died in Vermillion County, IN in March 1852.
    **A William Dillow (1828) and wife Edith ? were both born in TN. They appeared in the IN Census in 1850 and were gone in the 1860 Census.

    Vermillion County IN: This is a small portion of Vermillion County, based on a FIRST OWNER map, and adjacent to the Indiana-Illinois state line. When the state line was drawn part of this area became IL.

    1800
    The 1800 tax list of the portions of VA that later became WV lists John Dillow, Joseph Dillow , Peter Dillow, and William Dillow in Berkeley County.

    1810
    The Jefferson County Census (which was part of Berkeley County before 1801) records of 1810 indicated that there were six Dillow households:

    Two John Dillows listed as over 45 years of age, Joseph Dillow listed as over 45 years of age, Peter Dillow listed as over 45 years of age, Thomas Dillow listed as over 16 and under 26 years of age, and William Dillow listed as over 26 and under 45 years of age.

    1812
    The Jefferson County VA. War of 1812 Roster 2nd Battalion, 55th Regiment, 16th Brigade Va. Militia - April 16,1814 - James Conn's Company
    Listed as enlisted men are:

    • Dillow, David is listed as a private. (same David Dillow as above
    • Dillow, James

    • Dillow, Joseph

    • Dillow, Peter

    • Dillow, William, Jr

    • Dillow, William, Sr


    1812
    Loudoun County, VA - War of 1812 Roster
    • Dillow, David..........Private in a detachment of infantry under Lutenant Braxton Davenport, 4th Regiment Located at Peach Orchard Camp Close to Ft. Norfolk, VA between April 20, and August, 1814. His home was 320 miles from this location.
    • Dillow, Peter...........Private with Price Jacob's Company, Infantry, 57th Regiment located at Camp Ellicott from September to November, 1814.
    • Dillow, Thomas.......Private with Captain Young's Co., 56th Regiment near Baltimore from August 24 to September 17, 1814. He Deserted. He was later with 57th Regt., in October, 1814.
    • Dillow, William........Private with Everhart's Co., 57th Regiment under Lutenant. Colonal Mason & Minor. He Served in 1814.

    1758 - 1768 Virginia Colonial Lists Loudoun County

    1790 Virginia Tax List

    1800 Virginia Tax List

    1830 US Census for:

     Delo, Delon, Delone, Dellon, Dellow, Dilan, Dillan, Dillo, Dilloe, Dilon, Dillon, and Dillow were located in only the following states:

    Alabama, DC, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

    Dillon Dillow 1850 Jefferson County, VA Census.

    1820
    From Virginia to Madison County, Ohio:
    John Dillow (1800-1878) and his family moved from VA to Madison County, Ohio about 1825-1827.
    John Dillow was born 1800 in VA. John Dillow married Margaret B ? born in 1803. John and Margaret B Dillow had seven living children. They were:7
    1. Susan Dillow
    2. Margaret P Dillow
    3. Nancy Ann Dillow
    4. Mary Dillow
    5. Hugh Dillow
    6. William Dillow..........b. 11 JAN 1833 in Madison County, OH. m. Rebecca Chanbers b. NJ on 6 JAN 1835. They had eight children.
    7. James Dillow
    All seven of the of John's and Elizabeth's children were living in 1915.

    Note: A John Dillow and an Elizabeth Dillow are buried in the Bradley Cemetery, London, Madison County, Ohio. The dates on the cemetery markers say that John died 8 NOV 1878 ag age 78 years, 10 months, and 28 days; and Margaret died 16 JUL 1879 at age 76 years.However, the History of Madison County, Ohio, published in 1915 states that John died in NOV 1879 at age 72 and Margaret died in JUN 1880 at age 70. Both ages differ by seven years.

    Buried with John and Margaret (Elizabeth) Dillow is a David Dillow "Son of J and E Dillow" David died 18 FEB 1855 at age 22 years, 1 month, and 2 days.

    1825
    From Virginia to Champaign County, Ohio:
    Thomas Dillow born on 17 March 1786 in Berkeley County, VA. Thomas Dillow married Elizabeth Dillow in Jefferson County, VA on 30 May 1810. She was possibly his cousin and was was born 16 December 1790.
    Thomas and Elizabeth had seven children:7
    1. James C Dillow...............13 October 1811-27 November 1890.
    2. Elvila Dillow..........................20 June 1814-??.
    3. Eleline Dillow..................8 December 1816-??.
    4. Joseph Dillow...................15 January 1820-Infant.
    5. Lucretia Dillow.......................25 May 1823-??.
    6. Thomas W Dillow..........6 November 1825-12 September 1895.
    7. John W Dillow.......................3 August 1827-22 February 1896. Possibly married Rowsley Hasley in 1857 in IL.

