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Cynthia Ellen Dickerson


NOTES: Cynthia had one known son by Conrad; Samuel Overturf, born c1842/43, Ripley County. Conrad had been married before; his wife (name unknown) died 13 February 1838, and is also buried at Cliff Hill Cemetery. Conrad appears in the 1850, but not the 1860, Ripley County census.

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Jeremiah Dickerson


1. Rebecca Dickerson

2. William Dickerson

3. Cynthia Ellen Dickerson

4. Elizabeth Dickerson

5. John M. Dickerson

6. Tilford Dickerson

7. Newton Dickerson

8. James Dickerson

9. Caroline Dickerson

10. Woodson Dickerson


NOTES: Wills, marriages, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky and Ripley County, Indiana. Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville; Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County. Richard Carl Stevens, "Skeen-Shook Genealogy," 1954.

Jeremiah's will written 28 July 1858 and proved 20 December 1858, Jessamine County, Kentucky. He was a sheriff of Jessamine County under the 1799 State Constitution. Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, "A History of the State," 1887.

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John Dickerson


1. Obadiah Dickerson

2. Jeremiah Dickerson

3. Susannah Dickerson

4. John Dickerson


NOTES: John was a longhunter, according to premier Dickerson researcher B. Stafford. Rebecca Dudgeon is given as his wife by some histories, and probably is; but primary evidence is lacking. She later married and then divorced James Bates, who was accused of beating her. Rebecca was living in Bourbon County, 1820, and is involved with the Dickerson children in land transfers. Susannah Dickerson is an uncertain placement. John Dickerson is called a son of Nathaniel, s/o Nathaniel, s/o Thomas, s/o Griffith/ s/o Nathaniel in certain sources, but it has proven impossible thus far to ascertain the various Johns living in Virginia with enough certainty to accept this lineage.

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Polly Moss


NOTES: Found as Margaret Moss occasionally.

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William Moss

Louise LeCompt

William Moss:

Louise LeCompt


1. Judith Moss

2. Patsy Moss

3. Jennie Moss

4. Tabitha Moss

5. Nancy Moss

6. Rhea (Ray) Moss

7. James Moss

8. William Moss

9. Peyton Moss

10. Polly Moss

11. Elizabeth Moss


NOTES: At least two DAR lineages give William Moss as the son of Hugh and Jane Ford Moss, who married 1769. This has been disproven over and beyond the incongruency in dates between the 1769 marriage and William's 1759 birth, although William may be a cousin of the family. A Frederick Moss entered land in Fayette County, Kentucky, on the same day as John and Martin Dickerson -- he may prove to be a brother to William. A Charles LeCompte secured land in the area, as well; on record is dated 7 February 1785, for 400 acres on the North Fork of the Elkhorn ( a creek running into the Kentucky River at Spear, Kentucky, and which goes through Fayette and Jessamine Counties), and the other for 1000 acres, same date and location. It is safe to assume that this Charles LeCompte was born no later than 1767. He is likely a brother of Louise.

The LeCompt(e) / LeComte surname has a decidedly French sound to it. There were many Mosses around Goochland County, Virginia. Neighboring the Richmon, Virginia, area, which had a large Huguenot settlement, it is possible the LeComptes were Huguenots. The family may have some connection with the DeGraff / de Graaf / DeCamp families who are found in New Netherland during the 1670's.

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