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1. Caution! The listing of this individual as a brother of Elizabeth is only probable and inferred but not proven.
2. Entry found for surname Dick in the "Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1806" per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/as1806co.htm. [Note. Despite the fact that Ashe County, North Carolina was created in 1799, the first extant court records begin in 1806.] State of North Carolina.
A. State of North Carolina. August term 1806. At a county court begun and held for the County of Ashe on the second Monday being the 11th day of August A. D. 1806. "A deed from John Dick to John Holman for 70 acres was duly acknowledged in open court by Jno. Dick."
3. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 88-89 [same information more or less is found in FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 119-123 - any additional info is shown bracketed]:
"Conrad and Katherine Dick were living in Frederick County, Maryland as early as 1755, when 100 acres were registered on August 15, and named Mon Hime, perhaps after Manheim Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or Manheim, Germany. He sold this land in [Mar] 1764 and 10 years later there is a record of buying 200 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina. His early deeds shows he was a weaver by trade. Conrad later was granted [70 acres of] land [in Wilkes County] next to his son-in-law, Peter Eller, which he sold to him. Another Dick, which is probably some relation, named Susan Dick, married Devault Koons, who in turn were the grandparents of George Koons, who married Mary Eller. Children:
a. John [b. abt 1767/9]; m. Mary ___; John sold land to Michael Stoker in Wilkes Co., NC.
b. Marie Catherine, christened 28 Mar 1758 [in Frederick Co., MD].
c. Elizabeth [b. 1750]; m. Peter Eller."
[d. George.]
4. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31:
"Peter Eller was born, say about 1746 and died in that part of Wilkes County, North Carolina that in 1799 became Ashe County, before 29 Jul 1799 on which date the administration of his estate was given to Betsey and John Eller. He married, say about 1767, probably in Frederick County, Maryland, Elizabeth Dick, daughter of Conrad and Catherine Dick who were living in Frederick Co. as early as 15 Aug 1755 when all of that tract of 'land called Mon Hime' lying on a small creek leading into Beaver Dam Branch in Frederick Co., MD containing 100 acres, was surveyed and patented to Conrad Dick. (B.C. and G.S. No. 5, folio 127, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD) Beaver Branch is a branch of Little Pipe Creek. Conrad and Catherine Dick, she relinquishing her dower right, sold this land to William Aldridge on 23 Mar 1764 after which they disappear from the Frederick Co. records. He was called a weaver in the deed. (Book J, pp. 244, 245, Frederick Co. Deeds.) Mon Hime, apparently, was his own name for this land and may have been named for the township of Manheim in Bavaria located about 80 miles south of Nurnberg. On 28 March 1758, Marie Catherine Dick, daughter of Conrad Dick and his wife Anna Catherine Dick, was christened in the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Maryland.
Conrod Dick (sic) purchased 200 acres of land from Martin Sheets in Rowan Co., NC in 1774. The land was located on Hodge's Fork, a branch of the Uwaree River, now in Davidson or Randolph Co. He sold this land to Adam Bowers, 20 Dec 1785. (Book 10, p. 388, Rowan Co. Deeds.) Coonrod Dick (sic), doubtless the same, was granted 70 acres of land on Rones Creek in Wilkes Co., NC, 28 Nov 1792. A record on film at the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City (FNCW 5B Land Entries, 1778-1781 and 1783-1785, Wilkes Co., NC) shows that this land was entered 20 Feb 1779 but the order for survey, dated 10 Mar 1787, in the Sec'y of State's office in Raleigh, NC, shows that Coonrod Dick's name had been written in over another name that the original entry may have been made for someone else who later assigned his right to Coonrod (Conrad) Dick. The land was surveyed for Conrod Dick (sic), 13 Apr 1795, and found to contain only 70 acres. Jno. Eller and Mich. Stucker (Stoker) signed the survey as chain carriers. (Grant #1258, Secretary of State Office, Raleigh, N.C.) In view of the fact that Peter Eller, son-in-law of Conrad Dick, entered land on Rones Creek about a year later (24 July 1780), it is reasonable to suppose that the two settled in North Carolina at the same time. Whether they came directly form Frederick County, Md. or not is not clear but the fact that Conrad Dick sold his land in Frederick County, Md. in Mar 1764 and didn't show up in NC until ten years later suggests that he may have lived in some intermediate place, say Virginia, meantime. Conrad Dick sold his 70 acres to Peter Eller, 3 Mar 1797. (Deed Book D, p. 165, Wilkes Col, NC.)
