Timothy, I found following info on Dees in a new post on Historical Mellungeons website http://historical-melungeons.blogspot.com/ The entry under Lumbee surnames is an online book on Lumbee Surnames with a bit about history of each one - there are over 500 not just the usual few we always see so its not a short book. Under the Dees/Deas/Deese/Dease name - The Lumbee name of Dees first occurred in Bladen in 1773 and again in 1790. Wm Dees listed in Bladen in 1784. Two Deas listed as tax payers in Anson County in 1763 and two in Sampson County in 1784. They appear to have been widely dispersed over the settlement area in 1784. Richard Dees patented 150 acres in Chesterfield County, S.C. on Lynches Creek 8 July 1774 (Royal Land Grants Craven, Cheraw, and Chesterfield Counties, S.C.) !850 Robeson County, NC Census had Deas family members reporting birth in NC by 1780. The name was self-identified as Indian in the 1900 Robeson County Census. The Directory of Robeson County 1900 has some named Dees, Deese as white in Lumberton in 1900. The name is also found in Elrod and Pates (NC?). Dees was listed as an Indian name in the 1930 Census in Pembroke Township (NC). The Deese family cemeteries are in Pembroke, Elrod, & Maxton (I'm assuming in Robeson or Bladen Cos, NC). There are a lot of familiar & common names not normally associated with Lumbees listed here so if you have anyone from the areas of Bladen & Robeson Cos., NC you might want to check for other names as well. I was surprised at a couple I found listed. Marcie
Thanks Marcia......I shall pursue this info. Interesting since it appears my great great grand daddy Jessie Dees was shown to be born in NC on one site and SC for another. His wife Mary was from SC. Jessie was probably born somewhere around 1750 area. Thanks a lot. TT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Lee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:24 AM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Dees > Timothy, > > I found following info on Dees in a new post on Historical > Mellungeons website http://historical-melungeons.blogspot.com/ > > The entry under Lumbee surnames is an online book on Lumbee Surnames > with a bit about history of each one - there are over 500 not just the > usual few we always see so its not a short book. Under the > Dees/Deas/Deese/Dease name - The Lumbee name of Dees first occurred in > Bladen in 1773 and again in 1790. Wm Dees listed in Bladen in 1784. Two > Deas listed as tax payers in Anson County in 1763 and two in Sampson > County in 1784. They appear to have been widely dispersed over the > settlement area in 1784. Richard Dees patented 150 acres in Chesterfield > County, S.C. on Lynches Creek 8 July 1774 (Royal Land Grants Craven, > Cheraw, and Chesterfield Counties, S.C.) !850 Robeson County, NC Census > had Deas family members reporting birth in NC by 1780. The name was > self-identified as Indian in the 1900 Robeson County Census. The > Directory of Robeson County 1900 has some named Dees, Deese as white in > Lumberton in 1900. The name is also found in Elrod and Pates (NC?). > Dees was listed as an Indian name in the 1930 Census in Pembroke > Township (NC). The Deese family cemeteries are in Pembroke, Elrod, & > Maxton (I'm assuming in Robeson or Bladen Cos, NC). There are a lot of > familiar & common names not normally associated with Lumbees listed here > so if you have anyone from the areas of Bladen & Robeson Cos., NC you > might want to check for other names as well. I was surprised at a couple > I found listed. > > Marcie > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >