Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,988, Henry Dixon, Md.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
Md.
CONTENTS 

Dixon, Henry 
Mickum, Henrietta 
Former widow 

NUMBER 
W. 23.988.
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6820
District of Columbia 

Henrietta Mickum, decd. former 
widow of Henry Dixon 
Md
[struck out: who was a pensioner under the Act of]
and who died in [struck out: the] 1785
of Washington in the [struck out: State] Dist. of Columbia 
who was a Private in the company 
commanded by Captain McPherson of the 
regt. commanded by Col. Smallwood in 
the Md. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. Columbia 
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836
Widow died 30th September 1842

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of 
October 1842 and sent to Samuel 
Mickum, Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $400--
[struck out: Semi-annual allowance ending]
Payable to Samuel Mickum
only child of said decd.

[ Act July 7, 1838. ]
& 23 Aug. 1842

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book A, Vol. 2, Page 232

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Reported to Agent see letter
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8486 
T. Sangster 
Prst.
Sept 28 ‘42
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District of Columbia 
Washington County } S.S. 
On this 31st day of August 1842. Personally 
appeared before the subscriber William Cranch chief Judge of the Circuit 
Court of the District aforesaid. Mrs Henrietta Mickum a resident of 
of [sic] the County of Washington aged Eighty two years (82) who, being duly 
sworn agreeable to Law, doth on her oath, make the following 
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the 
act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 entitled “An act granting 
half-pay and Pensions of Certain widows." That she is the widow 
of Henry Dixon, who was a soldier of the Revolution of the 
Maryland Line, and she understood of Capt Saml McPhersons company 
and that he was in battle on Long Island and other engagements to the 
North. [?her Husband and or ?] his family for him 50 acres of 
land for his services in the State of Maryland. 

She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Dixon 
by asking[?] into church, by Priest Neale, at St. Thomas's in 
Charles County on the ___ day of April 1781 or 2. That her husband 
the aforesaid Henry Dixon, died in 1784 or 5 as well as her Memory 
Serves. That she has no family record or documentary evidence 
of these facts at this time. She was afterwards married to 
Samuel Mickum who died ___day of November 1805. She was not married 
to Henry Dixon prior to his quiting the service, but the marriage 
took place prior to the first day of January 1794, and as above stated 
and that she was a widow on the passage of the act of the 7th July 
1838, and has remained so ever since. Signed Henrietta Mickum her X mark 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
W. Cranch
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District of Columbia County of Washington Sct On this 13th day of October 1842 personally appeared 
before the subscriber chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District 
of Columbia, William Brent of the City of Washington 
in said District, and made oath in due form of law, that 
a certain Joseph Varden deceased, by his last Will and testament 
constituted him the said William Brent, and Daniel Brent 
now deceased, his Executors, leaving the greater part 
of his Estate, to the children of his Brother Richard Varden & 
his sister Henrietta Mickum. That in executing his said trust 
as Executor of the Will of Joseph Vardon he had occasion 
to know that the only children then living of said Henrietta Mickum 
were William Mickum, long since deceased, and Samuel Mickum, 
now residing in the City of Washington. 
Wm Brent 
Sworn and subscribed before me }
W. Cranch
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District of Columbia - County of Washn. towit

On this 13th day of October 1842 personally appeared before the subscriber Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia Samuel Mickum of the City of Washington in said District and made oath in due form of Law, that Henrietta Mickum died the 30th day of September 1842 and that he the said Samuel Mickum is the only Child now living of her the said Henrietta Mickum at her death
Samuel Mickum

Sworn and subscribed this 13th of Octr. 1842 before me
W. Cranch
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State of Maryland Charles County Sct.
I Hereby Certify, it appears from the Marriage Record of Charles County Court, that on the fifth day of 
June 1783 a Licence was granted, to Henry Dixon and 
Henrietta Varden to be joined together in the Holy Bonds of Wedlock 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto 
subscribed my name and affixed the seal of 
Charles County Court this third day of October 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
John Barnes Clk of 
Charles County Court 

State of Maryland Charles County Sct 
I Hereby Certify it appears from the Marriage Record 
of Charles County Court, that on the twenty third day of 
November 1796 a License was granted to Samuel Micum & Henrietta Dixon, to be joined together in the Holy Bonds of Wedlock 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Charles County Court this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
John Barnes Clk of 
Cha County Court 

Cost - 1$
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Port Tobacco 
Oct 3d 1842 
Dear Sir
Annexed you have the certificate as 
[desired?] in your Letter. I would have sent them 
sooner. But I was waiting for an opertunity [opportunity] of 
[serving?] one of the Revd Clergy who resides at St Thomas to get a certificate from the Church Records that they were married. 

