GEORGE PRILLAMAN MARRIED DICEY ROSS 05 JAN 1826 AND THEIR UNION PRODUCED 12 CHILDREN. BOTH GEORGE AND DICEY ARE BURIED IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY ON THE PROPERTY OF FLEMING W. PRILLAMAN NEAR THE PHILPOTT DAM AREA.

George was a farmer in Franklin County, Virginia.

Near the end of the Civil War, at the age of fifty nine, George enlisted in the Confederate Army. He enlisted on April 15, 1864, and was assigned to Company B, 57th Virginia Infantry (Franklin Sharpshooters), joining his five sons who were already serving. George survived the war, one of his sons died: First Lieutenant Christian Snidow Prillaman. (Christian died Dec 7, 1864.)

George's will is in Franklin County, Virginia Will Book 21, pg. 319, proved in court session on May 5, 1890. He left equal parts of his estate to his nine surviving children: (wife Dicey died in 1885)
1)......Exony Prillaman King (b. May 27, 1830-) married George C. King
2)......Gabriel Prillaman (b. March 8, 1832-d. May 8, 1905), married Elizabeth Jane Lesueur, 3 children
3)......Martha E. Prillaman Turner (b. May 3, 1834-d. Nov 1, 1912), married Andrew H. Turner, 9 children
4)......Fleming Martin Prillaman (b. April 6, 1836-d. July 3, 1925) married Drusilla Turner, 12 children
5)......Isaac Prillaman (b.July 24, 1838-d. June 18, 1892) married Elizabeth Via, 8 children
6)......Caroline Malinda Prillaman Cannady France (b. May 29, 1841-Feb 6, 1917) married first John T. Cannaday, second Peter J. France
7)......Lydia Anne Prillaman Cannady (b. May 25, 1842-d. Jan 14, 1927, married Bailey Cannaday
8)......George Arnold Prillaman (b. May 25, 1845-d. July 23, 1889, married Charity Ann Turner, 9 children
9).......Nannie (Nancy)Jane Prillaman Bowling Prillaman (b. June 2, 1847-June 17, 1920) married first John William Burke Bowling, 6 children, married second John W. Prillaman, 3 children

George and his wife Dicy Ross Prillaman's other 3 children, who predeceased them were:
1)........Jacob Prillaman (b. Nov 25, 1826-d. Nov 1929)
2).........Christian Snidow Prillaman (b. May 1, 1828-d. Dec 7, 1864) married Sarah E. Cannaday, 1 child
3)........Alexander Peter Prillaman (b. Nov 1849- d. Sept 15, 1851) "Little Peter"

Following are the census records of 1860, 1870, and 1880 for George and his wife Dicey. George lived another 24 years after the end of the Civil War at his farm in Franklin County, Virginia.

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........................1860 CENSUS

.............SW DISTRICT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
.............LONG BRANCH POST OFFICE, 12 JULY 1860
.............by Isaac Cannaday, Assistant Marshall
.............FREE INHABITANTS pg. 44

George Prillaman..54..Farmer.....value of real estate $3600
..................................personal estate $4,815
Dicy..............55
Isaac.............20
Caroline..........18
Lydia..............17
George A.........14
Nancy I...........11

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..........................1870 Census

..............BROWN HILL TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY,
..............VIRGINIA, BROWN HILL POST OFFICE
..............SEPT. 1870

George Prillaman..65..Farmer.....value of real estate $1200
..................................personal estate $500
Dicy..............65..Housekeeping
Caroline.........27..at home
Ann..............25..at home
Molly.............21..(mulatto)..servant
Abram............14..(mulatto)..F. Laborer
Caleb.............11..(mulatto)..F. Laborer
Dicy...............3..(mulatto)

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...........................1880 Census

.................BROWN HILL MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT
.................FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
.................JUNE 10, 1880

George Prillaman.....76..Farmer
Dicy.....................75..Keeping House
Caroline M..............?..daughter at home
Elizabeth A............28..Daughter at home
??Moore????..........27. (White) Servant
Prillaman, Mollie......31..(Mulatto) Servant
Prillaman, Charles....17..(Mulatto) Servant
Prillaman, Dicy........15..(Mulatto) Servant

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NOTE: See the original census pages at the right, in the photo section, to see who George and Dicy's neighbors were.

By: Rebecca Prillaman, great, great granddaughter