| Jeremiah Dixon 1764 - July 26, 1835 Buried in Teel Creek Cemetery Covington County, Alabama. Located deep in the woods off dirt section of county road 25 just past Conecuh River Church . GPS Coordinates: 31-12.455 N and 86- 38.158 W |
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| DIXON, JEREMIAH—was born in 1764 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He alleged that he volunteered in 1778 and served at various times with the North Carolina Troops under Captain George Falconer, Captain Thomas Armstrong, Captain Anthony Sharp, Major Reading Blount, Major Thomas Donoho, and Colonel Archibald Lytle, also under Colonel William Washington and Colonel Henry Lee. He fought in the Battles of Brier Creek in Georgia and Eutaw Springs and Dorchester in South Carolina. He was discharged at Salisbury, North Carolina. He served as a private for a total of 18 months. During service Jeremiah Dixon was a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina. He lived there until 1815, when he moved to Alabama, where he lived for the remainder of his life in Covington County. Jeremiah Dixon applied for a pension on March 25, 1834, but died before the evidence was completed. Pension Certificate No. 33171, was issued September 16, 1835 to his surviving heirs; rate $40 per annum; ending July 26, 1835; act of June 7, 1832; Mobile, Alabama Agency. Jeremiah Dixon died July 26, 1835, in Conecuh River Community, Covington County, Alabama. The surviving children of the veteran and his widow, Elisabeth, who were paid the pension to which the veteran was entitled at death were Seth P., Rufus Wiley, Jeremiah II, Elizabeth Diamond, and John B. Dixon. Elizabeth Dixon, Jeremiah’s widow, died June 15, 1840, in Conecuh River Community, Covington County, Alabama. Jeremiah Dixon married August 10, 1785, in Pitt County, North Carolina, Elisabeth Goff (abt. 1768 - June 15, 1840), possibly a daughter of Thomas and Tomsin (Mathis) Goff. Children: Seth P., born December 8, 1788; Mary, born April 1790; Elizabeth L., born May 26, 1793 and died abt. 1854; married Reubin C. Diamond, Sr. Sophrina (Saphronia), born August 23, 1795; Rufus Wiley, born November 17, 1797; Jeremiah “Jerk,” born January 5, 1801; John Bonaparte, born May 10, 1804. – Comptroller General of U. S., Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. (Edited and corrected by Rex Everage) From: Alabama Department of Archives and History Web Site. RETURN TO PATRIOT GRAVES |
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| Wiregrass Chapter Member Rex Everage descendant of Jeremiah Dixon |
| Jeremiah served as a PVT. In Capt. Sharp's Company, 10th Reg. Under Gen. WM. Washington and Henry "Light Horse Harry " Lee, the father of Robert E. Lee, in the Continental Army of N.C. from 1778 to 1781. |