If you will write to the Revd Mr. Moore on 
[Mudd?] you will be able I am sure to obtain a Certificate of both marriages. 

My Father John Matthews recollects Micum, he was an officer attending the Courts here for many years.
Yrs Ob.
Jno. A. Matthews

[Stamp, illegible]
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District of Columbia 
Washington County { to wit 
On this eighth day of October 1842 before me 
the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in 
and for said County personally appeared 
Catharine Gibson a Credible and disinterested 
witness aged about Eighty years, and after being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, deposed and said that she 
was well acquainted with Henrietta Micum [Henrietta Mickum] formerly of Port Tobacco Charles County Maryland 
and that she always understood and verily 
believes that the Said Henrietta Micum 
had been married to Henry Dixon of 
the said County of Charles in said State and that this affiant, was well acquainted with Elizabeth Dixon who she always understood was the daughter of the said Henrietta Micum by her former husband Henry Dixon, 
and that it was after the Marriage of the said Widow Dixon with Samuel Micum 
[Samuel Mickum] her last husband that this affiant become acquainted with her, and when her son Samuel Micum Jr, [Samuel Mickum Jr.] now of the City of Washington was a Smart “Sized boy" probably about eight years old 
and that she this affiant, verily believes that 
the Said Henrietta Micum was the widow 
of the said Henry Dixon, although she knew her 
but a Short time in Port Tobacco but was 
acquainted with her afterwards in George Town and Washington and until the day of her death which happened about a week since in the City 
of Washington, and that the said Elizabeth Dixon 
the Daughter of the said Henrietta Micum by 
her former husband Henry Dixon aforesaid died 
about the year Eighteen hundred and eight
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in giving birth to her second child, which was 
a daughter.  She the said Elizabeth having 
married Charles Murphey of Port Tobacco-and 
that Francis J Murphey now of the City of 
Washington is the son of the said Elizabeth 
by her husband Charles Murphey-and that the 
said Francis J Murphey is to be best of 
her knowledge and belief about thirty 
six years old
Catherine her X mark Gibson

John D. Clark J peace

[written vertically left margin]
Catherine Gibson's
affidavit
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February 5, 1937

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BA-J/EEL [illegible initials]
Henry Dixon-W.23988

Mr. Claude H. Bradfield 
Box 264, Independence 
Kansas

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
Revolutionary War record of Henry Dixson (or Dixon), born May 28, 
1756, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, married May 9, 1771, in 
said Chester County, Elizabeth Hadley, and served in the Revolu
tionary War; you cite, also, the record of Henry Dixon, who served 
in the 1" Maryland Regiment, War of the Revolution.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier 
named Henry Dixon, under any spelling of that surname, that is 
found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, the data 
for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, 
W.23988, based upon his military service in that war.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of 
Henry Dixon are not shown.

Henry Dixon married at Saint Thomas Church, Charles County, 
Maryland, Henrietta Varden, of Port Tobacco, said Charles County. 
The marriage license was issued in Charles County, Maryland, dated 
June 5, 1783.

Henry Dixon died in 1784 or 1785, and his widow, Henrietta, 
married November 24, 1796, Samuel Mickum, of Port Tobacco, Mary
land.  Samuel Mickum died in November, 1805, and in the spring 
of 1806, his widow, Henrietta, moved to Georgetown, District of 
Columbia.
[Note written in left margin: A date was given for Henry Dixon's death 
as Jan 14/35 which was obviously an error, and did not use]

While a resident of said Georgetown, and aged eighty-two 
years, Henrietta Mickum applied, August 31, 1842, for the pen
sion which was due on account of the services of her former husband,
Henry Dixon, in the Revolutionary War.  She stated that he en
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listed and served in Captain Samuel McPherson's Company, 1" Mary
land Regiment but did not give place or date of enlistment or 
length of service.  In support of her claim for pension she sub
mitted an official report from Annapolis, Maryland which showed 
that Henry Dixon enlisted February 7, 1778 in the 1" Maryland 
Regiment, served as a private and was discharged February 8, 1781.
[Note written in right margin: She said he was in the engagement on 
Long Island but she was so vague about everything that I did not use it.]

Her claim was allowed.

Henrietta Dixon Mickum died September 30, 1842.

The only name of a child of Henry Dixon and his wife, Henrietta, 
that is given is daughter Elizabeth.  The date of her birth is not 
given.  Elizabeth married in 1806, Charles Murphey or Murphy, of 
Port Tobacco, Maryland.  She died in 1808, leaving two children, 
a son Francis J. and an infant daughter name not shown.  In 1842, 
son Francis J. was a resident of the District of Columbia.

