US Congressman (Sixth Session 1799-1801) elected as a Federalist, Revolutionary War officer. He is said to have played a key role in Thomas Jefferson's election as US President against Aaron Burr in 1800. The regular election ended in a tie: seventy-three votes each for Jefferson and Burr. That threw the election into the House of Representatives where Jefferson was finally chosen president on the thirty-sixth ballot. It was during that prolonged floor fight that Dickson raised his voice and exerted his influence on Jefferson's behalf.
He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. About 1755 (roughly age of 10), he moved with his family to Rowan County, N.C., near Salisbury, where he continued his schooling. He read law, was admitted to the North Carolina bar, and practiced in Rowan County.
He was a cotton and tobacco planter in North Carolina and a member of the safety committee for Rowan County in 1775. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned Captain in the Colonial Army, was at the Battle of Kings Mountain and rose to the rank of Militia Brigadier General. After the war, he was clerk of Lincoln County Court in 1781, a member of the State Senate, 1788 to 1795 and was on the commission to establish the University of North Carolina. After serving in the US House of Representatives until 1801, he moved to Tennessee in 1803, and was elected a member of the State House of Representatives, 1807 to 1811. He and his wife are interred on the Dickerson Plantation Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. About 1755 (roughly age of 10), he moved with his family to Rowan County, N.C., near Salisbury, where he continued his schooling. He read law, was admitted to the North Carolina bar, and practiced in Rowan County.
He was a cotton and tobacco planter in North Carolina and a member of the safety committee for Rowan County in 1775. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned Captain in the Colonial Army, was at the Battle of Kings Mountain and rose to the rank of Militia Brigadier General. After the war, he was clerk of Lincoln County Court in 1781, a member of the State Senate, 1788 to 1795 and was on the commission to establish the University of North Carolina. After serving in the US House of Representatives until 1801, he moved to Tennessee in 1803, and was elected a member of the State House of Representatives, 1807 to 1811. He and his wife are interred on the Dickerson Plantation Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
US Congressman (Sixth Session 1799-1801) elected as a Federalist, Revolutionary War officer. He is said to have played a key role in Thomas Jefferson's election as US President against Aaron Burr in 1800. The regular election ended in a tie: seventy-three votes each for Jefferson and Burr. That threw the election into the House of Representatives where Jefferson was finally chosen president on the thirty-sixth ballot. It was during that prolonged floor fight that Dickson raised his voice and exerted his influence on Jefferson's behalf.
He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. About 1755 (roughly age of 10), he moved with his family to Rowan County, N.C., near Salisbury, where he continued his schooling. He read law, was admitted to the North Carolina bar, and practiced in Rowan County.
He was a cotton and tobacco planter in North Carolina and a member of the safety committee for Rowan County in 1775. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned Captain in the Colonial Army, was at the Battle of Kings Mountain and rose to the rank of Militia Brigadier General. After the war, he was clerk of Lincoln County Court in 1781, a member of the State Senate, 1788 to 1795 and was on the commission to establish the University of North Carolina. After serving in the US House of Representatives until 1801, he moved to Tennessee in 1803, and was elected a member of the State House of Representatives, 1807 to 1811. He and his wife are interred on the Dickerson Plantation Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. About 1755 (roughly age of 10), he moved with his family to Rowan County, N.C., near Salisbury, where he continued his schooling. He read law, was admitted to the North Carolina bar, and practiced in Rowan County.
He was a cotton and tobacco planter in North Carolina and a member of the safety committee for Rowan County in 1775. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned Captain in the Colonial Army, was at the Battle of Kings Mountain and rose to the rank of Militia Brigadier General. After the war, he was clerk of Lincoln County Court in 1781, a member of the State Senate, 1788 to 1795 and was on the commission to establish the University of North Carolina. After serving in the US House of Representatives until 1801, he moved to Tennessee in 1803, and was elected a member of the State House of Representatives, 1807 to 1811. He and his wife are interred on the Dickerson Plantation Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Inscription
Joseph Dickson
Brig. Gen
N. C. Mil
Rev War
April 14, 1825
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