George Dickey (1776 - 1842)

Born 26 Apr 1776 in Rutherford, Province of North Carolina

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Died 15 Sep 1842 at age 66 in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

George Dickey was born 26 April 1776 in Tyron County, North Carolina, to George Dickey and Martha Johnson. About 1803, he married Hannah Taylor. They made their home in Rutherford County, North Carolina, until 1820.

On 20 October 1820, he purchased 120 acres of section 18, district 11, on the Tennessee River in what was then Haywood County, North Carolina, but was later Macon County.^[1] He sold this land to James Whitaker on 25 March 1829 for $400.00, but he continued to live in the area.^[2]

On 4 October 1835, George Dickey was baptized and received into membership of Franklin Baptist Church in Macon County, North Carolina. He was granted a letter on of dismissal on 26 December 1835.^[3]

In 1840, he purchased land in what was then Gilmer County, Georgia, but later became Fannin County. He died there on 15 September 1842 and is buried in the Dickey Cemetery on Hogback Mountain with his wife Hannah and a number of people they enslaved.^[4] 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.^[5]

Research Notes

Despite appearing with the middle name Wherry in many online family trees, there is no evidence that he had a middle name. He was occasionally referred to in primary source documents as George Dickey, Sr., to differentiate him from his son George Wherry Dickey, but he himself always appeared with no middle name or middle initial.

He was the second great grandfather of author James Lafayette Dickey.

Sources

1. ↑ “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.
2. ↑ “Macon County, North Carolina, Record of Deeds, 1828-1901,” images, FamilySearch, George Dickey to James Whitakere, 25 March 1829, (accessed 10 November 2021); citing Macon County, North Carolina, Deed Book A, page 48.
3. ↑ Minutes of Franklin Baptist Church, Macon County, North Carolina. Copy in the possession of Jason Lee Edwards.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5897548
5. ↑ “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.

• "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.).