Dickson, Abishai M., 1803-1836

Born in 1804 in Dublin County, North Carolina, Abishai Dickson came to Texas from Alabama to fight in the Revolution as a member of the Red Rovers under the command of Dr. Jack Shackelford. Joining with the army of James Fannin at Goliad, the Red Rovers surrendered to General José Urrea on March 19, 1836. All but Shackleford were executed on March 27, 1836.

Dickson's widow, Ann Margaret Lucas Dickson, and three children eventually came to Texas where she married John Sutherland in 1841. Richard Hogue Dickson, son of Abishai and Ann Margaret, married Ellen L. Read. His youngest son, Richard Lee Dickson, grandson of Abishai Dickson, donated the papers to the San Jacinto Museum of History in 1950.