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John H. Dickerson was born on October 17, 1821 in Ohio United States. He was married to Julia Armentine (Pratte) Dickerson-Gilpin, and had children Sidney J. Dickerson, Julie Dickerson, Elizabeth Dickerson, and Louise T. (Dickerson) Sherwin. John Dickerson died at age 50 years old on March 2, 1872 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Colonel John H. Dickerson.
Honora Dickerson of Newport Australia was born in 1827, and died at age 84 years old in 1911 in Newport.
Frederick James Dickerson of Carlton Australia was born in 1832, and died at age 52 years old in 1884 in Carlton.
Nancy A Dickerson
Nancy A Dickerson was born on February 13, 1836. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy A Dickerson.
Mary Dickerson of Laen Australia was born in 1846 to Vaughan George Andison and Martha Bowen Andison. She had siblings Priscilla Jane Keely and Martha Andison. Mary Dickerson died at age 55 years old in 1901 in Laen.
Emeline (Dickerson) Hylton was born on March 2, 1847, and died at age 86 years old on December 17, 1933. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emeline Hylton.
James A Dickerson of Adams County, Mississippi United States was born circa 1855. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James A Dickerson.
Robert A Dickerson of Toombs County, Georgia United States was born circa 1855. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert A Dickerson.
Kenneth L Dickerson of Fulton County, Illinois United States was born circa 1855. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kenneth L Dickerson.
Kenneth R Dickerson of Sangamon County, Illinois United States was born circa 1855. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kenneth R Dickerson.
John Thomas Dickerson of Kilmore Australia was born in 1855 in Kilmore. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Thomas Dickerson.
Lonnie A Dickerson of Wichita County, Texas United States was born circa 1855. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lonnie A Dickerson.

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Matthew Joseph Dickerson was born on November 4, 2012 at Riverside Community Hospital 4445 Magnolia Ave, in Riverside, California United States to Briana Marie (Rondina) Dickerson and Joseph Dale Dickerson II. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Matthew Dickerson.
Joseph Dale Dickerson II was born on September 13, 1974 in San Antonio, Texas United States to Randall “Randy” Joseph Dickerson and Chong Mi Yi. Joseph Dickerson married Briana Marie Rondina on March 28, 2009, and has a child Matthew Dickerson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Dale Dickerson II.
Briana Marie (Rondina) Dickerson was born on July 22, 1983 in Houston, Texas United States to Richard Harold Rondina and Elena del Carmen del Río Valenzuela, and has siblings Andrea Catalina Rondina and Anthony Luis Rondina. Briana Dickerson married Joseph Dale Dickerson II on March 28, 2009, and has a child Matthew Dickerson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Briana Marie Rondina.
Randall Joseph Dickerson was born on February 12, 1952 in Everett, Washington United States to Joseph Dale Dickerson I and Marilyn Joyce Knutson. He married Chong Mi Yi in 1974 and they later divorced in 1993. Randall Dickerson has a child Joseph Dale Dickerson II. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Randall “Randy” Joseph Dickerson.
Joseph Dale Dickerson I of CA 92686 was born on December 10, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri United States. He was married to Marilyn Joyce Knutson on March 24, 1949 in Kitsap County, Washington and they later divorced in 1966. He had a child Randall “Randy” Joseph Dickerson. Joseph Dickerson died at age 55 years old on August 5, 1985 in Yorba Linda, Orange County, California United States, and was buried at Riverside National Cemetery Section 12C Site 226 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca 92518.
Clara E (Dickerson) Wharton was born on July 27, 1917 to Harry McIlvaine Dickerson and Maggie M Dickerson, and had siblings William James Dickerson and Mary Frances Dickerson. She married William Wharton, and had children Robert Lee Wharton, Deanna Fox, Clara E Tyre, and Larry Allen Wharton Sr.. Clara Wharton died at age 71 years old on September 2, 1988. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Clara E Wharton.
Marilyn Joyce (Knutson Dickerson) Olsen of Everett, Washington United States was born on December 22, 1931. She was married to Joseph Dale Dickerson on March 24, 1949 in Kitsap County and they later divorced in 1966. She had a child Randall “Randy” Joseph Dickerson. Marilyn Olsen died at age 80 years old on May 2, 2012 in CA.
