JAMES DICKSON, heired the home place of his father on Elder where he lived all his life. He was Register of Deeds of Duplin Co. for a period of 28 years. His first wife was Dorothy Pearsall, daughter of the original Edward Pearsall and his second wife was Mrs. Susannah Carr, widow of James Carr and a daughter of Osborn Powell of Craven County. Children by the first marriage were: (a) Edward Dickson, moved to Tennessee. (b) Eleanor Dickson, married 1st David Sloan and their children included Dickson Sloan who married Catherine Bryan and Cassandra Sloan who married Alexander McGowen and Daniel Cicero Moore. Eleanor Dickson married 2nd John Maxwell and had several children, including Dorothy Ann Maxwell who married David J. Middleton and Henry Moore; Sarah Maxwell who married Samuel Stanford, Jr., and moved to Carroll Co. Mississippi; Henry Maxwell and Margaret Maxwell who married Hugh Pearsall. (c) Margaret Dickson married a Hancock. (d) William Pearsall Dickson, moved to Tennessee. (e) Alexander Dickson, moved to Tennessee. (f) Elizabeth Dickson, married Thomas Johnston and lived in Charleston, SC. (g) Ann Dickson, married James Robinson and lived in SC. (y) Sara Dickson. Died young. (I) Mary Dickson, married Charles Chambers. Children by second marriage (Mrs. Susanna Carr) were: (j) Dorothy Dickson, married Archibald Maxwell. (k) Ann Jane Dickson, married Benjamin Oliver, son of Sarah (Barrow) and Rev. Francis Oliver. (l) James Dickson, Jr., died unmarried. He was Clerk of the County Court from the year 1826-1845 and was also Clerk of the Old Grove church at Kenansville for a long time. (m) Linda Dickson, married William Carr, son of Margaret (Greer) and William Carr. (n) Joseph Dickson. (o) Robert Dickson, married Mary Catherine Sloan.
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14 Jan 1797 in Duplin County, North Carolina