1 AUTH Knights roster of the Revolution

This from the WPA Halifax Bldgs Project, Danville Va, Adams Home 23 nw ofHalifax Va on Rt 50 1 House on N side of St built 1715. Owners: John AdamsSr 1715, John Adams Jr 1769, James Adam s 1828, Richard E. Adams Sr 1885,Jessie Adams 1896 to date.

Description This bldg stands to the rear of the mainbldg. Built of logsand covered with weath erboarding. 2 stone, very large chimneys at theends of the bldg, one been removed, ....

Historical significance. This probably is the oldes ancestral home stillused by a direct desc endant of the same name in Halifax Co. Built 1715 byJohn Adams, Sr who emigrated here with hi s wagons from FairfaxCo...indians..highly educated and "school master" by profession

(his people are supposed to have emigrated from Massachusetts) John AdamsSr remained with wag ons loaded for 6 wks in fear of attack.(Oct 1766:sonsWilliam, John-copy ends here

John Adams Jr's children taken from the will of Mar 20, 1769 Halifax Va(by the researcher wh o put the wpa information in the file) are Joshua,Elizabeth, William, Mary, Martha, (who marr ied Thos DIckson-Hlifax 20 Dec1771) John (who md Jane Hurt) and George.

His wife is Elener Powell and his parents are John Adams and ElizabethMiller

1 AUTH check "History of the Dixon-Dickson Family"

1 AGNC Escambia County Historical Society, P.O. Box 276, Brewton, al 36427

WILL OF THOMAS GREENE DICKSON OF HANCOCK COUNTY GEORGIA. 1823.

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In the name of God Amen--, I Thomas Dickson of the County of Hancock andthe state of Georgia , considering the uncertainty of life, and beingsomewhat advanced in years but of sound and p erfect mind and memory,blessed the name of the Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament, in the manner and form followingviz,--First it is my will an d desire that after my death all my debts, ofwhich there are but few, shall be speedily disch arged.

Item--, It is my will and desire that after my debts are promptly p[aid,and the following tra ct of land be laid off agreeable to the followingdirections, which I leave to my beloved wife , Elizabeth Dickson, duringher natural lifetime, or if she should marry again that it shoul d be keptin her possession by herself or her husband, that is to say all of thattract of lan d lying in the County of Hancock and comprehended by thefollowing boundaries. Beginning at t he Hickory corner on the LittleOgeechee, thence running north 35 chains to the pinstake corne r, fromthence in a direct line to the mouth of my lane at the north end of saidland, thence d own said lane to the head of the Still Pond Branch, downsaid branch to Little Ogeechee Creek , down said creek to the beginnincorner.

Item--, I also give unto my beloved wife, one third part of all my stockof horses and one fou rth part of my stock of cattle and sheep and onefifth part of all my stock of hogs. I also g ive her two feather beds andtheir furniture and also of household and kitchen furniture, exce pt bedsand their furniture, also one third part of all the working and farmingtools, togethe r with one year's support from the day of the sale of mypersonal estate, to be adjudged by m y Executor. Also three negroestowit, Beck and her child Ephraim and a girl named Mary, als o the loanduring her lifetime of three more negroes known by the names of Nathan,Tom and Isaa c.

Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Nancy Eubanks the sum of $10.00in addition to what sh e has been given.

Item--, I give unto my beloved son Isaiah Dickson the sum of $10.00 inaddition to what he ha s been given.

Item--, I give unto my beloved son John Dickson the sum of $10.00 inaddition to what he has b een given.

Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Polly Smioth the sum of $10.00 inaddition to what sh e has been given.

Item--, I give unto my beloved son James Dickson the sum of $10.000 inaddition to what he ha s been given.

Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Margaret Howard one negro girlnamed Henrietta.

Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Matilda Worthen three negroesnamed Jane and her son S hepperd and a girl named Penny.

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Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Rutha Dickson two likely youngnegroes, that is to sa y one likely young fellow and one likely youngwench, or their value thereof in likely young n egroes, to be delivered atthe time of her marriage of if she should continue to live single , at theage of twenty-one years. Also one good feather bed, bedstead andfurniture and $75.0 0 in cash.

