Daniel Dees (abt. 1740 - bef. 1802)

Born about 1740 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wood) Dees — married 1765 in Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died before 1 Mar 1802 before about age 62 in Jefferson, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Daniel Dees has Scottish Ancestors.

Daniel Dees served with Johnston County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Daniel Dees is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A031303.

The grandson of Emanuel, a Scottish Emigrant, Daniel was born about 1740 in the North Carolina Colony and Died between January and March of 1802. ^[1][2][3][4] He is listed on the 1790 Census and the Early Tax List.^[5][6]

Note: Daniel is listed in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition. There are Army accounts at Raleigh that show he was a Revolutionary soldier. ^{[7][8][9][10]}

Marriage

Elizabeth (Wood) Dees (abt.1745-1803) ^[11]

Children

1. Edmund Dees (abt.1765-bef.1844) ^[11]
2. Drury Dees (abt.1769-abt.1837) ^[11]
3. Daniel Dees II (abt.1777-abt.1817) ^[11]
4. Hilliard Dees (abt.1777-abt.1818) ^[11]
5. John Dees (abt.1785-aft.1850) ^[11]

Death

He left a Will dated January 8, 1802, and probated in Jefferson County, Georgia on March 1, 1802. In it he mentions his wife Elizabeth, sons Edmund, Drury, John, Hillaird and Daniel ^[11][12]

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 12.0 cM segment on chromosome 9, consisting of Audrey Lee Crockett and HM, her 6th cousin, and WPM, her 6th cousin 1x removed. (HM and WPM are 6th cousins 1x removed.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are Emanuel Dees and Elizabeth Price, the 5x great grandparents of both Audrey Lee Crockett and HM and 6x great grandparents of WPM.

Sources

1. ↑ John Bennett Boddie, HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES, Orlando Public Library. Volume XVI, pages 176-203. [Online publication], Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA. DEESE pages.
2. ↑ John Bennett Boddie, HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES, Orlando Public Library. Volume XVII, pages 167-169, 118, 194-5. [Online publication], Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA.
3. ↑ Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw. THE DEES FAMILY. Edited and revised by Harry C. Dees, Brigham Young University supplement by Mrs. Elaine Dees Bryant, Shreve Memorial Library, Shreveport, LA, USA. 1970. Foreword, Pages 3, 9-11. FamilySearch Book: 118461.
4. ↑ Stephen J. Presley. THOSE FROM EARLIER DAYS Vol 1 & 2 The Genealogy of the Deese, Presley, Simpson, and Thomas Families of Union, North Carolina. Part 1: Section 1-3, 9, 10, Emails by Roger Deese, Block Chart.
5. ↑ “United States Federal Census”. Year: 1790; Place: Johnston, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 475; Image: 596; Family History Library Film: 0568147. [Online Database with images] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Record 5058 #191413.
6. ↑ Early Tax List: North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Compiled and digitized from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, [Online Database] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.
7. ↑ FAMILYSEARCH CATALOG: DAR PATRIOT INDEX — [1]. "The Centennial edition of the DAR Patriot Index contains the names of the Revolutionary patriots, …, whose service (between 1774 and 1783) and identity have been established by the National Society,
8. ↑ U.S., Daughters of the American Revolution Applications, 1889-1970, North Carolina. Microfilm Rolls 580. (DAR) Membership #A031303. [Online Database with Images], Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2011.
9. ↑ U.S., REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROLLS, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection, Record Group 93; Washington. D.C. [Online Database with Images], Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2007.
10. ↑ NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #2101, #2155, ROLL #S.115.8. [Online Database accessed 31 Dec 2022] (FamilySearch Record: Q2WT-GMH1.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6} Georgia, County, District and Probate Courts. Record of Wills, 1796-1945; Court of Ordinary; Probate Place: Jefferson; Wills, Book A, 1797-1873. [Online Database with images] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.FindAGrave.com/memorial/180364103/daniel-dees: accessed 28 September 2023), memorial page for Daniel Dees (1748–1802), Find A Grave: Memorial #180364103, citing Dees Plantation, Almira, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Our Families (contributor 49958349).

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