Kandy Danette (Maffioli, Dickerson) Stevens was born on May 8, 1968 to Bill Maffioli Jr and Rebecca (Weddle) Maffioli, and has siblings Micheal M. Maffioli and Kellie Henrie. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kandy Stevens .
David Pope Dickerson
David Pope Dickerson was born on August 25, 1862 in Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska United States. He was married to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson in February 1887, and had children Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, John Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Richard Wilhelm Dickerson, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, and Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris. David Dickerson died at age 62 years old on October 4, 1924 in Casper, Natrona County, WY, and was buried in October 1924 at Huntley Cemetery in Huntley, Yellowstone County, MT. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David Pope Dickerson.
Charles O. Dickerson
Charles O Dickerson was born on February 10, 1895 in Missouri United States to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, and Richard Wilhelm Dickerson. Charles Dickerson died at age 23 years old in 1918 in Belgium. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles O. Dickerson.
Arthur Alfred Dickerson
Arthur Alfred Dickerson was born on June 7, 1901 in Nebraska United States, and died at age 76 years old on March 18, 1978 in Riverside County, CA. Arthur Dickerson was buried in 1978 at Desert Lawn Memorial Gardens, in Calimesa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur Alfred Dickerson.
Richard Wilhelm Dickerson
Richard Wilhelm Dickerson was born on May 14, 1907 in Missouri United States to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, and Charles O. Dickerson. Richard Dickerson died at age 77 years old on May 8, 1985 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA, and was buried in 1985 at Desert Lawn Memorial Gardens, in Calimesa, Riverside County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard Wilhelm Dickerson.
Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson
Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson of Clarks, Nebraska United States was born on July 20, 1871 in Clarks, Merrick County. She was married to David Pope Dickerson in February 1887, and had children Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, John Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Richard Wilhelm Dickerson, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, and Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris. Almira Dickerson died at age 69 years old on October 31, 1940 in Huntley, MT, and was buried on November 3, 1940 at Huntley Cemetery in Huntley, Yellowstone County.
John Dickerson was born on March 31, 1903 in Nebraska United States, and died at age 60 years old on April 11, 1963 in CA. John Dickerson was buried in April 1963 at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park 5400 Valentine Rd, in Ventura, Ventura County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Dickerson.
Ira Tyler Dickerson
Ira Tyler Dickerson was born on December 16, 1892 in Nebraska United States, and died at age 62 years old on September 18, 1955 in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, CA. Ira Dickerson was buried in 1955 at Little Lake Cemetery 11959 Lakeland Rd, in Santa Fe Springs. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ira Tyler Dickerson.
Lawrence Dickerson
Lawrence Dickerson was born in 1905 to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, and Richard Wilhelm Dickerson. Lawrence Dickerson died at age 45 years old in 1950, and was buried in 1950 at Downey Cemetery District 9073 Gardendale St, in Downey, Los Angeles County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lawrence Dickerson.
Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold
Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold was born on November 19, 1889 in Litchfield, Sherman County, Nebraska United States to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Albert Thomas Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, and Richard Wilhelm Dickerson. Pearle Lippold died at age 56 years old on November 26, 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold.
George Edward Dickerson
George Edward Dickerson was born in 1896 to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, and Richard Wilhelm Dickerson. George Dickerson died at age 47 years old in 1943, and was buried in 1943 at Downey Cemetery District 9073 Gardendale St, in Downey, Los Angeles County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Edward Dickerson.
Albert Thomas Dickerson
Albert Thomas Dickerson was born on February 7, 1891 in Sherman County, Nebraska United States to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang, Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, George Edward Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, and Richard Wilhelm Dickerson. Albert Dickerson died at age 83 years old on May 31, 1974 in Anaheim, Orange County, CA, and was buried in 1974 at Cemetery 15072 Fleming St, in Westminster. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Albert Thomas Dickerson.
Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang
Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang was born on May 12, 1899 in Richardson County, Nebraska United States to Almira Ann (Blodgett) Dickerson and David Pope Dickerson, and had siblings Mildred Lula (Dickerson) Harris, Laura Marie (Dickerson) Hughes, Pearle E (Dickerson) Lippold, Albert Thomas Dickerson, George Edward Dickerson, Lawrence Dickerson, Arthur Alfred Dickerson, Ira Tyler Dickerson, John Dickerson, Charles O. Dickerson, and Richard Wilhelm Dickerson. Myrtle Lang died at age 77 years old on April 16, 1977 in Litchfield, Sherman County, and was buried in April 1977 at Litchfield Cemetery 46598 Litchfield Rd, in Litchfield. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Myrtle Mae (Dickerson) Lang.

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George Gibson Dickerson
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Robert Burton Dickerson
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Lisa M Dickerson of Wendell, Wake County, NC was born on December 16, 1974, and died at age 18 years old on November 15, 1993.
Clara E (Dickerson) Wharton was born on July 27, 1917 to Harry McIlvaine Dickerson and Maggie M Dickerson, and had siblings William James Dickerson and Mary Frances Dickerson. She married William Wharton, and had children Robert Lee Wharton, Deanna Fox, Clara E Tyre, and Larry Allen Wharton Sr.. Clara Wharton died at age 71 years old on September 2, 1988. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Clara E Wharton.
Ellyn J (Dickerson) Senegal was born to Connie Dickerson and Betty Joe (Whalon) Dickerson, and has siblings Calvin W. Dickerson, Ellis Dickerson, and Micheal A Dickerson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ellyn J (Dickerson) Senegal.
Owen Dickerson
Owen Dickerson was born in 1908, and has a brother George Gibson Dickerson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Owen Dickerson.
Benira (Alquinson) Dickerson
Benira Dickerson of TX was born circa 1973. She married Kevin W. Dickerson on September 25, 2011 in Mclennan County, TX. She married Laurence Curtis Lee. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Benira (Alquinson) Dickerson.
Candice Markel (Dickerson) Hayes was born on November 22, 1985 in Houston, Harris County, Texas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Candice Markel (Dickerson) Hayes.
Thomas Dickerson
Thomas Dickerson was born on December 29, 1899. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas Dickerson.
Nichole (Giorgio) Dickerson of Juliette, Georgia United States was born on April 27, 1980 in Columbus, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nichole (Giorgio).
Shenika Dickerson
Shenika Dickerson was born circa August 16, 1984. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shenika Dickerson.
Betty Joe (Whalon) Dickerson was born on January 15. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Betty Joe (Whalon) Dickerson.
Jimmy Dickerson of Bonnyman, Perry County, KY was born on October 5, 1960, and died at age 45 years old on August 24, 2006.
Alice Dickerson was born circa 1879 in Georgia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alice Dickerson.
Joseph Dale Dickerson II was born on September 13, 1974 in San Antonio, Texas United States to Randall “Randy” Joseph Dickerson and Chong Mi Yi. Joseph Dickerson married Briana Marie Rondina on March 28, 2009, and has a child Matthew Dickerson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Dale Dickerson II.
John H. Dickerson was born on October 17, 1821 in Ohio United States. He was married to Julia Armentine (Pratte) Dickerson-Gilpin, and had children Sidney J. Dickerson, Julie Dickerson, Elizabeth Dickerson, and Louise T. (Dickerson) Sherwin. John Dickerson died at age 50 years old on March 2, 1872 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Colonel John H. Dickerson.
Randall Joseph Dickerson was born on February 12, 1952 in Everett, Washington United States to Joseph Dale Dickerson I and Marilyn Joyce Knutson. He married Chong Mi Yi in 1974 and they later divorced in 1993. Randall Dickerson has a child Joseph Dale Dickerson II. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Randall “Randy” Joseph Dickerson.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Damon Dickerson.
Marshaye Deshan Dickerson was born on January 1, 1999 in Victoria, Victoria County, Texas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marshaye Deshan Dickerson.

Dickerson Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Dickerson family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 18,314 people with the last name Dickerson that have a birth and death date listed.

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71.0 years

Oldest Dickersons

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Mary Dickerson of Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ was born on August 15, 1869, and died at age 113 years old in January 1983.
113 years
Ethel L Dickerson of Ellabell, Bryan County, GA was born on July 8, 1901, and died at age 109 years old on October 6, 2010.