Item--, I give unto my beloved son Thomas Dickson two likely youngnegroes, that is to say on e likely young fellow and one likely youngwench, or the value thereof in likely young negroes , also one goodfeatherbed, bedstead and furniture and $75.00 in cash, to be given to himat th e age of twenty-one years.

Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Lucinda Dickson two likely youngnegroes, that is to s ay one likely young fellow and one likely youngwench, or their value thereof in likely youn g negroes, also one goodfeather bed, bedstead and furniture and the sum of $75.00 in cash t o begiven to her at the time of her marriage or at the age of twenty-oneyears.

Item--, I give unto my beloved son Greene Washington Dickson two likelyyoung negroes, also on e good feather bed, bedstead and furniture, and$75.00 in cash to be given to him at the tim e of his marriage or the ageof twenty-one years of ge.

Item--, I give unto my beloved daughter Suzanne Dickson two likely youngnegroes, that is to s ay one likely young fellow and one likely youngwench, or their value thereof in likely youn g negroes, also one goodfeather bed, bedstead and furniture and $75.00 in cash to be given t o himat the time of his marriage or at the age of twenty-one years of age.

Item--It is my will and desire that all the residue of my property shouldthere be any left, t ogether with the land and negroes that I have loanedmy wife should be equally divided betwee n the whole of my aforesaidchildren.

Will of Thomas Greene Dickson of Hancock County Georgia. 1823.

Item--, Lastly I hereby nominate, make and appoint Josiah DicksonExecutor of this my last wil l and testament hereby revoking all others byme made.

In witness whereof I have heeunto set my hand, affixed my seal this 10thday of April One Thou sand Eight Hundred and Twenty Three.

Signed and sealed and declared by the above named Thomas Dickson, beforeus to be his last wil l and testament, and who at his request havesubscribed our names as witnesses to the same.

ISAAC BIRDSONG THOMAS DICKSON (LS)

WILLIAM HARRELL

EDWIN BIRDSONG

Recorded in book M--page 182-185. Will probated the 5th, day of Nov.1827.

I, Mrs. T.L.Reese, do certify this to be a correct copy sworn to andsubscribed, this 15th da y of Jan. 1935. Mrs. T.L. Reese, Ordinary ofHancock Co., Ga.k

I, Jeannette Godby do certify this to be an exact copy sworn to andsubscribed, this 18th da y of Jan. 1935, before me, Jeanette Godby.

H.A. Godby

Notary Public State of Georgia at large.

see also: "Hancock Land Lottery" by Houston 34.

"Knights' Roster of the Revolution," p. 130.

"Reprint of Land Lottery" 1827, p. 27. District 114.

1 AUTH wife and 11 children settled in Conecuh County

1 AGNC County later divided with new part called Escamgia

1 DEST one half of Dec 17, 1835, farm Gov SW Qtr, sect 35, Sept 5, 1836

1 MEDI Gov. SW Qtr of sect 28, Turs 1 North R 10 East Most was river bottom land.

Local History, Escambia County Historical Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, 1977.

From the Ed Leigh McMillan Collection

The following information ws given me by Joe Dixon, who lives just overthe Florida line fro m Dixonville:

John Dickson, the original Dickson who came to this country, settledat Dixonville. He w as born in Virginia, married in South Carolina, andmoved to Georgia. He had eleven childre n born in Georgia, and when hemoved to Alabama he brought eleven and his slaves with him. H e settledhere--then Conecuh County--in 1828. Three children were born after hemoved to Alaba ma.

John Dickson spelled his name Dickson. All of his children changedit to Dixon except Cl aiborne. Why, no one seems to know.

He had en sons: Claiborne, Francis, Berryman (Berry), Chappel,Abraham (Abe), Wade Hampto n, Green, William (Billie), John and Agustus(Gus); and four daughters: Susan, Caroline, Viney , and Jincey. Jinceymarried a Mayo and moved to Corpus Christi, Texas; one of the daughtersm arrie a Jernigan and a Smith--I don't know bout the other.

John Dickson died before the Civil War, and his estate was dividedamong his children. H e had thirty-four slaves and 900 head of cattlewhen he died. He owned very little land becau se it wa not necessary toown land at that time. He owned very little land because it was not necessary to own land at that time; you could cultivate any land that youchose to cultivate . This John Dickson cultivated land down in the riverswamp or hammock, north of where Dan Br antley now lives.

