When James Willis Dillard was born on 15 August 1812, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Willis Dillard, was 50 and his mother, Sarah Brownlow, was 47. He married Martha Jane Dillard in September 1834, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 6 January 1875, in Esperanza, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Etta, Union, Mississippi, United States.
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English (Worcestershire and Staffordshire): possibly a variant of Dollard , either by euphemism or by the fronting of a back vowel between two alveolar consonants, for which there are many parallels. Compare Dilliard and Dilyard .
History: This surname was in VA by 1698.
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