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Box 1

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Contains 142 Results:

Legal Documents, 1769-1796, n.d.

 Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the family represented. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods, and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are...
Dates: 1769-1796, n.d.

Certificate, June 15, 1769

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Certificate asserting that Joseph Dickson was received in his parish and "has behaved himself in a Verry prudent and exemplary manner," signed by M. Johnson.

Dates: June 15, 1769

Certificate, June 15, 1769

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Certificate stating that Joseph Tooth knows Joseph Dickson "...to be of good respectable character...and believe him to be of untainted moral character..."

Dates: June 15, 1769

Certificate, March 15, 1778

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Certificate asserting that Joseph Dickson lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, for four years and "Behaved himself as an honast man aught to Do."

Dates: March 15, 1778

Oath, April 9, 1778

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Oath to the General Assembly [of Virginia] taken by Joseph Dickson, signed by Geo. Skillem

Dates: April 9, 1778

Marriage Certificate, August 17, 1779

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Marriage certificate of Joseph Dickson and Mary Yung, married March 5, 1772, signed by McHoy(?) in Lebanontown.

Dates: August 17, 1779

Certificate, December 15, 1780

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Certificate signed by John Dickinson of Augusta County, Virginia, as to Joseph Dickson's good character when Dickson lived on Dickinson's land.

Dates: December 15, 1780

Certificate, January 22, 1785

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Certificate that Joseph Dickson resided in the Spreading(?) congregation from 1779 to 1780, and "behaved himself sober and in an inoffensive manner," signed by Edward Crawford.

Dates: January 22, 1785

Statement, March 13, 1790

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Statement of falsely accusing John Wevans "with taking goods out of the store of Francis Mara" made by Mary Wave.

Dates: March 13, 1790

Certificate, July 19, 1796

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Certificate that Joseph Dickson (son of Joseph Sr.) has lived in East Hanover, Pennsylvania, and learned the hatter trade, signed by Daniel Bradley.

Dates: July 19, 1796