A John Dick, son perhaps of Conrad Dick, was granted 86-1/2 acres on the south fork of New River in Ashe Co., on 27 Jun 1797. John Dick Jr. and Jesse Ray attested the survey. John Dick and John Dick Jr. doubtless were father and son. John Dick was also granted 400 acres of land on the south fork of New River on 13 Jun 1798. This grant was accompanied by a document saying that it was issued to correct errors in an earlier grant not identified but probably the one dated 27 Dec 1797 for 400 acres that, on 3 Jan 1783, had been ordered to be surveyed probably for Robert Nall and actually surveyed for John Dick 22 July 1787. John Nall and Alexander Johnson attested the survey. On 1 Dec 1798, John Dick was granted an additional 100 acres on the south fork of New River. This land was first ordered to be surveyed for William Nall on 11 Nov 1779 and actually surveyed for Robert Nall 24 Jun 1794. How it came to be granted later to John Dick is not clear but very likely it was by assignment. (Grants 1484, 1749, 1547 and 1471, Secretary of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) That John Dick and his wife Mary once lived in Rowan Co. is indicated by a deed of that county dated 3 Sep 1795 wherein John Dick, of Wilkes Co., sold to Jacob Helfer of Rowan Co., 200 acres of land including improvements located on Bear Creek in Rowan Co. He signed the deed 'Johannes Dick' in German script in his own hand. His wife Mary signed with a mark. (Book 14, p. 523, Rowan Co. Deeds.)
Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh. The two grants to Peter Eller totaling 350 acres on Rones Creek in Wilkes County (now Ashe) mentioned above has an entry date of 10 Mar 1780 in Wilkes Co., NC records. (Land Entries 1778-1781, 1783-1795 Wilkes Co., NC, on film at the Gen. Soc. of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City.) This was followed by a warrant of survey, dated 24 Jul 1780. The survey was made 28 Mar 1787 and the grant issued 18 May 1789. Apparently Peter Eller merely retained his entry privilege and did not ask for a survey and grant until some years later, probably about the time he removed there for his farm on Reedy Creek in Rowan (now Davidson County,) North Carolina. The same situation also applied to the Conrad Dick grant of 150 acres on Rones Creek. The Wilkes county entry date is 20 Feb 1779 whereas the order to survey was issued 10 Mar 1787, the grant 28 Nov 1792 and strangely enough the survey was not made until 13 Apr 1795. Very likely it was a resurvey because it showed that instead of containing 150 acres the tract contained only 70 acres, the same acreage that Conrad Dick sold to Peter Eller, 3 Mar 1797 (supra). Quite often there would be an acreage discrepancy between entry and survey. The reason for this was that the entries were estimates and the surveys actual. Instances are also found where a person would make an entry and not follow through, then at a later date make a new entry on the same land. The Wilkes County, NC entries mentioned above were found on microfilm at the Gen. Soc. of the LDS Church. ((FNCW 5B, Land Entries 1778-1781, 1783-1795, Wilkes Co., NC.) The writer is indebted to Honorable Thad Eure, Secretary of State of North Carolina for his letter of 2 Dec 1955 which explains early land grant procedure in North Carolina.
The date of birth for Elizabeth Dick, wife of Peter Eller, is not known. Her eldest son John Eller was born about 1767-1769 and her youngest son George after 1790. This would indicate that she was born not later than about 1749 or 1750. The 1800 census of Ashe County, N.C. states her age as over 45. She probably was alive in 1830 and, according to the Federal Census of Ashe County of that year, living with her son Jacob, her age being shown as between 70 and 80. The fact that her daughter did not have herself baptized for her mother as well as her father at Nauvoo, Ill. in 1841 as shown below, indicates either that she was then living or, as is more likely, that she had embraced the Mormon faith and was baptized in her own lifetime. [KP: This statement now appears in error since it has been found that Catherine Eller Stoker was baptized for Elizabeth White, her mother in 1843, who appeared to have remarried to Luke White, whose baptism was done by Catherine's daughter Mary (Polly) Stoker in 1841.]
