Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

WILLIAM DAWSON, a farmer residing near Pitt's Point, Bullitt County, was
born February 18, 1818, in Nelson County, Ky.  His father, George W.
Dawson, was born in Virginia in 1752, and immigrated to Kentucky about the
year 1771.  He was a revolutionary soldier from Kentucky, and subsequently
volunteered in the war of 1812, serving as a private at the battle of New
Orleans, also in various engagements with the Indians, and was with General
Harrison at the battle of Fort Harrison, near Terre Haute, Ind.  George W.
lived to be eighty-six years of age.  The maiden name of subject's mother
was Catherine Ballard.  William Dawson, the subject of this sketch, was
the seventh child born to his parents; he settled in Bullitt County in
1834, and is one of the substantial farmers of that county.  He was married
to Miss Margaret Ann Lee, August 16, 1838.  In the late civil war he
enlisted in August, 1861, in the Sixth Kentucky Volunteers, under General
John C. Breckinridge, and participated in the battle of Shiloh and other
historic engagements.  He returned to his farm of 1900 acres in 1863.

Dawson Ballard Lee
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Bullitt-KY Nelson-KY VA

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