Catharine Dickson1

b. 5 August 1797, d. 11 May 1888
FatherWilliam Dickson2,3,4 b. abt 2 Apr 1756, d. 29 Apr 1838
Birth5 Aug 1797 Catharine Dickson was born on 5 Aug 1797 in Virginia.5,6 
Marriage22 Nov 1827 She married Robert Clark, son of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge, on 22 Nov 1827 in Washington County, Virginia.1,5 
Land-Sell26 Feb 1831 On 26 Feb 1831 Catharine and Robert sold 48.25 acres of land on the Middle Fork of the Holston River to Peter Clark for $193. The land was described as part of a tract of land left to Robert and Peter in the will of their father James Clark.7 
Land-Sell26 Feb 1831  They sold John Clark 122 acres on the Middle Fork for $507 the same day.8 
Cens-18507 Aug 1850 The 1850 federal census for Washington County recorded Catherine and Robert with three children: William (20), James (18) and Catherine (13).9 
ChildDeath1864  Daughter Catherine died in 1864. 
Cens-18801 Jun 1880  Robert and Catherine were enumerated near Glade Spring, Virginia when the 1880 census was recorded. Robert was 83 and Catherine was 82. Living next to them was their son, William, his wife, Nanny, their seven children, and Robert and Catherine's son James.10 
Death11 May 1888 Catharine died on 11 May 1888 at age 90 "of old age."6,2 
Burial She was buried near her husband Robert and her children Catherine and James at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.11,12 

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Family

Robert Clark b. 21 Nov 1796, d. 12 Nov 1886
Children
Last Edited23 Jul 2013

Citations

  1. [S4] D.E. Brown, Marriages of Washington Co., VA 1781-1853, p. 12. Entry abstracted as: Robt Clark and Catherine Dickson, 22 Nov. 1827 by Alexr. McEwen.
  2. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register for the year 1888 originally held by the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics and viewed as Library of Virginia microfilm reel #30: Catherine Clark, d. May 1888 Glade Spring, age 90y, old age, d/o William Dixon, consort of Robert Clark, informant: friend, Robert C. Allison.
  3. [S620] Administrator's account for William Dickson (recorded 1840), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 8: 145.
  4. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 710.
  5. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 70-85.
  6. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 70-85.
  7. [S1772] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 10: 397. Deed dated 26 Feb. 1831 and recorded 21 March 1831: Robert and Catherine Clark to Peter Clark for $193; 48.25 acres on waters of the Middle fork of Holston River being part of the land left to Robert and Peter by the will of their father James Clark.
  8. [S1772] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 10: 397. Deed dated 26 Feb. 1831 and recorded 21 March 1831: Robert and Catherine Clark to John Clark for $507; 122 acres on Middle fork of Holston River.
  9. [S367] Robert Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., 67th District, p. 90 (stamped), dwelling 328, family 328, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2003, image 45 of 289. Robert Clark, 53, farmer, owns real estate valued at $5,000; Catherine 52; William 20; James 18; Catherine 13; all b. VA.
  10. [S165] Robert Clark household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 94, page 2 (53B stamped), dwelling 12, family 13, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 2 of 54. Robert Clark, 83, farmer, b. VA, both parents b. Scotland; Catherine 82, b. VA, both parents b. Pennsylvania.
  11. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 178.
  12. [S132] Record of persons buried in Old Glade Spring Cemetery, Washington Co. Virginia, as compiled by John A. Blakemore circa 1952 with a plot map drawn by Harold Lester in 1963. The survey recorded a cluster of stones including Catharine, her father William Dickson and two of her children. Robert Clark's stone was noted (by a "late-added number") in an entirely different part of the cemetery. However an onsite visit of the cemetery conducted by Ric Sheets in Feb. 2009 revealed that the stone noted as belonging to William Dickson was actually Robert Clark's stone. No stone for William Dickson was noted in the area at all. Also, no stone was found for Robert Clark in the position noted by the "late-added number" on the survey.
  13. [S11] "Family notes of Mrs. Lizzie Ryburn."
  14. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 62. Transcription reads: William Dixon Clark, 36y, sgl, b & resid Washington Co. VA, farmer, s/o Rbt & Catherine Clark AND Nancy Caroline Williams 22y, sgl, b. Smyth Co., VA, res WCV, d/o Granville & Sarah Williams; marr 16 Jan 1867.
  15. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 178. Stone reported to read: James B. Clark s/o Robert & Catherine Clark, 20 Jun 1832-13 May 1916.