Proof of many facts concerning Peter Eller and his family was gleaned from the microfilm records of the Index to Nauvoo (Illinois) Baptisms for the Dead of the [LDS Church] that are in the custody of the Gen. Soc. of the Church in Salt Lake City. They show the following [Kerry's note: baptisms are currently not done cross-gender; however, when first introduced in 1841 on the banks of the Mississippi River, there were indeed indiscriminate cross-gender proxies.]:
1. That Catherine Stoker, wife of Michael Stoker and daughter of Peter Eller had herself baptized in 1841 for:
a. Her deceased grandfather, Kinrod (Conrad) Dick. (Book A, p. 37)
b. Her deceased grandmother, Catherine Dick (Book A, p. 37)
c. Her deceased father, Peter Eller. (Book A, p. 41)
d. Her deceased brother, John Eller. (Book A, p. 42)
e. Her deceased daughter Rebecca Stoker. (Book C, p. 338)
2. Eller Stoker, son of Catherine Stoker had himself baptized in 1841 for:
a. His deceased uncle, George Eller. (Bk. A, p. 41)
3. Michael Stoker, son of Catherine Stoker had himself baptized in 1841 for:
a. His deceased aunt, Barbara Pertune. It is not clear whether this aunt was a sister of his mother or father. (Book A, p. 94)
From the above it is apparent that Catherine (Eller) Stoker in 1841 was living in or near Nauvoo, Illinois. When she and her husband embraced the faith is not known but indications are that it was some years prior to 1841 when they lived in Jackson County, Ohio...
Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families.
Land transactions in western North Carolina between 1740 and 1780 were so frequently unrecorded and in some cases titles supplied by the Earl of Granville and other British proprietors were considered so worthless that property owners found it necessary to have their land holdings legalized by grants from the state. This situation may explain why Peter Eller and many other settlers who are known to have lived in Rowan, and what is now Davidson County, of Western North Carolina during the period cannot be found in the records of that time. They must have done something to support themselves and their families and about all they could have done was farm lands that, by squatter rights, they assumed they owned or lands upon which they worked as laborers or tenants. [Kerry's note: Many may have finally gone for the actual grant after the Revolution since a new local and more responsive government was finally in place.]...
Peter Eller added other property to his holdings on 27 Dec 1797 when two parcels of 50 and 25 acres were granted to him by the State of NC. These parcels were surveyed for him on 21 Mar and 11 May respectively. John Dick, Jr., and Leonard Fouts attested the first survey and Michael Stuckard [Stoker] and Peter Eller, Jr. the second. (Grants 1479 and 1532, Secy. of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) On 3 Mar 1797 he purchased from Conrad Dick, of Wilkes Co., his father-in-law, doubtless, 70 acres of land in Wilkes Co. The deed was witnessed by John and George Koons. (Deed Book D, p. 165, Wilkes Co., NC.) As already mentioned this land had been entered 20 Feb 1779 and surveyed for Conrad Dick 13 Apr 1795 with Jno. Eller and Mich.Stuckers [Stoker] attesting the survey as chain carriers. The land had been granted to him in the amount of 150 acres on 28 Nov 1792 but when surveyed was found to contain only 70 acres. (Grant 1258, Secy. of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.)...
