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WILLIAM T. DICKSON
William
T. Dickson was born February 14, 1800 in
Kentucky.
He was the son of David Dickson of
North
Carolina. His father moved from North
Carolina
to Kentucky and to Tennessee by 1803. He
thereafter
settled in Hempstead now Pike County,
Arkansas
about 1825 or 1826 "in the region where
Murfreesboro
now stands" according to Sam
Williams
in his sketches of Pike County pioneers.
He
came to Arkansas territory from Jackson County,
Tennessee.
Also from this Tenn-essee county to
Pike
County, Arkansas by 1833 were David S.
Dickson,
John Dickson, John M. Dickson, Samuel
A.
Dickson, Sion B. Dickson, Abner H. Hancock,
Isabella
Hancock afterward the wife of Micajah
Johnston,
Mary S. Hancock after-ward the wife of
Clement
Davis, William T. Hancock, George W.
Hensley,
Isaac White, John White, and Jordan
White.
William
T. Dickson entered as private in the service
of
the United States in the War of 1818 against the
Seminole
Indians. He was mustered in at Camp
Blount,
Tennessee on January 31, 1818 for the term
of
six months and actually served five months in
Captain
James Rodgers' Company of Tennessee
Volunteer
Mounted Gunman. He was honorably
discharged
at Columbia, Tennessee in Maury
County
on June 30, 1818.
William
T. Dickson and Nancy "under the name of
Dickson"
were married by John Wilson, Esquire in
Jackson
County, Tennessee on January 22, 1822.
Their
known children were:
Leroy
Allen Dickson born 1823 in Jackson County, Tennessee;
married
Mary Agness White daughter of John White and
Martha
Mitchell about 1845 in Pike County, Arkansas; died
June
2, 1886 in Pike County, Arkansas. They are buried in the
Delight
Cemetery (old section) behind the Antioch Church of
Christ
at Delight, Arkansas.
John
W. Dickson born 1827 in Jackson County, Tennessee;
married
Nancy, maiden name unknown, about 1868 in Pike
County,
Arkansas.
William
J. Dickson born 1835 at Wolf Creek, Missouri
Township,
Pike County, Arkansas.
George
Washington Dickson born 1838 at Wolf Creek,
Missouri
Township, Pike County, Arkansas; married Ellen,
Ellie,
or Elbe (Huffman) Wingfield daughter of Joseph
Huffman
and Jamima Thornton and widow of William H.
Wingfield,
on October 10, 1869 in Clark County, Arkansas.
Elizabeth
(Lizzie) Dickson born 1840 at Wolf Creek, Missouri
Township,
Pike County, Arkansas.
Francis
M. Dickson born 1842 at Wolf Creek, Missouri
Township,
Pike County, Arkansas.
Mary
Caroline Dickson born 1845 at Wolf Creek, Missouri
Township
Pike County, Arkansas; married Cornelius Waller
Threlkeld
son of Thomas Atwell Threlkeld and Parmelia
Ragsdale
on February 1, 1875 in Pike County, Arkansas; died
March
1882.
Abner
H. Dickson born 1848 at Wolf Creek, Missouri
Township,
Pike County, Arkansas; moved to Texas.
William
T. Dickson, Nancy Dickson and Leroy
Dickson
are among sixty-four listed as "charter
members"
in the records of the Antioch Church of
Christ
at Delight, Arkansas. This church originated
in
1833. William T. Dickson was ordained the first
deacon
of record for this church on October 29,
1842
and continued in this office until his resignation
March
4, 1855. The church selected as
successors
Richard Boyer and Cyrus Hubble.
William
T. Dickson purchased 80 acres of public
land,
the south half of the southeast quarter of
Section
24 in Township 8, South of Range 24,
West,
from the Land Office at Washington, Ar
kansas
on February 22, 1836. This parcel comprises
the
greater part of northwest Delight, Arkansas.
His
land joined the 42.62 acres of Samuel Hasley.
William
T. Dickson died in Pike County, Arkansas
on
July 10, 1859. Nancy Dickson born June 29,
1805
in South Carolina died after 1878.
BOUNTY
LAND CLAIM
Form
of Declaration for
Surviving
Officer or Soldier.
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
On
this 21st day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty
one, personally appeared before me, Jackson Brock, a
Justice
of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within
and
for the County and State aforesaid, Wm. T. Dick-son age
51
years, a resident of Pike County in the State of Arkansas
who,
being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the
identical
Wm. T. Dickson who was a private in the Company
commanded
by Captain James Rogers in a Regiment of
T.V.M.G.
M. (Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunman)
commanded
by (blank) in the war with the Semi-nole Indians;
that
he volunteered at McMinnville, Tennessee (in Warren
County)
on or about the (blank) day of (blank) A.D. 1818 for
the
term of 6 months and was honorably discharged at
Columbia,
Tennessee on the 30th day of June A.D. 1818, on
account
of (blank) as will appear by the original certificate of
discharge
hereto attached and also the muster rolls of said
Company.
He
makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty
land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting
bounty
land to certain officers and soldiers who have been
engaged
in the military service of the United States "passed
September
28th, 1850."
WM.
T. DICKSON
Sworn
to and subscribed before me, the day and year above
written.
And I hereby certify, that I believe the said Wm. T.
Dickson
to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and
that
he is of the age above stated.
JACKSON
BROCK, J.P. (L.S.)
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
I,
Thomas K. Dossey, Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the
County
and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that
Jackson
Brock, whose genuine signature appears above, is, and
was,
at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in
and
for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and
sworn;
that all his official acts as such are entitled in full faith
and
credit; and that the aforesaid Circuit Court, is a Court of
Record,
having general jurisdiction.
Given
under my hand and seal of office, at Murfreesboro, Pike
County,
Arkansas this 21st day of May A.D. 1851.
