John Dickson

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Husband John Dickson ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - near Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA
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         Father: Andrew Dickson (      -      ) 1 2
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General Notes: Husband - John Dickson

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In the summer of 1772 he came to Black Lick creek (now in Indiana County, Pennsylvania), in the company of his older brother, George, and bought 400 acres of land. There they built a cabin, cleared what land they could during the summer, and then went back to Chambersburg for the winter. In 1773 they returned and cleared more, and in 1774 George moved his family into the cabin. He continued to clear and cultivate the land until 1778, when, in the greatest haste, they were obliged to flee upon receiving news of the Wyoming massacre and near approach of the hostile Indians. In 1782 John and his brother again visited their property in west-ern Pennsylvania to find everything in ashes. Com-ing southward to Pittsburgh, suitable land was found and purchased by George, it being some 440 acres on the north branch of Miller's run, and purchased from one Thomas Reed, an early settler, who held it under a patent grant. John went further west into Ohio, where he married and settled near Poland.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 159.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1274.