Husband: James Curry DICKSON I
Birthdate: abt 1791
Birthplace: Washington Co., Ga. (now Hancock)
Death date: 1857
Place of death: Hancock Co., Ga.
Burial:
Father: Michael DICKSON II RS (1743-????)
Mother: Margaret BARNETT
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 9 Dec 1812
Marriage place: Hancock Co., Ga.

Wife: Elizabeth SHI /SHY
Birthdate: abt 1795
Birthplace: Hancock Co., Ga.
Death date: aft 11 Jan 1858
Place of death: Hancock Co., Ga.
Burial:
Father: James SHI/SHY (1766-????)
Mother: Jane ??? (1765-????)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James Monroe DICKSON CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 Sep 1813
Birthplace: Hancock Co., Ga.
Death date: 18 Apr 1898
Place of death: Hancock Co., Ga.
Burial: Dickson Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
Marriage date: 28 Dec 1838
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Margaret A. CRAWFORD

Child No. 2: Emily Frances DICKSON (1)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 Nov 1815
Birthplace: Hancock Co., Ga.
Death date: 6 Aug 1897
Place of death: Gregg Co., TX
Burial: Danville Cemetery, Gregg Co. Texas.
Marriage date: 25 Dec 1839
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Thomas W. JORDON

Child No. 3: William Solomon DICKSON (1) CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 Sep 1819
Birthplace: Hancock Co., Ga.
Death date: 6 Jul 1875
Place of death: Hancock Co., Ga.
Burial: Dickson Cemetery, Hancock C o., Ga.
Marriage date: 17 Oct 1869
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Mary LONG

Child No. 4: David W. DICKSON (1) CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1830
Birthplace:
Death date: 17 Nov 1862
Place of death: Winder Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:
 
 
Documentation:
1. Hancock County, Georgia: Early Records.
2. Marriages of Hancock County, Georgia.
3. Washington County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings.
4. An Appraisal of the Estate of Curry Dickson Hancock Co., Ga. Wills & Administration of Estates. 1855-1859. Book T, pages 589-598. FHL film #0222094.
5. Evans, Tad, compiler. Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Hancock County Extracts,.
6. Brantley, J. Kenneth, compiler. Hancock County Georgia Inferior Court Minutes.
7. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Hancock Co., Ga. Census.
8. Dickson Cemetery.
9. Grace Clarke Fanning.
10. Bethel Baptist Church Records (Hancock Co., Ga.).
14. Memoirs of Georgia.
15. Smith, Elizabeth Wiley. The History of Hancock County, Georgia.

Notes:
* James Monroe DICKSON CSA General (15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22) Served in the Confederate Army, unknown regiment.
* The Yankees burned the Dickson plantation during the Civil War and it had to be rebuilt.
* William Solomon DICKSON (1) CSA, David W. Dickson and Johon Dewitt were three of the subscribing witnesses to the will of John Dickson, son of Thomas and Priscilla Dickson who died in 1857. William S. Dickson and David W. Dickson, among the appointed appraisers of the estate.
* Served in Company K., 15th Regiment Georgia Volunteers, C. S. A. Hancock County, Ga.
* David W. DICKSON (1) CSA served in Company K, 15th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Hancock Co., Ga. Private Feb. 24, 1861.
* Died in Winder Hospital at Richmond, VA., Nov. 17, 1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

Prepared 4 Apr 2002 by Mary Ann Willoughby.