+- Asa DILLON -+

Source of Name:
- Book [0012] lists Asa DILLON.
- Website [0013] lists Asa DILLON (aka. Old Ace).
- Franklin County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1786-1858 [0356] lists Asa DILLION Jr.
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists Asa DILLION Jr.
- Pat Milburn [0518] lists Asa DILLION.
- 1850 Census of Franklin County, Virginia [0526] lists Asa DILLION. (1850)

Source of Birth Date:
- Book [0012] lists November 22, 1812.
- Website [0013] lists 22 Nov 1812.
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists November 22, 1812.
- 1850 Census of Franklin County, Virginia [0526] lists Age of 34, which results to About 1816.

Source of Birth Place:
- Book [0523] lists Near Crossroads, Franklin County, Virginia.

Source of  Marriage Date:
- Book [0012] lists December 15, 1836.
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists December 15, 1836.
- Franklin County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1786-1858 [0356] lists December 12, 1836.
- Pat Milburn [0518] lists December 12, 1836.

Source of Marriage Place:
- Book [0356] lists Franklin County, Virginia.
- Pat Milburn [0518] lists Franklin County, Virginia.
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists Franklin County, Virginia.

Source of Residence:
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists Gills Creek, Franklin County, Virginia, USA.

Source of Occupation:
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists Farmer.

Source of Death Date:
- Book [0012] lists April 7, 1884.
- Website [0013] lists 7 Apr 1884.
- Book [0523] Page 328 lists April 7, 1884.

Source of Death Place:
- Book [0523] lists Franklin County, Virginia.

Source of Burial Place:
- Book [0012] lists He is buried near Cross Roads.
- Internet Website [0013] lists Sweet Dillon Cemetery, Crossroads, Franklin County, Virginia.
- Book [0523] Volume 1, Page 328 lists Asa Dillon Cemetery near Crossroads.

Source of Miscellaneous:
- Book [0012] states "It is said that Asa Dillon was a lover of whiskey and fisticuffs, and that he broke his arm in a fight, thus escaping service in the Confederate Army."

- Website [0013] states: "Crossroads", Franklin county is merely the crossing of Route 834 and Route 670, with a little general store and a few buildings, most of which belong to the
Robertson family. Heading south from "Crossroads" you past by a number of farms and if you stay on that road you will eventually end up on the Blackwater River at Kemps Ford. The Asa and Mahala
Dillon farm lay approximately two miles south of Crossroads on the way to the Blackwater, on the left, and comprised hundreds of acres at one point. Most of the property was deeded to Asa and Mahala
by Mahala's father, Michael Hutts, who owned a huge amount of property in that neighborhood. Michael Hutts states in his will, signed and sealed on February 2, 1858, regarding Asa and Mahala that he
was "...leaving no part of my estate to Asa Dillon and Mahala his wife, having given them all I had for them;" ....this is I'm sure very true in that on January 25, 1858, Michael Hutts conveyed to
"...Asa Dillon and Mahala his wife, for love and affection for Asa Dillon and Mahala his wife, which is my dear daughter, for services rendered in my old Age and affliction being left by my lone
self, 60 acres, part of the land on which I now live, bounded by the main road from Jemontown [Germantown] to Lynchburg, Lewis English's line, the land that I by will leave to the children of Sarah
Brown, deceased, and Asa Dillon's land." On April 7, 1838, two years after Asa married Mahala, "Michael Hutts and Susanna his wife" conveyed to Asa Dillon, Jr., 100 acres on Gills Creek bounded in
part by "Michael Hutts house.

Of course, Arthur Dillon also named "Asey" Dillon in his will, as well. Jesse's and Arthur's property lay quite some distance away from Crossroads, over near Route 900.

The oldest cemetery on the property is located perhaps a mile or so south of Sweet's cemetery and is referred to in the Franklin County Cemetery Book as the "Crowder / Dillon Cemetery" because of a
family who later lived there. The stones are very much older than the ones in Sweet's cemetery but it is not maintained and is overgrown and full of deer ticks. This cemetery is near the site of the
original Dillon cabin where Asa and Mahala lived."