THOMAS
K. DOSSEY, Clerk.
Certificate
of Discharge
This
is to certify that William T. Dixon private in Capt. James
Rodgers'
company of T.V.M.G.M. has served a tour of five
months
as a Volunteer, on an expedition against the Seminole
Indians;
he carries with him the thanks & gratitude of his
commanding
officer and merits the applause of his country, and
is
hereby honorably discharged.
JAMES
RODGERS, Capt.
Columbia,
June 30th 1818.
POWER
OF ATTORNEY.
Know
all Men by these Presents:
That,
I, Wm. T. Dickson of the County of Pike and State of
Arkansas
do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint
Wm.
K. Sebastian my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in
my
name, to demand and receive from the Department of the
Interior
of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant, to
which
I am entitled for my Military services, as set forth in the
foregoing
Declaration; and, for good and sufficient rea-sons, do
hereby
revoke and countermand any and all other powers of
attorney
or other authority that may have been heretofore given
by
me.
In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this
21st day of May, 1851.
WM.
T. DICKSON (L.S.)
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
On
this 21st day of May 1851, personally appeared before me,
Jackson
Brock a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to
take
acknowledgements in and for the county afore-said,
William
T. Dickson and acknowledged the above Power to be
his
act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
JACKSON
BROCK, J.P. (L.S.)
BOUNTY
LAND CLAIM
Form
of Declaration for
Surviving
Officer or Soldier.
State
of Arkansas,
County
of Pike,
On
this eleventh day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and
fifty-five, personally appeared before me, I.D. Wall a Justice
of
the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for
the
County and State aforesaid, William T. Dickson aged 55
years,
a resident of Pike County in the State of Arkansas, who
being
duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the
identical
Wm. T. Dickson who was a Private in the Company
commanded
by Captain James Rogers in the 2d (as he believes)
Regiment
of Tennessee Volunteers com-manded by Col. Haines
in
the war against the Seminole Indians; that he volunteered at
Jackson
County, Tennessee on or about the 1st day of February
A.D.
1818 for the term of six months and continued in actual
service
in said war for the term of six months and was
honorably
discharged at Columbia, Tenn(essee) on the (blank)
of
(blank) A.D. 1818 on account of (the) expiration of term of
service
as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company.
He
makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Bounty
Land to which he may be entitled under the "Act
granting
additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers
who
have been engaged in the military service of the United
States,"
approved March 3, 1855. And refers to his former
declaration
made under act of 1850 upon which he applied for
Land
Warrant No. (blank), for (blank) acres, which he having
never
received, (and) is not within his power to return.
He
further declares that he has not received a warrant for
bounty
land under any other act of Congress, nor made any
application
therefor, than the one above referred to, under act of
1850
upon which (he) applied for, the said Land Warrant, No.
(blank),
for (blank) acres, and the one now presented.
WILLIAM
T. DICKSON
We,
Abner H. Hancock and Elijah Kelley, Senr., residents of
Pike
County, Arkansas, upon our Oaths, declare that the
foregoing
declaration was signed and acknowledged by Wm. T.
Dickson
in our presence, and that we believe from the
appearance
and statements of the applicant, that he is the
identical
person he represents himself to be.
ABNER
H. HANCOCK
ELIJAH
KELLEY, SEN.
The
foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and
subscribed
before me, on the day and year above written, and I
certify
that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the
claimant
is the person he represents himself to be, and that I
have
no interest in this claim.
In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my
seal of office, at office in the County of Pike, State of
Arkansas,
the day and year first above written.
I.D.
WALL, J.P.
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That,
I, William T. Dickson, of the County of Pike and State of
Arkansas,
have constituted and appointed Wm. K. Sebastian of
Washington
City, D.C. my true and lawful Attorney,
irrevocably,
for me and in my name, to prosecute and received
from
the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant,
due
me under existing Laws granting Bounty Land for services
rendered
in the United States in the different wars, and generally
to
do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the
premises,
and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the
purpose
aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby
confirming
all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my
name
legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this
thirteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight
hundred
and fifty-five.
WILLIAM
T. DICKSON (Seal)
Acknowledged
and subscribed before the undersigned, Clerk of
the
Circuit Court of Pike County, in the State of Arkansas.
In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my
seal of office, at office in the town of Mur-freesboro,
Arkansas,
this thirteenth day of June, in the year one thousand
eight
hundred and fifty-five.
WM.
R. McFARLIN, Clk.
The
State of Arkansas,
ss:
County
of Hempstead,
Be
it remembered, that on this 25th day of April A.D. 1856,
personally
appeared before me, Simon T. Sanders, clerk of the
Circuit
Court for the County of Hempstead and State afore-said,
duly
authorized to administer oaths and take affirmations within
the
State aforesaid, by virtue of my office of clerk aforesaid,
Grandison
D. Royston, a person well known to me to be the
identical
individual he represents himself to be and being first
duly
sworn by me for the purpose, did make and subscribe
before
me and in my presence the following affi-davit, viz:
That
he has never received by mail or otherwise, a certain Land
Warrant
issued by the Pension office of the United States of
America,
entitled "Warrant No. 32,605" for 80 acres and issued
in
favor of "Mr. William T. Dickson" for his services in
"Capt.
Rogers'
Company Tenn. Vols." and which was sent "March 20,
1852"
to the "Hon. W.K. Sebastian" of the U.S. Senate from
said
office, as deponent is informed by letter of "S. Cole"
for
Commissioner
of Pensions, to "Hon. E.W. Johnson of U.S.
Senate"
now in deponents possession and which said Warrant
was
on the 25th day of March, 1852 transmitted by Senator
Sebastian
by mail to this deponent to his address at Washington,
Arkansas,
as this deponent has been advised since by the Hon.
W.K.
Sebastian, and that he confidently believes that said
Warrant
has been lost or de-stroyed in transit by mail from
Washington
City, D.C. to the address of deponent at
Washington,
Arkansas.
G.D.
ROYSTON
Sworn
to and subscribed before me on this, the day an year first
above
written, as witness my hand as said clerk as aforesaid, as
also
my seal of office affixed at my office, at the town of
Washington,
in the County and State aforesaid.
