Stan, I couldn't find your Dedmon Malicoat in my data. There were a large clan of Deadmans in Virginia about the time of your ancestor's birth there. Around the 1830s, many of them migrated to Tennessee. They were descendents of Christopher Deadman from York County, Virginia. As far as is known, they are not connected to the Rowan County, North Carolina Deadmans. Although they all may have a common English ancestor. In a previous message, I said that originally the name was spelled Deadman. Actually, that was the American version. The name in England, where the Deadmans came from, was Debenham and was from the county of Suffolk in England. It was a parish in the diocese of Norwich. It means "homestead by a deep river". Many mistakenly thought that the name "Deadman" was Indian. It sounds like it. But it is not. Your Dedmon Mailcoat's mother, Ellender, may have been a Dedmon. Often a son's first name was the maiden name of his mother. Good luck with your research. By the way, where in Indiana did you come from? I came from Grant County in the north, and now live in Owen County in the south. Lois ---------ORIGINAL MESSAGE--------- : Hi, : : Have any of you Dedmon/Deadman researchers ran across a connection to the : Malicoat(Mallicoat) family of VA and Tn. My ggg grandfather was : Dedmon(Deadman) Malicoat born around 1778 in VA. He moved to TN before 1809. : His mother is only know by her first name Ellender. Could she be a Dedmon? : I had talked to a Malicoat researchers several years ago that thought that : the Dedmon was Indian not French. : I apologize if I miss any discussions pertaining to the Dedmon name. : : Stan : a Hoosier in PA :