Dickey Family | Birdsong Plantation Baltimore Album Quilt - 1861
Dickey Collection
Baltimore album quilt made between 1861- 1863 for the marriage of Shadrack Arthur Dickey and Maria Louise Mitchell in 1863. The Dickey family owned Birdsong Plantation south of Thomasville. The quilt is appliqued and includes the signatures of family members who contributed to the making of the quilt or spouces of people who helped make the quilt, including: Susie E. Dickey; Harriet Harrison; Harriet Miles; Mary H. Dickey; Susan E. Brown; Anna M. Dickey; L.J. van Bount; Hattie L. Martin; Hattie Lou Brown; Annie E. Blackshear; M.L. Pringle; Mary Hayes; Jane L. Hayes; Mary E. Martin; Mary B. Harrison; Martha A. Hurst; Claudia Cromartie; M.R. Handley; Mary A.J. Hayes; Lizzie J.; S.N. McGriff; Mary Anne Hair. After Shadrack and Maria Dickey passed away, the quilt was inherited by their son, Richard Taylor Dickey. When he passed away, ownership was shared by Edith Jean Dickey Ferrell and Alice Dickey Roberts, his daughters and the quilt's donors.
Courtesy of Thomasville History Center
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