Showing posts with label Straightstone Creek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Straightstone Creek. Show all posts

Monday, July 5, 2021

Enslaved of Thomas Dillard, Slaveholder, Pittsylvania County Virginia

Thomas Dillard died 4 May 1774 in Pittsylvania County, VA.  In his will he named his son, Thom Dillard as Executor.

To son James Dillard - a number of negroes [no names given in abstract]and a tract of land lying on Straightstone Creek.

To son Thomas Dillard - negroes Will, Sarah and her children, Robbon, Ben, Nan and Judy and her child Sarah, likewise the plantation whereon he now lives.

Source: Pittsylvania County Virginia Will Book 5, pg 409