109 years
Ethel M Dickerson of Eldorado, Saline County, IL was born on November 2, 1887, and died at age 107 years old on December 21, 1994.
107 years
Walter Dickerson of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina was born on February 13, 1870, and died at age 107 years old in May 1977.
107 years
Florence B Dickerson was born on May 18, 1902, and died at age 106 years old on September 9, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Florence B Dickerson.
106 years
Lillie V Dickerson of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on June 12, 1902, and died at age 106 years old on November 22, 2008.
106 years
Lula Dickerson of Hyattsville, Prince Georges County, MD was born on April 30, 1890, and died at age 106 years old on September 1, 1996.
106 years
Josephine M Dickerson of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on September 3, 1898, and died at age 105 years old on March 18, 2004.
105 years
Carey Dickerson of Washington, Beaufort County, NC was born on December 7, 1902, and died at age 104 years old on December 2, 2007.
104 years
Anna Dickerson of Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL was born on February 15, 1890, and died at age 105 years old on May 22, 1995.
105 years
Germaine Dickerson of New York, New York County, NY was born on April 23, 1900, and died at age 104 years old on March 18, 2005.
104 years
Elizabeth Dickerson of Weston, Middlesex County, MA was born on October 20, 1897, and died at age 103 years old on September 6, 2001.
103 years
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"When Alexander Carico, at dawn of day, on Monday, July 28th, 1856,
departed for the "Gig Glades," to join in the celebration of the birth of the county, and to witness the organization of its first county court, he never one time thought his name would be nscribed on the records of that court as the first man to be murdered in the county.
Neither did Beverly Dickenson, on the
early morning of July 28, 1856, think his name would go down on the county's records beside that of his neighbor, as being the first man in the county carged with the crime of murder. Both,
no doubt, expected to return to their families as they had left them, and
tell them of the Big Day at eh "Big Glades."
Alexander Carico and Beverly Dickenson were neighbors, and lived in the neighborhood of Bull Run settlement. It is said they both owned land, and had settled there in the early pioneer days among the hills and wild woods of what is now the eastern part of Wise County, to dig out their living by the sweat of their brows.They both had livestock, Once a week each man would go to his salting place on some hiltop or down in some low valley by a water course, and leave fresh salt for his cattle and sheep, and a sprinkle of corn for his hogs, to keep them from straying too far away. The stock were kept belled, and each man knew the sound of his belled cattle and belled hogs and sheep, and could stand on the top of some peak and hear the jingle of his bells in the far istance, and distinguish the sound. Time passed, and one day, it is said, Alexander Carico found some of his hogs had been shot and killed, and others crippled, and the bells cut off of some, and shop off of others. And some of his horses were found with their tails cut off. Carico accused his neighbor, Dickenson, of doing this and a grudge commenced between them which continued to grow in
feeling. A foot-path led through the low underbrush from the Primitive
Baptist Church that had been adopted as the courthouse of the county, to the spring some two hundred yards in a southeast direction from the church, in the woods near the foot of a high ridge, on a lot now owned by W. C. Renfro, and formerly owned by the late Judge T. G. Wells. This spring was near the east side of the lot on which the dwelling house of Mrs. G. W. Kilgore now stands, and back a few feet in the rear of the house. When the crowd which had spread out in the Big Glades below, at the noon recess of the county court on July 28, 1856, heard loud talking and loud cursing, and a dull hollow sound near the spring, and surged toware the spot, they found Alexander Carico stretched out upon the ground,
unconscious, caused from a lick on the back of the head with a large stick in the hands of Beverly Dickenson, his neighbor. The grudge had been rekindled, and as they were leaving the spring, Dickenson in front, and Carico close behind him, Carico remarked to Dickenson, it is said, "I have never cut off no cow bells or horses'tails,' and Dickenson turned on him and struck Carico with a large stock. Carico was at once carried to the home of Daniel Ramey, the Monarch of the Big Glades, and first laid on a pile of rails in the yard of the Monarch's home. Dr. John Burns, who lived in the settlement where Tacoma is now located, on Guests River, was called to Carico's side, and at first pronounced him not seriously