The personal estate of Peter Eller was sold and an accounting reported to the Nov. 1799 court of Wilkes Co., NC by John Eller, Adr. The property, 111 individual sales, consisted of household utensils and furniture, farm yard tools and accessories, including one tomahawk, ten sheep, fifteen head of cattle, among which were a yoke of yearlings and one yearling bull, hogs, geese, bee hives, etc. The widow took a good deal of the furniture and household accessories including interestingly enough a trumpet which indicates that the early Ellers possessed musical interest. Other items taken by her were one lot of books, a chest, five head of hogs, four cows, one mare colt, two sheep, oven, hammer and anvil, and a pair of saddle bags. Other purchasers were John Eller, Peter Eller, Elizabeth Eller Jr., Michael Stucker (Stoker), Michael Bumgardner, Leonard Bumgardner, John Dick, Leonard Pfouts, Jacob Huntsinger, Daniel Dickson, James Dickson, James Cash, William Cash, Henry Michael Sr., Henry Michael Jr., Daniel Michael, Thomas Baker, Alexander Smith who purchased the tomahawk and some of the farm animals and other items, David Smith, Frederick Younce, Christian Shear, Abraham Shear, Coonrod Coldiron, David Ingram, Balsar Raime, Conrat Grub, William Colward, George Miller, John Calloway, Allen Nowlin, John Holman and John Tirey. The amount of the sale, including the items taken by the widow totaled 300 pounds, 18 shillings, 7 pence. (Will Book 1, pp. 540-41, Wilkes Co., NC.)"
5. Partial transcription from an article entitled "Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller." from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See notes of Michael Stoker for full transcription of this article:
"Settling New Territory.
After the French and Indian War new territories were opened up to European settlers. Michael moved south locating just inside the North Carolina state line on or near the head waters of New River in Wilkes County. Country side events that were going on at the time shaped the settlement patterns and life styles. In the book German New River Settlement: Virginia by Rev. Ulysses S. A. Heavener, the author goes into detail about life for the German settlers in the New River territory. Rev. Heavener states that the Germans of this area were not used heavily in the Revolutionary War because of the language barriers. It is known from parish records of these early years that the people still spoke and wrote in their native language, although English influences can be noted. Reverend Heavener further states that the military titles found among the Germans were from their fight with the Indians. But that is not to say that the Revolutionary War was not around them. "In the movements and battles of Cornwallis and Tarrelton about Greensborough, North Carolina, in the Revolutionary War, menaced the people of the Northern part of the Colony of North Carolina as well as those of the southern part of Virginia. In fact they were seriously threatened" (Heavener 1976)...
Picture, pg. 103: "First actual survey of the State of North Carolina David Stone & Peter Brown Esq. 1808." (North Fork of New River and Naked Creek are labeled.)
Land Records
James Hook states that Michael Stoker had a farm on the North Fork of New River in Ashe County. Then on 29 December 1792 Michael (Strucker) purchased: "100 acres from John Dick of land on Naked Creek in Ashe (Wilkes) Co. which creek flows west into the South Fork of New River" (Hook). The Morgan district, in which this land was located, in 1799 became part of the new Ashe County, North Carolina and was the same district where Peter Eller, John Koons and Conrad Dick lived. All now related by Michael's marriage to Catherine. There are two other reasons why Michael may have traveled south:
Living in North Carolina at this time was Jacob Fah born 1765. He was the son of Jacob Faw (Pfau) and his second wife. Jacob Faw (Pfau) was Elizabeth Fah's father.
Michael grew up around a religious group called the Moravians. They migrated a very large colony into northwestern North Carolina. (See John Michael Stocker story for more details.)
Michael (Strucker) is listed on the 1800 Ashe Co. census records as 'head of family' with one male age 0-9 yrs. (David), one male age 26-45 (Michael), two females age 0-9 (Mary [Polly] and Elizabeth), one female age 26 (Catherine). The Eller, Koonz, and Graybill families are also listed.
On the 13 March 1806 Michael applied for 150 acres of land on the North Fork of the New River adjoining his existing land. The land was then surveyed and on the 27 of November it was granted to Michael (Ibid). Copies of these land transactions can be obtained by writing to the North Carolina Department of Archives.
