Alfred Booth Dixon (abt. 1804 - abt. 1858)

Born about 8 May 1804 in Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of John Ann (Shaw) Dixon — married 2 Mar 1826 in Amite County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died about 8 Oct 1858 at about age 54 in Mississippi

Biography

Alfred Booth Dixon was born May 8, 1804 in Georgia to John and Henrietta (Boothe) Dixon.^[1][2]

On March 2, 1826, he married John Ann Shaw^[3] (born March 20, 1808; died November 4, 1885).^[4]

A.B. Dixon passed away on October 8, 1858 in Liberty, Mississippi. He is buried with his wife and son in Amite County, Mississippi.^[5]

1850 Census

Alfred B. Dickson was living in Amite County at the time of the 1850 census.^[6]

• Alfred B. Dickson (46), born in Georgia^[6]
• Ann Dickson (48), born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi^[6]
• John L. Dickson (20), born in Hinds County, Mississippi^[6]
• Samuel M. Dickson (12), born in Hinds County, Mississippi^[6]
• Jones H. Dickson (7), born in Hinds County, Mississippi^[6]
• James C. Dickson (5), born in Hinds County, Mississippi^[6]
• Malissa C. Dickson (3), born in Hinds County, Mississippi^[6]
• Alfred B. Dickson (4/12), born in Amite County, Mississippi^[6]

Will of Alfred B. Dixon

Alfred B Dixon: in the Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982

• Name: Alfred B Dixon
• Probate Date: 13 Oct 1858
• Probate Place: Amite, Mississippi, USA
• Will Date: 27 Sep 1858
• Inferred Death Year: 1858
• Inferred Death Place: Mississippi, USA
• Individuals listed:
  • John Ann Shaw Dixon: Wife
  • Eliza Caston: Child
  • Albert Caston: Children-in-law
  • Emily Kirkland: Child
  • Alexander H Kirkland: Children-in-law
  • John L Dixon: Child
  • Samuel Dixon: Son
  • Jones Dixon: Son
  • James Dixon: Son
  • Melissa Dixon: Daughter
  • Lawrence: Enslaved Person
  • Clara: Enslaved Person
  • Fanny: Enslaved Person
  • Step: Enslaved Person
  • Margaret: Enslaved Person
  • Gran: Enslaved Person
  • Edmond: Enslaved Person
  • William: Enslaved Person
  • Dennis: Enslaved Person
  • Fayette: Enslaved Person
  • Ambrose: Enslaved Person
  • Abraham: Enslaved Person
  • Mary: Enslaved Person
  • Lucinda: Enslaved Person
  • Parthena: Enslaved Person
  • Sarah: Enslaved Person
  • Source^[7]

Research Notes

Amite County, Mississippi Cemeteries (p 459) has the birth and death dates for him shown above (8 May 1804 and 8 October 1858), and their marriage date (2 March 1826). Her birth date is slightly different (March 28, instead of March 20). Same source listed at least two children:

• Emily M. Dixon, born Nov. 4, 1832, d. April 22, 1896 (married Alex H. Kirkland)
• Annie E. Dixon, born Oct. 10, 1836, d. Jan. 2, 1926 (married Albert Caston)^[8]

Children

Seven children have been identified in his will although it is believed that he had an eighth child; Alfred that passed away at a very young age. His children will be listed here for research purposes in order to add notes and create profiles for children that have not yet been linked.

• 1. Corp John L. Dixon (1830–1863)
  • John was born in Amite County, Mississippi in about 1830^[9]
  • Married Margaret J. Toler on November 16, 1854; they had at least four children: Emily Dixon (wife of Thomas James Berryhill), Alfred Booth Dixon (husband of Mollie Jackson), Martha (Mattie) Edith Dixon (wife of Franklin Wilkinson), and Thomas John L. Dixon (husband of Lizzie Gallent).^[10]
  • He enlisted in Company K of the 44th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry in 1861 in Natchez, Mississippi for 3-years of the war. Age: 30, Height: 5ft, 10in, Fair Complexion, Blue eyes, Occupation: farmer. Wounded and in the hospital in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, 1862. In Camp Ballard, Murfreesboro, Tennessee in November & December 1862, waiting for processing papers for discharge as he is sick from disease, unfit for service and not expected to live to see discharge. [Office of Breckenridge Divisional Hospital, Tullahoma, Tennessee.] Died of disease at Depot General Hospital on January 3, 1863.
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #5063216