S.T.
SANDERS, Clerk.
State
of Arkansas,
Sct:
County
of Hempstead,
I,
Orville Jennings, do solemnly swear that the notice of William
T.
Dickson of "Land Warrant Lost" as represented by a
copy
thereof
affixed in the margin hereof, was duly published in the
"Hempstead
Democrat" a newspaper published weekly at
Washington,
in the County and State aforesaid, for six weeks
successively,
to wit: from Tuesday April 3d, 1855 to Tuesday
May
25, 1955, during which period I was one of the publishers
of
said newspaper, and that the copy in the margin hereof was
cut
from one of the numbers of said papers issued during said
period,
by me, so help me God!
ORVILLE
JENNINGS
Sworn
to and subscribed before me, Simon T. Sanders, Clerk of
the
Hempstead Circuit Court, on this 25th day of April, A.D.
1856.
In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my as such clerk and
affixed
my seal of office at my office in the town of
Washington,
in the County and State, aforesaid, upon the day
and
year, aforesaid.
S.T.
SANDERS, Clerk
Land
Warrant Lost!
NOTICE
is hereby given that military Bounty Land Warrant
No.
32,605, for 80 acres, issued in favor of William T. Dickson,
for
his service as a private in Capt. Rogers' Company,
Tennessee
Volunteers, has been lost; and this is to forewarn all
persons
form purchasing the same. The Department having
been
notified of its loss, a caveat will be filed, and a duplicate
applied
for.
WILLIAM
T. DICKSON
April
3, 1855.
LETTER
U.S.
Senate May 19, 1856
Sir:
Mr.
W.T. Dickson under date of May 2 to Hon. R.W. Johnson
writes
that he had "sometime last Spring" a warrant issued
from
the
Dept. for 80 acres which was addressed to G.D. Royston at
Washington,
Arks., but never came to hand. That he made the
proper
shewing (sp) in order to account for it & made
application
for more land under the last act of Congress giving
more
land & made me "agent". I have no recollection of
any
such
warrant under the supplementary act.
I
obtained for Mr. Dickson his original warrant for 80 acres
which
was lost, "No. 32605" for 80 acres & made
application
for
a duplicate in 1852 from which I have not received since.
Can
he confound the cases? Please answer me as to the first
named
&c., who obtained, when issued, to whose care & what
proceedings
are on file for a duplicate, & by whom made.
Very
respectfully,
W.K.
SEBASTIAN
J.
Minot, Commissioner.
LETTER
U.S.
Senate May 20, 1856
Sir:
I
have to state that the warrant described in the affidavit
aforesaid,
was issued to my care at Washington City, and that
inasmuch
as I had received the original Declaration & proofs
from
Mr. G.D. Royston, as the attorney of W.T. Dickson. I
forwarded
said Warrant to said G.D. Royston as appears from
an
entry in my memorandum made at the time. The warrant
was
transmitted about the 25 March 1852.
Respectfully,
W.K.
SEBASTIAN
J.
Minot
Commissioner,
Pensions.
Washington
City, D.C.
Bounty
Land Warrant Applications of William T. Dickson, 1851 and 1855,
National
Archives, Washington, D.C.
Declaration
to be made by a surviving Officer
or
Soldier claiming additional Bounty Land.
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
On
this 2d day of July, 1856, before me, a Justice of the Peace,
in
and for the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared
William
T. Dickson, aged 56 years, who being duly sworn
according
to law, declares that he is the identical William T.
Dickson
who was a private in the company com-manded by
Captain
Rogers, in the 2d Regiment of Mounted Volunteers of
Tennessee,
commanded by Col. Haynes. That he volunteered
at
Gainesboro, Jackson Co., in the State of Tennessee, on or
about
the (blank) day of January, 1818 and was honorably
discharged
at Columb(ia), Tennessee, on or about the (blank)
day
of April, 1818.
He
further states, that about the year 1851 he made appli-cation
to
the Pension office for Bounty Land Warrant for said services,
that
he has been informed that Bounty Land Warrant No.
32605
for 80 acres, (was) issued under the act of 28th Sept.
1850
from Pension office, by reason of said service. He further
states
that said Warrant has never come to his possession, that
he
has never sold nor assigned said Warrant & that he is
informed
that a caveat has been filed in the Gen(era)l Land
Office.
He
makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
additional
Bounty Land, to which he is entitled under the Act of
March
3d, 1855, never having received Bounty Land except as
above
stated, and he hereby constitutes and appoints W.K.
Sebastian,
of Arkansas, his Attorney to prosecute his claim and
procure
his warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering
Attorney
to obtain from the proper authorities which his said
service
may be recorded, and to procure any and all other
evidence
that may be necessary to establish his claim, as fully as
he
might or could do if personally present, and revoking and
countermanding
all other authority that may have been given for
the
above specified purpose.
WILLIAM
T. DICKSON
Sworn
to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and
year
first above written, and on the same day personally came
before
me William Kelley and Elijah Kelley, residents of
Arkansas,
to me known as creditable witnesses, who being duly
sworn
according to law, declare that they are personally
acquainted
William T. Dickson, who has made the foregoing
declaration,
that they were present and saw him subscribe &
sworn
to said declaration, and that from their personal
acquaintance
with him, they believe that he is the identical
person
who performed the military services, and they further
swear
that they are disinterested in his claim.
WILLIAM
KELLEY
ELIJAH
KELLEY
Sworn
to, and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not
interested
in the claim, or concerned in its prosecution, and I
believe
that the claimant is the person he represents himself to
be.
I.D.
WALL, J.P.
State
of Arkansas,
County
of Pike,
I,
Wm. R. McFarlin, Clerk of the County Court in and for the
County
and State above named, do hereby certify that I.D. Wall,
Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who
has
thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a
Justice
of the Peace, in and for the County and State above
named,
duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts
as
such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his
signature
thereto
is genuine.
