Richard Dixon and Elizabeth [Unk]

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Husband Richard Dixon ¹

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           Born: 1753 1
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         Father: John Dixon (Abt 1724-1780) 2
         Mother: Arabella [Unk] (      -1775) 2

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Wife Elizabeth [Unk] ²

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1 F Anna Dixon ¹

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2 F Maria Dixon ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Dixon

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He served as a private in Captain Matthew Smith's company in 1775; but subsequently enlisted for the war, serving until its close; was promoted to quartermaster-sergeant in the Continental Line.
Robert Strain, a native of Hanover, and until his removal to Ohio, about the commencement of the present century, a member of Rev. Snodgrass' church, under date of "Dayton, Ohio, November 24, 1835," gives this record of Richard Dixon:
"A statement offacts with regard to the services of Richard Dixon in the War of the Revolution.
"Richard Dixon, of Lancaster county, Pa., enlisted in Lancaster, Pa., in the early part of the year 1775, under Matthew Smith, a captain, and remained under Captain Smith until his term of enlistment was ended. He then enlisted for and during the war, and said Dixon was promoted to the rank of quartermaster-sergeant or sergeant-major. I am very distinct in my recollection of Richard Dixon. When he first enlisted I made a shot-pouch for him, and stamped on the cover the motto of 'Liberty or death!' The whole of the four brothers of the Dixon family were in the service until the war was ended, and were of the truest kind of Whigs and Patriots.
Robert Strain."

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 157.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 156.