Abishai Dickson Family Papers Manuscript Collection: MC014


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Dickson, Abishai M., 1803-1836
	Title:	Abishai Dickson family papers
	Dates:	1834-1965
	Dates:	(Bulk: 1834-1861, 1925-1941)
	Abstract:	Correspondence and printed materials present a picture of family life in Texas and in Mississippi in the second third of the 19th century.
	Identification:	MC014
	OCLC Record No.	46688092
	Quantity:	16 items
	Language	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte, Texas

Creator Sketch

Born in 1804 in Dublin County, North Carolina, Abishai Dickson came to Texas from Alabama to fight in the Revolution as a member of the Red Rovers under the command of Dr. Jack Shackelford. Joining with the army of James Fannin at Goliad, the Red Rovers surrendered to General José Urrea on March 19, 1836. All but Shackleford were executed on March 27, 1836.

Dickson's widow, Ann Margaret Lucas Dickson, and three children eventually came to Texas where she married John Sutherland in 1841. Richard Hogue Dickson, son of Abishai and Ann Margaret, married Ellen L. Read. His youngest son, Richard Lee Dickson, grandson of Abishai Dickson, donated the papers to the San Jacinto Museum of History in 1950.

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Scope and Content Note

Correspondence (1834-1941), genealogical works, clippings (1925-1965), and a daguerreotype constitute this small collection of 16 documents from the descendants of Abishai Dickson. Abishai Dickson's separation from his wife and young family while in Mississippi and later while en route to fight in the Texas Revolution with the Red Rovers from Tuscumbia, Alabama, is recorded in the 1834-1835 correspondence. The correspondence from 1839-1861 deals primarily with family life in Texas during the Republic and statehood, and the effects of the Civil War in Mississippi. Later correspondence, genealogical works, and clippings concern the Dickson family. A daguerreotype in good condition of Ann Margaret Lucas Dickson Sutherland is included.

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Arrangement
	Organized into 5 series: Correspondence, Printed materials, Creative works, Photographs, and Typescripts; arrangement is alphabetical and chronological.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None.

Terms Governing Use

Open for research by appointment.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

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Index Terms

	Names:
		Dickson family
		Dickson, Ellen--Correspondent
		Dickson, R. L. (Richard Lee)--Correspondent
		Dickson, Richard Hogue--Correspondent
		Sutherland, Ann Margaret Dickson, 1809-1862--Correspondent
	Organizations:
		Alabama Red Rovers
	Subjects:
		Goliad Massacre, Goliad, Tex., 1836
	Places:
		Mississippi--Economic conditions--1861-1865
		Mississippi--Social conditions--1861-1865
		Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836
		Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846