Person:Thomas Dearman (2)

Thomas Monroe Dearman, Sr. was married first in ca 1772, his wife's name was not known. He had four daughters, name and ages not known, in 1774, 1776, 1778 and 1781. Sons of this marriage are Solomon 1780 and Thomas Monroe Dearman, Jr. 1783.

    The first record of Thomas Dearman is found in Anson County, North Carolina, In 1772 where he was listed as a chain bearer for land surveyed for Solomon Dearman. 1.
    Thomas Dearman served in the Revolutionary war as a private from Cheraw District.  In his

application for pension he stated that he was a resident of Cheraw District when drafted into service. His brother William also is recorded as living in Cheraw between 1759-1760

    Thomas must have moved to South Carolina about 1776-1778, and then back to North Carolina

about 1785 settling in Richmond County near his brother Solomon Dearman. It is believed that Thomas' first wife died around 1785 and it is possible that her death prompted the move. Thomas received a land grant of 50 acres in 1791 on the north side of Flax Patch adjourning John Wilson's land in Richmond County. 3.

    Sometimes between 1793 and1800 Thomas and his brother Solomon moved to Cheraw District, South Carolina.   They are listed in the 1800 census for Darlingtom County, South Carolina.  In

1809 Thomas received a state grant for 811 acres situated on ear Branch on Upper Beaver Dam and and Black Creek in Chesterfield District, South Carolina. He and his two older sons are listed in 1810 census of Chesterfield County.

    Thomas and his two Sons, Solomon and Thomas, Jr., migrated from South Carolina ca 1812.

Their destination was the Mississippi Territory but the was of 1812 and the Indian uprising delayed their journey. They stopped over in Tennessee where they resided until 1816 when they continued on to Wayne and Green County, Mississippi Territory, the area where Jonathan Dearman son of Solomon Dearman was living. Thomas Monroe Dearman Jr., established his home in that part of Green County that became Perry County, Mississippi in 1820.

    Thomas Dearman Sr. and the rest of his family migrated to the Mississippi Territory by 1816.

He and his sons Solomon and Richard Dearman, are found in the 1820 Census of Jackson County, Mississippi, and in 1821 they were in Perry County, Mississippi. IN 1829 Solomon moved to Copiah County, Mississippi, and Thomas M. Sr and his son Richard moved to Green County, Alabama, where they are listed in the 1830 census.

    Thomas Monroe Sr. did move in 1839 to Sumter County, Alabama, where he and his wife

are found living in the house next to their daughter, Anna Dearman, in the 1840 Sumpter County Census. Thomas Sr is listed in the 1840 census as a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Records indicate that his Pension payments stopped in 1841, so presumably he died 1840-1841.

1. Anson County N.C. "Abstracts of Early Records" by May Wilson McBee. 2. Pension Application for Revolutionary War Service No. S32401; filed erroneously under Thomas

   Mc Dearman in the National Archives.

3. Land Grant No 498 - N. C. Archives, Book 78, Page 117.

Source: Ancestors and Descendents of the Dearman-Deerman and Related Families, Compiled by Velvo and Margaret Chaney.