Joseph Dickson (1745 - 1825) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Joseph Dickson

Birth:	Apr., 1745 Chester County Pennsylvania, USA
Death:	Apr. 14, 1825 Murfreesboro Rutherford County Tennessee, USA
US Congressman. He was a cotton and tobacco planter in North Carolina and a member of the safety committee for Rowan County in 1775. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned Captain in the Colonial Army, was at the Battle of Kings Mountain and rose to the rank of Militia Brigadier General. After the war, he was clerk of Lincoln County Court in 1781, a member of the State Senate, 1788 to 1795 and was on the commission to establish the University of North Carolina. In 1799, he was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress, serving until 1801. He moved to Tennessee in 1803 and was a member of the State House of Representatives, 1807 to 1811. He and his wife are interred on the Dickerson Plantation Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Family links: Children: Joseph Dickson (1771 - 1845)* *Calculated relationship Search Amazon for Joseph Dickson

Burial: Boyd Cemetery Compton Rutherford County Tennessee, USA Plot: Cenotaph marker in his honor.
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith Record added: Oct 19, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 22307382