The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Captain
Captain George Dickey was actually buried where he fell by Hopper Creek, Polk Co NC
.Photo by permission: Descendant Norman Dickey, ILSSAR; Documented by Jim Brewer in 2012
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Author: Elbert Curtis Dickey
Captain George Dickey was born in 1743 to James Dickey and Catherine Huet Dickey who had emigrated from Ireland. Around the time of George’s birth, James and Catherine lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Sometime after 1745, James and family moved to Augusta County, Virginia, and then before 1747, they moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina. George had six siblings including John, Isabel Ferguson, Margaret Hughes, Anthony, David and Moses. George married Martha Johnston and possibly 5 children were born to this union – George Jr, Moses, Martha, Robert and possibly James. George and his family lived beside the Broad River in Rutherford County, North Carolina. George’s brother, Anthony, married Martha’s sister, Sarah As a militia captain, George was leading a group of seven men near Hooper Creek in Rutherford County, North Carolina. They were attacked by Cherokee Indians who were allied with the British. George, Elias McFadden, and another man were killed by the Indians on May 2, 1780. Two other men were wounded. Varmints got to the bodies overnight and ate the flesh. The next day Anthony, leading 70 men, gathered the bones in a sheet and buried them in a sinkhole on a hill near Hooper Creek. Anthony then led a three day raid on Indian villages, and they killed as many Indians as they could find. This story is documented in Anthony’s Revolutionary War pension application. Anthony also stated in his pension application that he served under the command of Captain George Dickey. In addition, Anthony reported his younger brother, Moses, was also a soldier and was taken prisoner and put aboard a British prison ship. Later in 1780, David Dickey, brother of George, fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780. Thus James and Catherine had four sons who fought in the revolution. They were George (1743-1780), Anthony (1745-c1832), David (1747-1835), and Moses (1749-1779). In 2012, three memorial plaques were placed beside the David Dickey grave located in the Dickey Lynch Cemetery on the east side of Broad River, Rutherford Co., NC on land that had been owned by David Dickey – and possibly owned by George. George's widow, Martha moved to South Carolina for a period of time, but census records show that she and her sons, George Jr. and Moses, moved back to Rutherford County. George's brother, David Dickey, could read and write and assisted Martha with George’s estate. David also married the widow of Elias McFadden, one of the men killed by the Indians. Descendants of George may join DAR and SAR. George's DAR number is A204388. This was proven by Anthony's Revolutionary War pension application record. Their brother David was also a Revolutionary War soldier with a pension - DAR number A033680. Side note: James’s brother, John, was also a Captain and fought at Kings Mountain.
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