academy named for Gen. Jos. Dickson
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In reply to:
Re: General Joseph Dickson
Betty Beard 8/16/03
1809 Act of Tennessee legislature authorized an academy in Bedford County, TN to be named Dickson Academy (later and more generally Dixon Academy) in honor of Gen. Joseph Dickson.
See published TN Acts, 1809, LXXVII, pg 178
Act is signed by Joseph Dickson, Speaker of the House of Representatives
First building in Shelbyville was log, later replaced by brick building that still stands on North Jefferson Street.
School in the building probably to 1890