John Dillard dating history

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John Dillard, noted by genealogical researchers as "Rabun" John Dillard, (c.– June 5, 1842) was an American soldier and pioneer settler, and a prominent figure in the establishment of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and Dillard, Georgia. More recent genealogy research shows that John Dillard was born in Pittslyvania County, Virginia, in about 1755, "...The date of birth on John Dillard's tombstone erected by the government which shows 1760 may be wrong. It should have read 1755. John's Revolutionary pension application filed with the Federal Government when he was a 79-year-old resident of Rabun County interlineated over 1755, making it uncertain as to whether 1755 or 1760 was correct. John Dillard could have been uncertain himself. He deposed to the Rabun County Inferior Court that he once had the date of his birth in a Bible, but it was 'worn out' and illegible. Other facts make the date 1755 more probable."