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PATRIOT Reverend Griffith Dickenson, Jr.

PATRIOT Reverend Griffith Dickenson, Jr.[1, 2]

Male 1757 - 1843  (86 years)

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  • Name Griffith Dickenson 
    Title PATRIOT 
    Prefix Reverend 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 8 Aug 1757  Hanover County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Oct 1843  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I16235  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2018 

    Father Corp. Griffith Dickerson/Dickenson,   b. 1715, North Anna Hawkins Creek, Caroline, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1786, Washington, Russelll Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann Cosby,   b. 1718, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1760, Louisa Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F4092  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Anderson,   b. Abt 1760,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F6283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Rev Griffith Dickenson
    Rev Griffith Dickenson
    The Danville Register
    Nov 30, 1975

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Headstone, https://pch1767.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/griffith-dickenson-1.jpg.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81731588.
      Spouse:
      Susanna Shelton Dickenson (1752 - 1847)
      Children:
      Crispin Dickenson (1787 - 1832)
      Griffith Dickenson (1799 - 1855)
      Inscription:
      VA CPL 5 VA RGT
      Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., VA
      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.

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=dickenson&GSfn=griffith&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=81731588&df=all&.