The 1997 Dillard Reunion will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, 1997 at the Dillard House, Dillard, Georgia. Final reunion details will be furnished in a subsequent notice closer to the time of the reunion. To avoid problems in finding housing, advance reservations are recommended.
Membership in the Dillard Family Association with dues at $8.00 per year per family, and your intentions to attend the 1997 reunion, should be addressed to Mrs. Rachel Dillard Scott, Secretary-Treasurer, 218 Indian Trail, Anderson, South Carolina 29625, telephone (803) 287- 3944. The membership form found in the last page of this newsletter is provided for your convenience.
Speakers at the Sixth Annual History Session, which will start at 9:30 A.M. on Saturday morning, June 14, 1996 will be the following:
Dorothy Dillard Hughes of Lubbock, Texas on her 1996 publication, "Dillard Research Notes: Culpeper County, Virginia Dillards and Two Related Families of South Carolina," which catalogues early Dillards who were residents of that county.
Almeda Hutchins Burns of Tucson, Arizona will speak on "Reminiscences of the Life of Rosette Dillard Wikle", (1854-1933) daughter of John Barnard Dillard and Rachel McKinney Dillard of Rabun County, Georgia.
Hugh Johnson, of Palmetto, Georgia, retired from the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C. who will speak on "Connections with Dillards in the Revolutionary and Confederate Services".
John T. Dillard of Monroe, Oregon, descendant of Revolutionary soldier, William
With time permitting, a query session with audience participation in the program on any Dillard question, topic or artifact a participant may wish to bring up is also planned.