Located at the Daughters of the American Revolution's library in Washington, D.C., as part of a membership application, the following is the submitted transcription of Daniel Dillon's Will.
DDJ - Jan. 1966
Daniel Dillon b. 1713 Kilkenny, Ireland;
ca 1724 to Nantucket, Mass. - Penn.
- Fred. Co., Va. - Guilford Co., N.C.,
son of Luke & Susannah Garret Dillon
Will of Daniel Dillon, Guilford County, North Carolina
Recorded in Guilford Co., N.C. Cthse, Greensboro, N.C. Wills
File #0105, page 105 (or 115?)
Photocopy made from recorded Will, April 28, 1965, Office of Register of Deeds
Daniel Dillon
File #0105
This Twentieth day of the Eighth month in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and five I Daniel Dillon of New Garden in the County of Guilford and State of North Carolina being Sick and weak of body but of Sound and perfect mind and memory, Considering the mortality of my body and the uncertainty of our lives: do make and ordain this my last will and Testament as follows (Viz)
Item 1 ordain and desire that first of all my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid and fully satisfied by my Executors out of my movable Estate
Item I do give and devise and bequeath unto my youngest Son Isaac Dillon all the balance of the old Survey on the South Side of Reedy fork and Jesses line including the old meadow that is not conveyed to others & to him self his heirs and assigns forever
Item I do devise and ordain that my Executors when they think proper sell one tract of Land lying on the South Side of the Ridge on head of the branches above where Robert Blakley formerly lived which by deed may fully apear it being on the north side of Beaver Creek
Item I do give bequeath and devise unto my youngest Son Isaac aforementioned his heirs and assigns forever a piece or parcel of Land lying on the south side of Beaver Creek it being the south west corner of the old survey: beginning at Stuarts Corner in the greate Road runing thence southwardalong said Road to a Rock from thence to the old corner by the pond thence East along the old line to Stuarts corner on the Ridge thence with his line to the beginning of said Road
Item I do devise and appoint that my Executors shall when they think proper sell the old Mill seat with all the Land lying on the north side of the greate Road and west of Stuarts line it being the northwest Corner or west End of the old survey
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grand daughters Sarah and Elizabeth Wallace ten dollars to be Equally divided between them for their own use forever
Item my will and desire is that all my movable or perishable Property be sold Collected and Equally divided amongst all my Children (namely) Martha Nathan William Peter Jessee Daniel Patience and Isaac Dillon. And likewise all cash in hand or to be obtained in Consiquence of bond Notes book accts & after debts & being paid as aforesaid
Item It is my will and I do hereby Constitute and apoint my two sons Nathan and Peter Dillon to be Executors of this my last will and Testament and now I do Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be my last Will and Testament Revoking and disannully all former Wills bequests and legises in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal - - - - Signed Sealed and pronounce in presence of
Silvanus Garner, Jonathan Hodgson &
William Bunch Daniel Dillon (Seal)
State of North Carolina)
Guilford County ) February Court 1806
The Execution of the within Will was proven in Open Court by the oath of William Bunch and Jonathan Hodgson two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and on motion ordered to be recorded. Then Came in Nathan Dillon & Peter Dillon and qualified as Executors
Test John Hamilton Clk
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Abstracts of two deeds showing part of settlement of the estate of Daniel Dillon (Will above)
Source: copied from Deed Book April 1965 by Dora D. Jones
Guilford Co. Cthse, Greensboro, N. C.
Deed Bk. 9, p. 56
1806- Dillon, Daniel (by exrs) (Nathan & Peter Dillon exrs)
to Jesse Standley deed 255
Nathan & Peter Dillon, exrs of Daniel Dillon dec'd all of Guilford Co., N. C. On waters of Beaver Creek, beginning at Jesse Dillions, etc. . . .
Nathan Dillon (Seal)
Peter Dillon "
Deed Bk. 9, p. 285
1807, Aug. 31. Dillon, Daniel (by exr) (Nathan Dillon exr)
to Robert McKnight deed $500.00 being on the North Buffalow Creek in Guilford Co., N.C. . . . . part of a tract granted by the Earl of Granville to Thos. Donnell . . at corner of McKnights
its: Peter Dillon Jonathan Dillon
Joel Sanders Nathan Dillon (Seal)
(Evidently Peter returned from Tenn. to help settle estate & had turned the last over to Nathan. Daniel had also recd grant from Earl of Granville & had disposed of at least part of it to son, Peter in 1787. From 1783 Peter had been back & forth from N.C. - Tenn. DDJ)
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