Griffin Dickinson
Personal and Family Information
Griffin was born on 8 Aug 1757 in Hanover County, Virginia, the son of unknown parents.
He died on 16 Oct 1843 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
His wife was Susanna Shelton, who he married on 12 OCT 1785 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They had no known children.
Events
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| Birth | 8 AUG 1757 |
| Place: | Hanover County, Virginia |
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| Death | 16 OCT 1843 |
| Place: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| Age: | 86 |
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| Burial | OCT 1843 |
| Place: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| Address: | Greenwood Cemetery, Chalk Level
findagrave 22631613 with wife and 3 children
husband of Susanna Shelton Dickenson; Son of Griffith Dickenson and Amy Cosby Dickenson.
Corporal 1st Co. 3rd Battalion VA troops & 3rd GA Regiment |
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| Will | 17 FEB 1794 |
| Place: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| Address: | page 524, signed 29 Oct 1787, proven 1794
sons: Abranam, Garriel, Lewis, Beverley, Spencer, Armistead, and Vincent
grandson Crispin Shelton son of Abraham,
daughters Elizabeth Hurt, Jane Todd, Susanna Dickerson. Wife Lettice Shelton |
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Notes
Note 1
Rev Griffith Dickenson 8 Aug 1757, Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 16 Oct 1843 (aged 86) Chalk Level, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
husband of Susanna Shelton Dickenson; Son of Griffith Dickenson and Amy Cosby Dickenson.
Corporal 1st Co. 3rd Battalion VA troops & 3rd GA Regiment
Corporal in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Hanover County, VA on October 26, 1776 under Captain Thomas Scott in the 1st Company 3rd Battalion, Virginia Troops. About January 1, 1777, marched to Savannah, Georgia and was placed in the battalion commanded by Colonel Elbert; was detached on a number of expeditions under Major J. Lane and Colonel McIntosh and assisted in the capture of some British vessels and forts; was one of the baggage guard at the battle of Brier Creek; was not in the Battle of Stono, being sick in camp at that time, but afterward guarded prisoners to Augusta, Georgia; he was discharged November 3, 1779, at which time he was a corporal in the 3rd Georgia Regiment, his discharge was signed by Joseph Pannill, Lieutenant Colonel of said regiment. The soldier stated that he served three months as a fifer and thirty-three months as corporal. Later, he served about four weeks in the Guilford expedition and was at Yorktown until Cornwallis surrendered.
Later he exchanged his Brown Bess for a Bible and became one of the founders of Greenfield Baptist Church, Greenfield, VA, where he served as a moderator for many years. In 1787 he married Susannah Shelton, daughter of Crispin Ephias Shelton and Letitia Beuford Shelton. They are both buried within sight of the home that Rev. Dickenson built and named Greenwood in the 1760's.
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