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1757 - 1843 (86 years)
1715 - 1786 (71 years)
Birth |
1715 |
North Anna Hawkins Creek, Caroline, Virginia |
Died |
1786 |
Washington, Russelll Co., Virginia |
Buried |
36 55' 44.74"N 79 14' 53.59"W |
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Father |
Nathaniel Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson, b. Est 1678, King William Co., Colonial Virginia |
Mother |
Elizabeth Garland, b. Est 1685, New Kent Co., Virginia |
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Family |
Sarah Ann Cosby, b. 1718, New Kent Co., Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Obadiah Dickerson, b. 1749, Hanover Co., Virginia |
| 2. Reverend Griffith Dickenson, Jr., b. 8 Aug 1757, Hanover County, Virginia Colony |
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1718 - 1760 (42 years)
Birth |
1718 |
New Kent Co., Virginia |
Died |
1760 |
Louisa Co., VA |
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Father |
John Cosby |
Mother |
Martha Garland |
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Family |
Corp. Griffith Dickerson/Dickenson, b. 1715, North Anna Hawkins Creek, Caroline, Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Obadiah Dickerson, b. 1749, Hanover Co., Virginia |
| 2. Reverend Griffith Dickenson, Jr., b. 8 Aug 1757, Hanover County, Virginia Colony |
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Abt 1760 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
Abt 1760 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Reverend Griffith Dickenson, Jr., b. 8 Aug 1757, Hanover County, Virginia Colony |
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Name |
Griffith Dickenson |
Title |
PATRIOT |
Prefix |
Reverend |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Born |
8 Aug 1757 |
Hanover County, Virginia Colony |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
16 Oct 1843 |
Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia [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 , d. 1786, Washington, Russelll Co., Virginia (Age 71 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Ann Cosby, b. 1718, New Kent Co., Virginia , d. 1760, Louisa Co., VA (Age 42 years) |
Family ID |
F4092 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S38] Headstone, https://pch1767.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/griffith-dickenson-1.jpg.
- [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.
- [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&.
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