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Peter Dent, s/o Peter and Mary (Brooke) Dent, was b. 8 Aug 1730, according to the registers of both the St. John and Rock Creek Parishes. [1]
He was b. St. Johns Parish, Prince Georges Co., Maryland. [2]
Peter Dent's father, Judge Peter Dent, was b. 1693 Charles County; s/o William and Elizabeth (Fowke) Dent. He later established his seat in Prince George's County. He m. Mary Brooke, d/o Thomas and Lucy (Smith) Brooke. [1]
"By the will of his father he was devised all realty of his parents lying in Frederick County - a section of the Province where he later established his seat." [1]
William Dent m. ca 1758 Verlinder Beall, b. ca 1736, d/o Samuel Beall, Jr. and Eleanor Brooke. [3]
A number of land transactions are detailed in the Charles County Gentry. Several are highlighted below to show his location.
William Dent is found in North Carolina in early 1773: "On Feb 2, 1773, William Dent purchased a 320 acre tract of land on Reedy Ford Creek in Orange County, North Carolina, later to become part of Guilford County. There he settled and became a leading citizen of western North Carolina." [1]
He removed from North Carolina during 1792 and established his home near Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. [1]
Hancock Co, Georgia Inferior Court Minutes (1800-1808): "12Jull800. District Five shall include the road from Obahdiah Richardson to Martin Gilberts and the following persons to work theron, viz, William Dent Jr., William Dent Sr., Risdon Moore Sr., Zachariah Middleton, Hines Holt, Bolling Hale, John and Solomon Lankston, Wyche and Tisdale Whatley, Abner Barksdale, Taylor Nelson, John Hill and Jas. Barksdale, overseer". Road ran from Powellton, Hancock Co, GA to White Plains, Greene Co, GA. This general area was part of Wilkes Co. previous to Greene Co. Creation in 1786.
Captain Dent died in Georgia during 1805. [1]
Children of William and Verlinda (Beall) Dent:
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