Dempsey Dyess (abt. 1785 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1785 in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Patty (Collins) Dyess — married 1804 in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died after 19 Jul 1870 after about age 85 in Jasper, Mississippi, United States

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This profile is part of the Dyess Name Study.

Biography

1810 - Richmond County, GA .. Passport .. Monday 19 Feb 1810 .. Executive Department .. On application ..

Ordered: That passports be prepared for the following persons to travel through the Creek Nation of Indians to wit - One for Joseph Palmer and John Palmer, with their Mother, two sisters, and a child - One John Friar, with his wife, six children and seven negroes - One for William Butler from the county of Richmond with his mother in law, his wife and six children - One forDempsey Dyass with his wife and one child from Barnwell District in the State of South Carolina - One for Solomon Lott, Asberry Harris, and James McArthur, the former with his wife, five children and three negroes and the latter with his wife and one child, and one for Martin Winsett from the County of Warren in this State which were present and signed. 

Dempsey was still living as of the 1870 Census take July 19, 1870 in the household of his daughter Elizabeth Dyess Lofton in Jasper County, Mississippi

Land

Name:Dempsay Dyass

Land Office:Mt Salus

Document Number:2189

Total Acres:79.06

Signature:Yes

Canceled Document:NoIssue

Date:10 Dec 1840

Mineral Rights Reserved:No

Metes and Bounds:No

Statutory Reference:3

Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names:No

Act or Treaty:April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names:NoEntry

Classification:Sale-Cash Entries

Land Description:1 NNE WASHINGTON No 10N 8E 9

Research Notes

None of this is sourced. It was gathered from researching multiple trees on multiple sites.

Children of Dempsey and Martha:

• Children John Wesley Dyess, Sr. and Elizabeth Dyess Lofton have profile's above.
• William Dyess - born abt. 1815 South Carolina and died abt. 1820 Wayne County, Mississippi
• unnamed daughter - born abt. 1823 died same year.
• Eleanor Elizabeth Dyess - born abt. 1820 Biloxi, Mississippi and died abt. 1880 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Married to John Wesley Walker. Children listed:
  • Matilda C.
  • Martha Jane
  • Julia
  • John Wesley, Jr
  • Irene
  • William James
  • Mary Ellen
• Dempsey E. Dyess - born abt. 1826 MS and Died 1885 MS. Married to Sarah Anderson/Sarah Ann Graham. Children:
  • Martha Jane
  • Allen Watson
  • Walker Hudson
  • James M.
  • Abraham
  • Sarah Ann
  • John T.
• daughter Dyess - born abt.1830 and died same year

Sources

• "David Cicero Dyess and related families", database, David C. Dyess, David Cicero Dyess and related families (http://davidcdyess.tribalpages.com)
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTS-GSG : 15 August 2017), Dempsey Dyess, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 170, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 214; FHL microfilm 14,840.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L8-3S8 : 12 April 2016), Martha Dyas in household of Dempsey Dyas, Jasper county, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing family 487, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GD-SFJ : 26 July 2017), Dempsey Dyess in entry for E A Loftin, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF38-5T8 : 12 April 2016), Dempsey Dyess in household of E A Loften, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 30, family 205, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,231.
• 19 Feb 1810 Richmond County, Georgia 'Passports issued by Governors of Georgia, 1810-1820," by Mary Givens Bryan, Washington, D. C., 1959, p. 61
• United States, Bureau of Land Management Mississippi Pre-1908. Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Script and Chickasaw Cresson Lands, General Land Office Automated Records Project.
• http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx accession=MS0790__.430&docClass=STA&sid=z4f1zhye.nr3