• General Notes

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  [Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
  
  "Samuel Combest and His Descendants" book
  John Dick was born in Ireland, of Scott parentage, in the year of 1747. When he was 18 years of age, his family came to America, landing at Charleston, South Carolina. On the same ship came the family of Margaret Wylie, his future wife, the daughter of James and Sarah Wylie. She was not quite 3 years old. These families settled in Chester District, South Carolina. On March 1, 1778 John Dick and Margaret Wylie were married.
  John served the state of South Carolina from 1780 to 1781.
  Early in the Revolution, John Dick enlisted on the side of the Colonists
  and served in the South Carolina Militia in a company commanded by Capt.
  Brown of Col. Sumpter's Regiment. He was marched to Charleston and
  stationed at and fought in the Battle of Ft. Moultrie. He was wounded
  during the reprieve of Charleston.
  In 1780, John Dick was again called into service for three to four months
  by Capt. Bell of Sumpter's Regiment. This tour of duty was as a horseman.
  He was appointed Sargeant of the Troops and was sent south to a point
  just below Orangeburg, Georgia. Here in 1781 he was taken prisoner by the British and spent four weeks in the Orangeburg jail. He was then exchanged but his gun, horse, and equipage were confiscated.
  John Dick was at the storming of Columbia and Sumpter in Augusta, and at
  St. Morris and St. Augusta. In Savannah he was in the Battles of Eautaw
  Spring and Guilford Court House.
  
  Per the Combest newsletter:
  John and Peggy Dick's cabin site was across from Fishing Creek in Pulaski
  County, Kentucky. The old Post Office building of Hogue which stood next
  to the cabin site has fallen down.

Details of John's family with Margaret Wylie