In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and
affixed
my official seal, this 4th day of July A.D., 1856.
WM.
R. McFARLIN, Clerk by
WM.
J. KELLEY, D.C.
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
On
this 2d day of July 1856, before me, a Justice of the Peace
in
& for said County & State, personally appeared William
T.
Dickson
aged 56 years, who being duly sworn according to law,
declares
that he has never received Bounty Land Warrant No.
32605
of 80 acres issued under the Act of 28th September
1850,
for his services rendered in the year 1818 & that he has
never
sold nor assigned said Warrant.
He
makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a
Duplicate
of said Warrant to which he is entitled as will more
fully
appear by reference to his first application under the date
of
April 1856, forwarded by O. Jennings, Esq. of Washington,
Arks.
on file in the Pension Office, as he is informed & believes,
&
he hereby constitutes & appoints W.K. Sebastian of Arkansas
his
attorney to prosecute his claim & procure his Duplicate
Warrant.
WILLIAM
T. DICKSON
Sworn
to & subscribed & acknowledged before me the day &
year
first above written.
I.D.
WALL, J.P.
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
I,
Wm. M. McFarlin, Clerk of the County Court in & for the
County
& State above named, do certify that I.D. Wall, Esq.,
before
whom the foregoing affidavit was made & who
thereunto
signed his name, was at the time of so doing, an
acting
Justice of the Peace, in & for the County & State,
aforesaid,
duly commissioned & sworn, that all his official acts
as
such are entitled to full faith & credit, & that his
signature
thereto
is genuine.
In
testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name &
affixed
my official seal at Murfreesboro this 4th day of July,
1856.
WM.
R. McFARLIN, Clerk by
Wm.
J. KELLEY, D.C.
LETTER
U.S.
Senate July 22, 1856
Sir:
I
herewith transmit the papers of Wm. T. Dickson certifying his
proof
for a duplicate of Warrant & also his application for
additional
bounty taken out.
Respectfully
yours,
W.K.
SEBASTIAN
J.
Minot, Commissioner
Pensions.
LETTER
General
Land Office
July
31, 1856
Sir:
In
reply to your letter of the 24th. Inst., I have to state that a
communication
from the Hon. W.K. Sebastian, of the U.S.
Senate,
date July 18, 1854 is on file in this Office, requesting a
Caveat
to be filed against the issue of a patent on Land Warrant
No.
32,605 for 80 acres, Act of 1850, and a Caveat was
accordingly
entered as desired.
Very
Respectfully,
(name
not deciphered)
Hon.
J. Minot
Commissioner
of Pensions.
LETTER
Committee
on Printing U.S.S.
November
9, 1857
Dear
Sir:
On
January the 14, 1856 I enclosed you at the instance of Hon.
R.W.
Johnson, application of Wm. T. Dickson for additional
Bounty
Land under act of March 3, 1855 and have not been
advised,
as yet, what disposition, if any, has been made of the
application
by your department. John Dickson's application was
enclosed
at the same time and a warrant issued on the 3d of
April
1857 for 80 acres, No. 45,780. G.D. Royston, Esq.,
Washington,
Ark. is the attorney in both cases.
Will
you please inform me as soon as practicable of your action
in
the case of Wm. T. Dickson.
Very
respectfully,
Your
obedient servant,
J.K.
ROGERS for
R.W.
JOHNSON
Hon.
Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner
of Pensions.
The
military record of William T. Dickson indicates he mustered in
as a private
in
Capt. Chism's Company, 1st Regiment, T.V.M.G.M. on January 31,
1818. He
was
attached to Capt. James Rodgers' Company as given in the
certificate of
discharge.
The military record under Capt. Chism and discharge above both
indicate
he was discharged on June 30, 1818 at Columbia, Tennessee.
Bounty
Land Warrant Supplemental Application, 1856, and Military
Service
Records
of William T. Dickson. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
WAR
OF 1812.
Declaration
of a Widow for Pension
under
Act of February 14, 1871;
also
February 28, 1878.
State
of Arkansas,
ss:
County
of Pike,
On
this 18 day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight,
personally appeared before me Wm. B.
Thomasson,
Clerk of the Circuit Court, a court of record within
and
for the county and State aforesaid, Nancy Dickson aged
seventy-two
years, a resident of Pike county, State of Arkansas,
who,
being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the
widow
of William T. Dickson, who served the full period of
sixty
days in the Military service of the United States in the war
of
1812; and who was the identical William T. Dickson who
volunteered
in Captain Chisham's (or Chis-holm's) company,
(blank)
regiment ... at Jackson County, Tenn., ... that she
received
a land warrant for her said husband's services in the
War
of 1812; that said land warrant was obtained in her said
husband's
lifetime, to obtain which, his discharge and other
evidence
of his identity and service in said war, was forwarded
to
the department at Washington City & is of file there. She
prays
that they be taken as evidence, that she was married under
the
name of Nancy Dickson to said William T. Dickson on the
22d
day of January, 1822, by John Wilson Esqr. at home,
county
of Jackson, State (of) Tennessee, there being no legal
barrier
to said marriage; that her said husband died at Pike
County,
Arks., on the 10th day of July, 1859; and that she has
not
remarried since his death; that at no time during the late
rebellion
against the authority of the United States, did she or
her
said husband adhere to the cause of the enemies of the
Government,
giving them aid or comfort, or exercise the
functions
of any office whatever under any authority, or
pretended
authority, in hostility to the United States; that she
will
support the Constitution of the United States; that she is not
in
receipt of a pension under any previous act; that she makes
this
declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension
roll
of the United States under the provisions of the act
approved
February 14, 1871 and hereby constitutes and
appoints,
with full power of sub-stitution and revocation Enoch
P.
Hale, of Prescott, Nevada County, Ark., her true and lawful
attorney
to prosecute her claim and procure the issuance of a
pension
certificate to her. That her post office is Wolf Creek
P.O.,
county of Pike, State of Arkansas, and her domicile or
place
of abode is Pike County, Arkansas; that she can not
recollect
the Col.'s name or the commanders of his regiment
&c.,
nor the term of his enlistment or discharge.
