Dickson Family Papers 1834-1851, 1965, and undated

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Dickson Family Papers 1834-1851, 1965, and undated

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Abishai M. Dickson (1803-1836), an Alabama native, joined the Alabama Red Rovers in response to the events of the Texas Revolution and was killed in the Goliad massacre. His widow, Ann Margaret Lucas Dickson, and their children moved to Texas to claim land due Dickson for his military service. Ann Margaret Dickson married John Sutherland, a participant at the Battle of the Alamo, in Colorado County in 1841. Letters and genealogical material related to several individuals and families make up the Dickson family papers.

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Sutherland, Ann Margaret Dickson, 1809-1862

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Abishai M. Dickson (1803-1836), an Alabama native, joined the Alabama Red Rovers in response to the events of the Texas Revolution and was killed in the Goliad massacre. His widow, Ann Margaret Lucas Dickson, and their children moved to Texas to claim land due Dickson for his military service. Ann Margaret Dickson married John Sutherland, a participant at the Battle of the Alamo, in Colorado County in 1841. From the guide to the Dickson Family Papers Doc 5180., 1834-1851, 1965, and u...

Hamilton, William Scudder, 1815-1873

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Methodist minister William Scudder Hamilton (1815-1873) was born to John Ross and Sarah Ellen Scudder Hamilton in Princeton, New Jersey. After attending Princeton College, Hamilton served as a United States District Attorney before he and his parents moved to Cedar Bayou in the Republic of Texas. In 1842, Hamilton became a minister in the Methodist Church, later teaching at Rutersville College and directing a Methodist school in Seguin. In 1846, he married Louisa McIntosh Dickson, daughter of Te...

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Dickson, Abishai M., 1803-1836

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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 Sut...

Lucas family.

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Hamilton family.

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Skidmore family.

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