I have been looking for the parents of Elijah DEAN b. 11-15-1819, we assumed Gwinnett Co, GA. d. 3-19-1907 Cherokee Co, GA. He married Eliza L. Fowler 1842 in Cherokee Co, GA. Elijah was orphaned by the age of 10 which means sometime before 1829. In the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery there is a fortunate draw for Wm, Mary, and E. Dean, orphans, 404th, Gwinnett Co, GA. They drew land lot 98, Eighth District, Third Section - which ends up in what became Murray County. In an obscure little book, Land Lottery Papers, in the Cobb Co. Library this weekend I found the following entry on page 246 " Cherokee County: Lot 98-8-3 Cherokee. Pers. came ELIJAH DEAN and MARY DEAN, the only surviving children of ARCHABALD DEAN. dec'd of Gwinnett County. to claim lot 98-8-3. Signed Elijah Dean and Mary Dean (by mark) before RUSSELL JONES, J.P. 18 March 1843. Because of information I had on Elijah, I have looked at several Dean families in GA during 1820. Now I checked for Archi\abald DEAN in GA 1810 and 1820...no luck. I went on to SC ( no luck), then NC. In Stokes Co, NC in the 1820 census I came across an ARCHIBALD DEAN with male members 1-under 10, 1 16-26, 1 26-46; female members 1 under 10, 1 26-46. Does anyone know if this is the ARCHABALD DEAN refered to in the Land Lottery Papers? Tamie