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Preferred Citation

Land Indenture between Rev. John Dixon and Charles Mortimer, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Harry M. Buten of Merion, Pennsylvania in September 1955.

Biographical / Historical

Reverend John Dixon was born in Gloucester Co., Virginia and educated at William & Mary. He was appointed Rector of Kingston Parish in Mathews County, Va. in 1754 and Professor of Divinity at William & Mary in 1770. He served in these posts until his death in 1777.

Scope and Contents

Contemporary copy of a land indenture between Rev. John Dixon, "Professor of Divinity at William & Mary College" and Charles Mortimer for Dixon's Mill in King George County, Virginia.

Related Material

University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Deeds--Virginia
• Dixon, John, d. 1777
• King George County (Va.)--History
• King George County (Va.)--History--18th century
• Mortimer, Charles