NANCY
(her x mark) DICKSON
Witnesses:
Quincy
H. Lewis
Henry
C. Polk
Also
personally appeared Quincy H. Lewis, residing at
Murfreesboro
and Henry C. Polk, residing at Murfreesboro,
persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit,
and
who, being by me duly sworn, say: They were present and
saw
Nancy Dickson, the claimant, sign her name (or make her
mark)
to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason
to
believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their
acquaintance
with her, that she is the identical person she
represents
herself to be; and at no time during the late rebellion
against
the authority of the United States did she, or her said
husband,
adhere to the cause of the enemies of the Government,
or
give them aid or comfort; and they have no interest in the
prosecution
of this claim.
QUINCY
H. LEWIS
HENRY
C. POLK
Sworn
to and subscribed before me this 18th day of March,
A.D.
1878, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above
declaration
were fully made known and explained to the
applicant
and witnesses before swearing, including the words
(blank),
erased and the words (blank), added; and that I have no
interest,
direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
WM.
B. THOMASSON,
Clerk
of Circuit Court,
Pike
Co., Ark.
Navy,
Old War, and Bounty
Land
Division.
CMB
Acknowledging
Receipt of Claim.
1812.
SERVICE
PENSION.
Department
of the Interior,
PENSION
OFFICE,
Washington,
D.C., May 6, 1878.
Sir:
The
application of Nancy Dickson, widow of Wm. T. Dickson
for
Service pension No. 13,303, under act of March. 9, 1878,
has
been received and filed in this Office.
You
will be informed if any testimony is required in support of
the
allegations made in the declaration.
In
all communications address to this Office relative to your
claim,
the number of the claim, and the act under which you
have
applied, must be given as furnished above.
Very
respectfully,
J.A.
BENTLEY, Commissioner.
Enoch
P. Hale
Prescott,
Ark.
(No.
60)
WIDOW'S
DIVISION
Department
of the Interitor,
PENSION
OFFICE,
Washington,
D.C., Aug. 19, 1878.
Madam:
To
aid in the tracing the claim referred to in the inclosed papers,
THEY
SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE with
answers
in full to the subjoined interrogatories, which answers
should
be inserted on the blank lines below.
Any
communications heretofore received form this Office
relative
to the claim should also be returned.
Very
respectfully,
O.R.G.
CEARKE, Commissioner.
Nancy
Dickson, widow W.T.D.
Prescott,
Arkansas
Care
of Enoch P. Hale.
INTERROGATORIES.
1st.
What number was give to the claim by the Pension Office?
Answer:
No. 13303.
2nd.
What is the claimant's full name and relation to soldier?
Answer:
Nancy Dickson, Widow of.
3d.
What was the soldier's full name?
Answer:
William T. Dickson.
4th.
What was his company and regiment, and when did he die?
Answer:
Captain Chisom's or Chisholm Company, Tennessee
militia,
died, See Declaration.
5th.
When, or about when, was the claim filed?
Answer:
About May 6, 1878.
6th.
If Pension has been paid, at what Agency?
Answer:
(blank)
ENOCH
P. HALE for
NANCY
DICKSON
Department
of the Interior.
PENSION
OFFICE.
Washington,
D.C. Sept. 5, 1878
In
the claim No. 13,303 of Nancy Dickson, widow of Wm. T.
Dickson
for Pension under Act of March 9, 1878 you are
informed
that she is required to state the number of the land
warrant
she received for her husband's Services and the date of
issue
of the same.
Please
return this letter with the answer thereto.
Very
respectfully,
J.A.
BENTLEY, Commissioner
by
W.B.E.
Enoch
P. Hale
Prescott
Neveda
Co., Ark.
LETTER
Prescott,
Neveda County, Arks.
September
11, 1878
Sir:
Yours
of 5th Inst. received yesterday in regard to Claim 13,303
of
Mrs. Nancy Dickson, widow of Wm. T. Dickson for Pension
under
act of March 9, 1878. You are informed that she is utterly
unable
to give the number of the Land Warrants her husband
received
for his service as a Soldier of the War of 1812. Nor the
date
of the same. That her husband William T. Dickson applied
for
his land warrants and received them and at Washington,
Hempstead
County, Arks., at the Land office, he located his
land
in Pike Co., Arks. and received Patents from U.S. Land
office
marked. viz: "Cert. 11,009 for East half, S.W. qr. Sec. 24,
Township
8 South, Range 24 W., dated 1st July 1859, recorded
Vol.
21, page 190, E." She believes these lands were entered by
warrants
received by her husband for his services &c.
E.P.
HALE
Attorney
for N. DICKSON
Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington
City, D.C.
Navy,
Old War and Bounty Land Division.
Service
Pension, War of 1812,
or
Bounty Land Claim.
Department
of the Interior.
PENSION
OFFICE.
Sept.
11, 1878
Sir:
You
are respectfully requested to furnish official evidence of the
enrollment,
muster, service, duty, and discharge or death of
William
T. Dickson, who is alleged to have been drafted at
Jackson
Co., Tenn., on the (blank) day of (blank) 18 , in
Captain
Chisham or Chisholm('s) Company, of Col. (blank)
Regiment
of (blank) and to have been discharged (or died) at
(blank)
on the (blank) day of (blank) 18 .
If
the above name is not found on the rolls of said Company,
will
you so state, and report as to enrollment, &c., in the case
of
any
man bearing a similar name, when you have good reason
for
believing to be the soldier inquired for.
Please
return this Circular with your report.
Claim
No. 13, 303
Respectfully
yours,
J.A.
BENTLEY, Commissioner.
Hon.
third Auditor, Present.
State
of Arkansas,
ss.
County
of Pike,
On
this the 22nd day of October A.D. 1878, before me S.H.
