Josiah Dickson (1752 - 1834)

Born Apr 1752 in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Husband of Isabel (Reid) Dickson — married 13 Jun 1787 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1834 at age 82 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Dickson Name Study.

Private Josiah Dickson served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

Josiah Dickson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032570.

Josiah Dickson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 148037
Rank: Private/Patriotic Service

Private Josiah Dickson was a prisoner of war during the American Revolution.

According to Find A Grave, Josiah was born in 1752 and he passed away in 1834.

Josiah was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, hired by General George Rogers Clark to guard ammunition being taken to Virginia settlements. He served under Capts Butler and Neville, and under Col Neville. He was captured by Indians in Kentucky, held for several years, given to the British, and was finally released after the end of the war.^[1]

From notes in familysearch.org:

During the Revolutionary war, Josiah was taken prisoner and held by the Shawnee Indian Tribe for 18 months. The Shawnee sold the prisoners to the British in Detroit. A year later, Josiah was taken out of the Quebec Prison and put on board a prison ship and taken to the West Indies. After Charles Cornwallis was captured off Yorktown, Virginia, near the end of the Revolution, Josiah was set free.

Josiah and his family moved from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Mercer County Kentucky in 1804. They moved from Kentucky to Missouri in 1819.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 February 2024), "Record of Josiah Dixon", Ancestor # A032570.

• Abstract of graves of revolutionary patriots (https://archive.org/details/abstractofgraves0000hatc/page/256/) Volume: 1; Serial: 6924; Volume: 14 (http://search.ancestry.com/collections/4110/records/15218)

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1X-CLZ : 11 May 2022), Josiah Dickson, 1787.

• 1830; Census Place: Cooper, Missouri; Series: M19; Roll: 73; Page: 205; Family History Library Film: 0014854

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6539354/josiah-dickson