DICKASON/DICKERSON/DICKSON/DIXON/DIXSON GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


I've been aware of my DICKASON lineage since about 1981 after corresponding with Earl Strebeck and Ida Creekmore about the McEvers. The John McEver Forbes manuscript supplies the name of Prudence Dickason as the wife of Andrew McEver of Georgia., but we know virtually nothing about Prudence or her family. She also had a sister Patsy Dickason who married William McEver, a brother of Andrew McEver.

It is very possible that DICKASON is a variant spellings of DICKSON, DIXON, DIXSON, DICKERSON, etc. If so, then there is a chance that I would have another line that goes back to a DICKSON or DIXON. Elizabeth CHADWICK, wife of Charles WOOLVERTON, was married secondly to John DIXSON of Hunterdon County, New Jersey (See my CHADWICK and WOOLVERTON pages).

Here is my DICKASON lineage as far as can be proven:

  1. Prudence DICKASON, b. ca. 1775, d. bef. 1850 Madison Co., GA; md. ca. 1795 Elbert Co., GA to Andrew McEVER, b. ca. 1768 Cumberland Co., PA, d. Oct. 1863 Madison Co., GA
  2. Elizabeth "Betty" McEVER, b. ca. 1796 Elbert CO., GA, d. 1857 Madison Co., GA (buried at Jones Chapel Cemetery); md. 4 Mar. 1822 Madison Co., GA to Samuel Franklin BEARD (father born in Ireland; mother born in South Carolina), b. 26 Sept. 1802 South Carolina, d. 4 Aug. 1880 Madison Co., GA (buried at Jones Chapel Cemetery)
  3. Martha Auntny BEARD, b. 23 Oct. 1833 Madison Co., GA, d. 23 March 1913 Gibtown, TX; md. ca. 1865 Madison Co., GA to Russell SARTAIN, b. 24 August 1828 Madison Co., GA, d. 24 April 1909 Gibtown, TX (Both buried at Gibtown Cemetery)
  4. Maizie Elmira Catherine SARTAIN, b. 7 Dec. 1871 Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS, d. 15 March 1954 Morton, TX (Buried at Morton Cemetery); md. 12 Dec. 1888 Jack Co., TX to McCager Martin GARVIN, b. 19 Oct. 1856 Newton Co., MS, d. 17 Dec. 1920 Frederick, Tillman Co., OK (Buried at Hackberry Cemetery) (first cousins on the Sartain side)
  5. Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 November 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, CO (Both buried at Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, CO) *These are my grandparents.



DICKASON E-MAIL LIST


If you have queries concerning the DICKASON surname, you may post these at the Dickason Family Genealogy List which is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Dickason surname and variant spellings.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the Dickason e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in DICKASON for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in DICKASON you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letter of the month.

ROOTSWEB DICKASON MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the DICKASON surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Dickason Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any DICKASON name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the DICKASON family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/dickason


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the DICKSON family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/dickson


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the DIXON family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/dixon

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the DICKASON/DICKERSON/DICKSON/DIXON lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.




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Last updated November 10, 2004.


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