• 2. Emily Malissa (Dixon) Kirkland Powers (1832–1896)
  • Linked here
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #68570768

• 3. Eliza Ann (Dixon) Caston (1836–1926)
  • Linked here
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #37900271

• 4. Samuel M Dixon (about 1838–about 1916)
  • Born in about 1838 in Amite County, Mississippi^[11]
  • Listed with his mother and three siblings (Jones, James, and Melissa) on the 1860 Census^[12]
  • Believed to have served in the same company and unit as his brother John L. Dixon but listed as Samuel G. Dixon in many Civil War records which leads to confusion between another Samuel G. Dixon from Pennsylvania that served in Company B of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry. Note that sources on Ancestry are mixed between the two men
  • He may have married M. E. Perkins on October 17, 1867 in Amite, Mississippi but that marriage record and sources after the fact are linked to Samuel Gilliand Dixon who is linked to different parents on Family Search^[13] - it should be noted that he named one of his son's Alfred B Dixon which leads me to believe that this Samuel is the one we are looking for but that is just speculation at this time.
  • Exact date of death is uncertain at this time; the pension record attached to him on Family Search which lists 1916 is most likely for a different Samuel Dixon

• 5. Jones Hilary Dixon (1843–1919)
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #11518930 - includes notes from the Caston-Dixon Family Bible

• 6. James Carlisle Dixon Sr. (1845–1894)
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #141184413

• 7. Melissa C. E. (Dixon) Longmire (1848–1895)
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #24616944

• 8. Alfred Boothe Dixon Jr. (1850–1851)
  • See Find A Grave: Memorial #67910025

Sources

1. ↑ Probate record for John Dixon shows Alfred B. as son.
2. ↑ See also the FamilySearch PID for Alfred Booth Dixon Sr. (8 May 1804–8 October 1858)
   • FamilySearch Person: LZ51-46G
   • FamilySearch Person Sources: LZ51-46G 3 sources as of 30 July 2023
   • FamilySearch Person Discovery: LZ51-46G
3. ↑ Amite County (MS) marriage records: DIXON, Alfred SHAW, John Ann 1826-Mar-02
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #67909953 for John Ann Shaw Dixon
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #67909979 for Alfred Boothe Dixon Sr.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WS9-9C7?cc=1401638&wc=95RN-4WT%3A1031309501%2C1031365201%2C1031365202 : 9 April 2016), Mississippi > Amite > Amite county > image 70 of 116; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Enumerated 7 November 1850.
7. ↑ Will Book, 1818-1922; Author: Amite County (Mississippi). Chancery Clerk; Probate Place: Amite, Mississippi
8. ↑ Two entries from the cemetery records:
   • Caston, Albert S. 7-14-1830/8-18-1890 (m Eliza Ann Dixon 10-17-1850)
   • Annie E. w/o (d/o Alfred B. Dixon) 10-10-1836/1-2-1926

   Amite Couty Marriages has "DIXON, Eliza Ann CASTON, Albert S 1850-Oct-17

9. ↑ FamilySearch Person Sources: K88H-49N
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1860" Amite County, Mississippi, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-6LY : Tue Jul 18 02:40:30 UTC 2023), Entry for John L Dixon and Margaret Dixon includes Emily Alfred and Marthe.
11. ↑ FamilySearch Person: M431-45R for Samuel M. Dixon (about 1838–23 June 1916)
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", Amite County, Mississippi, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-X43 : Tue Jul 18 00:28:38 UTC 2023), Entry for J Ann Dixon and Samuel Dixon, 1860.
13. ↑ FamilySearch Person Sources: M5ZC-5YT for Samuel Giliand Dixon (1838–11 April 1886)

See also:

• Dixon Cemetery records.
• Find A Grave, Dixon Cemetery.
• Rootsweb tree
• GenForum post