Author: William Leroy Johnson lll

David Dickson was Captain in the Revolutionary War. General David Dickson died in Fayette County, Georgia 1830, aged 79 years. He joined the standard of American Independence in February, 1775, at the Snow Camps, on Reedy River, at the taking of Colonel Cunningham and his Tories. In 1776, he commanded a volunteer company, under Gen. Williamson, in the Cherokee Nation, against the Cherokees and Tories. In 1777, he brought a company of minute-men to Georgia, and was stationed on the frontiers. In 1778, he and his company went with the American army to take St. Augustine, and served in the artillery. The taking of St. Augustine miscarried; the minute-men were discharged, and he returned to South Carolina, joined the standard of Independence, and continued in the service of his country to the end of the war. Cpt. David Dickson was appointed as General of the Georgia State Militia. After his military services, General Dickson served as Justice of the Peace in Greene County Georgia from 1788 until 1790. He was in the state legislature in 1789 for Greene County Georgia. By 1792 he was Justice of Inferior Court and Commissioner of Greene County Academy also in 1792. In 1796 he was elected Representative for Hancock County Georgia until 1799. In 1802 he was Justice of Inferior Court in Jackson County Georgia, then served as a State Senator for Jackson County Georgia until 1806. Children of first marriage: 1. Dickson, William Hugh born 9/14/1785; married Sallie Sanders; died in TX. 2. Dickson, Peter born/died 9/14/1785. Children of second marriage: 3. Dickson, Michael born 12/9/1788; married Rebecca Aubry. 4. Dickson, William born 3/20/1790; married Harriet Kitchens; died in TX. 5. Dickson, Elizabeth born 2/16/1791, died 11/16/1792. 6. Dickson, David 3/22/1792; married Letitia Harris; died in ARK. 7. Dickson, James born 7/10/1794, died in MS. Children of third marriage: 8. Dickson, Thornton Smith born 8/21/1801, died 10/25/1867 in TX. 9. Dickson, Nancy Campbell born 12/2/1802, died 8/14/1894; married Jeptha Smith; buried Smith Family Cemetery, Randolph County, Alabama. 10. Dickson, Charles Allen 3/22/1804, died 9/1873; married Cassie Wilkes; died in TX. 11. Dickson, Martha Patsy Ealse born 11/30/1805; married Joseph McConnell. 12. Dickson, John Orr born 6/30/1808; married Mary Glass. 13. Dickson, Robert David born 1/2/1810; married Mahaley Glass; died Fayette County, Georgia.

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