George Dickson and Rachel McKee

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Husband George Dickson ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 7 Dec 1735 - Ireland 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Autumn, 1817 - Fayette Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2 4
         Buried:  - Robinson Run Church, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Andrew Dickson (      -      ) 2 4
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1770 2 4

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Wife Rachel McKee ^{2 4}

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           Born: Abt 1741
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Fayette Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried:  - Robinson Run Church, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: James McKee (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M James Dickson ^{2 4}

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           Born: Jan 1772 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Cuyahoga Co, OH
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Frazee (      -      ) 2

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2 M Andrew Dickson ^{2 4}

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           Born: 27 May 1775 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - near DeKalb, OH
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Frazee (      -      ) 2

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3 F Agnes Dickson ^{2 4}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1777 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1796 - near Noblestown, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried: 

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4 F Mary Dickson ²

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           Born: 4 Sep 1780 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - near Canonsburg, Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Burnside (      -      ) 2

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5 F Rachel Dickson ^{5 6 7 8}

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            AKA: Rachel Dixon 3
           Born: 13 Nov 1782 - Washington Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1828 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Solomon Irons (Abt 1776-1847) 3 7 8 9

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6 F Hannah Dickson ²

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           Born: 18 Nov 1785 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - near Granville, Putnam Co, IL
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andrew Henderson (      -      ) 6

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7 F Elizabeth Dickson ²

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           Born: 10 Aug 1789 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - near Clinton, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Stewart (      -      ) 6

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8 M William Dickson ^{1 4 10}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1791 - South Fayette Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Mar 1872 1 4 6
         Buried:  - Robinson Run Church, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Margaret Glenn (1791-1852) 1 4 6
           Marr: 1817 4 6

         Spouse: Susan Aikins (      -1872) 4 6
           Marr: 1857 1 4 6

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General Notes: Husband - George Dickson

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After his marriage, he settled near what is now Greensburg, county-seat of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, but eventually moved to Fayette township, Allegheny County, then in the "backwoods." The family were several times driven by the Indians back to the settlement near Greensburg, and at one time their log cabin was burned and their crops destroyed. He had three sons and four daughters, all of whom were married and, with one exception, raised families. He and his wife died at the homestead in Fayette, and both are buried at the Robinson's Run Church. [HWC 1882, 626]

In the summer of 1772 he went to Black Lick creek (now in Indiana County, Pennsylvania), accompanied by his younger brother, John, 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. With his wife and their three small children, all mounted on two saddle horses, they summarily returned across the mountains to Chambersburg. In 1782 he and his brother John again visited their property in western Pennsylvania to find everything in ashes. Coming southward to Pittsburgh, suitable land was found and purchased by George Dickson, 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.

He emigrated from Ireland, and purchased a farm of 400 acres in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he died. [CBRWC, 1119]

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 626.

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

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 854.

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

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1071.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 160.

7 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 355.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 646.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 984, 1071.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 159, 1204.