Dillon, Fleet

Aunt Julie is an old woman, somewhere in her eighties. Her mother had six children, all by different men. Aunt Julie was the oldest, by a white man named Perry. Her sister Ellen was by Tom Burch, another white man, who lived on a nearby place. Adeline was by Glowers, a colored man. Jack was by Sam Thomas, a colored man. Fleet was by George Dillon, a colored man, and Baily Miller was by Lewis Miller. 

After Aunt Julie s mother had her by this poor white man Perry, she lived with Tom Burch. Tom Burch owned a plantation across the river, and all of his people were well off. Aunt Julie s mother, Pennie, had a baby by Tom Burch who was named Ellen. Pennie had another baby by George Dillon, a half-white man from near Wamerton. She had another baby after that by Sam Thompson, a black man. The last two children. Fleet Dillon and Jack Thompson, were bom after the Surrender. Pennie was like most half-white women—when she was young and real pretty, she had children by white men. Then she had children... 

You will recall Pennie Brock, who lived across the river up near the Mississippi state line. She had Aunt Julie, called Julie Brock, by Perry, a white Overseer. She had Ellen by Tom Burch. She had Fleet Dillon by George Dillon, a half-white man and Jack Thompson by Sam Thompson, a black man. Jack Thompson was her last baby. The next to the last was Bailey Miller, who was born to her by Lewis Miller. 

In 1880 Fleet Dillon (15) was living in the household of George Dillon... 

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