Clark-Montgomery County KyArchives Biographies.....George Dean July 19 1770 - 1832 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: mike dean mmikedean1@aol.com May 9, 2004, 9:56 pm Author: Mike Dean George Dean of Loudon Co. Virginia was born July 19, 1770 the son of Samuel Dean and Sarah Dunkin of Virginia. Samuel was born in Ireland "of English descent" abt 1740 and is first found in Loudon Co., Virginia in 1760. George disappears between 1788 and 1800 from my review of the records, when he shows up in Clark Co., Ky. The various records of the children of George and Rebecca (last name unknown) state they were born in Virginia and/or Kentucky. There is a second George Dean in Clark/Montgomery Co., Ky at about this time, who is variously referred to as George Roger Dean or just Roger Dean. There is no family connection, to the best of my knowledge. George had at least two brothers, Samuel and Jeremiah, and one sister Rebecca. I believe there were more but have never been able to prove this. (It is possible Edward Dean of Clark County, Kentucky may have been related and is in the Clark County Census of 1810-1830. The man on his marriage bond (Isaac Constant) is the son-in-law of George Dean. Samuel remained in Virginia until about 1833 when he moved to Henry Co., Ky. Jeremiah moved to Clark county about 1800. Rebecca married and later moved to Henry County, Kentucky. The first record I have discovered of George, beyond the census, is in Court Order book 4 1805 to 1818. It addresses an allotment approval for the town of Winchester for hands to build a road from Hoods Creek to Stoner on Monday August 28, 1809. The next record of George is his land purchase of 53 acres from Martin and Elizabeth Haggard on May 10, 1828. George and Rebecca had eight children who were all identified in his Will dated March 10, 1832. The children were Amy Constant wife of Isaac Constant; Nancy Hendricks wife of Anthony Hendricks; Samuel Dean and wife Sarah Hughes; Rachel Russell wife of Samuel Russell; Tildy (Matilda) Washburn wife of James W. Washurn; John Dean and wife Mary Gardner; Robert Dean and wife Mathilda Gardner; Elizabeth Dean (future wife of Wm. Milby). The property was to go to his wife Rebecca and after her death equally divided among his children. No record has been found of the death of Rebecca nor of her maiden name. It is assumed she died before 1838, at which time her son Samuel sold the property to James Scott. The witnesses to George Dean's will were Christy Scobee and George Scobee. Most of George's children left Kentucky by about 1835, with two exceptions. Those exceptions were Rachel Dean Russell and Mathilda Dean Washburn. Mathilda and her husband moved to Henry Co., Ky and left Kentucky in 1859. Rachel may have remained in Henry Co., Ky until her death, sometime after her husbands in 1862. I have attempted to locate the land once owned by George Dean and my best efforts are only an approximation. It appears he lived south of today's Winchester/Mt Sterling Road (once known as Hoods Road)and just east of Cabin Creek. His occupation was always listed as Mfg/Trader but his estate inventory did not shed any light on what he may have manufactured or traded. Though a cemetery or headstone have never been located, it is possible George and Rebecca may be in George's brother Jeremiah's family cemetery located north of Hoods Road and Cabin Creek. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/kyfiles/