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Facts and Events
Peter Dixon was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
- Dixon, Peter - entered service in Greenbrier County, Virginia; born 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia; moved after Revolutionary War to Kentucky, thence to Indiana where granted Pension 1834 in Fountain County; nephew Peter Dixon made affidavit then in Warren Couunty, Indiana; also made affidavit then by Joseph Swope of Montgomery County, Indiana that his father served with soldier in Revolutionary War; affidavit then by brother George age 73, Warren County, Indiana, that he entered service Greenbrier County, Virginia, with soldier. F-S32694, R822.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
- Born: 1760, Augusta County, Virginia
Died: Buried: probably buried in Foster-Dixon Cemetery in Mound Twsp, Warren Co, IN. Service: Drafted, Greenbrier Co, VA to join George Rogers Clark Clark in Kentucky. Proof: Pension Claim S 32694, Virginia. I.A.R. No 29702, application for pension, age 74, in Fountain County, IN. Affidavit of brother George, that he and Peter served together.
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