Simon Dixon facts for kids

Simon A. Dixon was born in 1728 and passed away in 1781. He was a very important person in the early community of Snow Camp, North Carolina. He also helped start the Cane Creek Friends Meeting, which was the first group of Quakers in the Piedmont area of North Carolina.

Simon Dixon's Life Story

Simon Dixon moved to the Snow Camp, North Carolina area around 1750. He came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He built a very successful gristmill. A gristmill is a place where grain is ground into flour. His mill kept working for a long time, even into the 1900s.

Simon Dixon believed in standing up against unfair taxes from the British government. He was part of a group called the Regulator Movement. This group wanted to "regulate" or fix the unfair ways the colony was run. He even signed a paper called the Regulator Advertisement.

He was also at the Battle of Alamance in 1771. This battle was a fight between the Regulators and the colonial government. Later, in 1781, during the American Revolutionary War, his home and mill were taken over for a short time. This happened after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. General Charles Cornwallis, a British leader, used them as a place to stay.

Remembering Simon Dixon

Simon Dixon is a main character in a play called Sword of Peace. This play was first performed in 1973. It shows the challenges that Quakers faced during the American Revolutionary War.

The play is performed by the Snow Camp Outdoor Theater. This theater is located very close to where Simon Dixon's original home once stood.