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Facts and Events
| Name |
Samuel Dickey |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
29 Aug 1765 |
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina |
| Marriage |
8 OCT 1788 |
Rowan County, North Carolinato Rebecca Patterson |
| Census? |
Bet 1805 and 1820 |
lived in Blount County, Tennessee |
| Census? |
Bet 1820 and 1840 |
lived in McMinn County, Tennessee |
| Military? |
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Samuel's Gravestone - Old Elk Creek Cemetery - near Middleton, Tennessee |
| Death? |
Dec 1839 |
near Etowah, McMinn County, Tennessee |
| Other? |
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Justice Of The Peace - Presbyterian Church|Justice of the Peace - Presbyterian Church |
| Other[2] |
8 Mar 1820 |
Present at a meeting of the County Court, McMinn County, Tennessee |
Will Abstract
- DICKEY, SAMUEL
- Will exec. 19 Apr 1836, recorded Jan Court 1840; to wife; to youngest son Samuel H.; to two single daus. Rebecca L. and Nancy M.; to balance of heirs, James M., John F., David H., Elizabeth M. Elkins, Anny Gamble, and Polly Fox; wife's legacy left her in N.C. by her sister Ann Houston. Execs: David H. and Samuel H. Dickey. Wit: Abraham Fox, Saml. H. Dickey. McMinn County, TN Historical Society
Will of Samuel Dickey
- Will Book B, pp 192-193, Roll No. 104, McMinn Co., Tennessee State Library and Archives:
- The Last Will and Testament of Samuel DICKEY...of McMinn County and state of Tennessee is as follows: I the said Samuel Dickey being in good health...but knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die do make this my Last Will and Testament.
- First I give my soul to God who gave it and my body to the dust to be buried in a decent manner. The expense to be paid out of my estate and all my just debts discharged.
- Then in the second place I allow my wife her maintenance of the plantation on which I now live while she lives with end of the house also one sorrel mare and all my sheep with all the house hold furniture to be divided and disposed of as she may think proper as to my present stock of cattle and hogs I allow them to be equally divided between my wife and my youngest son Samuel H. DICKEY, and my two single Daughters viz Rebecca L. Dickey and Nancy M. Dickey.
- The plantation on which I live I allow for my son Samuel Dickey at my death to be his in fee simple with the incumbrance of his mothers maintainance her life time also I allow my clock or time piece to the said S. H. Dickey with all my working tools of every discription.
- As to cash of cash notes I may have on hand at my death I allow to be divided in the following manner viz one hundred dollars to my wife with the legacy left her in North Carolina by her sister Anne Houston to be disposed of at her pleasure.
- Fifty Dollars to S.H. Dickey the rest to be equally Divided between the balance of my heirs viz JAMES M. DICKEY, JOHN F. DICKEY, REBECCA L. DICKEY, ELIZABETH M. ELKINS, DAVID H. DICKEY, ANNIE GAMBLE, POLLY FOX, NANCY M. DICKEY. My waggon I allow for Samuel L.(?) DICKEY.
- The above is the last will and testament to which I have set my name this 19th day of April 1836 in the presents of:
- We attest: Abraham Fisc, Samuel H. Dickey
- (signed) Samuel Dickey (Seal)
- And I hereby appoint David H. Dickey and Samuel H. Dickey to execute this my last Will and Testament. Recorded January Court 1840.
- Probated about 1841.
Land Records
1793 - 12 July. JOHN DICKEY sold to SAMUEL DICKEY (his son by Rachel) 200 acres for 100 Pounds (Sterling) on head branch of Rocky River on branch of Davidson's Creek including cross roads adjacent Wallings Corner, Brevard Creek.
Information on Samuel Dickey
Samuel DICKEY moved from Iredell (formerly Rowan) Co., NC, to McMinn Co., TN, in 1805. He was a farmer.
- McMinn Co., TN, Court Proceedings, 1819-1829.
- P.1. Samuel Dickey, appointed to count ballots Nov. 13, 1819.
- P.2. Same.
- P.3. 7 March 1820 - Justice.
- P.6. June 1820 - Justice
- (More of the same)
Was one of executor's of father-in-law, James PATTERSON's, estate. The other was brother-in-law, James Patterson(Jr.?), who received 200 shillings and a pewter dish, plus 500 acres of father's land in Tenn.
Wills & Estate Records of McMinn Co., TN, 1820-1870 (R929.3 T2MAbW) (Machine copy made) DICKEY, SAMUEL, Will Book C-192-193. Will executed 19 Apr 1836, recorded Jan Court 1840; to wife; to youngest son SAMUEL H.; to two single daus. Rebecca L. and Nancy M.; to balance of heirs, James M., John F., David H., Elizabeth M. Elkins, Anny Gamble, and Polly Fox; wife's legacy left her in NC by her sister Ann Houston. Execs.: David H. and Samuel H. Dickey (sons).
Census Reports for 1830 - Heads of Families - Roane Co., TN, pg. 61 (PIONEERS OF ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1801-1830, by Mable Harvey Thornton, pg. 183); SAMUEL DICKEY.
Prior to 1788, all was Rowan County (Salisbury). After 1788, it was Iredell Co. (Statesville.)
Marriage Index, Family Tree Maker Family Archives, Sec. III, Ch. 82, Rowan Co., NC.
References
- Joseph H. Howard, Annapolis, MD 21403. Captain John Dickey (1724-1808) and his Revolutionary War Pension File. (Privately Published, 1996)
pg. xii.
Samuel is mis-identified as the child of John Dickey and his SECOND wife, Elizabeth Leasey. This is one of the few errors in this book, he is of course the child of John and FIRST wife Rachel Tanner, who did not die until 1789.
- ↑ Penelope Johnson Allen. Leaves from the Family Tree, a collection of Family Histories., by Penelope Johnson Allen, Southern Historical Press, 1982. (Copy write by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.)
p. 317.
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