This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: deen/dean Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zc.2ADI/496.693.5 Message Board Post: Below is the timeline for both dean/deen families living in Laurens Co, GA in the early 1800s. AT the bottom is the info from NC: Laurens County Legal Records 1807-1832, collected in 1991 Estate of Richard Deen(s) of Laurens Co, GA 1812-1821 **7-8-1812 Miles Smith, Sheriff of Laurens County, sold to Richard Dean of Laurens County. 287 ½ acres originally granted to John Brazell. (resulted from Jones Walton and Co. vs. John Clark, executor of Elijah Clarke estate, dated 1807). **08-00-1812 Richard Deen, SR. named as a commissioner to view proposed road. This is the only mention of a Sr. in any of the legal documents listed for Laurens County. **09-06-1813 Richard Deen estate. $1400 bond with R. W. W. Wynne and Lewis Linder as securities for Wynne as admin of the Deen estate. NOTE: This Richard Deen had purchased his land a year earlier on July 8, 1812. See above. **9-00-1814 ordered that Robert W. W. Wynne, admin of the Richard Deen estate, have leave to sell 150 acres of the Deen estate on Big Creek. **12-06-1814 R. W. W. Wynne, administrator of the Richard Deen estate, sold to Ebenezer Folsom 150 acres . . . on Big Creek adjoining Mary Taylor, Alexander Smith, and Henry Culpepper. **9-00-1815 My Richard Deen/Dean was appointed the guardian for a Charity Deen, orphan of Richard Deen, in Laurens Co, GA, in 1815, with Elijah Deen as security. $200.00 bond. **9-00-1815 Robert W. W. Wynne admin of the Deen estate, rendered expenditures of $201.08. **9-00-1815 (#1) Deens estate paid out monies to Joseph Calhoun, Hardy Wyatt, Berry, Bruton, Thomas Montford, Amos Love, John Clements, William Godrey, J. Brantley, Samuel Spullock, Lewis Hall, Instance Hall, Issac Ferguson, F. S. Grantland, James Bush, Ecols Hightower, Silas Everett, Samuel Kirkland **9-00-1815 (#2) Hardy Wyatt, Justices William O’Neal, George Linder, and Adam Jones. Seems to be a continuance of #1 above. **1-06-1816 *Winny Dean and Williamson Dean as securities for Winny Dean as guardian of Farley (sic) Dean, orphan of Richard Dean. **1-00-1817 Winny Dean appointed guardian of Tarly Deen, a minor, by giving bond of $500.00 **01-00-1817 R. W. W. Wynne was admin and he paid out to the admin. Of C. Hightower, administrators of B. Harrison, and William Thompson. **3-00-1817 On application of Robert W. W. Wynne, admin. Of the Deen estate, court ordered Jn. Parker, Joel, Williams, James Beaty, Joseph Saltonstall and Moses Pullen to divide the Deen estate. **9-00-1817 Robert W. W. Wynne admin of the Deen estate, rendered expenditures of $141.09. **7-27-1818 Williamson Deen m. Eliza Smith. **1-00-1819 Ordered that Instance Hall, Elijah Dean, James Beaty, Joseph Calhoon, and John Keen (Deen?) appraise the Dean estate. [I gather than Winiford died] **1-00-1819 Williams Deen granted letters of administration on the Deen estate. %500.00 bond with Young Keen and William Moorman as securities. **1-04-1819 Williamson as administrator of Winnifred Dean **3-01-1819 $500.00 bond with Williamson Dean and Lewis Linder as securities for Williamson Dean as guardian of Meeky Farley (sic) Dean, orphan of Richard Dean. **4-10-1819 Williamson Dean, of Laurens Co, sold 287 acres on Big Creek, formerly called Clark’s Creek. Dean was one of three legatees of the deceased Richard Dean. **9-00-1819 Robert W. W. Wynne, admin, Deen estate, applied for letters of dismissal from his admin. 