Wingfield,
an acting Justice of the Peace, of the place in and for
the
County and State, aforesaid, Charles Wingfield, aged Eighty
years,
and Elijah Kelley, aged Seventy-eight years, and who
being
duly sworn according to law, declare:
That,
they, were well acquainted with William T. Dickson the
husband
of Nancy Dickson applicant for Pension No. 13,303.
That
said William T. Dickson died in Pike County in the State
of
Arkansas on the 10th day of July 1859. The said Charles
Wingfield
was with the said Dickson till within a few hours
before
his death and the said Kelley was present when said
William
T. Dickson died. They further state that they are well
acquainted
with Nancy Dickson the widow of said William T.
Dickson
deceased, that she has not remarried but remains a
widow
to the present time.
They
further declare that they have examined the family Record
of
William T. Dickson, deceased in which we find the following
entries,
viz: "William T. Dickson was born February 14, A.D.
1800.
Nancy Dickson was born June 29th A.D. 1805. They
were
married January 22, A.D. 1822."
That,
they, reside in Pike County in the State of Arkansas and
that
their Post Office is Antoine, Pike County and State of
Arkansas
and that they have no interest in the prosecution of
this
claim.
ELIJAH
KELLEY, SR.
CHARLES
WINGFIELD
Sworn
to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of October
1878,
that they are credible witnesses and I have no interest in
the
prosecution of this claim, that the contents of the foregoing
were
fully made known to the witnesses before sworn to.
S.H.
WINGFIELD, J.P.
State
of Arkansas,
County
of Pike,
On
this 22 Oct 1878, personally appeared before me, an acting
Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Mary
Threlkeld, who being duly sworn, declares, that the family
record
examined by the foregoing witnesses is the Genuine
original
Family record of William T. Dickson, deceased. That
she
is his daughter and the record has long been in her
possession.
MARY
THRELKELD
Sworn
to and subscribed before me, an acting Justice of the
Peace
for Pike County, this 22nd day of October, 1878.
S.H.
WINGFIELD, J.P.
No.
13303
Treasury
Department
Third
Auditor's Office
November
29, 1878
Respectfully
returned to the Commissioner of Pensions with the
information
that there are no Rolls of Captain Chisham, or
Chisholm's
Company of Tennessee Militia, War of 1812, on file
in
this Office.
A.M.
GAUGEWER, Deputy Auditor.
Claim
No. 13303
Act
of Mar. 9, 1878
Cert
No. Rejected, P.B.
Original
Case
SERVICE
PENSION
War
of 1812
WIDOW'S
BRIEF.
Nancy
Dickson (the) widow of William T. Dickson. Rank:
Private,
Captain Chisham, (James Rogers); Regiment: Militia;
State:
Tennessee; Post Office: Wolf Creek, County of Pike,
State
of Arkansas; Attorney: Enoch P. Hale, P.O. Prescott,
Neveda
County, Arkansas; Fee (blank); Contract (blank);
Application
filed March 29, 1878.
Alleged
service: Volunteered in Capt. Chisham or Chisholm's
Company
at Jackson Co., Tenn., in 1818 as shown in application
for
bounty land. In application for pensions the period of
service
is not stated. P.B. Third.
Record
evidence of service: Second auditor reports that there are
no
Rolls of Captain Chishams or Chisholm's Company
Tennessee
Militia and second auditor reports that Wm. T.
Dickson
served in Chisham (Rodgers') Co. from Jan. 31 to July
6,
1818.
Length
of service: 157 days. Subsequent to Feb. 17, 1815.
Proof
of identity: By affidavits of Quincy H. Lewis and Henry
C.
Polk.
Proof
of loyalty: (blank)
Rejected
January 25, 1879 on the ground that soldiers service
was
rendered subsequent to date of ratification of treaty of
Peace.
P.B.
No
pension previously applied for.
J.H.
BATCHELOR, Pension Searcher.
Bounty
Land Wt. 40,554-80-55.
J.G.
WILSON, Bounty Land Searcher.
S.F.
KAMPF, Examiner.
Rejection
approved, January 30, 1879.
PAUL
BRODIE, Reviewer.
Widow's
Original, Pension File, No. 13303 of Nancy Dickson, National
Archives,
Washington,
D.C.
Confederate
Pension Application Files
Pike
County, Arkansas Veterans &c.
Name
of Veteran County Appl # Name of Widow
Alford,
Andrew J. Pike 9101
Alford,
James M. Pike 8792
Alford,
Dr. W.D. Pike 25328
Ashcraft,
S.T. Pike 9102
Bachelor,
S.B. Pike 765
Bacon,
Jesse J. Howard 18792 Bacon, Rebecca
Beaty,
Thos. L. Pike 25329
Bell,
John C. Sevier 11999 Bell, Mary A.
Billings,
John B. Nevada 8111
Blackwood,
Andrew Howard 18794 Blackwood, Mary
Blackwood,
Wm. Howard 27980 Blackwood, Mary
Bradford,
R.W. Pike 2083
Brock,
Geo. W. Pike 8841
Brock,
James Howard 18795
Brock,
M. Howard 5156
Brock,
M.K. Perry 8684 Brock, Sarah J.
Brown,
Thomas M. Howard 18783 Brown, E.H.
Buck,
J.G.H. Pike 29744
Callaway,
M. Pike 8163
Clark,
John S. Howard 5342 Clark, Mary
Coe,
George W. Garland 1612 Coe, Harriet
Conatser,
David A. Sevier 1562
Cooper,
T.L. Hot Spg 19695 Cooper, L.E.
Cummings,
Benj'n Pike 25349
Daniel,
Henry C. Hmpstd 18479 Daniel, M.E.
Daughtery,
Thomas Pike 9086
Davis,
R.L. Pike 9117
Davis,
W.J. Pike 9119
Dean,
M.H. Pike 9116
Dickinson,
Joel Sr. Pike 15314
Dingler,
J.M. Pike 8846
Doss,
Willis H. Pike 25330
Duke,
Aaron V. Pike 9118
East,
Capt. T.M. Sr. Clark 21863 East, T.E.
