ANDREW DIXON, believed to have immigrated from Glasgow, Scotland around 1819 or 1820 through North Carolina and settled in McMinn County. Children were Edom Andrew Dixon b. August 1825; Alfred Dixon, born in Sevier County (date unknown); Ann Dixon; Eli Dixon; and Elijah Dixon born in Roane County. There may have been other children.

EDOM ANDREW DIXON married Amanda McKissack b. June 1827.
Children were:
John Henry Dixon b. Nov. 1854 married Margaret Shields. John died July 17, 1911 buried at Tennga Ga. Liberty Baptist Church along with his wife, Margaret who died Feb. 11, 1911;
Jane Dixon b. 1850;
James H. Dixon b. 1856;
Mary Dixon b. 1860;
Catherine Dixon b. 1862;
Abraham Dixon b. 1865; Abby (unclear, maybe Ibby) b. 1867.

They resided in McMinn County until a portion of this county became Polk County. Edom Dixon served in the American Civil War enlisting in May 1861 and was sent to Virginia in the 3rd Tenn. Reg. (Lillard's) Mounted Infantry. He was severely wounded sometime in either October or November 1861 and was medically discharged from service in Feb. 1862. Edom is buried in the McKissack Cemetery located on a knoll above the Parksville Lake. It is accessable only by boat. Edom owned a grist mill located on the Syco Creek which emptied into the Ocoee River. The McKissack/Dixon land was inundated by the Parksville Lake when the dam was built.

JOHN HENRY DIXON, (Edom's son) married Margaret Shields (believed to have come from Cherokee County, North Carolina. They had the following children:
Elonzo Dixon b. Jan. 1875;
William Harrison "Buddy" Dixon b. Nov. 13, 1876, died May 7, 1935;
Zora Belle Dixon; Edom Dixon II b. May 1883;
James (Jim) Dixon d. 1911 buried at Tennga Ga. Liberty Baptist Church cemetery;
Luther Martin Dixon b. 1883 or 1885 in Murray County, Ga. d. April 7, 1963 buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Moultrie,Ga; Amanda Dixon b. April 10, 1887;
Henry Dixon b. April 1891 d. Dec. 19, 1911 buried at Tennga, Ga. Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery;
Katie Dixon b. Aug. 1893;
Juel Franklin Dixon b. 1897;
Martha Louise Dixon b. Feb. 16, 1901 born in Georgia.

LUTHER MARTIN DIXON, (son of John Henry Dixon), b. August 3, 1883 (or 1885); m. Minnie Howell. They had the following children:
Willie Belle Dixon b. March 26, 1909 in Murray Co. Ga. d. Jan. 1998;
Blanche Dixon b. Feb 16, 1911 in Murray Co., Ga.;
Delmar Dixon, b. Aug. 27, 1913 in Murray Co. Ga.;
C. L. (Clinton) Dixon b. Aug. 7, 1915 near Cleveland, Tn,.;
Ruth Dixon b. Moultrie Ga.;
Gladys Naomi Dixon b. April 7, 1926 in Norman Park, Ga.;
Edward Martin Dixon b Sept. 26, 1928 in Norman Park, Ga.

Gladys Dixon Gunn