    Thomas Dillow died on 15 June 1843.
    The Later Day Saints archives shows John W. as born in Jefferson County, VA on 3 AUG 1819. However, it is believed that all of Thomas Dillow (1786-1843)'s children were born in VA except John W Dillow who was born in Ohio.8 This suggests that Thomas Dillow moved to OH after 1825. Also Thomas Dillow is in the 1820 Federal Census of Jefferson County, VA , but is not in the 1830 Federal Census of Jefferson County, VA.

    Note: A granddaughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Dillow, Mary Ann Bidwell Reno, lived with Calvin Dillow, a grandson of John and Margaret Dillow. Were Thomas Dillow and John Dillow related?

    1863
    From Ohio to Illinois
    Thomas Dillow (17 March 1786) Berkely County, VA is the father of James Dillow, who is the father of William Baker Dillow.

    Elizabeth W. (Houser) Baker-Dillow was born on July 21, 1836
    in Fairfield County, OH, the daughter of George W. and Barbara (Miner) Houser.
    She and her 2nd husband, William Baker Dillow were pioneer settlers of Illinois (March 3, 1863, at Piqua, OH, she married widower William Baker Dillow (1837-1928).

    He was the son of James and Sally (Baker) Dillow, and was born on March 24 or 25, 1837 in Lafayette, Madison County, OH.

    He brought 3 children to the marriage -- Charles Addison Dillow, James Madison Dillow and Sarah 'Etta' Shinneman. It is not known if he was a cousin of Elizabeth's 1st husband.

    Elizabeth and William went on to have 7 children of their own -- Emma M.Dillow, Susie Clara West, William Watson Dillow, David 'Alfred' Dillow, Minnie Elizabeth Emenhiser, Carrie 'Livona' Bothwell and Sylvia Delamere.

    1824
    From Frederick/Berkeley/Jefferson County, VA to Green County, TN to Sullivan County, TN:
    Peter Dillow was born about 1795 in Berkeley County, VA. Berkeley County. VA became Jefferson County, VA after 1801. It is now West Virginia. The Index to the 1820 Federal Census for Sullivan County, TN does not show any Dillows or apparent variations in the spelling of the name. Federal Census of VA, but they do not show up on the 1830 Federal Census of VA.

    Peter Dillow (1795-about 1870) and his brother Garrett, along with their Uncle William's daughter, Charity, and her husband William Reese (Rees) are in the "Friends" Church records as being early settlers of Green County, TN. Peter and Garrett are the sons of Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow, the son of Daniel Dillin, who is the son of Lude Dillian and Susanna Garrett who emigrated from Ireland in 1710.

    Peter Dillin AKA Peter Dillon AKA Peter Dillow shows up in Green County, TN in 1824 when he had a piece of land surveyed there. Peter did not purchase that land. Instead, Peter Dillow Peter Dillow purchased 130 acres of land from the State of Tennessee, at a price of twelve and a half cents per acre, on 27 August 1825. The land was in Sullivan County on the south side of the Holston River and bordered lands of William Boyd, James Jones, and Nathan Backman.

    In 1834, William Copas' son William Copas sold 53 acres to Jacob Hite. The land described as "part of a larger tract of 130 acres granted to Peter Dillon (Dillow) in 1824." Peter Dillon (Dillow) was witness to the deed. Land surveyed on 4 June 1824.

    1850 TN Census Index, Page 2177
    Division |1850 | | | |897 |93 | | Dillon, Peter |TN |Sullivan County |1
    Information, please! Data Introduction
    Tennessee Cousins, Page 70
    REESE, GARRETT DILLON & PETER DILLON, WILLIAM and ABRAHAM SMITH
    Information, please! Data Introduction
    The records indicate that there was strong relationship between the Copas' and the Dillow's and that at least some of both their family members migrated from VA to Sullivan County, TN in the early 1820's.

    Also, Thomas Dillow, a possible relative of Peter Dillow disappeared from the Jefferson County, VA Census the same time as Peter, and showed up in Sullivan County, TN about the same time. (**Two Thomas Dillow's- One to OH and one to TN from same VA census? Further investigation required.)

