Tidbits of history...... One of the early settlers in southern Alamance County was Simon Dixon of Pennsylvania. Dixon bought land from the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina in 1751 and settled in the area of present day Snow Camp. He built a grist mill there in 1753 and played an important role in the area until his death in 1781. Simon Dixon, born in Pennsylvania in 1728. He was not the first to settle in this area as some came as early as 1740, but he was perhaps the best known of the pioneers. Simon and his wife, Elizabeth Allen Dixon arrived in time to become charter members of Cane Creek Friends Meeting. Simon was active in the Regulator movement in the 1760's, opposing unjust taxation and corruption in government in the colony. That movement ended in the Battle of Alamance, not far from Dixon's home, but there is no record of his having taken part in the battle. During the Revolutionary War, just after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the army of British General Cornwallis came to Snow Camp for a brief stay. Cornwallis took over the Dixon home for his headquarters, but Dixon had fled to Hawfields afraid that his role with the Regulators might have caused him problems with the British. The troops tried to operate his mill.... but Dixon had jammed it. He did not return before the troops left, and it has been reported that they tortured him, perhaps leading to his death in April of 1781, just a few weeks after the British were at his home. Simon Dixon and his wife Elizabeth Allen are buried in the Cane Creek Cemetery . A monument shaped like a grist wheel marks their graves. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm