As I mentioned before, I found Jacob Dice arriving in Savannah, GA 1737. From there we find Dyess in Richmond Co., GA and then Barnwell, SC. There were no Dyess of any spelling in Colonial SC. Jacob Dice came from Wales. Due to people not reading or writing we got many variations on the spelling of names. One thing stayed consistent. Whoever spelled it tried to spell it like it sounded. We can easily see that Dice, Dyas, Dyes, Dyess, Dise and etc. all sound the same. The name Dyers and it's variations do not sound the same. That certainly doesn't rule out anything but makes for a good guess that these names were different. I have requested anyone provide documentation on the earlier Dyess families, so far I have seen none. For several brothers to buy land directly across the river is very easy to imagine. While once again reading over the history of Lt. Col. William Edwin Dyess, for who Dyess Air Force Base in Texas was named, I noticed the following: "Dyess' great-great grandfather was the first Dyess in America. He was a native of Wales and settled in Georgia as a member of the Oglethorpe Colony in 1733. His great grandfather was a Georgia planter and helped drive the Seminole Indians into the Everglades." If we seriously consider this it's certain the sons of Jacob Dice moved north to Richmond Co., GA and south into what became Florida. The earliest Dyess I have found in Florida is Isaac (1850 census) that was born in 1820. Obviously they also began moving west. Since families spread out in the hopes of getting more and better land this makes perfect sense. I do hope that someday soon someone will provide me with the missing link to connect Isaac Jackson Dyess. I also hope that someone or many someones will help me document the true orgins of the Dyess name in this country. Then maybe we can begin working across the ocean. Thanks Faye