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Richard Dean
NOTE: This is the picture I currently have of this family. I've listed
my sources where available. Where I've listed initals for a source, contact
me if you need further information. Also, please let me know of corrections,
additions, etc. Together we can get the facts and share them with descendents
of this line. - Margaret Lindsey Smith,
mlsmith67@earthlink.net
1 Richard DEAN was born c 1760 in North Carolina?, and died 10 Jul
1840 in Georgia; Muscogee Co.; Columbus. We have no information on the
identity of his wife.
Notes for Richard DEAN:
Richard's father may have been the
Richard DEAN (husband
of
Winefred Dean) who died in 1814 in Laurens Co. Georgia,
but so far I have no proof of this. If so, Winefred was almost certainly
a step-mother and he may have had a half-sister named
Charity DEAN
and a half-brother named
Tarley DEAN, both born after 1800.
From a posting to the DEAN-L genealogy email list, giving information
on Richard Dean's application for a pension based on Revolutionary
War service:
Richard Dean b. 1760 NC d. July 10, 1840 GA
(According to Pension Claims, there's a dispute on the date of
death.)
Applied Rutherford Co., NC Cont L Line ( Private
)
Annual Allowance $ 96.00
$ 1,472 Amount given
Pension started on Dec. 04, 1819
Date of death, July 28, 1831 Age: 75
years old
This would make his birth date: 1756 ?
Patriot
Son: Elijah Dean b. 1794
Wife: Martha Page
Email to me from a member of the DEAN-L list:
"I have copies from the Columbus Enquirer where Elijah handled
the affairs of Richard Dean. September 11, 1840 and states:
Georgia, Muscogee County: Thirty days after date, we
shall make application to the Court of Ordinary of said county at the
first court after the expiration of said time, for leave to sell all
the real estate of Richard Dean, late of said county, deceased, for
the purpose of paying the debts of said estate and for distribution.
(Signed) Elijah Dean, Administrator.
I have other dates during Elijah's administration of Richard's
estate. The last is September 9, 1846 where Elijah applied for dismission
from the estate. I have not been able to find the exact date of death
nor where he is buried. This should confirm his death in 1840."
0n 5 Mar 2002 I posted the following to Rootsweb's Laurens Co.
message board:
"I'm not sure about the dates for the earlier children Micajah,
(Elijah, and Sally). I have seen a birthdate of 1794, rather than 1784 for
Elijah. Birthdates in the 1790s would fit in better with the later birthdates,
but even so, that would make Richard 32 when the youngest of these were born.
My original information came from a great-aunt, and I've since
been trying to gather documentation.
Recently we found the books that Allen Thomas, County Clerk
for Laurens Co. GA, has compiled with courth records from Laurens.
That material seems to indicate (1) that Richard's father was also a
Richard, who died in 1814 in Laurens Co., (2) that Richard the younger
had siblings named Charity, Farley and maybe Williamson, and (3) that
the first Richard's wife was named Winnefred. We will need to look further
at these court records and also look for corroboration elsewhere.
I spent today in the Georgia Archives in Atlanta. I didn't find
a lot on the Dean family, though I did find the papers that my great-aunt
had sent there in 1978. I did find land transactions for Elijah Dean
in Houston Co. GA in 1827 and 1831.
According to the material from Aunt Mary, one of the Richards
was a juror in Washington Co. GA in 1799, and in the same year had
"headrights" to 300 acres of land, 200 for himself, 50 for a wife and
50 for a child. In 1805 he sold the headrights land to Jackson Cobb.
In 1812 he bought 287 acres in Laurens Co, which he sold in
1818.
In 1823, while living in Houston Co., he bought more land in
Laurens Co., and in the 1832 Land Lottery he drew land in Cherokee Co.
The listing for that drawing indicates he was a veteran of the Revolution,
though not necessarily from GA."
Children of Richard DEAN are:
2 i.
Micajah DEAN
, b. c 1782; d. c 1842, Florida; m Rhoda HINSON,
b 1802, d 1883.
3 ii.
Sally DEAN
, b. c 1782, Georgia; d. c 1845, Georgia; Laurens Co.: m
Joshua HIGHTOWER, b 1774 Amerlia Co. Virginia, d 1847
Laurens Co. Georgia, m c 1797 Laurens Co. Georgia.
4 iii.
Elijah DEAN
, b. c 1784, Georgia; Laurens Co.; d. 10 Nov 1858, Alabama;
Dale Co.; Mt. Olive; m Martha PAGE, b c1797 Laurens Co. Georgia,
d 1875 Dale Co. Alagama; m 27 Sep 1814 Laurens Co. Georgia.
5 iv.
Rebecca DEAN
, b. c 1806, m G. D. HIGHTOWER, b c 1800.
v. Daughter DEAN, b.
Unknown; m. James STUBY.
vi. Ranson L. DEAN,
b. Unknown.
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