Waters Dunn Sr. (1725 - 1803)

Born 4 Oct 1725 in South Farnham, Essex, Colony of Virginia

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Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1803 at age 77 in Columbia, Georgia, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Julia Fitzgerald [send private message] and Karen Holliday [send private message]

Biography

Waters Dunn, Sr. b. 1725, Essex Co. VA d. 1803, Columbia Co. GA. m. (1) Sarah Gatewood b. 1728, Essex Co. VA. d. 1785, Henry Co. VA. Her parents: Patience Reeves and Richard Gatewood. m. (2) 1786, in Georgia, Ann Ferguson.

Son Richard and other members of the Waters Dunn family were in Henry County, Colonia Virginia in 1777. see:Richard Dunn in Colonial Virginia

Waters Dunn Sr was among the slaveowners who lived in Columbia County, Georgia.

Copied from Columbia Co. GA. early Court Records dtd. January 1802: “Waters Dunn Sr. to Wm. Dunn 4 slaves & 5 shillings the said Wm. shall let Milly Satterwhite, wife of WM. Satterwhite, receive all profits arising from labor of slaves. Increase of said slaves to go to Sally, William, Jr., Thomas b. c. 1769, Betsey, Nancy and Polly at the death of Milly; children of WM. and Millicent Dunn Satterwhite.” In 1805, William Dunn b. 1765 VA., was appointed guardian for Mills Satterwhite. (The above mentioned William Dunn is son of Waters and brother of Milly Dunn; he was b. 1765 VA. William m. 18 Dec 1788 GA., Anne Thompson) Obviously Mills is Milly. She had to have a guardian because of old laws concerning women and property.

(Need record showing the names of the enslaved people referenced above.)

Note the following record occurred prior to the filing of the will of Waters Dunn. ^[1] Dec 3 1802. r/Jan 24 1803. Deed of Gift. WATERS DUNN to THOMAS RICHARDSON (son-in-law) Negro girl named Vilet, Negro boys, Lewis and James; woman, Winny, Isaac and Silvy.

Will: I, Waters Dunn being weak in body but of sound senses do make this my last will disallowing all others heretofore made and first of all I will my soul to almighty God as he through his mercy gave it me if his graciousness will please to receive it and as for the worldly goods he was pleased to bestow on me I dispose of to wit. First of all – I lend my wife Ann three Negros (to wit, Jansey, Silvia & Winny and all moveable estate during her natural life and so that there be no] waste made in case there should appear of waste by marriage or any other way that then She Shall give Security for the above but to remain in posesion [sic] her life and after her decease to return to my Estate -- Secondly I give my daughter Ann Blevin [sic] twenty Shillings as a bane of any more. Thirdly I give all the remainder of my estate lying in part whatsoever to be equally divided amongst my children (to wit) Milicent, Waters, Richard, Sarah, Elizabeth, Gatewood, Catey, Happy, William and Clary and lastly will is that their shall be no debts paid by accts. by the single oath of the creditor other than my books will appear. I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Waters, Richard, Gatewood & William Dunn my Executors to this my last will & testament this 20th May 1800.

Notes for Waters Dunn: Bonds: Intestate Bonds from the Courthouse, Appling, Columbia Co., GA: Freeman Briscoe [son of Catherine Dunn Briscoe and Thomas Briscoe] Catherine Briscoe [ dtr of Waters Dunn] Thos. Richardson, Date: 18 Jan 1803 More About Waters Dunn and Sarah Gatewood: Marriage: 1745, South Farnham Parish, Essex County, VA.. More About Waters Dunn and Ann Ferguson: Marriage: 1786, Columbia County, GA..

