Joshua Dixon (1750 - 1834)

Born 9 Oct 1750 in Chester, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Heald) Dixon — married 23 Dec 1773 in Wilmington, Delaware

Husband of Dinah (Battin) Dixon — married 13 Mar 1783 in Kennett MM, Chester Co., PA

Descendants

Died 1834 at about age 83 in Columbiana, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Joshua was a Friend (Quaker)

Joshua Dixon was born Aug 9 1750,^[1][2] son of Quakers, John Dixon Rebecca Cox .^[3]

Hannah Dixon is listed with a birth of Sept 29 1774 ^[4], daughter of Joshua Dixon and Phoebe Heald.

Blackburn DB has 3 children listed for Joshua and Dinah, all born in western PA

1. Rachel Dixon, b. 19 Jul 1785, PA

2. John Dixon

3. Thomas Dixon, b. 3 Oct 1797, PA; d. 8 May 1873, , Stark, OH

In the Blackburn DataBase Joshua's siblings and father John have their last name spelled Dixson.

Joshua Dixon performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Joshua Dixon is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032569.

Joshua Dixon is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-148606
Rank: Patriotic Service

During the revolutionary war period, Joshua Dixon suffering depredation in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1781.^[5]

This SAR Patriot # has been changed - Sons of the American Revolution records for Patriot # P-148567; ^[6][7]

Dixon family made the challenging risky move from SE PA to the western edge of PA over the mountains to Mon Valley territory, at present day Roscoe, Washington County. For the very early arrivals there were choice sites available alongside the Monongahela River flowing north toward Fort Pitt, where it merged to form the Ohio River. the Mon Valley had very unique characteristics, and resources that made it prosper as the gateway to the Northwest Territories. County borders were very imprecise at this point in time. Quaker MM sources frequently identify Fayette County, Washington Twnsp, or Washington County PikeRun Twnsp, where a Redstone meeting location was utilized. Brownsville PA close in proximity, where the Redstone Creek, entered the river, was opposite side and was in Fayette Co.

Historic Early settlers, Washington Co.

The earliest information anyone has been able to find for Lucyville (Roscoe PA) dates back to October 2, 1784. At that time, Joshua DIXON secured a patent of land from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the territory that was, 70 years later, to become Allen Township. Dixon was just one of many settlers who was given land in this large territory. The DIXON property passed down through the Dixon family until it came to the family of William LATTA, who deeded it to his sons, Ostrander and Alexander on May 18, 1868^[8]

In 1802, Joshua and Dinah Dixon moved their family 75+ miles from Washington County, Pennsylvania to Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. It may have been overland or partially by boat, going ashore from the Ohio River. There they became among the most prominent and active early settlers. They built a cabin there and a few years later erected a brick dwelling, the first brick structure in the area. He took a leading role in the organization of the township and in August of 1805, he laid out the village of Columbiana, having the plat acknowledged by a justice of the peace and recorded in the recorder's office in New Lisbon. He also took an active part in the organization of the first Quaker church in the county.^[9][10]. As a tribute the Elementary school for the Columbiana School District is now named "Joshua Dixson".

...the public square of Columbiana, Ohio, in June, 1802 [...] nothing but stately oaks on every side [was the sight that greeted] Joshua Dixon, who, with his family of a wife and eleven children, located on section 4, in 1802, and built their cabin. A few years later they erected a large brick dwelling on the properly where G. Ed. Buzard now lives, and purchased adjoining sections 3 and 4 from the United States Government.

In the fall of 1805 the village of Columbiana was laid out, history tells us, by Joshua Dixon, on the 21st of August, 1805, and embraced originally fifty-eight lots on the southwest side of section 4.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Blackburn Data Base- Joshua Dixon birth 9 Aug 1750, BFA files; Blackburn Family Association, Inc. Master Database - updated 25 March, 2017
2. ↑ Dixon, Willis Milnor. Kith and Kin. Los Angeles, Calif.: Press of White and Tyler, 1922. Page 5.
3. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Chester County, Kennett Monthly Meeting, Births and Burials, 1706-1806, p. 18 Image 25.
4. ↑ Blackburn Data Base- Hannah Dixon birth 1774, BFA files; Blackburn Family Association, Inc. Master Database - updated 25 March, 2017
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution records for Ancestor # A032569
6. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Volume V, Muster Rolls Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Chester, page 885;
7. ↑ The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/20105/images/dvm_LocHist006390-00683-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=1322&rcstate=dvm_LocHist006390-00683-0%3A1261%2C1037%2C1458%2C1073%3B250%2C2480%2C384%2C2511%3B251%2C2520%2C383%2C2553%3B986%2C3032%2C1120%2C3065%3B1128%2C3033%2C1327%2C3071 (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Adjutant General's Dept., 1929-1959), Volume I, p. 421.
8. ↑ History of Roscoe, Pennsylvania (Bicentennial book) June 1995.; Compiled and Written by: Nancy Risher Bilitski, Evelyn Gazi Bloom, Dolores Petrick Edwards, Peggie Marciak Holman, Helen B. Webb
9. ↑ Mack, Horace. History of Columbiana County, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1879. Pages 139-140.
10. ↑ McCord, William B. History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company, 1905. Page 277.
11. ↑ Wolfgang, Chauncey E. Early History of Columbiana, Ohio 1805-1912. St. Martin, OH: Commonwealth Book Company, 2016, pp 1.

• Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994), vol. IV, p. 620 (Middleton Monthly Meeting, listing 12 children of Joshua, two by his first wife, ten by his second)
• Website[1] of the City of Columbiana, Ohio (noting the founding role of Joshua Dixon; accessed March 5, 2018)
• Delaware, Marriage Records, 1750-1954 (online at Ancestry.com, showing Wilmington, Delaware as the location for the marriage of Joshua Dixon and Phoebe Heald on December 23, 1773)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Steve Conner for creating WikiTree profile Dixon-3073 through the import of Mikesell Winters_2013-09-04.ged on Sep 4, 2013. Source: Ancestry Family Tree