From, A Sketch of Matthew Dickson and his Descendants in the United States,
by William Alexander Dickason, his great-grandson;
submitted by mrtncrsn (47344124) 4-6-23:
Matthew Dickson emigrated from Ireland to America, landing at Philadelphia about the year 1750. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1731. His father is supposed to have been named Benjamin Dickson and he had a large family. It is believed also that the family had considerable means. Matthew Dickson would never go back to Ireland after coming to America, saying that one trip across the ocean was enough for him and he would never claim his share of his father's estate.
He did not remain in Philadelphia long and very soon found himself in York County of the same state, where in Marsh Creek in 1766 he married Agnes Carson. He was caught in the tide of emigrants flowing southward and stopped for a year or so on Crowder's Creek near Kings Mountain in what is now York County, South Carolina. He then removed to the spot where Yorkville now stands and remained until a few years after the close of the Revolutionary War. The territory of York County was included in a territorial division of the state then known as Camden District. He owned a considerable quantity of land there. He sold goods, farmed and traded in livestock.
He entered heartily into the patriot cause and served with the Whigs throughout the whole period of the war. A few years after the close of the war he sold out at Yorkville and removed to what was then Pendleton County, settling on a square mile of land lying on both sides of Twenty-six-mile Creek just south of the road leading to Pendleton Court House. He settled his sons around him on this land and spent the rest of his days there, dying April 10, 183O in the 100th year of his age. His wife had died February 13, 1826, and they were both laid to rest at Concord Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of which they were members.
In personal appearance, Matthew Dickson was of average height, compactly built, slightly corpulent, having a long body with short legs, large head and small feet, and capable of much physical endurance. His morals were sound, and while his religious principles were decidedly pronounced, the evidences of his Christianity was found in a well-rounded religious life rather than in ready exhibitions of personal piety which far too often conceal the canting hypocrite. In all his intercourse and dealings with his fellow men he squared his conduct by the strictest integrity; there was not the least scintilla of deceit or double-dealing in him and he despised and denounced these things in other men without fear or favor. His moral courage was not less marked than his physical courage and he met injury or insult with prompt and effectual resentment. He came to America alone and it is not probable that any of his brothers emigrated here. One of his cousins Jones Martin came over shortly after he did and lived with him, or near him, in Yorkville and probably removed with him to Pendleton.
Matthew Dickson's reverses culminated in the loss of nearly all his property in 1827, and in January 1828 he removed from the Six-and-Twenty to the Fork of Anderson County and ended his days there. He operated a gin on an affluent of the Six-and-Twenty where Lee's mill now is, in the early days of the cotton industry, and it is probable that his gin was among the first in that section of the country.
by William Alexander Dickason, his great-grandson;
submitted by mrtncrsn (47344124) 4-6-23:
Matthew Dickson emigrated from Ireland to America, landing at Philadelphia about the year 1750. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1731. His father is supposed to have been named Benjamin Dickson and he had a large family. It is believed also that the family had considerable means. Matthew Dickson would never go back to Ireland after coming to America, saying that one trip across the ocean was enough for him and he would never claim his share of his father's estate.
He did not remain in Philadelphia long and very soon found himself in York County of the same state, where in Marsh Creek in 1766 he married Agnes Carson. He was caught in the tide of emigrants flowing southward and stopped for a year or so on Crowder's Creek near Kings Mountain in what is now York County, South Carolina. He then removed to the spot where Yorkville now stands and remained until a few years after the close of the Revolutionary War. The territory of York County was included in a territorial division of the state then known as Camden District. He owned a considerable quantity of land there. He sold goods, farmed and traded in livestock.
He entered heartily into the patriot cause and served with the Whigs throughout the whole period of the war. A few years after the close of the war he sold out at Yorkville and removed to what was then Pendleton County, settling on a square mile of land lying on both sides of Twenty-six-mile Creek just south of the road leading to Pendleton Court House. He settled his sons around him on this land and spent the rest of his days there, dying April 10, 183O in the 100th year of his age. His wife had died February 13, 1826, and they were both laid to rest at Concord Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of which they were members.
In personal appearance, Matthew Dickson was of average height, compactly built, slightly corpulent, having a long body with short legs, large head and small feet, and capable of much physical endurance. His morals were sound, and while his religious principles were decidedly pronounced, the evidences of his Christianity was found in a well-rounded religious life rather than in ready exhibitions of personal piety which far too often conceal the canting hypocrite. In all his intercourse and dealings with his fellow men he squared his conduct by the strictest integrity; there was not the least scintilla of deceit or double-dealing in him and he despised and denounced these things in other men without fear or favor. His moral courage was not less marked than his physical courage and he met injury or insult with prompt and effectual resentment. He came to America alone and it is not probable that any of his brothers emigrated here. One of his cousins Jones Martin came over shortly after he did and lived with him, or near him, in Yorkville and probably removed with him to Pendleton.
Matthew Dickson's reverses culminated in the loss of nearly all his property in 1827, and in January 1828 he removed from the Six-and-Twenty to the Fork of Anderson County and ended his days there. He operated a gin on an affluent of the Six-and-Twenty where Lee's mill now is, in the early days of the cotton industry, and it is probable that his gin was among the first in that section of the country.
