Hello If anyone connects with Richard or James Dean, please contact me or Palmer directly. Thanks Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: Palmer Frith To: gaila@merrington.net Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 2:42 PM Subject: migration I am not completely sure about all this, but: my great grandfather, Richard Dean, was born in GA in 1814. (This I'm sure about.) I have reason to believe he was from Houston Co. In 1832, a Richard Dean from Houston Co. took part in a land lottery in Union Co. in north GA. Between 1840 and 1850, the Richard Dean I know settled in Union Parish, LA. (I don't know if the irony of the two names being the same means anything or not.) He could have stopped for a while in AL before he came to LA. My Richard Dean died in 1896 and is buried at Crossroads in Union Parish, LA. The only Dean I've found so far in Houston Co. is James Dean who was involved in real estate transactions in 1825 and 1833. I really need to look at the census of 1820 and 1830 to see if Richard Dean was in James Dean's household; but I've been unable to find images of them. Perhaps you can steer me to some info that clears the mystery up. Thanks! Palmer Frith