Hannah (Taylor) Dickey (1777 - 1868)

Born Oct 1777 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

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Died 25 Jan 1868 at age 90 in Fannin, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Hannah Taylor was born in October of 1777 in Tyron County, North Carolina, to Joshua Taylor. She was mentioned in the 1827 will of her father.^[1]

About 1803, she married George Dickey, and they made their home in Rutherford County, North Carolina, until 1820, when they moved west to what was then Haywood County, North Carolina, but was later Macon County.^[2]

In November 1823, she joined Franklin Baptist Church by letter. She was dismissed on 5 April 1828 to become a charter member of Cowee Baptist Church.^[3]

In 1840, the George Dickey family moved to what was then Gilmer County, Georgia, but later became Fannin County. He died there on 15 September 1842. On 12 November 1842, the heirs of George Dickey signed off that they were satisfied with the disposition of his real estate. The heirs were J. W. Henry and his wife Martha, John Russell and his wife Nancy, E. M. Hall and his wife Miriam, B. K. Dickey, George W. Dickey, Joshua T. Dickey, and John B. Dickey who was the administrator.^[4]

Hannah Dickey continued to live on at the home place until her death on 25 January 1868. She is buried in the Dickey Cemetery on Hogback Mountain with her husband and a number of people they enslaved.^[5]

Research Notes

Despite appearing with the middle name Steele in many online family trees, there is no evidence that she had a middle name. In all primary source documents, she appeared as simple Hannah with no middle name or middle initial.

She was the second great grandmother of author James Lafayette Dickey.

Sources

1. ↑ “Rutherford County, North Carolina, Wills, 1663-1978,” images, FamilySearch, Estate File of Joshua Taylor, 1830, (accessed 17 November 2021); citing Rutherford County, North Carolina, Original Wills.
2. ↑ “North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960,” database with images, Ancestry, George Dickey, Purchased 20 October 1820, Issued 9 February 1827, (accessed 9 November 2021); citing North Carolina Land Grant, Microfilm Publication, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
3. ↑ Minutes of Franklin Baptist Church, Macon County, North Carolina. Copy in the possession of Jason Lee Edwards.
4. ↑ “Gilmer County, Georgia, Wills, Returns, Accounts, Inventories, and Appraisements, 1836-1914,” images, FamilySearch, Settlement of the Estate of George Dickey, 12 November 1842, (accessed 9 November 2021); citing Gilmer County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Wills and Mixed Records, Volume B, page 101.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5897562

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of George Dickey, Rutherford County, North Carolina, (accessed 9 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of George Dickey, Rutherford County, North Carolina, (accessed 9 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of George Dickey, Macon County, North Carolina, (accessed 9 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Geo. Dickey, Sr., Macon County, North Carolina, (accessed 9 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Hannah Dickey, Gilmer County, Georgia, (accessed 26 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Hannah Dickey, Gilmer County, Georgia, (accessed 26 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).