Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Lillard was born in 1767, in Fairfax, Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Lillard Sr, was 42 and his mother, Anne Moore, was 25. He married Lucy Brown on 3 March 1799, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Culpeper, Virginia, United States in 1830. He died in 1839, in Lewis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Benj Lillard, "United States Census, 1830"
- Benjamin Lillard, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Benjamin Lillard in entry for Lucy Brown, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Benjamin Lillard - Will
I Benjamin Lillard of the county of Lewis and State of Missouri, having the shortening of life and the certainty of death and in sound mind and memory have made this my last will 2nd my will and desi …
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