I just wondered if you knew about the Dickson place on Bear Creek. (The old log house was located across from the intersection of Wolf Branch Road and Bear Creek Road. In the 1970's there was an elderly man living there named Ike Dickson. The house was a very old log house with a dog trot in the middle. The house remained there until the 1990's when UNBELIEVABLY (to me anyway) the people that bought the farm, tore down the lovely old homeplace and replaced it with a metal building! There were several hundred acres with the place when it sold in the 1980's. My husband and I looked at it when it was for sale then. There was a fairly large cemetery on the place at that time that had numerous Dickson people buried on it. It had a chain link fence around it and was kept up at that time. Since then, the people have divided up the farm into 5 acre lots. I wondered if it at one time had enough acreage to reach the banks of Yellow Creek? It probably is about a mile or two on down Bea! r Creek from where the old house was to where Yellow Creek is. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNDICKSO] [Forum:] Raccoon Creek John DICKSON The following new message has been posted on Forum at <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#536) Raccoon Creek John DICKSON <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi?rev=536> AUTHOR: Russell James DATE: Friday, 12 November 2004, at 7:42 a.m. On 6 January 1823 the sale of the estate of John DICKSON was filed by his administrators (Robert DICKSON, Hugh DICKSON, & Joseph DICKSON) in Dickson Co., TN (Source: Estate Settlement Book, Dickson Co. Archives). There are multiple entries in the Dickson Co. Court Minutes in the years following showing evidence of conflict between the widow and the children in resolving the estate. The sale of the John DICKSON plantation finally occurs ca. 1828 naming heirs and the purchaser was Joseph KIMBLE. >From various records I believe the family consisted of: Wife: Mary/Polly (maiden name unknown) Children: Robert DICKSON (probably married Peggy MORRISON a dau. of William MORRISON), Hugh DICKSON, Joseph DICKSON, John DICKSON, Jr. James W. DICKSON, Adam DICKSON (may have married Cecilia NOLAN and then a LEWIS), Jane DICKSON (m. Tharp R. ESTES), Polly Lundy/Linda DICKSON. perhaps unknown daughter who married James BOATRIGHT, perhaps unknown daughter who married Benjamin CUMMINS. Other names that appear associated wtih this family in Dickson Co. TN are: Adam WILSON, Joseph WILSON, John WILSON, the George WEST family, Lucy ANDERSON, Allen ANDERSON, Levi ANDERSON, William ANDERSON, Chauncy DAVENPORT, Alexander DICKSON, Hugh DICKSON, Sr., Hewel PARRISH, Margaret COWAN, James GOODRICH, the HANDLIN family, Joseph KIMBLE, William MORRISON, John STEWART, the TURNER family and others. I identify this John DICKSON as "Raccoon Creek John DICKSON" because of the creek being mentioned in his deeds. His land also was along the main stream of the area...Yellow Creek. The son, Robert DICKSON, should not be confused with the Robert DICKSON who was the son of Capt. Joseph DICKSON who died ca. 1803 in Dickson Co. The son, Hugh DICKSON, should not be confused with the Hugh DICKSON who was the son of Capt. Joseph DICKSON who died ca. 1803 in Dickson Co. nor with Dry Branch Hugh DICKSON (frequently called Hugh DICKSON, Sr.) who lived nearby. The son, Joseph DICKSON, should not be confused with the Joseph DICKSON who was the son of Capt. Joseph DICKSON who died ca. 1803 in Dickson Co. The fact is that several given names are repeated again and again in 5 different DICKSON families who settled in the area. My theory is that Raccon Creek John DICKSON, Dry Branch Hugh DICKSON, Bear Creek James DICKSON (moved on to Perry Co.) and Bartons Creek Joseph DICKSON (Montgomery Co. TN) were brothers and probably nephews of Captain Joseph DICKSON who died in Dickson Co. TN ca. 1803. I believe they came to Dickson Co. from Greene Co. TN and/or Jefferson Co TN. I think the family was closely aligned with the WILSON, WOODS, STEWART and COWAN families who came from the same area. There is also some evidence there were several sisters. A couple may have married WOODS bothers and perhaps one or more married into the WILSON family (the latter just a guess). I suspect one was named Hannah DICKSON and she married her cousin Hugh DICKSON (s/o Capt. Joseph DICKSON) and they moved to Franklin Co. AL. Everybody shows her name as Hannah HICKS but two different original records say it was DICKSON. If you are interested in the DICKSON or related families of upper middle TN our DICKSON family research team could really use some help! Russ James of Houston Co. TN *************************************************************************** This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed from the mailing list, please visit Forum at <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>, or send your request to [email protected] If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the board. Thank you! ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://wwwrootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm