Individual Details

John Lillard

(3 Nov 1737 - 30 May 1801)

Events

Birth3 Nov 1737Bromfield, Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Birth3 Nov 1737
Marriage22 Dec 1758, , Virginia, United States - Susanna Ball
Marriage22 Dec 1758Virginia, USA - Susanna Ball
1st Land Deed purchase of John Lillard.17621st Land Deed purchase of John Lillard for 350 acres from Martin Hardin. - Bromfield Parish, Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America
Served as a witness or jurror several times.From 1763 to 1764Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America
MilitaryFrom 1776 to 1781George Washington requested Captain John Lillard to form his own company of Virginia Militia to serve in the Revolutionary War, and he chose "Expert marksmen that they could shoot out the eye of a squirrel." " He received payments in 1778." - Virginia, British Colonial America
MilitaryFrom Feb 1776 to May 1776Revolutionary War - Captain John Lillard commanded a company of draftees from Culpeper County and served here for 3 months at Albemarle Barracks. - Virginia, British Colonial America
Military11 Sep 1777Present at the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania - Captain Lillard's Company Gaurded the baggage train during the battle. Owen Campbell, who served under Lillard recalled "that they were there about 3 months before being discharded, and the weather was very cold when he crossed the Susquehanna River returning home and that many of the soldiers were without shoes". Also, "Bradley stated that they were also present at the Battle of Germantown". - Brandywine Battleground, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
MilitaryFrom Sep 1780 to Dec 1781"In September, 1780 John Lillard supplied 41 1/2 bushells of Rye in December, 1781, furnished 250 lbs of beef for use by the American Army in support of the Revolution." - Virginia, United States
Marriage1792Anne Moore Thomas
Will24 Feb 1801Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Death30 May 1801Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA
Death30 May 1801
BurialMercer, Kentucky, USA
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Families

SpouseSusanna Ball (1737 - 1782)
ChildMary Polly Lillard (1756 - 1850)
ChildThomas Lillard (1759 - 1800)
ChildChristopher Lillard (1759 - 1794)
ChildJohn Lillard (1760 - 1842)
ChildJames Lillard (1764 - 1838)
ChildAnna Lillard (1764 - 1852)
ChildElizabeth Lillard (1764 - 1850)
ChildJoseph Lillard (1768 - 1853)
ChildSusannah Lillard (1770 - 1852)
ChildEphraim Wallace Lillard Sr (1772 - 1838)
ChildMargaret Martha Patsy Lillard (1774 - 1810)
ChildDaniel Lillard (1778 - 1810)
ChildEdward Lillard (1780 - 1797)
ChildNancy Lillard (1781 - )
ChildDavid Lillard (1782 - 1861)
SpouseAnne Moore Thomas ( - 1782)
SpouseSusanna Ball (1737 - 1782)
ChildJames Lillard (1764 - 1838)
ChildAnna Lillard (1764 - 1852)
ChildMary Polly Lillard (1756 - 1850)
FatherBenjamin Lillard (1700 - 1781)
MotherElizabeth Lightfoot (1701 - 1821)
SiblingJames Lillard (1725 - 1804)
SiblingThomas Lillard (1726 - 1814)
SiblingNancy Lillard (1730 - 1820)
SiblingMoses Lillard (1735 - 1815)
SiblingWilliam Lillard (1739 - 1793)
SiblingBenjamin Lillard (1740 - 1828)
SiblingElizabeth Lillard (1745 - 1787)
SiblingSarah Lillard (1745 - 1821)

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