    Tennessee State Library and Archives

    Historical and Genealogical Information

    ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1796 - 1830 :
    Dillard Joel 1820 25 34.2 Bought part of a land grant
    Dillard Martha 1823 28 100.1 Mentioned
    Dillard Martin 1819 23 70.1 Washington County - mentioned in road description
    Dilliard Widow 1823 28 127.1 Greasy Cove
    Dillingham John 1806 13 27.2 Jackson County commissioner
    Dillon Jacob 1825 30 309.1 Overton County - commissioner
    Dillon Thomas 1809 16 92 Land grant
    Dillon Thomas 1811 17 40 Land warrant questionable
    Dillon Thomas 1817 21 161 Concerning a land grant
     
    ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1831 - 1850 :
     
    Dillen Wm. Sr. 1832 37 Private 86.5 Smith Co. - Trustee of Oakland Male Academy
    Dillion James 1837 43 249.3 White Co. - McMinnville and Sparta Turnpike Company
     
     
    TENNESSEE DEATH INDEX 1908 - 1912
    Dillow Elbert        Sullivan       1910  87647
    Dillow Henry A.  Washington  1911  92877
    http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/d-d04.htm

    Southern Pennsylvania: Dillon and Dillow surname

    The Dillon and Dillow families in Southern Pennsyvania were concentrated in the counties such as Adams, York, and Lancaster.9&9

    1681
    William Penn was granted Pennsylvania "Penn's Woods". The first to live in this part of the New World were fur traders. The first person to receive a Penn deed for land that is now Lancaster County was John Kennerly in 1691.

    1710
    The first permanent settlement was made in Lancaster County by a group of Mennonites fleeing from persecution to find religious freedom. They settled east of what is now Willow Street near the Conestoga Indian Town. The bishop who led this group was Hans Herr. His home, built in 1719, is the oldest building in the county. Some years later, the Amish, a more conservative group of Mennonites came into the county.

    1729
    The provincial government set up the County of Lancaster, which was fourth in the state. The three original counties set up by Penn were Philadelphia, Bucks, and Chester. At this time, land was taken away from Chester County to form Lancaster County, which was given its name by John Wright, a leading citizen, in honor of his home country of England.

    1730
    Pennsylvania was largely confined at the southeastern corner. Indian purchases in 1736, 1749, 1754, 1768 opened all of the state for settlement except the northwest corner, East of the Mountains.

    1736
    New land was opened up by Pennsylvania to the west across the Susquehanna River. Some of this land was also claimed by Maryland, as part of Baltimore County. Maryland claimed up to 40 degree north latitude. This placed part of the present York County, PA in Baltimore County, MD.

    A number of men petitioned Maryland for land in the area of Pennsylvania near Wrightsville, Lancaster County, now York County. The Governor of Maryland agreed to grant land. These grants were challenged by Pennsylvania authorities. The sheriff of Lancaster County was sent to disperse the so-called Marylanders. A scuffle late in November 1736.

    Following the Indian Purchases beginning in 1736, Lancaster became America's largest inland town and held the distinction for several years. It drew large numbers of German immigrants seeking freedom. Many settlers arrived in Philadelphia and traveled sixty miles inland to Lancaster County. This marked the start of Lancaster's growth. In 1738 Cordorus, became what is now York County in 1740. 10

    1736
    Pierre Delon arrived with a wife and four children on the ship Princess Augusta in Philadelphia on 16 September 1736. The ship's journey originated in the Rhine River Valey of Germany and making its last stop at Cowes in England. A later typed ship's list gave his name as Petter Delo.11

    The ship's records say Peter Delon (Delo) brought with him a wife and four children under sixteen years of age. Two of his children are believed to be:

    1. Michel Delon born in France in 1726. Michel Delon would have been ten years old when his family arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Princess Augusta in 1736.
    2. Pierre Delon born in France in 1729. Pierre Delon would have been seven years old when his family arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Princess Augusta in 1736.
    Many names of the early French settler's names became Germanized; For example: DILLON (British). "Dillo (='destroy')" (Germanic).as a result most of the descendants are unaware of their Huguenot ancestry.

    The Records of Pierre Delon AKA Peter Dillo, Dilloe in Southeast Pennsylvania are:9


  • Peter Delon.......................1736 Arrived in Philadelphia via Rotterdam.
  • Pierre Delon......................1736 100 acres of land surveyed, Lancaster County, PA
  • Pierre Dillo(e)....................1736 100 acres of land surveyed, Lancaster County, PA
    • Lancaster County was established on May 10, 1729, it became the prototype for the sixty-three counties to follow.

    As settlements grew north and west of the organized part of Lancaster County, the local court approved new townships in what are today York, Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and Berks counties. Beginning in 1749 with the creation of York County, Lancaster was carved up to provide land for new counties. Cumberland County was formed in 1750, ending Lancaster County's farflung western territory; Berks' creation in 1752 further reduced Lancaster County and in 1772 the formation of Northumberland County took away the northern tip. With the establishment of Dauphin County in 1785, Lancaster County was cut down to its present size (945 square miles) except for a tiny sliver of land given up when Lebanon County was formed in 1813. Thus, in the early days when counties in PA were constantly reorganizing, people appear to move from county to county, when they and their land had not moved an inch.12

    1740-1745
    Peter Dillo.............Berwick Twp., 1762 land purchased.
    Michael Delow......Berwick Twp., 1762 land surveyed.9* but never purchased this land.
    Berwick township was located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1729 until 1749, and in York County from 1749 through 1800. Today, part of the land is found in Adams County and part in York County.

