Born : abt 1791 Washington Co., Ga. (now Hancock)
Died : Nov. 2, 1857: Hancock County
Spouse : Elizabeth Shi /Shy/1795
Born: abt 1795 Hancock Co., Ga.
Died : aft 11 Jan 1858, Hancock Co., Ga.
Mother: Jane ??? /1765
Note : Samuel Shy Rev War Soldier Burried Jasper Co GA
March 5, 1866 March 3, 1896
Note : Curry Dickson applied for letters of administration on the estate of James
Shy,deceased, Tuesday, July 5, 1853 (his father-in-law)
Note : Jan. 11, 1858: Elizabeth Dickson, widow of Curry Dickson, dec'd applied for
widow's maintenance for 12 months.
Note :James M. Dickson, William S.Dickson, and David W. Dickson file for letters of Adm.
Children of James Curry Dickson I 1791 & Elizabeth Shi 1795
Birth: 6 Sep 1813 Hancock Co., Ga.
Died : 18 Apr 1898 Hancock Co., Ga.
Spouse: Margaret A. Crawford
2. Emily Frances Dickson/1815
Birth: 16 Nov 1815 Hancock Co., Ga.
Died: 6 Aug 1897 Gregg Co., TX
Buried : Danville Cemetery, Gregg Co. Texas.
Spouse: Thomas W. Jordan
Birth: 29 Aug 1813
Death: 07 May 1889
Burial: aft 07 May 1889 Danvile Cemetery, Gregg Co., Texas
Children : Sarah Jane Jordan b: 1843
3. William Solomon Dickson CSA/1819
Born : Sep 6, 1819 Hancock Co., Ga.
Married : Oct 17,1869
Died: Jul 6,1875 Hancock Co., Ga.
Spouse: Mary Long
Note : William S. Dickson, David W. Dickson and John Dewitt were three of the
subscribing witnesses to the will of John Dickson, son of Thomas and Priscilla
Dickson who died in 1857. William S. Dickson and David W. Dickson, among the
appointed appraisers of the estate. (Brantley)
4. David W. Dickson CSA/1813
Born : 1830
Died : 17 Nov 1862 Winder Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Burried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA
HANCOCK CONFEDERATE GUARDS
Dickson, David W.- private February 24, 1862. Died in Winder
Hospital at Richmond, Va. November 17,1862. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery.
Dickson, John C.- private July 15, 1861. Appointed 3d
Corporal in 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born
in Hancock County, Ga. April 14,1843.)
Dickson, Joseph C.- private July 15, 1861. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,1863.
Dickson, Quincy L.- private July 15, 1861. Killed at
Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863.
Dickson, William S., Jr.- private July 15, 1861. Wounded,
left shoulder permanently disabled, at Sharpsburg, Md. September
17, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. On
detached duty at Corps Hospital April 9, 1865. Captured and
paroled at Athens, Ga. May 8,1865. (Born in Georgia September 25,
1839.)
Dickson, William S., Sr.- private July 15, 1861. Surrendered,
Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865.