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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ He served in the Revolutionary War as a Pvt and Sgt in John Redmond's
Co., Col. Jn. Patton's NC Regiment. The National Archives has company
pay rolls for 1777 beginning in April, for all of 1778, and for 1779
through April.
DAR Record #357202 for Mae Elizabeth Dickey cites reference from
Colonial History of North Carolina in State House, Indianapolis,
Indiana. Col. Patton commanded the 2nd North Carolina--a Continental
Infantry. In 1778 the regiment was incorporated into 11th PA. and
Patton's name appeared in list of field officers at Valley Forge
1777-8. Samuel Dickey was with Patton 1777-'79.
Also in the DAR Record, a quotation from the War Dept. (No. 1231295 on
April 4, 1907: "It is shown by the records that one Samuel Dickey
served as a private in Captain John Redmond's Company (also designated
Captain Abraham George Claypoole's Company). Colonel John Patton's
Regiment, Continental Troops, Revolutionary War. His name first
appears on the payroll of the company from the time of enlisting April
30, 1777, which shows that he enlisted April 30 . . . The name last
appears on the payroll of the company for the month of April, 1779.
The records show that he was appointed a sergeant in October 1777, and
that he was reduced to the grade of private in September, 1778. (This
was due to the reforming of regiments, which were depleted.) Patton's
Regiment was one of the 16 additional Continental regiments authorized
by Congress to be recruited at large." - ↑ "George Dickey is the son of Samuel Dickey and Catherine Sexton, of
Scottish descent, and was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, October
25, 1791.
- ↑ "They settled by the Miami River near Middletown, Ohio; lived here one
year, then moved on to Elk Creek - named by him, originally Elk Horn
Creek - in Madison Township, Butler County."
"Samuel Dickey was in the Revolutionary War, and was once an Indian
prisoner and twice a British prisoner. He settled on the bank of the
Miami River in the year 1799, from Kentucky."
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