Two sons of Henrietta Mickum and her husband, Samuel Mickum, 
are named: William Mickum, deceased in 1842, and Samuel, Junior, 
in that year, aged forty-five years and a resident of the District 
of Columbia.

Two brothers of the widow, Henrietta, are referred to, Joseph 
and Richard Varden.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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CLAUDE H. BRADFIELD
BOX 264
INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS

January 2nd 1937

[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing at 3:30
RECEIVED 
JAN 25 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER # [illegible]

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I am seeking data for S.A.R. eligibility 
and will you please furnish me with all data you
may have on Henry Dixson (or Dixon).

Henry Dixson was born May 28 1746 Chester 
Co. Penn.  Married May 9 th 1771 Chester Co, Elizabeth 
Hadley removed, circa 1782, to Redstone Co Penn.

The Penn. Acchives, series 6, Vol 2, p.177; (b) 
p.202 and p 210 give the following information 
1. Private in Capt Jas. Hopken's Company 
5th Battalion of Washington County Militia, 
Apr 25 1782(b) Col. Crooks, undated

2 Private in Capt Benj'n White's Company 
belonging to the 5 th Battalion Washington 
County Militia commanded by Col. Thos. Crooks.

The Adjutant Generals office under date of 
December 13th 1934 gave the following information.

"The records of this office show that Henry 
Dixon served in the Revolutionary War as a private in 
Lieutenant William Brude's Company of the 1st May 
Maryland Regiment of Foot, Commanded by Col. John H. 
Stone.  He enlisted in Feby 1778 for nine months and 
his name is last borne on the company muster roll 
of March, dated at Middle Brook April 3 1779 
No later record found."

Your very truly 

C. H. BRADFIELD
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 23988
Henrietta Mickum
formerly Wid of 
Henry Dixon 
Pri Mass-Line

Act: July 7th 1838
Augst 23rd 1844

Index:--Vol. M, Page 52

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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1937-Feb 5/Hist to 
Mr C.H. Bradfield 
EEL
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The case of 
Henriett Mickum
for
Pension 
Mrs. Mickum 
died Sep 29, 42

T. Sangster
Present
Sept 28 '42
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8436
Henrietta Mickum decd
formerly widow of 
Henry Dickson
Dist of Columbia

Admitted

Private 2 yrs $80.--
Capt. McPherson's Co. Col. 
Smallwood Md

died in 1785

widow died 30th Sept 1842
leaving one child Samuel 
Mickum

Act 7th July 1838
& 23 Augt 1842

Saml. Mickum 
Present
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On this 14th day of October 1842 personally appeared 
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for Was
hington County District of Columbia, Samuel Mick
um 45 years of age and states as follows, that his 
father Samuel Mickum died in Portobacco [Port Tobacco], Charles 
County Maryland in the month of November 1805 
and in the spring of 1806 his mother Henrietta 
Mickum moved from said Portobacco [Port Tobacco] to Georgetown 
District of Columbia and some short time after 
his half sister Elizabeth Dixon married Charles 
Murphy at which time the said Samuel Mickum 
distinctly recollects that there was a paper or 
Certificate in the possession of his mother the 
said Henrietta Mickum purporting to be for 
land due Henry Dixon the former husband 
of the said Henrietta Mickum his mother for 
his services from the State of Maryland as a 
soldier in her service, and that said paper or 
Certificate after the marriage of his half sister 
and daughter of the said Henry Dixon to 
Charles Murphy was given to them the said Charles 
Murphy and his wife by said Henrietta Mickum 
and by them sold to some person in Bladensburg 
Maryland
Washington County }  Samuel Mickum 
Dist of Columbia }
Sworn and subscribed 
before me this 14th Oct 1842
Rob Gettes J.P
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United 
States, of the 7th July 1838 and 23d August 1842, Henrietta 
Mickum, deceased late of the District of Columbia formerly widow of Henry Dixon, who 
was a Private in the war of the Revolution, [struck out: was] and 
died on the 16 Jan. 1835, was entitled to receive 
Eighty Dollars per annum [struck out: for five years] to commence the 
6th March 1836, and that having died on the 30th 
September 1842, the amount due [struck out: from the 4] is payable 
to Samuel Mickum, only child of said Henrietta 
Mickum, deceased.

Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this 15 day of 
Oct. one thousand eight 
hundred and forty-two

Secretary of War.
Examined and }
Countersigned. }

Commissioner of Pensions.
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On this 14 day of October 1842 personally appeared 
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for 
Washington County District of Columbia Mary 
Offutt a credible and disinterested person about 
79 years of age of the City of Washington in said 
District, and made oath in due form of law 
that she has known and been acquainted 
with Mrs. Henrietta Mickum for many years 
and indeed before her former marriage with 
Henry Dixon, and that she has always understood 
and believed the said Henry Dixon to have 
been a Revolutionary soldier and belonging to 
the Maryland Line
Sworn and  Mary her X mark Offut
subscribed before 
William Waters
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District of Columbia 
Washington County S.S.

This day personally appeared before 
me Samuel Drury a Justice of the Peace for the county 
aforesaid, Samuel Mickum, of Washington County, a creditable witness 
and disinterested, aged forty five years, who being duly sworn, 
according to law, deposeth and saith that he is the son of 
Henrietta Mickum, who was widow of Henry Dixon, as he has always 
understood, and who by reports was a soldier of the Revolution, and 
for whose services his family received [struck out: fifty acres of] a certificate for land from the State 
of Maryland, And he further states that [struck out: that] he Samuel Mickum 
was at the wedding of his half sister Elizabeth Dixon to Charles 
Murphey in the year 1806 who was then not less than twenty one 
years of age, and who has now living a son thirty six years [repeated: years] old

Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of September 
1842 before me and I certify that the words "a certificate for" 
in the 10th line and the (six) in 14th line was interlined before 
signed
Samuel Drury JP
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Washington District of Columbia 
27 Sept 1842

Sir

I now hand you the case of the widow Henrietta Mickum 
who was the widow of Henry Dixon of the Revolution.  By return mail 
(next) it is presumed that I will have received a certificate from the 
clerk of Charles County with regard to the license of marriage.

Respectfully I am for [illegible]
Tho Sangsten

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
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[Envelope]

[Circular mail stamp]
ANNAPOLIS MD
JAN
17

Mesers, King & Wilson,
Washington City, 
D. C.

mail
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Land Office, Annapolis, 17th Jany, 1839.

Mesers King & Wilson,

Gentlemen,

In answer to your letter of 
the 10th Inst., I have to state that it appears by the 
Bounty land record in this office, that Henry Dixon,
a private in the 1st Regt. of the Maryland line, had 
granted him by this State for his revolutionary services  
fifty acres of land in Allegany County, being lot No. 
497; that Lot is located upon the general plat of the 
lands westward of Cumberland in Allegany County, but 
whether it has ever been sold or not, I am unable to say, as 
there are no deeds recorded in this office, the transfers are 
recorded in the County in which the land lies.
Very respectfully yrs,
G. G. Brewer
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[Envelope]

[Circular mail stamp]
PORT TOBACCO Md.
JAN
5

10

F J Murphey Esq
State Dept
Washington City 
D C
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St Thomas Manor

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the Decr 19th has 
been received.  I cannot find the 
date of your grandmother's first 
marriage.  There being no record in 
my possession of a later date than 
August 20th 1793.  I can only certify 
from this record that Samuel Mickum 
was married to Henrietta Dixon the 
24th day of November [struck out: 1796] in the year 
1796.  This, I presume, is the second 
marriage you [illegible] to & will be no 
doubt sufficient to obtain what 
you desire for your grandmother.

Yours Respectfully 

Thos Lilly 
Pastor of St. Thomas Church 
Jany 4th 1839
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[Envelope]

[illegible circular mail stamp]

Thomas Sangsten, Esqr,
George Town
District of Columbia 
mail
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Land Office, Annapolis, 16th Augt. 1838

Dear Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 12th Inst., I have to 
inform you that by the muster rolls of the revolution in this 
office, it appears that Henry Dixon enlisted as a private in 
the 1st Maryland Regt., for the term of 3 years, on the 7th day of 
February 1778, and was discharged the 8th of February 1781. The 
rolls afford no evidence of his reenlistment.  It also appears 
by the bounty land record in this office, that he had granted 
him by this State for his revolutionary services fifty acres of land 
in Allegany County, being Lot. No. 497.  In regard to the case 
of Samuel Purnam, I have to state that I do not find his 
name upon any of the rolls, the rolls afford no evidence of 
his service.  I do not find that any officer of the name of 
Edmondson under whom he says he served ever commanded a company in the Flying Camp.  If 
an officer of that name had commanded a company in the 
Flying Camp, his accounts would certainly appear upon the army
ledgers of the revolution.

Very respectfully, 
Yr. Obt. Svrt.
G. G. Brewer

Thos Sangston, Esqr.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* | Division of Veterans Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

NAME Dixon, Jacob | GRADE Private | LINE Pennsylvania 

WARRANT
NUMBER 9299 | ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED November 5, 1789
to -- not shown --

____
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are 
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.