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Yes, I had written him once and told him about my Dickson ancestor. His reply (paraphrasing) said “yes, there are “Dixon” Saponi and that Dickson and Dixon are the same surname, but he provided no details or clues as to where/what/who /when to search for a Saponi reference stating that Dixon/Dickson is a Saponi surname . . . I have never seen a single primary source reference confirming that Dixon/Dickson is a Saponi surname. People have said it is — how do they know this? I had no more clue after writing him than I had before, as to where to search for them. With no primary source documentation linking Dickson/Dixon to the Saponi, I can’t even consider a Dickson ancestor as “circumstantial evidence” of possible Saponi ancestry if I am gonna be honest about it. And I wanna feel honest about it.

For any logic/philosophy buffs out there, there is a “slipery slope” one can easily slide down . . . This is one of many “greasy rocks” in the pathway . . .

Once I found my Woods in Blount Co, Tn I found some Dickson’s there. and my earliest Dickson (the only one in my direct line I know of) Mary Dickson was b. in the 1770s and was likely a daughter or young woman to one of those families. Mary Woods, daughter of Mary Dickson and John Woods, was born in Tn in 1796 according to later census records in Indiana and Arkansas. Being female she was never head of household and being a child she was never mentioned by name either. 1790 & 1800 census records for Blount County, Tn don’t exist. So it is a challenge, seein’ as how there are Dixon/Dickson’s in so many counties/colonies from an early time.

That article in the link mentions —

“A Saponi by Any Other Name Is Still a Siouan” by Heriberto Dixon

I was wondering if anyone had read it? Does he have other writings, perhaps something connecting “Dickson/Dixon” to the Saponi? If I can’t derive it from what I know, perhaps I can back-engineer it . . . always keeping a lookout for that greasy rock.

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