hurt, but later Carico was carried and placed under the shen of the Monarch's home and commenced to grow worse, and died sometime after midnight, on July 29th, following. Beverly Dickenson was arrested on the gound by the Crier (Sheriff) charged with the Murder of Alexander Carico, a warrant was sworn out against him for the offense, and he was afterwards carried to the Russell
County jail which had been adopted as the jail for Wise County. His case
was continued in the county court until November 28, 1856, on which day
William Richmond, Jessee Davis, David Short, Nicholas Horne and James Estep, justies composing the court, heard the evidence and being advised, were of the opinion, as the records show, that Dickenson should be sent on to the circuit court for trial. Motion was made for bond for Dickenson, but the court refesed him bail, and he was remanded back to the Russell County jail. At the time this crime was committed the law provided where the
judgment upon conviction involved a loss of life or imprisonment in the
penitentiary, the county court had no jurisdiction to convict. When a
person, not being a slave or free negro, was charged with an offense, if
in the opinion of the justice the charge ought to be further inquired
into, it was made his duty to remand the prisoner for examination before
the county court, called a 'Court of Examination.'The case of Beverly Dickenson for the murder of Alexander Carico was brought up in the circuit court of Wise County on October 5th, 1857. The court was opened with Hon. Samuel V. Fulkerson, judge, presiding, and a grand jury was impanelled. As the record reads: 'Harvey C. Bruce, oreman, Andrew J. Long, Elijah Beverly, John
Creech, Jonathan Hunsucker, Sebastian H. Bickley, Isaac Willis, Isaiah Jones, Edward Ison, Silas Creech, William Taylor, Linhorn Blevins, John W. Wampler, James Baker, Daniel S. Hoge, John W. Burns and Anderson Wells were sworn a grand jury of inquest for the body of Wise County, and having received their charge, were sent out of court to consult of presentments, and after some time returned into court, and presented an indictment against Beverly Dickenson for murder.' The grand jury mentioned was the first grand jury to return an indictment for murder in Wise County, and the indictment returned by the grand jury was the first indictment ever found in the county for murder.
Dickenson was brought into court on the indictment and arraigned, and entered a plea of not guilty. The court allowed him bond in the sum of $1000 with Andrew J. Long, John Snodgrass, John C. Poindexter, Robert J. Beverly and Andrew J. Dotson as his sureties, which bond was afterwards forfeited. Dickenson skipped his bond and fled to the state of Kentucky. He was afterwards apprehended and brought back to Wise County, and on April 20, 1861, placed on trial in the circuit court of
Wise County before Hon. Samuel V. Fulkerson, judge, presiding, and the
following jury: Waman Riggle, Campbell W. Carter, David Stidham, Andrew
Blythe, George Gilly, Cleming Joseph, Absalom Russell, John A. Hall,
William Soward, William Elkins, G. Hale and Matthew S. Dotson. The defendant was represented in the trial by the law firm of Hagan & Richmond, comosed of Patrick Hagan and Jonathan Richmond. The case was presecuted by William B. Aston, commonwealth attorney. The witnesses used in the trial of the case for the prosecution of Dickenson were John Davis, Harvey Robinett, Abner Carty, Jacob Ramey, James Hunsucker, S. D. Huff, Gabriel Richie, T. W. Newberry, Thomas A. Moore, Wilson Evans, Flem Ingle, John Gilliam, William Holyfield, Pentecost Gardner, Jeremiah Powers, John H. Hoge and Meredith Evans. Those used on behalf of the defendant, Beverly Dickenson, were Charles Taylor, James R. Porter, Morgan McLaughlin, Patton McLaughlin, Joseph
Buchanan, M. T. Lipps, Robert A. Holdbrooks, Nathan McLaughlin, Randolph
Robinette and Dr. John Burns. On the third day of the trial the jury returned the following verdict:
"We, the jury, find the prisoner, Beverly Dickenson, guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and ascertain the period of his confinement in the public jail and penitentiary to be one year."
(Signed) "Campbell W. Carter, "Foreman"
The prisoner was thereupon sentenced by the court to serve one year in the penitentiary. Dickenson was thereupon forthwith carried to the penitentiary by the "Crier," under the provisions of the laws as then existed.

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