The town of Jefferson became the main hub area for Ashe County during this time frame. The territory of New River is described as an area of: "hills and ridges and intervening valleys along the creeks and rivers. The supply of water is abundant. The north and south forks of New River pass through the county with their tributary streams. There is scarcely a plat of land to be found large enough for an ordinary farm that is not supplied with springs of clear, cold water and streams running through them. The productions are wheat, rye, corn, oats, buckwheat, sorgum-cane, tobacco, potatoes, flax, and a great variety of garden vegetables. The fruit-productions are apples, peaches, pears, quinces, and plums, with many varieties of small fruits, such as cherries, currants, whortleberries and gooseberries. Beautiful groves of timber, oak, hickory, ash, poplar, maple, walnut, pine and cherry. The climate and soil is well adapted to the growth of different grasses, as timothy, clover, red top, bluegrass, and evergreen" (Cox 1900)...
The 1810 census record [for Ashe County, NC] list members of the Eller and Graybill families but there are no names of the Stoker family. This is only a side note as there were many reasons why their names were or were not listed at this time...
In the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of February 1807 Michael Stuckard is listed record as a witness to the Last Will and Testament of John Koons. In 1808 he was witness for a land exchange between John Dick and Seth Osborn. In August of 1809, Michael Stoker sold 110 acres to William Colvard. Ashe County, North Carolina Records Inventory. Original Records. www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/asherec.htm. Note the different spellings of the last name on three different records within the same office."
6. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Conrad and Katherine Dick":
"Conrad and Katherine Dick were living in Frederick County, Maryland as early as 1755, when 100 acres were registered on August 15, and named Mon Hime, perhaps after Manheim township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or Manheim, Germany. He sold this land in 1764 and 10 years later there is a record of buying 200 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina. His early deeds shows he was a weaver by trade.
Conrad later was granted land next to his son-in-law, Peter Eller, which he sold to him.
Another Dick, which is probably some relation, named Susan Dick, married Devault Koons, who in turn were the grandparents of George Koons, who married Mary Eller.
Children:
1. John Dick, m. Mary; John sold land to Michael Stoker in Wilkes County, N.C.
2. Marie Catherine Dick, christened on March 28, 1758.
3. Elizabeth Dick, m. Peter Eller."
7. Internet Rootsweb message posted 25 Apr 2009 at "Brethren-L" by Merle C Rummel at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRETHREN/2009-04/1240688584 accessed 4 May 2015:
"Conrad's oldest son was Johannes who may have married a Roland/Rolland woman. He also lived in Wilkes/Ashe County in the 1790s. John Dick Sr married Elizabeth Roland - about 1770. She is claimed to be as sister of the Elder Gaspar Roland of Carolina and Kentucky. Elizabeth left John Dick, and in 1829 he filed for divorce ("abandonment"). About 1820 John Dick had moved to Warren Co., TN.
His son John Dick Jr married Anna Mary Donner (sister of George Donner of the fatal Donner Party). They moved first (c1808) to Simpson Co., KY (Drakes Creek Church, then (c1820) to Warren Co., TN, and finally (1828) to Sangamon Co., IL. He was an minister/Elder.
Son James - I found nothing about.
Daughter Catherine married James Dickson, and they seem to have remained in Ashe Co., NC.
Son Peter married Christina Shutt (dau of Jacob Henry Shutt and Elizabeth Grove) and moved first to Muhlenberg Co (1799) - where he married Christina, then c1820 to Simpson Co., KY (Drakes Creek church) and in 1829 to Sangamon Co., IL, and finally in 1831 to Morgan Co. (later Cass Co.), IL.
I have very little on John's son Conrad Dick. He married (1806) Charlotte Harrald. They lived in Ashe Co., NC - but about 1810 moved to Simpson Co., KY.
Daughter Mary Dick married John Toliver. About 1812 they moved to Warren Co., TN, then in 1839 they moved to Lawrence Co., MO."
8. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick," p. 13:
"Elizabeth Rolland
There are Rolland, Roland and Rowland entries in the 1790 N. Car. census. The only clue we have to the name of the mother of Peter Dick is the Amos Dick statement that the name was Elizabeth Relland.
John Dick sold land in N. Carolina to Abram Roulan. A Gasper Roland was living in Simpson County in 1820 near the families of Peter, Coonrod and John Dick, according to entries in the census. In 1830 near John
Dick was Finis E. Roland, male 30-40 and Tilson Roland male 30-40.
Salisbury Dist. Rowan Co. N. Car. 1790 had Gasper Roland, John Roland and Joseph Roland.
No further research about the Rolland (Roland) family has been done at the present time."
9. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
Supplemental material concerning Coonrod and Catherine Dick. Copied from "George Michael Eller and his Descendants in America." Inf. from Mrs. Willmetta Bauguess, Seattle, Wash, an Eller descendant.
p. 15 "Peter Eller, eldest son of George Michael Eller, b. c. 1746, d. Ashe Co. N.C. 1799, md abt. 1766 Elizabeth Dick, dau of Conrad and Katherine Dick of Frederick Co. Md."
p. 17 "Peter died in Ashe Co., a part that had been Wilkes Co. This also places the marriage as probably in Frederick Co. Md. and states that Conrad and Catherine Dick were living in that county as early as 15 Aug. 1755. Conrod Dick purchased land in Rowan Co. N.C. in 1774." (Note various spellings.)
p. 18-19 "Tell of a John Dick and his wife, Mary, selling land in Rowan Co. in 1795. He signed the deed "Johannes Dick" in German script in his own hand."
"Frederick Co. Maryland History" at Newberry Library, Chicago; Chapter "1st settlers of Germans in Maryland":
p. 14 "Between 1740-1754 the Palatines came into Maryland via Baltimore and Annapolis, 2800 of them. The lists were not preserved."
p. 18 "Many of them went to Ohio, Tiffin and Dayton." The Palatine region of Germany was along the Rhine River.
Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Strassburger-Henke. Lists of Palatines coming from Rotterdam, stopping at Portsmouth, Eng. and landing at Philadelphia. Many Dicks are named, Adam 1738, Frederick 1749, George 1750, Jacob 1750, Nicklas, Phillip, Johann Peter 1750, Johann Philip 1749, Peter 1754.
Supplemental material about another John Dick in Ashe Co. N.C., Simpson Co. Ky. and Sangamon Co. Ill. from Biography of Daniel Dick (his son) p.676- 677, History of Macoupin Co. Ill by Walker, 1911.
Daniel Dick was a native of Ashe Co. N.C. born Sept. 25, 1800 of Swiss and English lineage. His parents, John and Ann Mary (Donner) Dick were natives of the same state. The father was a minister of the Baptist church, moved from North Carolina to Virginia, thence to Kentucky, later becoming a pioneer of Sangamon Co. Ill. He died about 1838 at an advanced age and was buried at Thayer, in Sangamon Co. His widow died Jan. 16, 1844. They had six children, Daniel, John, James, George, Mary and Elizabeth. His grandfather, John Dick Sr. was of English descent.
Daniel was 3 years of age when he went to Virginia and the family reached Simpson Co. Ky about 1809. In 1827 he made a trip to Illinois, and later reÂturned to Kentucky and was married there (Muhlenberg Co. 1830). A month later he and his bride started for Illinois. He entered land 18 miles south of SpringÂfield, where Thayer is now located. In 1847 moved to Macoupin Co. In 1853, he moved to Carlinville. Daniel and Susan (Gates) Dick were the parents of 4 daughters, Mary, Permelia, Susan and Lucretia."
10. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Peter Dick was born Oct. 27, 1780 in North Carolina, the son of John and Elizabeth Rolland Dick, also natives of one of the Carolinas, who died in Kentucky when very old. The ancestry was German.(2) (We have reason to believe that John may be a native of Maryland.) Nowhere else is the mother's name recorded except as Mary on a deed in North Carolina.
Morgan District, Wilkes Co. N. Car. 1790 census
John Dick, 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 5 females
The following paragraphs are from research contributed by Miss Wilda Chase of Lincoln, Neb. from her Dick family history. The North Carolina research was done by a Dick-Eller descendant and the Kentucky research about Conrod Dick II by a Baptist preacher in Kentucky and that material was given to Miss Chase...
