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词条 Joseph Dickson
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  1. Military service

  2. Civilian service

  3. Family

  4. References

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|state1 =North Carolina
|district1 =1st
|term_start1 = March 4, 1799
|term_end1 = March 3, 1801
|predecessor1= Joseph McDowell, Jr.
|successor1 = James Holland
|office2 =Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
|term_start2 =1809
|term_end2 =1811
|predecessor2 =John Tipton
|successor2 =John Cocke
|office3 = Member of the North Carolina Senate
|term3 = 1788-1795
|birth_date = April 1745
|birth_place = Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
|death_date = April 1825
|death_place = Rutherford County, Tennessee
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|children = Robert Dickson, Elizabeth Dickson, John Dickson, Joseph Dickson Jr., William Dickson, Margaret Dickson, Ezekiel Dickson, Isabella Dickson, James L. Dickson
|party = Federalist
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| allegiance = United States of America
| branch = North Carolina militia
| serviceyears = 1775-1783
| rank = Colonel during war, Brigadier General after the war
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Joseph Dickson (April 1745 – April 1825) was an American politician and soldier who represented North Carolina's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801, and would later serve in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, though eventually moved with his parents to Rowan County, North Carolina. He was engaged in cotton and tobacco planting.[1][2]

Military service

Service record:[1]

  • Captain in the Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1775)
  • Captain in the 1st Rowan County Regiment of militia (1775-1776)
  • Captain in the 1st Battalion of Volunteers (1776)
  • Major in the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1779-1780)
  • Major in the North Carolina State Cavalry-Western District of the North Carolina state troops (1780)
  • Colonel over the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1781-1783)
  • Brigadier General, after the Revolutionary War[2]

He was commissioned Colonel over the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia under Colonel Charles McDowell of the Morgan District Brigade in 1781. He was at the Battle of Kings Mountain as major of the Lincoln County Regiment. He led his regiment in the Battle of Haw River on February 25, 1781.[1]

Civilian service

Before the Revolutionary War, he was a member of Rowan County Committee of Safety. Dickson was elected clerk of the Lincoln County Court in 1781, and was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1788 to 1795. During this time, he was appointed to the commission to establish the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress in 1798, representing North Carolina's 1st district.[2][3]

Dickson moved to Tennessee in 1803 and settled in that portion of Davidson County which subsequently became Rutherford County. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1807 to 1811, serving as speaker the last two years.[2][3]

Family

He was married to Margaret McEwen, daughter of James McEwen and Isabella Miller. He died in Rutherford County, Tennessee and is interred on his plantation northeast of Murfreesboro, Tennessee at the Boyd Cemetery, Compton, Rutherford County, Tennessee.[2][4]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/patriot_leaders_nc_joseph_dickson.html|title=The American Revolution in North Carolina, Joseph Dickson|author=Lewis, J.D.|accessdate=March 20, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000331|title=Biographical entry from the US Congress directory|accessdate=March 20, 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?MarkerId=O-47|title=North Carolina Historical Marker O-47|accessdate=March 20, 2019}}
4. ^Find a Grave photo of tombstone, Memorial No 22307382
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