    John Dillow..........Cumberland Co.,1768-1783 land and taxes.
    Michael Dillow.....Cumberland Co.,1770 owns land.9
    Cumberland formed from Lancaster County in 1750.

    Michael Dillow Franklin Twp., York Co., 1768 land surveyed.* land never purchased.

    Franklin Township was organized 25 Feb 1828 from territory taken from Meigs Township, and at the time of its organization included what is now Bratton Township. It takes its name from America's wisest patriot, Benjamin Franklin. That portion of York County, which is now Franklin Township, was probably first settled about 1760. Franklin Township was formed in 1809 from a part of Monaghan Township.

    Early pioneer families in Franklin Township had to contend with both Indian raids and the menace of wild animals that lived in the nearby South Mountains. As late as 1780, it was reported that the Indians drove several men who lived along the mountains from their land.

    Michael Delow...Menallen Twp. Adams Co. which was surveyed in 1769.
    ..........................Menallen Twp., Adams Co., which was surveyed in 1770 and located in Buchannen Valley AKA Pleasant Valley which was settled by the Erwin/Irwin Clan.
    ..........................Menallen Twp., 1772 payes taxes
    ..........................Paid taxes in Menallen Twp., Adams Co., in 1772.
    Menallen Township, York, now Adams County, PA as early as 1748.9

    1749
    Henry Dellow, AKA Henry Delay, AKA Henry Delong, from Hampshire County, VA was a scout with the Hampshire County militia in 1769. He applied for the tract of land due him for his military service.

    1749
    Thirteen years after Pierre Delon AKA Peter Dillo arrived in 1736, Nicloas Delon arrived on 15 September 1749, Nicolas Delon arrived on the ship Phoenix. The voyage was similar to that of Pierre Delon. The birth and christening records of Pierre Delon's children suggest that Pierre Delon and Nicolas Delon were relatives.

    • Michael Dillow/Dellow , son of Nicolas is born 176?.
    • Nicholas Dillow (Delon) Cordorus Twp., York Co. 1766 buys land.
      • In 1738 Cordorus, became what is now York County in 1740
    • Nicholas Dillow (Delon) Paradise Twp., 1769 buys land.
    Paradise Township, Lancaster Co.
    Paradise township part of the new county of York which was formed out of Lancaster in 1749.

    Nicholas Delon (1716-1800) & wife Hannah (17??-?) Paradise Twp., York, Co. family: Michael (176?-1847), & 5 daughters9

    1760
    Michael Dillow/Dellow (176? - 1847) family: wife Mary children:
    John, Peter, Jacob, Frederick, Michael, Jr., Elizabeth, Nancy, Mary

    Michael Delow AKA Michael Dello AKA Michael Dellum, was a Sart (sergeant) under Captain Peter Zollinger in the 3rd Company, 5th Batallion, York County Militia, 1780-1782. Made Ensign in 1783. Elected Lutenant of 8th Company, Rifle Regiment, 7th Batallion in 1794.9

    1752
    Nicholas Delo is born in York Bar., 1752. This Nicolas is not the son of Nicolas Delon who arrived in 1749. Father?

    Nicholas Nicholas Dillow AKA Nicholas Delon AKA Nicholas Dello AKA NicholasDellow, was a Private in Militia in 1777 to 1778 8under Captain Peter Zollinger, 7th Batallion, York County. He was relieved for overage in 1778.

    Nicholas Delo & wife Catherine (Wolf) (1752-1825) York Bor., 1775 Baptisms, First Reformed Church, of John (1773), Henry (1774), Catherine (1775)
    1809..........Henry Wolff Father of Nicholas' wife Catherine Dello: died that year
    1810..........Catherine Dillo Census: Resided alone in York Borough, York Co. Born prior to 1765.
    1825..........Catherine Dello Died on April 17, 1825, in York Bor., York Co., age 74.
    Catherine Wolf Dillo - Dello was the daughter of Henry Wolff and late wife of Nicholas Dillo. Was born December 5, 1752. Buried in Louck's Cem., York Co.
    Last Will & Testament:
    executed May 7, 1825
    Heirs:
    Henry..........to receive house and lot - proceeds of their sale. in order to find Henry, notices were placed in Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky

    Henry Dillo born 17??-1825: Married Cassie (Catherine) Zeigler. (A Zeigler family resided in Conowago, close by Nicholas and Catherine - ed.)