Estes,
H.H. Sevier 11811
Floyd,
L.C. Pike 1573
Floyd,
Samuel Sebstn 15521 Floyd, Louisa
Fuller,
Stephen A. Pike 25350
Funderburk,
J.H. Pike 25351
Garner,
Columbus Pike 9097
Gatliff,
J.W. Pike 8798
Hale,
A.T. Howard 5357 Hale, Margaret A.
Hamilton,
J.W. Pike 25333
Harris,
W.W. Pike 9153
Haynes,
J.M. Howard 23092
Haynes,
Thomas J. Hmpstd 18509 Haynes, Eugenia
Henderson,
A.N. Pike 9151
Henderson,
John W. Hot Spg 5431 Henderson, E.
Henderson,
W.P. Pike 9147
Hicks,
James M. Saline 10839 Hicks, Martha R.
Holland,
George W. Pike 29077
Holliday,
John Howard 18855 Holliday, Missouri
Horn,
William Howard 18854 Horn, Jane
Horton,
W.A. Pike 2798
House,
T.T.L. Pike 9145
Howard,
Hiram H. Sevier 1713 Howard, Rosa
Huddleston,
D.F. Hmpstd 5282 Huddleston, Fannie
Huddleston,
Wood Hmpstd 5215
Hutchings,
Hickmon Pike 8847
Johnson,
Perry Pike 9157
Johnston,
J.L. Pike 25335
Kelley,
Giles Pike 25336
Kelley,
James A. Pike 25337
Kelley,
R.F. Pike 29080
Kirkham,
S.T. Clark 26762 Kirkham, Eliza A.
Kizzia,
Nathan Pike 8849
Levillian,
John W. Pike 8876
Lingo,
Thomas R. Hmpstd 27956 Lingo, Mrs. Thos.
Logan,
G.W. Clark 15412 Logan, Mrs. G.W.
Mansfield,
J.D. Pike 25338
Mayben,
H.Z. Pike 9144
Mayben,
W.Z. Pike 8804
McCarty,
Wm. I. Pike 9142
McDaniel,
S.S. Pike 1574
McRae,
Silas Pike 1611
McRay,
George W. Pike 8829
Miller,
S.T. Howard 18899 Miller, Rebecca
Moon,
William H. Pike 8803
Moran,
John M. Pike 8877
Nichols,
D.P. Pike 9083
Oden,
J.B. Pike 8852
Patterson,
Frank Pike 25346
Polk,
H.C. Sevier 11820
Ponder,
W.M. Pike 9126
Power,
J.R. Pike 638
Presley,
Ben H. Pike 8858
Price,
J.G. Sevier 24262
Propst,
J.W. Pike 21242
Rabjohn,
B.F. Pike 9073
Roberson,
J.H. Nevada 8306 Roberson, A.C.
Rodgers,
J.H. Pike 8837
Rollins,
Francis M. Pike 8859
Ross,
John Pike 639
Sanders,
J.C. Pike 2805 Rejected
Sanderson,
C.C. Pike 9080
Slaughter,
John Pike 9077
Smith,
G.C. Pike 9045
Smith,
John B. Pike 25340
Snow,
F.L. Pike 21241
Sparks,
C.N. Pike 29083
Stell,
A.A. Pike 8827
Stewart,
William M. Woodrff 8853 Stewart, Mary F.
Stokes,
G.W. Pike 9044
Stover,
R.M. Pike 8809
Strasner,
Lewis Pike 8842
Sutton,
Sidney D. Pike 25339
Tatum,
L.C. Pike 8861
Name
of Veteran County Appl # Name of Widow
Taylor,
C.C. Pike 9053
Trout,
J.G. Clark 26441 Trout, Mary
Tyer,
D.A. Pike 25360
Wall,
S.B. Pike 9036
Walls,
J.W. Pike 29745
Ward,
Green Pike 9056
Watkins,
G.W. Pike 9035
Watson,
Henry C. Pike 8864
Watson,
N.S. Pike 1577
Webb,
EriPike 9032
West,
Daniel J. Pike 9039
Westerman,
M.L. Hmpstd 5245
Whisenhunt,
Bailey L. River 6726 Whisenhunt, Mary
Whisenhunt,
G.A. Howard 20712
Wilson,
Wells H. Pike 8825
Wingfield,
W.H. Sevier 11930
Wright,
W.M. Pike 25362
The
applications of veterans and / or their widows from other
counties
are of those who once lived in Pike County, Arkansas
or
who have or may have had service originating out of Pike
County.
Abstracts of other Confederate Pension Applications of
Pike
County, Arkansas veterans and / or their widows have
been
previously printed in THE GEMS, Volume 5, pages 50-
56,
64-70; Volume 6, pages 26-35, 42-52.
James
Trout and Ann Hopper
James
Trout and his wife Ann or Annie Hopper are
the
progenitors of Trout families in both Clark and
Pike
County, Arkansas. They lived in South
Carolina,
North Carolina, and Georgia. Ann Trout
eventually
came to Clark County, Arkansas from
Gordon
County, Georgia to live with her son Wilson
Nesbit
Trout where she died in October 1859 age
77.
She was described as having black hair and eyes
and
very "swarthy" (of dark com-plexion). Her
father
Ash Hopper or Ash-hopper was considered
by
family a full blood Cherokee Indian. She was the
mother
of ten children, order of birth uncertain.
Children
of James Trout and Ann Hopper
Gideon
H. Trout born about 1810 in York County,
South
Carolina married first Elizabeth (maiden
name
not known) about 1831. She died prior 1860.
He
married second Frances R. (maiden name not
known).
He moved to Clark County, Arkansas from
Gordon
County, Georgia between 1855 and 1860
and
later purchased property in Pike County where
he
resided in Caney Fork Township. Thereafter he
moved
to Grayson County, Texas where he died at
Whitewright
on February 21, 1889. He is buried in
the
Pilot Grove Cemetery seven miles south of
Whitewright.
