RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC - BIOGRAPHIES - George W. and Hannah Taylor Dickey
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George W. and Hannah Taylor Dickey

George W. Dickey was born April 26, 1776. Records seem to indicate that he was 
the son of George and Martha Dickey of Rutherford County, North Carolina. The 
elder George was apparently killed by Indians in May of 1780. Martha Dickey 
was listed in 1800 as having two teenage sons, presumably one of these was 
George W. Dickey. It is my opinion, based on family naming patterns, that the 
W. stood for Wherry. George W. Dickey married Miss Hannah Taylor in Rutherford 
County, in 1803. She was the daughter of Joshua and Hannah Taylor. In 1804 
they became the parents of Nancy Dickey. Nancy married John Russell in 1827. 
Their next child was Martha, born in 1805, who married John W. Henry. Martha 
was followed, in 1807, by Joshua Taylor Dickey. Their third daughter, Cynthia, 
was born in 1809. Then came George Wherry in 1811. He was followed by Burton 
Kimsey, in 1813, Myra, in 1815, John Brady, in 1817, and James Eugene in 1822. 
Myra Dickey was the wife of Marman Hall.

Sometime prior to 1830 George W. and Hannah moved to Macon county, NC. Then in 
1840 George bought land in Gilmer County, Georgia. In about this year he, 
Hannah, and several slaves moved across the mountain to Gilmer County, now 
Fannin County. There they founded the town of Mineral Bluff and owned a large 
plantation. George Dickey died September 15, 1842 and was buried atop Hogback 
Mountain, just outside of Mineral Bluff. After the death of her husband, 
Hannah Dickey continued to run the farm. By all accounts she was very 
successful at this endeavor. This is also evident by the 1850 agricultural 
census of Fannin County, where her farm consisted of the following:

40 acres of tilled land

60 acres untilled

$500 value

$10 worth of implements

1 horse

7 cows

18 other cattle

20 sheep

20 swine

value of livestock — $150

15 bushels of wheat

15 bushels of rye

400 bushels of Indian corn

20 bushels of oats

30 pounds of wool

10 bushels of Irish potatoes

100 bushels of sweet potatoes

$10 worth of produce in the market garden

200 pounds of butter

30 pounds of cheese

sold $40 worth of homemade items

slaughtered $30 worth of animals

As well as 8 slaves. Hannah died January 25, 1868 and was buried next to her 
husband on Hogback Mountain, there they are surrounded by some thirty of their 
slaves.

By Jason Lee Edwards, 5th great grandson