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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Author: Jim Lester Wilson
Joseph Hixson was born in 1746 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He married Susannah, whose last name is thought to have been Stringfield. By the time of the Revolutionary War, he had migrated to Washington County, Maryland, where he was recorded having taken the patriot’s loyalty oath on March 1, 1778. (1) During the War for Independence he enrolled in the Maryland Militia, although it is not known whether or not he was ever called to active duty. His name was listed in the 8th class of Capt. Martin Kershner’s company of the Washington County, Maryland militia. (2) On November 1, 1786, he received a grant for 100 acres of land in Greene County, Tennessee. This land was located on the south side of Clear Creek, and he also owned land on Middle Creek in Greene County. He was on the Greene County tax roll for 1797 in Capt. Jas. Penney’s company, and in 1789 he was appointed overseer of the road from Washington County to Camp Creek. His will was dated November 26, 1803, and was presented in court on January 23, 1804. (3) Apparently, his death occurred between these two dates. Named in his will were his wife, Susanna, and his children: Andrew, William, Timothy, Joseph, Ephraim, John, Susanna Davis, Benjamin and James.
(1) Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh and Margaret Roberts Hodges, Revolutionary Records of Maryland, (1924; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967), 12. (2) S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War, (Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987), 248. (3) Joseph Hixson’s will (1803), Greene County, Tennessee Will Book 1: 200-201, Greene County, Courthouse, Greeneville, Tennessee.
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DAR NOTE: There are potential issues,REGARDING RES AND LINEAGE - Jun 2011
THERE IS NO PROOF THAT SON WILLIAM'S MIDDLE NAME WAS JOSEPH