George
Trout died in Georgia.
John
H. Trout born in North Carolina married
Ailsey
Owens on September 11, 1838 in Floyd
County,
Georgia. He was living in Texas in 1852
and
in Sevier County, Arkansas in June 1854.
According
to census records he was in Missouri
Township,
Pike County, Arkansas in 1860 and
Terre
Noire Township, Clark County, Arkansas in
1870.
He died after 1870 in Clark County,
Arkansas.
Wilson
Nesbit Trout born September 11, 1816 in
North
Carolina married first Emily Reece on August
2,
1840 in Floyd County, Georgia. She died
September
16, 1851. He married second Mary Ann
Huffman
on June 6, 1856 in Clark County, Arkansas.
He
moved to Clark County, Arkansas from
Gordon
County, Georgia between 1852 and 1856
and
in 1867 purchased property in Pike County,
Arkansas
and lived in Caney Fork Township. He
died
August 2, 1886 and is buried in the Story
Cemetery
in Clark County, Arkansas.
Joseph
Q. Trout born April 30, 1818 in North
Carolina
married Lucinda W. McNeal on August
11,
1845 in Marshall County, Alabama. He came to
Clark
County, Arkansas from Blount County,
Alabama
between 1850 and 1855. He died January
3,
1898 and is buried in the Smyrna Cemetery in
Clark
County, Arkansas.
Esther
Trout married Kennedy and died in
Georgia.
Letty
L. Trout born in North Carolina married
Jonathan
Davis on October 10, 1837 in Floyd
County,
Georgia. She lived in Gordan County,
Georgia
and died in Texas.
Elvira
Trout married Ferkinson and died in
Georgia.
Elizabeth
Didama Trout born near Calhoun, Floyd
County,
Georgia on April 22, 1826 married John
Morris
on May 12, 1844 in Floyd County, Geor-gia.
She
lived in Lamar County, Alabama and eventually
Texas.
She died at Honey Grove, Fan-nin County,
Texas
on April 28, 1895 and is buried in Willow
Wild
Cemetery.
Annise
or Ann Trout married Frank Reese and
moved
to Alabama and later Texas.
LETTER
17355
Mr.
Miller
Dear
Sir.
You
asked me to answer your letter. I am too
nervous
to write a long letter. So I got my son to
write
it and I would sign it.
I
told him what to write. I hope it will be all right.
Yours
truly,
Mary
A. Bailey
Caledonia,
Miss.
Dec.
16th 1909
Mr.
Guion Miller
Washington,
D.C.
Kind
Sir.
In
reply to yours of the 9th inst. relating to my
application
to participate in the Eastern Cherokee
fund.
I
note you want to know who first told me that Ash
Hopper
was my Great Grand Father and why I failed
to
mention him in my original application.
When
I made my first application 3 or 4 years ago
I
claim(ed) my Indian blood through my Grand
Mother
Ann Hopper who married James Trout (and)
who
was a half blood Cherokee Indian, but since
that
time I have made our family history a special
study.
My Father moved from Georgia to Alabama
in
1855. I (was) a child only about 9 years old. In
1857
or 8 my uncle Frank Reese who married my
mother's
sister Ann Trout came from Georgia to
Alabama
and my Grand Mother Ann Hopper Trout
came
with them and they came to Father's house and
stopped
a while with us and my Mother was asking
them
about Ash Hopper and they talk(ed) about him
in
a general way. Then after that my Grand Mother
Ann
Hooper Trout live(d) with my Mother about
one
year and my Mother & Grand Mother referred
to
Ash Hopper very often. Then my Grand Mother
went
to live with my Uncle Nesbit Trout in
Arkansas
(and) I never heard much more about Ash
Hopper
as my Mother (now) would not talk to her
children
about her Indian blood. She seem(ed) to
think
it dis-honorable. My Father would refer to us
children
as being Indians (in a joking way) so I now
am
fully confident that Ash Hopper is my Great
Grand
Father and when my first application (was)
re-jected
I filed my objection on this belief.
I
note you want to know who told me that he lived
on
Pea Vine Creek (in) Walker County, Georgia and
(was)
enrolled from there in 1835. My Mother often
referred
to Pea Vine Creek & (?) Creek and one Mr.
Enoch
Vandiver who came from Georgia with my
Father
(did) tell me that my people once lived in
Walker
County, Georgia. He came and spent a day
with
me and I learned a great deal about my Family
history
back in Georgia before my day. He was a
full
grown man when he left Georgia and I heard my
Mother
say that when the Indians left Georgia that
they
came by her Father's home and stopped a while
and
my Grand Mother conferred with them. My
mother
was then a child about 9 or 10 years old.
This
is my reason for believing or knowing that he
lived
in Walker Co., Georgia on Pea Vine Creek.
Now
my mother was born in 1826 and she said she
was
9 or 10 years old when the Indians left Georgia.
This
would bring the date up to 1835-6. This is my
reason
for believing that he (was) enrolled on Pea
Vine
Creek, Walker Co., Georgia (in) 1835.
I
note you ask if I can find the name of any person
who
knows that my Great Grand Father did live on
Pea
Vine Creek in Walker Co., Georgia. Nothing
more
than the above.
I
note you want to know when did I first learn that
my
Great Grand Father lived at this place and from
whom
did I learn it.
I
learned it from my Mother speaking of Pea Vine
Creek
as though she lived there and her statement
corroborated
by Mr. Enoch Vandiver. I feel confident
that
the Court of Claims will sustain my
application
for I know that I am contending for my
just
rights and I feel sure you will agree with me.
Yours
Respt.,
Mary
Ann Bailey
by
J.W. Bailey
P.S.
My mother is too nervous to write a long letter
so
she ask(ed) me to write for her. I am her son.
Eastern
Cherokees Application 17355, U.S. Court of Claims
1906-1910.
Letter of Mary A. Bailey to Guion Miller.
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