Here's a little more: They came from Bladen Co, NC, and descend from John Lydall Dixon. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vanessa Burzynski <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [FLESCAMB] John Alexander Dixon > I too am interested in the Dixon's from Escambia County. My great-grandmother, > Florida Kierce, mother's maiden name was Dixon. Here is what I have on the Dixon > line. > > Francis Marion Dixon b. Feb 28, 1822 d. Dec ?? 1902 > Martha Ann Cobb Dixon b. Apr 3, 1827 d. Oct 25, 1884 > Married Nov 7, 1844 > Children: > Silvester Marion Dixon b. Sep 26, 1847 d. Jul 30, 1850 > Florida Alice Dixon Mims b. Feb 25, 1855 d. Sep 14 1873 > Frances Elizabeth Dixon b. Aug 1, 1859 d. Jun 18, 1915 > Wiley Benjamen Dixon b. Jul 21, 1862 d. Aug 12, 1908 > > Vanessa Kierce Burzynski > Texas > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Judy Hamm, > > I am going to respond to your e-mail on the List, because there is an > > abundant amount of people on the Escambia List that has a lot more research > > material at hand than I do. > > I haven't been able to find John A. Dixon in anything that I have. He is not > > listed in the Santa Rosa Cemetery Book. There are a lot of Dixon's in there. > > I found only one Dixon in my Escambia County books, and that was Lillie Mae > > Dixon who died in 1985 . Of course there are a lot of cemetery's that I > > don't have a record of. > > Rosie Kersey died a year ago this month. I have a copy of her obit. I have > > a copy of Mary Dixon and Henry Kersey's marraige license, also a copy of > > Rosie and Hixon's marraige license. Be glad to send you a copy . > > I never knew that my Carrolls and the Kersey's were intermarried. In my > > research, I must have overlooked it. > > As I told you, my Carrolls came from Red Level Alabama. I will post them at a > > later time, as this is getting too long. > > I will look into my possible kin file and see if I can find anything on your > > Carrolls, which are probably my Carrolls as well. > > No, I never heard of Porphyria being genetic in the family, but when Rosie > > got something set in her mind, there was no changing it. > > Thank you for the information, > > doris > > > >