Hawkins County TN Archives Military Records.....Dixon, George 
Revwar - Pension 
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GEORGE DIXON



   George Dixon applied for revolutionary pension while living in Hawkins

County, Tennessee, November 24, 1819, when he was 66 years of age, which places

his birth year in 1753. He enlisted in Stafford County, Virginia, and served in

Captain Howard's company, Colonel Buford's 3rd Virginia regiment. He was in

battle when Colonel Tarleton defeated the Americans in South Carolina and was in

several skirmishes also. He was discharged in the fall of 1781 and had served at

least eighteen months. In 1820 his wife was about fifty-two years of age. Her

name before marriage is not given. Members of his family then living at home

were: Thomas, aged 19 years; Daniel, aged 16 years; Stephen, aged 12 years;

Evalina, aged 9 years; and George, aged five years.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. III



by Zella Armstrong





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