6 months notice ordered published. **6-20-1821 Itemized inventory of the Dean estate as prepared by appraisers Daniel Hill, Young Woodard, and Needham Cock. **3-00-1821 Letters of dismissal to be granted to Robert W. W. Wynn on estate of Richard Dean * All of the following spellings are given for Winnifred Dean in the Laurens Co, GA, legal documents: Winny / Winnefred //Winiford Dean Laurens County Land sales of Richard Dean/Deen and his sons Elijah and Micajah Note: Richard and his sons began purchasing land in Washington County, GA, on “Big Creek” in what is now East Laurens Co, GA, in 1790 or 1791. All of the lands bought and sold in Laurens County, Washington County, Montgomery County, and Wilkinson County were within a five or six-mile radius of Richard’s home place on Big Creek. The county lines changed as Georgia developed. Richard drew 450 acres of grant land on Hightower Creek in Montgomery County in 1799 about 3 miles from his home on Big Creek. He drew 490 acres in Appling county in the 1820 Land Lottery. After 36 years on Big Creek, Richard moved with Elijah to Houston County, GA. He also owned land in W. Laurens Co, and in Pulaski County. Micajah left Laurens County in 1818, appeared on the census in Telfair County in 1820, and was living in Florida by Richard’s death in 1840. Ransom L. Dean may have gone to West Covington County, Al, about 1837. In 1843 or 1844 he returned to Muscogee County for the settlement of Richard’s estate. Above summarized from Thomas H. Dean. **4-27-1808 Grantor Sally Hawsley of Putnam County, sold to grantee Micajah Dean 20th L. D. L. L. #314 in Laurens Co., GA **5-16-1808 through 10-14-1818 Micajah Dean sold various pieces of land in Laurens Co. By 1818 Micajah is living in Montgomery Co, GA **12-01-1817 Elijah Dean, of Laurens County, sold o Robert Northcutt of Laurens County 17th L. D., L. L. #280. **10-24-1825 Richard Deens of Laurens County, sold to David Blackshear of Larurens 287 acres on both sides of Big Creek and originally granted to Reubin Barrow on July 13, 1785. Land bounded by E. Bryan, Deen and Blackshear. **9-04-1826 Elijah Deens, of Laurens County, sold to David Blackshear of Laurens. 120 acres on Big Creek, bounded by Blackshear, Cookson, and Beaty. Land originally conveyed from John Smith to Richard Barrow To Richard Deens. **1826-1838 Elijah owned over 1,000 acres in Houston Co., GA. Richard lived with Elijah and with his daughter Rebecca Dean who had married Gregory D. Hightower, son of Joshua Hightower and Richard Dean’s older daughter Sally Dean (In other words, Gregory D. Hightower married his aunt). After Elijah’s retirement from the Georgia Militia in 1838, the families moved to Muscogee County, GA, where Richard died in 1840. Timeline for Legal Records Associated with William Enels Deen **10-02-1812 William Enels Dean purchases land in Laurens Co, GA. 2nd L. D., L. L. #166 **5-09-1816 William E. Dean of Laurens purchased land from John Hill Bryan of Montgomery Co. 2nd L. D., no L. L. given but 2021/2 acres. Witness John Bryan **7-04-1816 William E. Dean marries Susanna Albritton. **3-00-1818 John Dean and William Dean granted letters of admin on the William E. Dean estate. **4-10-1818 Itemized inventory of estate prepared by appraisers. Included in the estate were notes involving Wm. Albritton, Henry Albritton, and John Kittles. **1-00-1819 James Stanley, Joseph Blackshear, and David Scarbrough bond for guardianship of Mary Dean, Susanna Dean, and Alsey Dean, all orphans of William E. Dean ** 9-00-1819 John Fullwood and Henry Bailey, securities for William Dean and John Dean, admin of the William E. Dean estate, accuse the admin of mismanaging the estate. The court ordered both men to show cause why they should not provide new securities. **1-00-1820 John Dean, administrator of the William E. Dean estate, rendered expenditures. **2-00-1820 Henry Bailey and David Scarbrough give bond for the guardianship of Angelina Dean and Evalina Dean, orphans of William E. Dean. Bailey was guardian. **7-00-1820 William O’Neal, Jethro B. Spivery, John Tomas, Thomas Mathews, and William P. Downman to divide the Dean estate. **7-00-1820 John Dean, admin of the Dean estate, rendered