Joseph Dickson

Joseph Dickson (April 1745April 14, 1825) was an American politician and soldier who represented North Carolina's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801, and would later serve in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was born in Chester County in the Province of Pennsylvania, though eventually moved with his parents to Rowan County in the Province of North Carolina. He was engaged in cotton and tobacco planting. Military service Service record: Captain in the Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1775) Captain in the 1st Rowan County Regiment of militia (1775-1776) Captain in the 1st Battalion of Volunteers (1776) Major in the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1779-1780) Major in the North Carolina State Cavalry-Western District of the North Carolina state troops (1780) Colonel over the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1781-1783) Brigadier General, after the Revolutionary War He was commissioned Colonel over the Lincoln County Regiment of the North Carolina militia under Colonel Charles McDowell of the Morgan District Brigade in 1781. He was at the Battle of Kings Mountain as major of the Lincoln County Regiment. He led his regiment in the Battle of Haw River on February 25, 1781.