Husband of Susanna Shelton Dickenson; Son of Griffith Dickenson and Amy Cosby Dickenson.
Corporal 1st Co. 3rd Battalion VA troops & 3rd GA Regiment
Corporal in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Hanover County, VA on October 26, 1776 under Captain Thomas Scott in the 1st Company 3rd Battalion, Virginia Troops. About January 1, 1777, marched to Savannah, Georgia and was placed in the battalion commanded by Colonel Elbert; was detached on a number of expeditions under Major J. Lane and Colonel McIntosh and assisted in the capture of some British vessels and forts; was one of the baggage guard at the battle of Brier Creek; was not in the Battle of Stono, being sick in camp at that time, but afterward guarded prisoners to Augusta, Georgia; he was discharged November 3, 1779, at which time he was a corporal in the 3rd Georgia Regiment, his discharge was signed by Joseph Pannill, Lieutenant Colonel of said regiment. The soldier stated that he served three months as a fifer and thirty-three months as corporal. Later, he served about four weeks in the Guilford expedition and was at Yorktown until Cornwallis surrendered.
Later he exchanged his Brown Bess for a Bible and became one of the founders of Greenfield Baptist Church, Greenfield, VA, where he served as a moderator for many years. In 1787 he married Susannah Shelton, daughter of Crispin Ephias Shelton and Letitia Beuford Shelton. They are both buried within sight of the home that Rev. Dickenson built and named Greenwood in the 1760's.
Corporal 1st Co. 3rd Battalion VA troops & 3rd GA Regiment
Corporal in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Hanover County, VA on October 26, 1776 under Captain Thomas Scott in the 1st Company 3rd Battalion, Virginia Troops. About January 1, 1777, marched to Savannah, Georgia and was placed in the battalion commanded by Colonel Elbert; was detached on a number of expeditions under Major J. Lane and Colonel McIntosh and assisted in the capture of some British vessels and forts; was one of the baggage guard at the battle of Brier Creek; was not in the Battle of Stono, being sick in camp at that time, but afterward guarded prisoners to Augusta, Georgia; he was discharged November 3, 1779, at which time he was a corporal in the 3rd Georgia Regiment, his discharge was signed by Joseph Pannill, Lieutenant Colonel of said regiment. The soldier stated that he served three months as a fifer and thirty-three months as corporal. Later, he served about four weeks in the Guilford expedition and was at Yorktown until Cornwallis surrendered.
Later he exchanged his Brown Bess for a Bible and became one of the founders of Greenfield Baptist Church, Greenfield, VA, where he served as a moderator for many years. In 1787 he married Susannah Shelton, daughter of Crispin Ephias Shelton and Letitia Beuford Shelton. They are both buried within sight of the home that Rev. Dickenson built and named Greenwood in the 1760's.
Husband of Susanna Shelton Dickenson; Son of Griffith Dickenson and Amy Cosby Dickenson.
Corporal 1st Co. 3rd Battalion VA troops & 3rd GA Regiment
Corporal in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Hanover County, VA on October 26, 1776 under Captain Thomas Scott in the 1st Company 3rd Battalion, Virginia Troops. About January 1, 1777, marched to Savannah, Georgia and was placed in the battalion commanded by Colonel Elbert; was detached on a number of expeditions under Major J. Lane and Colonel McIntosh and assisted in the capture of some British vessels and forts; was one of the baggage guard at the battle of Brier Creek; was not in the Battle of Stono, being sick in camp at that time, but afterward guarded prisoners to Augusta, Georgia; he was discharged November 3, 1779, at which time he was a corporal in the 3rd Georgia Regiment, his discharge was signed by Joseph Pannill, Lieutenant Colonel of said regiment. The soldier stated that he served three months as a fifer and thirty-three months as corporal. Later, he served about four weeks in the Guilford expedition and was at Yorktown until Cornwallis surrendered.
Later he exchanged his Brown Bess for a Bible and became one of the founders of Greenfield Baptist Church, Greenfield, VA, where he served as a moderator for many years. In 1787 he married Susannah Shelton, daughter of Crispin Ephias Shelton and Letitia Beuford Shelton. They are both buried within sight of the home that Rev. Dickenson built and named Greenwood in the 1760's.
Corporal 1st Co. 3rd Battalion VA troops & 3rd GA Regiment
Corporal in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Hanover County, VA on October 26, 1776 under Captain Thomas Scott in the 1st Company 3rd Battalion, Virginia Troops. About January 1, 1777, marched to Savannah, Georgia and was placed in the battalion commanded by Colonel Elbert; was detached on a number of expeditions under Major J. Lane and Colonel McIntosh and assisted in the capture of some British vessels and forts; was one of the baggage guard at the battle of Brier Creek; was not in the Battle of Stono, being sick in camp at that time, but afterward guarded prisoners to Augusta, Georgia; he was discharged November 3, 1779, at which time he was a corporal in the 3rd Georgia Regiment, his discharge was signed by Joseph Pannill, Lieutenant Colonel of said regiment. The soldier stated that he served three months as a fifer and thirty-three months as corporal. Later, he served about four weeks in the Guilford expedition and was at Yorktown until Cornwallis surrendered.
Later he exchanged his Brown Bess for a Bible and became one of the founders of Greenfield Baptist Church, Greenfield, VA, where he served as a moderator for many years. In 1787 he married Susannah Shelton, daughter of Crispin Ephias Shelton and Letitia Beuford Shelton. They are both buried within sight of the home that Rev. Dickenson built and named Greenwood in the 1760's.
Inscription
VA CPL 5 VA RGT