expenditures. **9-00-1820 $177.09 each to heirs Susannah Mariah Dean, Mary Eliza Dean, Aley Dean, Susan Dean (widow), Angelina Dean, and Avelina Dean* **1-00-1823 James Stanley is guardian of Alsey Dean. **05-0-1824 Charles S. Guyton, Laurens County Sheriff, sold to Henry Bailey 2nd L.D., no L. L. stated, although property adjoined James Stanly and Jesse Green on South Sandy. Sale resulted from case of John Hill vs. John Dean, admin of William E. Dean estate. **02-00-1825 James Stanley was guardian of the orphans of William E. Dean and he paid out for Land Lot #95 in the 13th Land District in Houston County. **03-06-1825 Susan Dean married James Brack. **07-28-1825 Mary Dean married William Brack. **05-00-1828 David Scarbrough, security for Henry Bayly, guardian of Angelina Dean, claimed mismanagement and desired release from his security. **09-00-1828 Court ordered David Scarbrough released from his security for Henry Bayly, guardian of Angelina Dean and Evalina Dean. **1-00-1832 James Stanley, guardian of Susannah Dean, Alsey Dean, and Mary Dean, petitioned to be dismissed from guardianship. 6 months publication ordered. **03-00-1832 William Bayly discharged from his security for Henry Bayly, guardian to the children of William E. Dean. Henry Bayly to give new bond with Edwasrd (sic) St. George as security. *NOTE: I have replicated the varied spelling in the document. • I surmise that William E. Dean had his children during his first marriage as reflected in the way that the children receive guardianship. His first wife was Katy Fordham m. 1806 in Laurens County, GA, according to family records on worldconnect.com. William E. Dean married Susan Albritton in 1816. She did not become guardian for the children. I believe that the Susan Dean who married John Brown in 1820 is William E. Dean’s widow Susannah Albritton Dean. • A William Dean sold property to William E. Deen in Lenoir County, NC. Also see the census documents, land deeds, and wills from Dobbs/Lenoir, Co, NC: a James Standley / Stanley and Henry Bailey, who became William E. Dean’s children’s guardians, appear on various of those documents as does a William Dean, John Brown, and an Issac Brown, the later who bought land from William E. Dean in Lenoir County, NC, 1811, the year before William E. appears in Laurens Co, GA. • I included the following marriage record in hopes that it will shed light on the various relationships of theses Deans to my Richard Dean. - Lenoir County, NC - Marriages from Lenoir Bible Records File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cristine Grimes Thacker who contributed those records not listed with the other contributors -- Isaac Brown Bible Contributed by Martha Marble Isaac Brown and Mary Dean were married Sept. the 21st day, 1796 Isaac Brown and Lucy Small were married the 31st May 1820 Isaac Brown and the widow Nancy Taylor were married the --- of --- 182- NOTES: These notes are at the bottom of the page. I caution the researcher regarding their use due to new information found in 1998, donated to LCC and abstracted by Russell King. Among those papers is found the will of Philpenah Miller Noble Kinsey who was the widow of Philemon who died in 1782. She married second Joseph Kinsey. She clearly states in her will that her former husband was Philemon. The will of Joseph Kinsey is also found in these papers and one page of a Noble Bible "Benjamin Brown was the son of Howell Brown of Virginia. Benjamin Brown married his wife Ruth Langston in Virginia before moving to NC. After his death his widow Ruth Brown married William ? Dortch and moved to Georgia taking all the Brown and Dortch children except the eldest son Isaac Brown and he stayed here because by the English law he inherited the estate." Mr. Joseph Kinsey, LaGrange, NC wrote Jan. 2, 1908 "Grandmother Brown's mother was named Catherine Miller sister of Phillip