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Dunbar Rowland, lacyclopedla of Miss lsslppl History, p. 341, toI. XI.
Ilxon, Owrg# I., colonel of militia, distinguished la tbs Creek var (q. ?.) ?va* born ia Tlrcinia, and, llTSng iom years in South Carolina, reaoTed thence in 1909 to the Mississippi territory. ?
He was lieut?nant-?soloael eoaaaading the ailitia of hie county, before the Creek war, when he was selected by (taverner Holaes, in October, 1813, to coamaad a battalion organised for duty la the field. It is said of hia ia Pickett's history of Alabaaaj "Ifcirla? the Greek war, Colonel lixoa, at the bead of a considerable force, scoured the swasrps of the Perdido and other streaas, and frequently killed a&d captured Indiana. After he had aceosrplished all he ooald, he aarche d to the head of the Perdido, where he di Tided his command, sending MaJ. Williaa Peacock, with the troops of the 39th, (Col. John Vi 1 lisas1 regiaent) to the Boatyard, on lake Tenaaw, while he aarched the remainder of his eosunand to Tort Claiborne. He vae aa excellent officer and served in the war until its conclusion. fEe wa.3 a meaber of the flrat state legislature in 1817, and was appointed colonel of the Seventh regiment, (larian and Hancock) in the saae yaar.} He died in Fearlington,
Hi?s., in 1824. Re was a large and fine-looking bm, with fair complexion, and was very popular.*
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