    Henry's Children: *William, Catherine, Sarah 9

    1811
    From PA to KY to GA to NC
    1811..........Henry Dillo: Sold land in Manor Twp., Lane. Co. Land originally belonged to (his father) Nicholas Dello. Henry is a resident of Shelby Co., Kentucky. Occupation, Tanner

    1812..........Henry Dillo Private: US 8th Army Enlisted June 12, 1812 in Georgia for 5 years Discharged on Aug. 21, 1815 for old age; at Ft. Hawkins. Was born Lancaster district, Penn. Was farmer at age 44; Tanner at age 48 Dark hair, dark eyes, dark complexion. (Note: ages don't match, but information in records does - ed.)

    Henry Dillo AKA Dille, Dillow, AKA Delo, AKA Dillow from of Lancaster Distric, PA was the he first son of Nicholas and Catherine Delon of York County, PA. He Enlisted June 12, 1812 in Georgia and was a Private with US 8th Infantry for five years. He was discharged August 21, 1815 at Ft. Hawkins. He had a dark complexion, hair and eyes.

    1825..........Henry Dillo "of Stateville, North Carolina, formerly of Lancaster, Pa., died in 1825 at age of about 50".

    1832..........*William Dillo "hereby appoints Joseph Harrington, Shelby Co., Kentucky, as his attorney for him to collect anything due to him in the way of money or property or estate of Catherine Dillo of Pennsylvania. William Dillo resides in Shelby Co., KY. William Dillo is an heir to the estate and the power of attorney also represents the interests of Henry Dillo." (October 16, 1832)9
    1725/1745/1772
    From Pennsylvania to North Carolina:
    Michael Hartman Dillow (Dillo) was born in Palatine Providence, Germany about 1730. 13 Michael Hartman Dillow gave his oath of allegiance to the King of England in Philadelphia, which was required of all male immigrants 16 years old and older, on 22 March 1761. He gave Northampton County as his residence. 13 (I was given this invormation by another researcher. At this time, I have not been able to verify the accuracy of this information provided by Tommy Roger Dillow. Hopefully, I will be able to do it soon.)

    This follows the fact that Pierre Delon 1696 brought with him a son to PA named Michael who was born in 1726.

    Because of any information that I have been able to find to the contrary, I, personally, believe that Michael Delon, son of Pierre Delon AKA Peter Dillo who arrived on the ship "Princess Augusta" in 1736 is the same Michel who left records in PA up until the early 1700's, and then disappeared from the PA records.

    Michael Hartman Dillow surfaces in Rowan County, NC in 1772 with a wife he married in PA, and one son, Michael, Jr who was born in PA about 1755. You will have to make up your own mind! Michel Delon who came to PA in 1736 when he was 10 years old with the family of Pierre Delon ake Peter Dillo on the "Princess Augusta", which originated in the Rhine River Valley of Germany and passengers boarded as far down the Rhine as Rotterdam, port of embarkation. The only other stop was at Cowes, England. You will have to make up your own mind.

    Michael Hartman Dillow married Anna Margareth Holshouser b. about 1754 in PA d. about 1812.
    Michael Hartman Dillow and Anna Margareth Holshouser had seven children:13

    • 1. Michael Dillow Sr.....................PA about 1755-1801 Rowan County, NC. He was a Private with J. Krider's Co., under Col. Jesse Pearson, 7th Regt. From March through July, 1814 at Ft. Jackson & Ft. Hawkins. Michael's home was Rowan County. He received $50.32 for six months service and travel pay home.

    • 2. Jacob Dillow Sr........................NC about 1757. Descendants

    • 3. Margaret Dillow.......................NC about-about 1845 in Union County, IL. Married Jacob Lyerly.

    • 4. Mary Dillow.............................NC about 1770-about 1827. Married John Adam Powlas on 4 JUN 1785

    • 5. Barbara Dillow.........................NC about 1773-?.

    • 6. Peter Dillow.............................NC 1773-1855 in Union County, IL. Married Susannah ? about 1796.

    • 7. Hanna Dillow ..........................??
    Michael Hartman Dillow left no other records in PA. However, he appeared in the state of North Carolina in 1772 where the records show he purchased almost 300 acres of land in Rowan County, near the Yadkin River. Research by Mrs. Connie Dillow and others indicate most of the Dillows of North Carolina migrated to Southern IL around 1818. Michael Hartman Dillow died on 9 November 1797 at his residence in Salisburg, Rowan County, NC. Michael Hartman Dillow's will of 1797 named his sons: Michael Dillow, Peter Dillow, and Jacob Dillow.

