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Dan, Beverly Dickenson (b.1819) b. Washington Co. VA. m. Frances, Fannie, Elizabeth Self in Russell Co., VA.
1. Andrew Jackson D. Beverly lived in Wise Co., VA. until after the Civil War, in which he served as a Confederate Soldier. He moved to Carter Co.. KY.. and lived there in the
part that became Elliott Co. in 1869. He retained the original spelling of his name.
On July 28, 1856, Beverly Dickenson's life would change and it is fairly certain that he caused it. He and a neighbor owned several farm animals that ran loose during certain times in the hills surrounding their homes. This was the custom and normally each neighbor let the other's animal alone. The neighbor, Alexander Carrico, eventually accused Beverly of interfering with his animals grazing.
They lived in the eastern territory of a newly formed county of Wise at a place called Bull Run settlement. It was sparsely settled. Their stocks roamed over the mountain ranges and only were corralled, so to speak, by the salt and corn put out by each of the men and by bells of different sorts and sounds placed on the animals. There were no fences of any sort or kind. This situation established an honesty system between neighbors with unwritten rules such as look out for each other's stock and run them back "their way." Carrico's animals began to disappear and some showing multination with Beverly being accused of doing it. The situation grew worse with each passing day. It was soon to come to a showdown.
There was a gathering planned for the celebration of the birth of the new county at a place called the Big Glades. It was during this gathering that chance meeting of the two developed into an argument of which there were several witnesses. The result was that both men accused each other of "cutting of cow bells and horse's tails." Beverly hit Carrico in the head with a stick. Beverly was arrested,arraigned and tried as the first murder case in the new county of Wise. He was allowed a bond of $1000.00 put up by friends. Beverly decide not to stick around for the trial and escaped to Kentucky. In 1861 he was captured and brought back to Wise County and tried and found guilty. He was sentenced to one year in jail. The Civil War was on and the south needed men. Dickenson volunteered for the Confederate Army and was pardoned by Governor Fletcher after serving only part of his sentence. After the war, Dickenson sold his land in Virginia and moved his family to Kentucky. Some of his brothers also moved along with him.
Bev. Dickenson's father was Arch Dickenson.
The story about him being in the army in KY. could be true. I have found similiar relatives who joined the Union in KY after deserting the South. Records are in Wise Co, VA. on the Charges against Bev. DD.
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