Miller also daughter of Phillip Miller ie Uncle Ike's and my mother's grandmother was Catherine Miller. Further Mary Kinsey my grand father Kinsey's sister married Richard Nobles whose mother was Peny (long e) Nobles wife of John Nobles (some think Philemon instead of John) and sister of Phillip Miller. Also Uncle Ike's father (Note - there is a note in the Bible records that Uncle Ike was the Isaac Brown born in 1828), my grandfather first married a Dean whose mother was Phillip Miller's sister. His last wife who was a widow was the daughter of Catherine Miller (as above). So you see two of his wives were cousins and daughters of Phillips Miller's sisters. Greatgrandfather Kinsey in his old age married the widow of John Nobles and she was as above said the sister of Phillip Miller. My grandfather Isaac Brown was a son of Benjmain Brown. He being the oldest inherited the land at his father's death and his brothers moved to Georgia." IS THE UNNAMED MILLER SISTER OF PHILLIP THE MARTHA WHO MARRIED MOSES DEAN, THUS, MOTHER OF MARY DEAN WHO MARRIED ISSAC BROWN? • ID: I26376 • Name: Mary Dean • Sex: F • Birth: 22 MAR 1780 in Kinston, Dobbs Cty, NC. • Death: 8 NOV 1819 • Reference Number: 26376 Father: Moses Dean Mother: Martha ?? Miller? See below Marriage 1 Isaac Brown b: 25 SEP 1773 in Edenton Dist., Hertford Cty, NC • Married: 21 SEP 1796 Children 1. Levice I. Brown 2. Zacheus Brown 3. William Brown b: 10 APR 1798 4. Mary Brown b: 20 AUG 1803 5. Susannah Brown b: 21 APR 1805 6. Orpah Brown b: 12 DEC 1810 in Craven Cty, NC • Name: Phillip Miller • Sex: M • Birth: ABT 1699 in Palatine Region, Germany • Death: ABT 1766 in North Carolina • Reference Number: 26217 Father: Jacob Miller b: ABT 1668 in Palatine, Germany Mother: Catherine Lether b: ABT 1672 in Germany Marriage 1 ??? Children 1. Tobias Miller b: ABT 1727 in New Bern, Craven Precinct, NC 2. Phillip Miller II b: ABT 1732 in Lenoir Cty, NC 3. George Miller b: ABT 1736 4. Philpeny Miller b: ABT 1736 5. Daniel Miller b: ABT 1738 6. Seeley Miller b: ABT 1740 7. Catherine Miller b: ABT 1742 8. Peny Miller b: ABT 1744 9. ?? Miller b: ABT 1746 Mary Dean’s Mother? Re: Wm. A. Dean of Jones Co., NC late 1700's Posted by: Sharon Hightower Bradley Date: November 30, 1999 at 11:01:10 In Reply to: Re: Wm. A. Dean of Jones Co., NC late 1700's by Sharon Hightower Bradley of 6614 Thought I would post this info from the Fordham I connected with. Have more. Would love to have your info on the Dean's. Benjamin Fordham, III was the ninth child and second son of Benjamin Fordham, Jr. and his wife, Mary Blackshear. Benjamin III was born May 10, 1784 in New Bern, North Carolina and died on March 19, 1864. He married Elsie Miller on February 17, 1805, in Jones or Craven County, North Carolina. *Benjamin Fordham, III and his wife, Elsie Miller brought with them to Georgia in 1812, the family Bible that belonged to his parents Benjamin Fordham, II and his wife, Mary Blackshear. It listed the names of twelve children, who were the brothers and sisters of Benjamin Fordham III. There is a tradition in the family that this Benjamin crossed the Oconee River on his way to settle in Georgia on January 12, 1811 along with families of Stanley and Blackshears, all from Jones County, North Carolina. He crossed at a point two miles below the mouth of Big Sandy Creek known as Green's Ferry, but which has long since been discontinued. Benjamin Fordham, III settled in Wilkinson County near where he crossed the river and near the Laurens County line, at old Evergreen School house. He attended the Christ Church. His paternal grandparents were Benjamin Fordham, I(Sr.) and his wife, Martha LaPierre. Benjamin Fordham, III, and his wife Elsie Miller had fourteen children. * From the book, "The Fordhams and Related Families" by Jane Whitaker Fordham, Jenette Fordham Kelley and Yvonne Fordham Burnsed.