This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DEAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zc.2ADI/77.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure about the dates for the earlier children Micajah, (Elijah, and Sally). I have seen a birthdate of 1794, rather than 1784 for Elijah. Birthdates in the 1790s would fit in better with the later birthdates, but even so, that would make Richard 32 when the youngest of these were born. My original information came from a great-aunt, and I've since been trying to gather documentation. Recently we found the books that Allen Thomas, County Clerk for Laurens Co. GA, has compiled with courth records from Laurens. That material seems to indicate (1) that Richard's father was also a Richard, who died in 1814 in Laurens Co., (2) that Richard the younger had siblings named Charity, Farley and maybe Williamson, and (3) that the first Richard's wife was named Winnefred. We will need to look further at these court records and also look for corroboration elsewhere. I spent today in the Georgia Archives in Atlanta. I didn't find a lot on the Dean family, though I did find the papers that my great-aunt had sent there in 1978. I did find land transactions for Elijah Dean in Houston Co. GA in 1827 and 1831. According to the material from Aunt Mary, one of the Richards was a juror in Washington Co. GA in 1799, and in the same year had "headrights" to 300 acres of land, 200 for himself, 50 for a wife and 50 for a child. In 1805 he sold the headrights land to Jackson Cobb. In 1812 he bought 287 acres in Laurens Co, which he sold in 1818. In 1823, while living in Houston Co., he bought more land in Laurens Co., and in the 1832 Land Lottery he drew land in Cherokee Co. The listing for that drawing indicates he was a veteran of the Revolution, though not necessarily from GA. Once I have a chance to work with the material sent by Mr. Thomas, maybe I'll have a better "handle" on the two Richards! The little I have on Micajah Dean and Rhoda Hinson comes from a descendant of the two. Jo Beardsley, [email protected], gave me Rhoda's name and dates and one child's name: Mary Ann. She indicates that they moved to Florida. What do you have in the way of descendants for Micajah? As I get more, I'll post it to the Dean list and to this Laurens Co. website.