Access Genealogy Library: Some Data, Letters, and Memoranda Collected by FRANKLIN D. LOVE, Relating to the LOVE FAMILY, by Dennis N. Partridge, Volume I, first series.

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their eldest son, Robert Love, was baptized by the blind preacher, Waddell, a near relative of the said Dorcas Bell.
        Mr. Waddell had charge and care of Robert Love and his brother Thomas Love after the death of their Mother; the other three children-James, William and a sister who married a Montgomery, remained with the Bell family after the death of their Mother; the Bell family having opposed the marriage of their member, Dorcas Bell, to Samuel Love. Robert Love married Mary Ann Dillard, daughter of General Dillard, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, just after the Revolutionary War. The Mother of Mary Ann Dillard, before marriage to Thomas Dillard was a Miss Webb, sister of John Webb, who married a Miss Stacy(Stacey) Young. The Webbs and Dillards were English, and settled near Washington, D.C. I have heard my Grandfather, Robert Love, say he was in three battles in the Revolutionary War: one was the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina. He ranked as an Officer, and drew a pension. In looking over the Pension Records you can find what office he held. He died on July 17th, 1845. he was an intimate friend of General Andrew Jackson, and was presidential Elector for the Western District or Section for thirty years. It requited three months time for him to carry the votes to the seat of Government and back. He always went in a two wheeled gig. By referring to the records of births and baptism of Tinkling Spring Church can get date of his birth and baptism. The old Church was not destroyed, only removed for a new building. I have visited the place and drank from the Spring. John Dillard (brother of Mary Ann Love) married Dorcas Love, first cousins of Robert Love. They were the parents of Mrs. Daniel Bryson, St., and of Mrs. Steele of Pendleton, South Carolina. The later was the Grandmother of Joseph Brown's wire, the late Ex-Governor of Ga. My Grandfather, Robert Love, and his two brothers married sisters, daughters of General Dillard, whose first name was Thomas. There were two other sisters-one married an Elkins, the other married a Huggins, and settled in Yancy County, North Carolina. William Love, Robert Love's other brother, never married; he died in Franklin at the home of Uncle Dillard Love. Robert Love, my Grandfather, had thirteen children, all marrying and leaving children, except one-Uncle Willam Welch's first wife, whose name was Martha Webb Love. The oldest child was Thomas Dillard love. Annie, who married James Gudger, was the next. Samuel Bell Love (Father of Mrs. Hugh Johnston) was the third. The next in age was William Bell Love, who married a Miss Jordan-descendants living in West Tennessee. The next son was Dillard Love of Franklin, North Carolina; his sons died young. Samuel and Dillard Love married sisters-the Misses Young of Jonesborough, Tennessee. Next in age was Uncle John Bell Love, of Jackson County, North Carolina, who married Miss Margaret E. Coman, of Raleigh, N.C. The next child was Dorcas Bell Love, who married Robert Henry Sr., of Revolutionary fame; he having been in the battle of King's Mountain at the age of sixteen years, and furnished a manuscript (preserved by him) of the aforesaid battle, published by D. Schenck Sr., 1891 Robert Henry Sr., was born in 1765, and was one of the party who surveyed the boundary line between North Carolina and Tennessee. He died in January 1863; and history says was undoubtedly the last of the heroes of King's Mountain. James Robert Love was the next child, and married Maria Williamson Coman, sister of Mrs. John Bell Love-they were daughters of Mr. James Coman, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and were natives of Ireland. The next was Sara Love, who married Mr. Ganum McBee, of Tennessee. The next child was Mary Ann Love-th

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