Coonrod Dick appears to be the first found ancestor of this family but little is known about him. He does not appear on any passenger list of those coming to this country. His given name is found spelled variously as Coonrod, Conrad, Kinrod, Koonrod, etc. He was of German birth.
Conrad Dick was in Frederick Co. Md. 15 Aug. 1755 when all that tract of land called "Mon Hime" lying on a small creek leading into Beaver Dam Branch and containing 100 acres was surveyed and patented to him. (B.C. and G.S. #5, folio 127, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.) On Mar. 23, 1764 Conrad Dick signed by mark a deed for this land to William Aldridge, his wife, Catherine consenting (J 224-5). Here they disappear from Maryland records.
He appears to be identical with the Conrad Dick found in Wilkes County, North Carolina with others from Frederick Co. Md. 20 Feb.1779, Coonrod Dick enters 150 acres of land (868). 28 March 1792, he was granted 70 acres (1068) which he sold to Peter Eller 3 March 1797. It seems strange he is not found on any census list. He cannot have been living with any of his known children as their families do not include any one of his age. The only possible explanation seems to be that his name was misread and appears as Conrad Fite in the printed census records.
No tombstone nor death records are found for either Conrad or his wife, Catherine (Anna Catherine, on other information). That she was the mother of his children is shown in the marriage record of their granddaughter, Catherine Eller Stoker, and in the baptism of their daughter, Maria Catherine. Probable children of this couple, order of birth unknown were:
1. John Dick. The fact that Elizabeth Eller's son acted as agent for the sale of part of his land after he moved to Kentucky, plus the fact that he had children Coonrad and Catherine makes it seem probable he was their son.
2. Elizabeth Dick married Peter Eller (see later paragraphs).
3. Maria Catherine Dick christened Frederick Co. 28 March, 1758."
11. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"John Dick seems sure to have been a son of Conrad and Catherine Dick. He was listed on the 1790 N. Car. census, but he is not found on the 1800 census. By 1810 all of his family had removed from North Carolina.
John Dick had many more deeds recorded than did his presumed father, Conrad, most of them are in the part of Wilkes County which is now Ashe County. 12 March 1779 (#942) 100 acres; #1323, 86-1/4 acres from Sam'l Ashe of 27 June 1797; #1512 on 13 June 1798, 400 acres to correct earlier grant; #1383 dated 1 Dec.1798, 100 acres from Sam'l Ashe; #1471 27 Dec. 1797, 400 acres from Sam'l Ashe, apparently the one later corrected. In Rowan County, John bought 200 acres from Benjamin Vancleave on 5 Oct 1782. As of Wilkes County, he sold 3 Sept. 1795 to Jacob Holfer, John signing Johann Dick in German script and his wife Mary signing by mark. This is the only record in which his wife's name is found and the only time his name is spelled Johann. John's sales in Ashe County included 220 acres to Abram Raulon 10 Nov. 1800, 188 acres to Christian Shearer 4 Nov. 1804, 102 acres to Seth Osborn 1 Nov. 1804; 200, 600 and 100 acres to Jesse Reeves on 27 Sept. 1809. These Reeves deeds were the ones in which John Eller acted as agent, indicating that John Dick had left North Carolina between 1804 and 1809.
In Logan County Ky. deeds is found: 29 Dec. 1810, John Dick from Logan County bought land from John C. Slocumb of Indiana Territory (C :190) Book E, p. 249; John Dick bought 145 and 3/4 acres from Harrison Powell, Koonrod Dick witnessing the deed, but no relaionship stated.
This is the last record found for John. Simpsen County was formed from part of Logan County in 181. The Simpson County Courthouse was burned. If John left a will in Simpson County, it was destroyed.
From manuscripts prepared by his grandchildren, county historian other sources this list of his probable children was prepared. If his death occurred in Simpson County, the settlement of his estate would have been destroyed, as were those of his son, Conrad.
