Dickson/Hicks Family Bible
Thomas Dickson - Mary Jane Hicks family Bible records, 1853 publication date, record dates 1826 to 1881, transcribed by Gina Ruth Smith (Dodd), May 29-May 30, 2004, in Crawford County, Georgia. This family has connections to Crawford County, Georgia and Bibb County, Georgia. Crawford County marriage records listed at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/crawford/Marriages/marriagerecs.htm reference this marriage with the Dickson surname spelled Dixon.
Note from transcriber: The family records below are contained in the Dickson family Bible, in May 2004 in the possession of my mother, Ruth Newberry Smith of Crawford County, Georgia. The Bible was for many years in the possession of her paternal aunts, Lorena Newberry and Nellie Mae Newberry, both late of Lizella, Bibb County, Georgia; they were daughters of John Lee Newberry and Mary Leola Dickson Newberry. I have transcribed the records accurately to the best of my ability, noting pagination and preserving line breaks, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation as well as I could. Those interested in this family may also wish to see my transcription of scrapbook family records apparently compiled by Virgil S. Holton and Anna Elizabeth Dickson Holton (later Dent), which contain some of the same (or similar) information, and also my transcription of the Columbus Madison Newberry - Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Marshall Bible family records.
The records in the Dickson Bible appear to have been entered at various times, in at least two different handwritings, though in some cases several entries may have been entered at one time. The "PARENTS' REGISTER" section information appears to have been entered in pencil; the other records are in brown ink. On the first page of births, the ink of the first several entries appears to have run too freely, making some letters close to illegible, but even so those entries as a whole are fairly legible.
The Bible is in fair condition, front and back boards still present but held together by cloth-repaired spine. A few pages are loose, some crumpled. Front title page (loose and crumpled) contains the information: THE PICTORIAL BIBLE ... NEW YORK: J. S. REDFIELD -- CLINTON HALL Corner Nassau and Beakman St. Additional information on a New Testament title page reads: NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY ROBERTS SEARS, 181 WILLIAM STREET. J.S. REDFIELD 110 7 112 NASSAU ST. STEREOTYPED BY REDFIELD AND SAVAGE, 13 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK. 1853.
Within the records below, italic font represents transcriber's notes.
BOLD FACE CAPITALS represent printed headings on family records pages.
Underlining denotes words, letters, or numerals about which notable doubt about what was intended existed in the transcriber's mind.
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Family records pages appear between Old and New Testament sections of the Bible.
(1st page, left)
PARENTS' REGISTER
FATHER Thomas Dickson Born
May the 25 1826
married February the 8th 1853
MOTHER Mary Jane Dickson (Birth surname, Hicks, not given here, is
Born January the 2 1834 known from other sources.)
Married February the 8th 1853
(2nd page, right)
BIRTHS
James Monroe Dickson
Born January the 15th 1854
Annie Elisabeth Dickson (Her name is given as Anna in other family
Born August the 5th 1855 papers.)
Martha Emer Dickson (Her middle name is given as Emma in other
Born April the 22th 1857 family papers.)
George Thomas Dickson
Born December the 29th 1858
Arras Latimore Dickson (Arras is spelled Arris and Orris elsewhere in
Born July the 28th 1861 family records.)
Eliza Josephene Dickson (Josephene is spelled Josephine in other
was borne Feb the 21 1864 family papers.)
Benjamin Franklin Dickson (Two entries record Benjamin Franklin
was borne June the 8 1868 Dickson's birth, perhaps to clarify the year
year of his birth. I believe 1865 is the
Benjamin Franklin Dickson correct year.)
was born June 8th 1865
(listing of births continues on third page -left)
Leonidas Scott Dickson was born February 17, 1867.
Mary Leola Dickson was born May 4th 1869.
(fourth page, right, is blank)
(fifth page, left)
MARRIAGES
(No records are entered under this printed heading.)
(sixth page, right)
DEATHS
Eliza Josephene Dickson Died March the 9 1864
Arris Latimore Dickson Died July the 18 1865 (It appears that an original 1864 was changed to read 1865 or possibly 1867.)
Mary Jane Dickson died July 27th 1871.
George Thomas Dickson died June 25th 1881.
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