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Revolutionary soldier. Served the Patriot cause for the whole period of the war. It is not known what command he was attached to but it is certain that he was a mounted soldier and did much service as a scout. He served mostly in the South Carolina and Georgia area.
Matthew Dickson. Wife: not named. Sons: Alexander Dickson, Benjamin Dickson. "Daughters living with me, Polly Dickson, Nelly Dickson, Jane Dickson, Peggy Dickson." Exors: Benjamin Dickson, Hugh Gaston. Wits: Hugh Gaston, John C. Elliott, William B. Dickson. Date: 20 May 1827. Probate: 2 Aug. 1830. Bk. A p. 430, Roll 155. Anderson Co, SC.
Note: The three "Daughters living with me" in Mathew's will are most likely Polly (Mary) Dickson, Nelly (Eleanor) Dickson, Jane Dickson, and Peggy (Margaret) Dickson.
From Pendleton, SC Messenger issue of July 21, 1830 as excerpted in Marriages and Death Notices from Pendleton (S.C.) Messenger 1807-1851 pg 33
Departed this life on the 10th inst., Matthew Dickson, in the 99th year of his age. The deceased was a native of Ireland, emigrated to America in 1752 and was 60 years a resident of this state...a revolutionary soldier...(long eulogy).
Occupations: farmer, seller of goods, trader of live stock, horse racer, soldier
Religion: Presbyterian, member of Concord Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, formerly Moorhead Church in Anderson County, South Carolina
Emigrated alone from Ireland to America, landing at Philadelphia in 1752, and moved on to York County, Pennsylvania where he married Katherine Agnes Carson in 1766. Moving southward with the tide of emigration he stopped for a year or so in Crowder's Creek in what is now York County, South Carolina before moving on to Yorkville, South Carolina and remained there until after the Revolutionary War. He owned a considerable amount of land there. A few years after the end of the war he moved to what was then Pendleton County, South Carolina, settling on a square mile of land lying on both sides of Twenty-Six Mile creek. He settled his sons around him on this land and spent the rest of his days there.
In all his intercourse and dealings with his fellow men he squared his conduct by the strictest integrity; there was not the least scintilla of deceit or double-dealing in him, and he despised and denounced those things in other men without fear or favor.
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