    Several Dillow head of households are listed in the THE 1820 CENSUS INDEX,of Union County, IL.
    Several Dillow head of households are listed in the THE 1830 CENSUS INDEX,of Union County, IL.
    Several Dillow head of households are listed in the 1880 CENSUS OF MISENHIMER PRECINCT, Union County, IL.

    Michael Dillow: A Private with J. Krider's Co., under Col. Jesse Pearson, 7th Regt. From March through July, 1814 at Ft. Jackson & Ft. Hawkins. Michael's home is Rowan Co. (He is the son of Michael Hartman Dillow). Total pay - $50.32 for six months service and travel pay home.

    1750/1755
    From Pennsylvania to Virginia
    A Brief History of Washington County, Virginia
    Pre-1777
    The Great Valley of Virginia was a 'superhighway' for various tribes of original inhabitants of what is now known as the United States of America. Relics, such as arrowheads and tomahawk stones that attest to the presence of American Indians and continue to be found in local plowed fields. Scotch-Irish and German Settlers who traveled from Pennsylvania down what was called the Great Indian Trail encounter those people and the buffalo, which grazed along the way.

    Washington County was named for General George Washington before he was elected President. A history of Washington County, Virginia might include all the territory originally encompassed in Augusta County, formed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1738; Botetourt County in 1770; Fincastle County in 1772; and Washington County established on December 7, 1776. Each of the subsequent counties split from the Washington County of 1776: Russell County in 1786, Lee County in 1793, Tazewell County in 1800, Scott County in 1814, Smyth County in 1832, Wise County in 1836, Buchanan County in 1858, Dickenson County in 1880. Each has a history of its own.

    The American Revolution: In the fall of 1780, four hundred men from Washington County were mustered to travel under the command of Colonel William Campbell to overcome the British troops under the command of Patrick Ferguson. North Carolina and Tennessee militia from various counties joined with the Virginians to pursue the British and engage them at King's Mountain, South Carolina. The "Overmountain Men" were ordered to yell like Indians during this attack. The confusion that resulted from the yelling and exceptional marksmanship as well as other tactics helped cause the death of Ferguson and the defeat of his troops October 7, 1780.

    Michael Matthew Dillow was born about 1755. He received a land certificate from VA. The land was located on Raccone Creak near Frankfort Springs which is about 30 miles West of Pittsburgh and about five miles or so from the Ohio state line. Michael Matthew Dillw built a fort called Fort Dillow in 1780. Fort Dillow was located in Beaver County, PA.
    Virginia also claimed southwestern Pennsylvania and on December 6, 1774 organized it as the District of West August, administered by Augusta County. Two years later on November 8, 1776 the district was divided into Monongalia, Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia - named for the three main rivers. A line running through Washington, Pennsylvania from northwest (at the Ohio) to southeast (at the Maryland line) set the southern boundary of Yohogania County. The county disappeared after the Pennsylvania - Virginia line was established. A line south from Washington set the boundaries for Ohio County (Wheeling) on the west and Monongalia County (Morgantown) on the east. Life was difficult from 1776 to 1782 because of the threat of Indian attacks.
    Michael Dillow married Mary Keiffer. They had sons named:
    1. John Joseph Dillow..................about 1770.
    2. George M Dillow...............................1773 – 1848. First wife Eva Catherine Kuhns. Second wife Eve Hummel Laughnor.
    Indians killed Michael Dillow in the Spring of 1782. His son, John Joseph Dillow, was with him working in the fields that day; and the Indians took him captive. John was about 12 or 13 years old at the time. He lived with the Indians for several years before he made his daring escape about 1785 when he was about 16 years of age.

    When John Joseph returned there he found that neither land nor family remained. Some say that his mother, Mary Keiffer Dillow took her only other son George M Dillow (and other children) to join her relatives east of Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County.

    Land records show Michael Dillow as selling Fort Dillow to Joseph McKennon on 1 FEB 1780. Michael Dillow signed the deed to the land with an X. Joseph McKennon sold the land to John Lee Webster on the very same day he was suppose to have bought it from Michael Dillow. When the deed was recorded four years later, on 11 May 1786, Thomas Armer, swore that he saw Michael Dillow make his mark on the deed on 1 FEB 1780.

    One county history relates that John upon his return, built a small cabin near the Fort after he escaped and lived in the area a few years before moving on where? Some say he returned to live with the Indians that had taken him captive.

    George M Delo (1773-1848) moved to Venanto County, now clarion county from Westmoreland County, PA. George M Delo is the father of David Delo (1817-1902). David Delo is the father of Frank S Delo (1865-1948) b. Elkart, IN. Frank S Delo is the father of David Marion Delo (1905-??) b. Mt Morris, IL. David Marion Delo is the father of David Michael Delo b. 24 JUN 19?? who is the author of Early American Delo Families.

