George Wynne Dixon (1818 - 1883)

Born Dec 1818 in Kentucky

Ancestors

Died Dec 1883 at about age 65 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

George Wynne Dixon was born about 1817 in Kentucky, the son of Henry Dixon and Mary Johnston.

In 1860 he was 43 years old and living in District 14, Shelby County, Tennessee, with Maria Dixon (age 35), Hart Dixon (age 18). The household also included J E R Ray (age 35, lawyer, farmer, Secretary of State) and his family. George was working as a judge of the Common Law Court in Memphis. He owned real estate valued at $20,000 and personal estate valued at $12,000.^[1]

In 1870 he was 52 years old and living in Memphis, Shelby County, with a large household. He was working as an attorney and owned real estate valued at $100,000 and personal estate valued at $25,000.^[2]

In 1880 he was boarding with Frank and Sarah W Williams at 60 Monroe Avenue in Memphis.^[3]

George Dixon died in December 1883 while on a business trip to Pennsylvania and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis on 19 December 1883.^[4][5]

Slaves

• Peter

• In 1860, George was enslaving 12 people ranging in age from four to 50 years old in Shelby County, Tennessee.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 145; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1273; FHL microfilm: 805273; Record number: 30402;
   FamilySearch Record: M8YS-ZV1 (accessed 23 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSF-G6S Image number 00802
   George Dixon (43) at 14th Civil District, Shelby, Tennessee, United States. Born in Kentucky.
2. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   citing Page: 22; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 24; FHL microfilm: 000553062; Record number: 19243;
   FamilySearch Record: MD87-FY2 (accessed 23 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QM9-C22 Image number 00489
   Geo Dixon (52) head of household in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States. Born in Kentucky.
3. ↑ 1880 Census - "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWZ-BQ7 : Thu Oct 05 15:45:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Frank Williams and Sarah W. Williams, 1880.
4. ↑ Death Notice for Judge George Dixon - Public Ledger (Memphis, Tennessee), 19 Dec 1883, Page 4. Newspapers.com Sharing Link.
5. ↑ Find a Grave - database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104030867/george-dixon: accessed 04 December 2023), memorial page for Judge George Dixon (1818–Dec 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104030867, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Mary & Kent (contributor 47170788).
6. ↑ 1860 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKT5-4WPZ : Tue Oct 03 15:07:48 UTC 2023), Entry for George Dixon and , 1860.

• 1858 Henry Dixon Will. Kentucky, Union County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. E, p. 328-330, 24 May 1855, digital image 174-175 of 291, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 7 November 2023) Will Transcription
  • "...9th To my son George I have advanced the sum of $3000...A few days since I forwarded by mail to my son George a deed of gift to a negro man Peter about Eighteen years old which slave he is to have and said man with the Three Thousand Dollars I have herein charged my son George with is to be in full satisfaction & discharge of his interest in my entire estate"

• Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky, Henderson, KY: n.p. 1887, pp. 608-612, Captain Henry Dixon bio and family information; image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/historyofhenders00star/page/608/mode/2up?q=towles : accessed 30 Nov 2022)

• Death of daughter Blanche Dixon Bright: "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
  citing Death, Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,973,416.
  FamilySearch Record: Q2HD-6KGS (accessed 23 June 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BX-FRZ6 Image number 1676
  Geo Wynne Dixon in death record for daughter Blanche Dixon Bright, 8 Jun 1962 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States.