Claiborne lived all his life near his birthplace and has 24children, all dead, nd so fa r as can be learned, all their children aredead.

John, Jr. lived at a point on Dixon Creek where he owned andoperated a sawmill for man y years. Augustus lived at what is Dixonvilleuntil his death. All of his children are dead . We have no informationregarding the girls except that Jincey married a Mayo and they move d nearCorpus Christi, Texas. It is difficult to remember fifty or sixty years,and with mos t of the entire Dixon family dead, you will see what it meansto construct anything like a cor rect account of the family.

The family was among the oldest pioneers, and went through all thehardships of the othe r settlers. They did their part to make their partof Escambia County a safe place in which t o live. They were goodmarksmen, especially Claiborne, who had an old time Flint and Steelrif le, long barrel that never failed to bring down the shy old"Buck." Itis said that he had pu b as many as four balls on top of each other in ashooting match, and that on one occasion whe n he wa hunting, he saw adeer's head above a fallen tree top, shot it, but after the smoke cl earedaway it was still there. He reloaded his gun, took another shot at it,but it was stil l there. He loaded his gun again and took another crackat it. This time it did not reappear , and going up to see why he hadmissed twice he found that he had three dead deer.

The following letter, a copy, written by John Dixon, Jr. (father of MarkDixon) to his brother , Wade Dixon, who lived in Texas:

Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama

January 29th, 1881

Wade H. Dixon

Dear Brother--I received your letter of December 29th a few days agoand was glad to hea r from you once more, but I would like to see you andtalk to you better. Things have change d round here mightily since youleft. A part of Old Conecun County and a part of Baldwin Coun ty wastaken in and put together to make Escambia County, Alabama. Brewton is asttion on th e Mobile and Montgomery railroad about two miles from OldFort Crawford across Murder Creek fr om here and about seven miles fromhere it is a small town, but there is a grewat deal of busi ness donethere during the timber season. I am now as busy as I can be in tryingto get my tim ber off as the river is in good stage. I have nearly onethousand pieces of sawed square timb er about ready to send off. Labor isscarce and wages are high. You can stnd in the old yar d and hear thewhisltes of four steam saw-mills when they blow for dinner all squaringlogs int o timber. You say I forgot to name Chappel. He is scufflingalong as you say, but it is har d work.

I have just heard that Berry is very sick.

You wish to know the exact date of Mother's death. She died at theold homeplace on th e sixth of August, 1876.

I farm some as well as running the old mill. I now own all the landon the river from Sp iers to the old Brooklyn place with the exception ofeighty acres belonging to G.F. Weaver, s o you see I have land a plenty tofarm on having bought the Jameson Land, the Hodge, the Hobbs , and theDauphin Land, also the Tol Travis land. You say you don't expect to seeany of us ag ain, but I will see you if nothing extraofdinary happens. Iwill see you by the last of Jun e or soon after. I go just to see you alland not to look a location to settle, as I am settl ed here for thebalance of my life. Strange things happen here--nearly all the pinesfrom Fath er's old place have been cut down and sent down to Milton andthey are not cutting logs at th e Red Hill between here and Father's andare going to put another mill on the Dixon Creek thi s summer, which willthin out the pines.

I will now close by sending my best wishes to you and all yourfamily--I remain

Your brother, John Dixon

Searching for information on the Rev. Joshua Peavy who was born around1785 in North Carolina . Joshua was a Methodist Minister and with his wifeMartha had the following children:

Emiline Peavy, b. 1812, NC, married Thomas Hinson

Bartlett Peavy, b. 1823, AL, married Bessie

Mary Peavy, b. 1825, AL

Joshua Peavy, b. 1831, AL

Charles Peavy, b. 1834, AL

John Peavy, b. 1837, AL

Morgianna Peavy, b. 1849, AL

Penelope Peavy, married John Hinson (married by 1851)

Female Hinson, married William Hinson (married by 1851)

Joshua was in Conecuh County, AL in 1820 and in Wilcox Co, AL by 1850.

Jeff W. Shirah