Dixon Mill - Salt Creek - Londonderry, Ross County, Ohio - photo taken 1908

• Dixon family reunion covered in the Scioto Gazette, Thursday, August 27, 1903

Gathering of the Dixon Clan at Ancestral Home

Gathering of the Dixon Clan at Ancestral Home (continued)

Gathering of the Dixon Clan at Ancestral Home (continued)

In 1800 the first Dixons moved to the Scioto River Valley of Ohio. Caleb’s three sons Daniel, George and Jonathan moved to Ross County, Liberty Township. Daniel built a mill on the Scioto River and it was still grinding in 1934. Three years later, in 1803 three more Dixons moved to the area – Joseph’s sons Jesse Dixon, Samuel Dixon (my direct ancestor), and Joseph Dixon. Joseph built a saw and grist mill on Salt Creek which feeds the Scioto River. To this day if you look at a map of Londonderry, Ohio in southeast Ross County you will find, just to the east of town, along a portion of the Salt Creek — Dixon Mill Road. And it is on that road that I found the remains of the old mill. Here are some photos I took in 2011. (click the photo to go to the entire album on Google Photos)