Children of Waters Dunn and Sarah Gatewood are:

i. Milicent Dunn, b. 1746, VA d. 1820, GA. She m. William Satterwhite, he served Rev. War b. 1737-1740, VA d. 1805, GA.

ii. Gatewood Jackson Dunn, b. Abt. 1750, Essex County, VA., d. 1837, JasperCounty, GA..

iii. Sarah Sallie Dunn, b. 1756, VA, d. 07 Dec 1790, VA.

iv. Elizabeth Gatewood Dunn, b. 1757, Essex County, VA, d. Abt. 1820.

v. Richard Dunn, b. Bef. 1760, d. date unknown.

vi. Waters Dunn, Jr, b. Bef. 1760, Essex County, VA, d. 1836, Columbia County, GA.

vii. William Dunn, b. Bef. 1760, d. 1809. he m. 18 Dec 1788, GA., Anne Thompson.

viii. Clara Dunn, b. 1762, d. date unknown.

ix. Catherine Dunn, b. 1765, d. 1840, Columbia County, GA. m. Briscoe.

x. Happy Dunn, b. 1778, d. date unknown.

Child of Waters Dunn and Ann Ferguson: Ann Dunn, b. Bef. 1790, d. date unknown. She m. Mr. Blevins. 9th gen: David M. Satterwhite m. Nancy Jane Blevins 1861 in GA. The Blevins and Satterwhite Families inter-married several times.

Died 12 APR 1803. Columbia County, Georgia. ^[2] 1803 Columbia, Georgia, USA. Map: Latitude: N33.5486. Longitude: W82.2612. ^[3] ABT 1803. Columbia County, GA, USA. ^[4] 1803 Columbia, Georgia, USA. Map: Latitude: N33.5486. Longitude: W82.2612. ^[5] 1803 Columbia,,Georgia,USA ^[5] 1803 Columbia, Georgia, United States. ^[6] 1803 Columbia, Georgia, USA. Map: Latitude: N33.5486. Longitude: W82.2612. ^{[7] [8] [9] [6]} Found multiple copies of death date. Using 12 APR 1803

Marriage Husband @I15977@. Wife @I15978@. Child: @I3668@. Marriage 1745 South Farnham Parish,Essex,Virginia,USA. ^[10] Marriage ABT 1745. South Farnham Parish, Essex, Virginia, United States. ^[11] Marriage 1745 South Farnham Parish, Essex, Virginia, United States. ^[12]

Disambiguation

The Dunn and Kinnebrew families were very intermarried. The following was created as a tool for keeping clear the players and the generations.

Slaves

The will of Waters Dunn Sr, as quoted above, was written in 1800. In it he names the following enslaved people. (Note there are variations in translation/indexing.)

Jamey/Jansey to Wife Ann, after her death return to estate

Silver/Silvia to Wife Ann, after her death return to estate

Winny to Wife Ann, after her death return to estate

This does not correlate precisely with those included in the appraisal of his estate:

1803 Inventory of Waters Dunn Sr

Jacob a man 450

Isaac 450

Will 450

Jim 450

Winny 350

Due to the partial overlap of names, this may also be in conflict with an 1802 deed, written after the will. See details above of this deed of gift to his son in law Thomas Richards.

Vilet a girl

Lewis a boy

James a boy

Winny a woman

Isaac

Silvy

Defaults: if described as a boy or girl, a birthdate of before 1795 will be used. Reasoning, a child less than five usually stayed with the mother.

Without an age descriptor, a birthyear estimated at 1780 would be used, yeilding about 20 years old in 1800.

With discriptor of woman, birthyear at 1779 will be used, yeilding about 30 years old in 1800.

Registered 4 May 1814, Waters Dunn Jr puchased Will ($340) and Jacob ($400) from the Estate of Waters Dunn Sr in transaction dated 4 Jul 1804. image 527 of 776

When the estate of Waters Jr was appraised in 1808 we see William ($275), and Jacob ($350), among others. These are likely the same men.

Research Notes

Merge and Clean-up pending as of 6 Dec 2023. Patience Reeves and her Spouse Richard Gatewood are shown with duplicate daughters named Sarah.