    1755
    ABRAHAM DILLOW born about 1755, married MARY born about 1755? They had a child named ELIZABETH DILLOW (born circa 1776.)

    1757
    MARGARET DILLOW (27 APR or SEP 1757-27 MAR 1830) married Joseph R McKinnon (1734-22 JUN 1809)
      Children:
    1. Mary McKinnon.................................1774-APR 1845.
    2. Daniel McKinnon................24 MAR 1776-24 SEP 1854.
    3. Nancy McKinnon...................20 FEB 1778-15 JAN 1880.
    4. Michael McKinnon...............01 AUG 1781-27 APR 1874.
    5. Ruth McKinnon.........................1783-04 May 1851.
    6. Margaret McKinnon.................1787-??.
    7. John McKinnon........................30 OCT 1792 in Washington Co., PA-died on 08 AUG 1828 in Wayne Co., Indiana.
    8. Theopolis Addison McKinnon........JAN 1794 in Washington Co., PA- died on 24 Oct 1827 in East Liverpool, Columbiana, OH.
    9. George Dillow McKinnon.........14 OCT 1795-11 OCT 1880.
    10. Joseph R McKinnon Jr.......... 10 MAR 1796-24 OCT 1880.
    1762
    Irish Passenger Lists 1762 (no ship name)arriving from Ireland in Boston, Mass.
    John Dillon
    Faye Moran

    1762
    Delon, John enlisted in the 1st Batallion in Northampton County, Pennsylvania on August 27, 1782. John would have had to have been at least 16 years old to have been able to enlist. Therefore, John would have had to have been born at least by 1766.

    1765
    Delo, Frederick was present on muster roll of 1785 with the 8th Company, 5th Batallion, Philadelphia militia under Ltenant. Thomas Casdorp & Captain George Sheiveley. Frederick would have to have been at least 16 years old in 1785, and therefore would have to have been born at least by 1769.

    1766
    From PA to IL
    Susannah DILLOW BIRTH: Abt 1766, Codorus Townhip,York, Pennsylvania; married John KILDOW Abt 1793
    DEATH: 30 SEP 1851, Marshall,Clark, Illinois

    1768
    ABRAM DILLOW (1768-1852) married Elizabeth Steele, daughter of Robert Steele and Mary Keeling: 11 Children of Abraham Dillow born 1796-1827:
    1. Robert Dillow.....................1796-187? b. Wythe County VA;-d. about 1873/1879 Greenup County, KY.
    2. James Dillow......................1798-187? b. Wythe County, VA; d. about 1870/1879 Tazewell County, VA.
    3. Female Dillow....................1800-??. Either died or married before the 1830 census.
    4. Thomas Dillow*.................1808-1891 b. Wythe County, VA; d. TN 1891. Thomas disappeared 1820 VA census; shows up in TN 1830.
    5. Mary Dillow.......................1812-1860 b. in Wythe County, VA; d. Aft. 1860 in Dekalb County, MO.
    6. Addison Dillow...................1814-1880 b. n Wythe County, VA; died Aft. 1880 in Bland County, VA.
    7. Elizabeth Dillow..................1816-1880 b. Wythe County, VA; d. Aft. 1880 Bland County, VA.
    8. Margaret Dillow.................1819-1880 Wythe County, VA; d. Aft. 1880 Bland County, VA.*
    9. William Dillow...March 11, 1822-1880 b.Wythe County, VA; d.Aft. 1880 Bland County, VA.*
    10. Granville Dillow..................1825-1860 b.Wythe County, VA; d.Bet. 1859/1860 Wythe County, VA.
    11. Catherine Dillow.................1827-185? b.Wythe County, VA; d.Bet. 1854/1860.
    1775

    From perhaps Ireland or England to Somerset County, New Jersey, to Greene County, Pennsylvania to Coshocton County

    Peter Dillin AKA Peter Dillon was enlisted in the Continental Army in late October or early November 1775.

    Peter Dillon in the Greene County, PA 1800 Census.

    Thomas Dillon came to America from Ireland before the War of the Revolution. He settled on a farm in Green County, PA., where he followed his trade of a weaver. He taught his children to farm and at maturity most them adopted farming as a business. The sons were Thomas, Abraham, William, Isaac, Israel and John.

    1812
    Pennsylvania - War of 1812 Rooster
    • Dello, Charles..........Private with the 16th US Artillery under Captain Davenport & Col. Cromwell Pierce. He was born in either Switzerland or France in 1784. He enlisted in Philadelphia, PA on January 13, 1813 for 5 years. He deserted in December, 1814 and was given 6 months hard labor.


