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• _AMTID: 162485322153:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KLLV-G5B
• _UID: EFA7CA80D2B24AB3A353301B30607C802E4E

Notes:

"General" is an honorary title and not an actual rank.

From FindaGrave:
John Hamilton was born about 1746. Some claim he was born in 1752 in the Laggan Dist., Londonderry, Ireland. (The Connector of the Hamilton National Genealogical Society, 2001) He married Elizabeth Archer on 25 Oct 1774. He worked as justice and clerk of Guilford Co., North Carolina for many years. I have original papers that he signed relating to his brother-in-law Thomas Archer. Late in his life John was accorded the honorary title of “General.”

OBITUARY
"Friday, May 7, 1819, Raleigh Minerva
DIED, on the 25th January last, in Pulaski County, W. Tenn., whither he went last fall on a visit to a son-in-law and daughter, GENERAL JOHN HAMILTON of Guilford, N. C. He was one of GEN. GREEN’S aides on the day of the battle fought at Guilford Court House on the 15th March, 1781, and was active in gaining our independence."

Although it has been asserted that Hamilton was buried in the area of the McNairy Cemetery in 1819, there is no evidence of a marker or gravestone for him there today. Pat Kinsey notes that, "MANY graves were lost/destroyed in the Robert McNairy Cemetery of Giles Co, TN before a cemetery survey was taken. Gen John Hamilton is NOT shown on the cemetery survey as being buried there. He may have been and his grave marker was lost....OR he was buried elsewhere."

One comment on FindaGrave suggests that there may be errors here since there were several Hamilton families in the area at that time, but it doesn't suggest what the errors might be.

Findagrave suggests that his father was Hance Hamilton and that the family came to TN from Pennsylvania. However, the Descendants of Simon Dickson says that it was John Hamilton. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73512891/hance-hamilton

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Archer. Elizabeth was born in 1754 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died in Aug 1792 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485322149:1030:191555462
• _UID: D95791C281D44411947C8CA979FD471847F4

Notes:

Buried:
From FindaGrave:
Anne Hamilton McNairy was the daughter of Gen. John Hamilton and Elizabeth Archer. She married Robert McNairy 23 Jul 1790 in Guilford Co, NC. They later moved to Giles Co, TN and lived there the remainder of their lives. Both she and Robert McNairy died in Davidson Co, TN visiting family but are buried on their old home place in Giles Co, TN. The cemetery is TOTALLY destroyed as a fenced in cow lot now. Thank heaven there was a cemetery survey made years ago before ALL of the graves were lost. We will never know about the graves that were lost before the cemetery survey was FINALLY taken.

Ann married Robert McNairy on 23 Jul 1790 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. Robert was born on 21 Jun 1767 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died on 4 Sep 1831 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Giles, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485322147:1030:191555462
• _UID: 2F29C5801A61459C83649DABFC85B4A60394

Notes:

Mary was the eldest daughter of Robert McNairy and Ann Hamilton.

Died:
She could have died in North Carolina or in Tennessee

Family/Spouse: Joseph Dickson, Jr.. Joseph (son of Joseph Dickson, Sr. and Jane Moulton) was born about 1785 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States; died after 9 May 1873 in Thaxton, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485316476:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9J35-G38
• _UID: C47DE1074E58404294CDDE505A82E9E1861E
• Census: 1840, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
• Census: 5 Sep 1850, Marengo, Alabama, United States
• Possessions: 1 Oct 1859, Leake, Mississippi, United States; east half of the southwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8, in township eleven, north of range eight, east in the district of lands subject to sale at Columbus, Mississippi, containing one hundred nineteen and forty six hundreths of an acre
• Census: 4 Aug 1860, Leake, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 16 Aug 1870, Desoto, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

Of the children listed on the 1870 Census, I suspect that the younger 4 are children of Mary E. Dixon Williams. The dates just don't jive otherwise. Likewise, Lucy Vaugh listed there would likely be the mother of Elisa.

In the 1850 AL census, David Dixon had a son John who matches in age to my John H. Dickson. In 1860 in Leake Co., MS, we find him again with John 22 years old. Mary E Dickson, sister of John, moved to Tate Co, MS, to Coldwater after the war with four children and a brother William. Her husband, Lorenzo Dow Williams, was killed in a battle at Franklin, TN. All of this according to her g-grandson, Eric Williams.

NOTE: Uncertain, but looks likely. Might be descended from the Dicksons of Dickson County, TN, probably through Michael Dickson.

In Marengo Co., there are a lot of Dicksons already there in 1830. Likely connected - Joel, Samuel, N.F., Watson, Thomas.

In Desoto / Tate county, there are a large number of Dicksons who do not appear to be connected. The History of Tate County has a submitted history of a lot of them.

Census:
Is this really the right David Dickson? Why would he start out in Tennessee, go pretty far south into Alabama, quickly come back to Tennessee, and then head back to Alabama and on to Mississippi? I am no longer really convinced that this is him.

Census:
Interestingly, there is a Dixon's Mills in Marengo County.

Wikipedia - Beginning in the late 1820s, Joel B. Dixon, Sr. operated a water-powered gristmill at a dam that he and his sons built on Mill Creek along the old Linden-to-Choctaw Corner Road. The modern U.S. Route 43 bridge over Mill Creek now stands at the location. Dixon (January 11, 1777 – December 23, 1861), a native of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, was one of the early settlers of Marengo County. His business grew and eventually included a steam engine-driven sawmill and two steam-powered cotton gins. The mills remained in use into the first years of the 20th century. They were still standing in 1923, when they were demolished during the construction of Route 43.
Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, pages 177-178. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X

Died:
I originally had a death date of 1885, maybe from Eric Williams. But in 1880, Eliza is listed as a widow.

David married Eliza W. Johnson on 29 Jan 1835 in Marengo, Alabama, United States. Eliza was born in 1812 in Virginia, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485322155:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KC7Z-47T
• _UID: 76293B0B6C66420AAA8A18CA6A2237543058
• Census: 1845, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 26 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

Census:
Enumeration: 1 Male, 2 Female, 3 Total

Census:
Census indicated he owned 6 slaves
Male, 45
Female, 17
Female, 15
Male, 12
Female, 10
Female, 1

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• _AMTID: 162485322156:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: K24R-FQF
• _UID: FBFCD1B0FECA42D1A3FD78BCD76CB0C8E29C
• Census: 1845, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 16 Nov 1850, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 16 Nov 1850, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

Census:
Enumeration: 3 Male, 4 Female, 7 Total

Census:
Listed as owning one slave, female, 65 years old.

Family/Spouse: Joanna W. Smith. Joanna (daughter of William Austin Smith and Mary Smith) was born in 1817 in Tennessee, United States; died about Dec 1889 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485322157:1030:191555462
• _UID: 4C537A9088154C3D8E451883F36FBBD52FD3
• Census: 1845, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 7 Nov 1850, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

Census:
Enumeration: 4 male, 1 female, 5 total

Census:
Census records that he owned 4 slaves:
Female, 26
Female, 4
Male, 2
Male, 6/12