From, A Sketch of Matthew Dickson and his Descendants in the United States,
by William Alexander Dickason, his great-grandson;
submitted by mrtncrsn (47344124) 4-6-23:
Matthew Dickson emigrated from Ireland to America, landing at Philadelphia about the year 1750. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1731. His father is supposed to have been named Benjamin Dickson and he had a large family. It is believed also that the family had considerable means. Matthew Dickson would never go back to Ireland after coming to America, saying that one trip across the ocean was enough for him and he would never claim his share of his father's estate.
He did not remain in Philadelphia long and very soon found himself in York County of the same state, where in Marsh Creek in 1766 he married Agnes Carson. He was caught in the tide of emigrants flowing southward and stopped for a year or so on Crowder's Creek near Kings Mountain in what is now York County, South Carolina. He then removed to the spot where Yorkville now stands and remained until a few years after the close of the Revolutionary War. The territory of York County was included in a territorial division of the state then known as Camden District. He owned a considerable quantity of land there. He sold goods, farmed and traded in livestock.
He entered heartily into the patriot cause and served with the Whigs throughout the whole period of the war. A few years after the close of the war he sold out at Yorkville and removed to what was then Pendleton County, settling on a square mile of land lying on both sides of Twenty-six-mile Creek just south of the road leading to Pendleton Court House. He settled his sons around him on this land and spent the rest of his days there, dying April 10, 183O in the 100th year of his age. His wife had died February 13, 1826, and they were both laid to rest at Concord Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of which they were members.
In personal appearance, Matthew Dickson was of average height, compactly built, slightly corpulent, having a long body with short legs, large head and small feet, and capable of much physical endurance. His morals were sound, and while his religious principles were decidedly pronounced, the evidences of his Christianity was found in a well-rounded religious life rather than in ready exhibitions of personal piety which far too often conceal the canting hypocrite. In all his intercourse and dealings with his fellow men he squared his conduct by the strictest integrity; there was not the least scintilla of deceit or double-dealing in him and he despised and denounced these things in other men without fear or favor. His moral courage was not less marked than his physical courage and he met injury or insult with prompt and effectual resentment. He came to America alone and it is not probable that any of his brothers emigrated here. One of his cousins Jones Martin came over shortly after he did and lived with him, or near him, in Yorkville and probably removed with him to Pendleton.
Matthew Dickson's reverses culminated in the loss of nearly all his property in 1827, and in January 1828 he removed from the Six-and-Twenty to the Fork of Anderson County and ended his days there. He operated a gin on an affluent of the Six-and-Twenty where Lee's mill now is, in the early days of the cotton industry, and it is probable that his gin was among the first in that section of the country.
by William Alexander Dickason, his great-grandson;
submitted by mrtncrsn (47344124) 4-6-23:
Matthew Dickson emigrated from Ireland to America, landing at Philadelphia about the year 1750. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1731. His father is supposed to have been named Benjamin Dickson and he had a large family. It is believed also that the family had considerable means. Matthew Dickson would never go back to Ireland after coming to America, saying that one trip across the ocean was enough for him and he would never claim his share of his father's estate.
He did not remain in Philadelphia long and very soon found himself in York County of the same state, where in Marsh Creek in 1766 he married Agnes Carson. He was caught in the tide of emigrants flowing southward and stopped for a year or so on Crowder's Creek near Kings Mountain in what is now York County, South Carolina. He then removed to the spot where Yorkville now stands and remained until a few years after the close of the Revolutionary War. The territory of York County was included in a territorial division of the state then known as Camden District. He owned a considerable quantity of land there. He sold goods, farmed and traded in livestock.
He entered heartily into the patriot cause and served with the Whigs throughout the whole period of the war. A few years after the close of the war he sold out at Yorkville and removed to what was then Pendleton County, settling on a square mile of land lying on both sides of Twenty-six-mile Creek just south of the road leading to Pendleton Court House. He settled his sons around him on this land and spent the rest of his days there, dying April 10, 183O in the 100th year of his age. His wife had died February 13, 1826, and they were both laid to rest at Concord Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of which they were members.
In personal appearance, Matthew Dickson was of average height, compactly built, slightly corpulent, having a long body with short legs, large head and small feet, and capable of much physical endurance. His morals were sound, and while his religious principles were decidedly pronounced, the evidences of his Christianity was found in a well-rounded religious life rather than in ready exhibitions of personal piety which far too often conceal the canting hypocrite. In all his intercourse and dealings with his fellow men he squared his conduct by the strictest integrity; there was not the least scintilla of deceit or double-dealing in him and he despised and denounced these things in other men without fear or favor. His moral courage was not less marked than his physical courage and he met injury or insult with prompt and effectual resentment. He came to America alone and it is not probable that any of his brothers emigrated here. One of his cousins Jones Martin came over shortly after he did and lived with him, or near him, in Yorkville and probably removed with him to Pendleton.
Matthew Dickson's reverses culminated in the loss of nearly all his property in 1827, and in January 1828 he removed from the Six-and-Twenty to the Fork of Anderson County and ended his days there. He operated a gin on an affluent of the Six-and-Twenty where Lee's mill now is, in the early days of the cotton industry, and it is probable that his gin was among the first in that section of the country.
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Mathew Dickson
South Carolina Mil
Rev War
April 10 1830
Born County Tyrone
Ireland
1731
Family Members
Siblings
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