    • Dillow, Daniel..........Private with Samuel Wilson's Company, 1st Brigade, 2ad Division. He enlisted at Reading, Berks County, PA. He served at least through November, 1814. In 1868, he applied for and received Pension.


    • Delo, George M..........Private and Sergeant with Dale's 32nd Regt. He was a Capain in Henry Neliegh's Company. He served duty at Lake Erie on two occasions and was Paid $10 a month.
    1820
    In Cleveland, OH in 1820, we found Andrew Dillow with wife and family. Andrew was born in Pennsylvania in 1782. By 1850, Andrew's family was neighbored by George M. (1814 - ), Peter (1820 - ) and James (1821 - ). These were his sons. Andrew must have moved to Ohio in 1820 because only James was born in Ohio.

    1840
    Surname  Given Name       County       Township   Page
    Dileo           Daniel               Venango        Beaver     70
    Dillman       John F                Armstrong    Clarion     83
    Dillo           George Jr            Venango       Beaver     64
    Dillo           John     ;               Venango       Richland   58
    Dillo           Joseph                Venango      Beaver      70
    Dills           George                Venango      Beaver      69

    Although Clarion County, PA formed in 1839, the 1840 U. S. Census did not include it. Rather, households were enumerated in the parent counties' (Armstrong and Venango) townships. Researchers must check the original documents instead of relying on data in a transcription. Also, the original records contain demographic data of the household's residents that is not included here

    At this time, there is only one record for one Peter Dillow that has been found on any ship passenger list. This Peter Dillow arrived in New York sometime between 1851 and 1891. I have not looked up the information about this one as I don't consider this Peter Dillow as one of the early Dillons and Dillows of which my research is interested. I am posting it because others might be interested.

    Name Arrival Date Age Gender Port of Departure Destination Place of Origin Ship Name
    Peter Dillow

    1800
    Joel P. Dillon , son of Theopholis Dillon , and grandson of Richard Dillon, a native of Ireland, and one of the colonial partriots of the revolutionary war, emigrated from South Carolina and settled at Dillontown about 1800. Joel P Dillon married Hetti Lewis in 1846. Their children were: John T. Dillon, Hackley, La.; Newell C. Dillon, Dick P. O., Franklin county, Miss.; Joel P. Dillon, Holmesville, Miss.; Sarah James, wife of Zach Wilkinson, Gloster, Miss. Mrs. Dillon has 43 grand children, 78 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren, all living, making 124 living descendants at this writing in Magnolia Gazette, Magnolia, Miss., May 18, 1910.

    1830 US Census for:

     Delo, Delon, Delone, Dellon, Dellow, Dilan, Dillan, Dillo, Dilloe, Dilon, Dillon, and Dillow were located in only the following states:

    Alabama, DC, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

    1834
    Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895 Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895
    Justice's Court, Albany, New York  Index to Book 2 & 3
     
    Surname      First Name      Page      Date                  Remarks
    Dillan          James              441        May 5, 1834

    1849, 1850, and 1851
    Peter Dillon's who arrived from England 1849, 1850, and 1851. Other immigrants from England can also be found at this site.

    1857
    Declarations of Intent, Dubuque Co, Iowa
    Persons That Emigrated from Ireland
    Book 2 1856-1872
    Page #   Surname      First Name  Age at       Arrival in U.S.     Date of Declaration
     131        Dillan          Thomas        28              06 Jan 1851       18 Jul 1857

    1883
    Name of Vessel, Circassia, Port of Embarkation, Glasgow and Moville, Date of Arrival , May 8, 1883
    Number 541B George Boothby Master of the Vessel
    Port of Arrival was New York (Castle Garden) Source: microfilm publication M237 Roll 464.

    Dillan, R., age 22 laborer from Germany

    Dillons are in manuscripts, periodicals or information of some kind at the National Library of Ireland.
    1. Dillon of Ardnegragh,                                "Lodge's Peerage", Vol IV p 175
    2. Dillon of Balgeeth,                                    "Lodge's Peerage" , Vol IV p 143
    3. Dillon of Drumraney,                                 "Lodge's Peerage", Vol 171
    4. Dillon of Hunstown, Co Dublin,                 "Lodge's Peerage", Vol IV p 144
    5. Dillon of Kentstown, Co Meath,                "Lodge's Peerage" , Vol IV p 157
    6. Dillon of Lismullin, Co Meath,                  "Lodge's Peerage", Vol IV p 147
    7. Dillon of Newtown Co Meath,                   "Lodge's Peerage", Vol IV p 154
    8. Dillon of Portlick,                                        "Lodge's Peerage", Vol IV p 194
    9. Dillon (Knight) of Proudstown,