[Some researchers conclude that Cindy a daughter of James Dillon, John's brother, and Sally Clevenger, daughter of Elias Clevenger.]
The Cocke County Dillons were descendants of Thomas Dillon and Margaret Eagan who came from Virginia.
U.S. and International Marriage Records
Name: Thomas Dillon
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Margaret Eagan
Spouse Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1772
Marriage Year: 1793
U.S. and International Marriage Records
Name: John Dillon
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Vinson
Spouse Birth Place: TN
Spouse Birth Year: 1812
Most Dillon families left Cocke County for western states: Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
John Dillon's sister Letitia Dillon married Thomas Mantooth Jr. Their son Hugh, born and married in Cocke County, is buried in Kansas. John's sister Margaret "Peggy" Dillon married George Gray. He had 2 brothers, Thomas Jr. and James.
[Cindy's sister Julia Dillon married Elias Clevenger Jr.. Cindy's brother Calvin Dillon married Nancy Gray, daughter of James Gray Jr. and Syche Clevenger. Calvin and Nancy moved to Missouri. One of their sons, Thomas Jefferson Dillon, returned to Cocke County as a youth and lived with various relatives in the English Creek Community. Cindy's sister Lydia married Thomas Mantooth. Thomas and Lydia died on the same day in 1865 in Texas, both from accidental poisoning by a quack doctor. Thomas and Lydia's son Judge James Edwin Mantooth became a wealthy and prominent Texan.
[Some researchers conclude that Cindy a daughter of James Dillon, John's brother, and Sally Clevenger, daughter of Elias Clevenger.]
The Cocke County Dillons were descendants of Thomas Dillon and Margaret Eagan who came from Virginia.
U.S. and International Marriage Records
Name: Thomas Dillon
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Margaret Eagan
Spouse Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1772
Marriage Year: 1793
U.S. and International Marriage Records
Name: John Dillon
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Vinson
Spouse Birth Place: TN
Spouse Birth Year: 1812
Most Dillon families left Cocke County for western states: Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
John Dillon's sister Letitia Dillon married Thomas Mantooth Jr. Their son Hugh, born and married in Cocke County, is buried in Kansas. John's sister Margaret "Peggy" Dillon married George Gray. He had 2 brothers, Thomas Jr. and James.
[Cindy's sister Julia Dillon married Elias Clevenger Jr.. Cindy's brother Calvin Dillon married Nancy Gray, daughter of James Gray Jr. and Syche Clevenger. Calvin and Nancy moved to Missouri. One of their sons, Thomas Jefferson Dillon, returned to Cocke County as a youth and lived with various relatives in the English Creek Community. Cindy's sister Lydia married Thomas Mantooth. Thomas and Lydia died on the same day in 1865 in Texas, both from accidental poisoning by a quack doctor. Thomas and Lydia's son Judge James Edwin Mantooth became a wealthy and prominent Texan.
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