1. Sarah Ann Gatewood manager Casey Williams

the spouse is shown as Walter Waters Dunn

managed by Julia Fitzgerald

1. Sarah Gatewood Dunn manager Karen Holliday

the spouse is shown as Waters Dunn manager Karen Holliday

I propose merging Walter Waters Dunn into Waters Dunn as first step. Second step merge Sarah Ann Gatewood into Sarah Gatewood Dunn. After those steps are accomplished, we can then proceed to update Biography and sources for Patience Reeves. Info from "The Reeves Project" https://thereevesproject.org/data/tiki-index.php?page=Reeves_Patience_3258 and https://www.clingram.com/famhis/getperson.php?personID=I7276&tree=Ingram can inform this next step. Note I have corresponded with Beverly the maintainer of the Reeves Project and have permission to quote her research.

Rejecting merge that I proposed for the following reason.

Sophia (Dunn) Collins (1805-1879) is shown to be the daughter of Waters Walter Dunn (abt.1784-1814) and Judith (Parrish) Watson (abt.1779-1856).

This Waters Dunn-14069 (1784-1814) is not the same man as the son of Waters Dunn and Sarah Gatewood. More collaboration is needed to set this straight.

Walter was born in 1725. He passed away in 1803.

Research Notes

Merge and Clean-up pending as of 6 Dec 2023. Patience Reeves and her Spouse Richard Gatewood are shown with duplicate daughters named Sarah.

1. Sarah Ann Gatewood manager Casey Williams

the spouse is shown as Walter Waters Dunn

managed by Julia Fitzgerald

1. Sarah Gatewood Dunn manager Karen Holliday

the spouse is shown as Waters Dunn manager Karen Holliday

I propose merging Walter Waters Dunn into Waters Dunn as first step. Second step merge Sarah Ann Gatewood into Sarah Gatewood Dunn. After those steps are accomplished, we can then proceed to update Biography and sources for Patience Reeves. Info from "The Reeves Project" https://thereevesproject.org/data/tiki-index.php?page=Reeves_Patience_3258 and https://www.clingram.com/famhis/getperson.php?personID=I7276&tree=Ingram can inform this next step. Note I have corresponded with Beverly the maintainer of the Reeves Project and have permission to quote her research.

Update: Rejecting merge that I proposed for the following reason.

Sophia (Dunn) Collins (1805-1879) is shown to be the daughter of Waters Walter Dunn (abt.1784-1814) and Judith (Parrish) Watson (abt.1779-1856).

This Waters Dunn-14069 (1784-1814) is not the same man as the son of Waters Dunn and Sarah Gatewood. More collaboration is needed to set this straight.

Sources

1. ↑ Early Deeds and Will Abstracts, Columbia County, Georgia, pages 83-88, Transcribed by Suzanne Forte (suzanneforte_at_bellsouth.net) Jan 2005, accessed 13 Sep 2023 [1]
2. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for William Dunn
3. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Winifred Waters
4. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for William DUNN
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Source: S4 Database online. Record for Sarah Gatewood
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Source: S4 Database online. Record for Frances Dunn
7. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Waters Dunn
8. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Sarah GATEWOOD
9. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Frances DUNN
10. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Sarah Gatewood
11. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Sarah GATEWOOD
12. ↑ Source: S4 Database online. Record for Waters Dunn

Satterwhite Family history, posted by D. Marshall Satterwhite and The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers By Jeannette Holland Austin https://books.google.com/books?id=4RCglni-o4IC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=jeannette+holland+austin+satterwhite&source=bl&ots=uQEMtdZwNH&sig=xx3-tdsdk2V8MXgLbVD14vvk7lg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDwsONqMHOAhXD3SYKHaWEAwAQ6AEIMTAE#v=onepage&q=jeannette%20holland%20austin%20satterwhite&f=false

• Source: S4 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;
• Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
  Estate Records, 1788-1940; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Columbia County); Probate Place: Georgia
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #1805653 (accessed 10 September 2023)
  Waters Dunn probate in 1790-1822 in Georgia, USA.

image of inventory

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:386W-63D : accessed 24 October 2019), entry for Walter Waters /Dunn/, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MMDB-M12), submitted 30 December 2016 by Carolyn anderson3 [identity withheld for privacy].