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GEORGE HENRY and REBECCA BRACEY NIXON TIME LINE 1778 - 08/20/1824 AND 1788-12/24/1868 4/19/1775-9/3/1783 1778 05/28/1806 1809 8/25/1809 1810 12/19/1811 6/12/1812 7/7/1813 10/31/1813 1813 1815 4/6/1815 1815 1816 12/10/1817 1820 Revolutionary War Geo. born in VA. Conclusion based on dt of death on tombstone in Pearlington Cemetery, Pearlington, Miss. Age at death and date of death on tombstone noted as 46 and 8/20/1824. Married in Sumter County, S. C. to Rebecca Bracey, daughter of Sackfield and Lucy Harrison Hicks, by Parson Smith per deposition taken for pension request by Benjamin Sones and Sam White in State of Mississippi, 10/3/1853. Came to Miss Territory from South Carolina per biographical sketch in Mississippi, Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form by Rowland, Dunbar, LL.D., Director, Mississippi Department of Archives and History: Member American Historical Association, Vol II. Southern Historical Publishing Association, Atlanta, 1907. Geo. H. Nixon listed in Amite County Land Grants to 1850 on pg. 511, #35 for 163 acres #466 in sec TIN R2E, Amite County Miss, 1699-1865, Vol 1, by Casey. Census of 1810, Amite County, Mississippi Territory Geo. H. Nixon listed as owning 286 acres in T4N, R13E, Amite County Miss, 1699-1865, Vol 1, by Casey. Brand for livestock recorded this year in the back of Part 1 of the Road Book. Because of condition of records, they were re-recorded in back of Book B in 1874, Records of Marion County, Vol. Ill, by E. Ross Williams, Jr., 1965. Book B is now called Book A of the Conveyance Records. Appointed Clerk of Superior Court, Book of Records for Marion Count}?, Miss, Orphan Court Record A, October, 1812 - March, 1827. Called into 13th Regiment, State of Miss. Militia during War of 1812. Nixon was a Lt. Col. under command of Capt. Russell, Miss. Infantry. Wounded in skirmish with Creek Indians. Listed on 1813 Tax Lists, Lawrence County, Miss. Territorial Archives, Auditors Records, Series B, Real and Personal Assessment Rolls, Vol. 2, Miss. -MtsedteBeo?s--RerMiss. Dept, of Archives and History, Jackson, Miss, as noted in Marion County, #'*? frxords by E. Ross Williams (976.2 W722) Geo returned home to Mississippi from War (Lt. Col.) Geo released from service for War of 1812 Naomi Lenoir lived near Nixon?s in Miss, and gave deposition in support of Rebecca?s application for reinstatement of pension. Geo., senator, State of Miss. Member of 1st state legislature. Nixon listed in Territorial Census of Marion County, Miss. Geo Henry Nixon was a signer of the Miss State Charter at Constitutional Convention. Miss admitted as 20th state to the union on this date. Census for Marion County, Miss lists G. H. Nixon

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