Probable family of John and Mary (and/or Elizabeth) Dick:
1. James Dick, listed first in one account of the family. There were several James Dicks in the 1790 Guilford Co. census, but it is improbable, as that was the home of the English Dicks. "There was a James Dickey in Salisbury Dist. Rowan Co. in 1790 with 5 males over 16; 1 male under 16; 2 females. M.H.) We wonder of some of the Dickeys in both North Carolina and in Muhlenberg Co. Ky. could have been the same family, in spite of the variation in the spelling of the name. (No further information).
2. John Dick, probably the one who married 17 Nov. 1799 to Mary, daughter of George Tanner of Rowan Co. Their fathers owned adjoining land there.
3. Catherine Dick d. 23 April 1875 age 99 years, d. Ashe County, N.C., m. James Dickson in 1798 (b.12 Feb. 1777 d. 12 Sept. 1860)
4. Peter Dick (see Chapter I).
5. Conrad Dick b. Dec 22, 1782 (see later section of this chapter).
6. Mary (Polly) Dick said to have married a Tolliver and moved to Missouri. A John Tolliver 63 b. Va. is listed on the 1850 Lawrence Co. Mo. census with a wife, Polly, 64 b. N.Car. and 4 children who were probably grandchildren. She died 12 Sept. 1877 age 90 yrs. 8 mos. 5 da.
7. Nellie Dick, 54 on 1850 Simpson Co. census. Traditionally she was the common law wife of an unnamed man by whom she had several children who all went by the surname Dick. Known of these was Mary Frances Dick, who married Richard Odle (O'Dell) and had a daughter Adaline m. John Harrison McFarlin, her cousin.
There may be another son and several daughters."
12. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Conrad Dick, younger brother of Peter Dick, was born 22 Dec. 1782 and died 8 January 1862. The family Bible of his son spells his name Coonrod at birth and Koonrod at death. The latter spelling is used on his tombstone. He married Charlotte Harral 26 April 1806 in Wilkes Co. N. Car. She was born 16 Mar. 1784 and d. 24 Oct.1851. Their children, order of birth uncertain were:
1. Mary called Molly d. 21 Oct. 1877 in her 70th yr. m. Matthew McFarlin. (Son, John Harrison b. Nov. 1828, one of 12 children, ref. Perrin's 3rd edition p. 686. John m. 27 Sept. 1858 his cousin Adaline Odle b. 31 Dec. 1838, had 6 ch.).
2. Peter Dick probably died without issue as the will of James mentions the goodly estate left to his sons by their uncle Peter.
3. John Dick on 1850 census 38 yrs. (Wife c __ 37, Wm 18, E (f ) 14, J 12, H 10, J 8, L 6 and Carwell 1, all males. He was not on the 1860 Simpson County census. On the 1840 census in John Dick family 1 male 70-80 and a young family, perhaps this younger John, 1 m 20-30, 2 m 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female under 5.
4. Jesse A. Dick m. Cox, perhaps Mary Eliza and if so 1826-1906. His tombstone reads 1815-1893. On 1850 census Jesse 34, E 34, and M.E. 1. In 1850, Jesse 42, Eliza 32, Martha 11, Eliza 5, Maude 8, Charlotte 3, and John W. 2.
5. James Dick 1818-1887 according to his tombstone. James evidently married late. On 1860 census, James 40, Martha J. 26, Charlotte T.1 and James J. 6 mos. In 1870, James 53, James J.A. 10, Jesse 8, and Mary L. 6. Evidently his wife was dead. His will dated 28 May 1883 was proved 17 Apr. 1887, does not mention his wife, but his sons, J.J.A. and Jesse A. are menÂtioned, also a daughter Mary Lucy, who was a minor in 1883, but is probably the Molly L. Dick who m. C.T. Tarrants, J.A. Dick attesting to the bond. Mary Lucy Tarrants tombstone reads 1864-1892.
6. Alexander Dick 1821-1850 perhaps the father of Alexander G. b. 31 Aug. 1850.
7. Lottie Dick m. Roland Cherry.
The above section about the family of Conrad Dick was based on research given to Wilda Chase. It has been changed whenever the census records proved that there were entries to correct or supplement that material. (M.H.)"
Coonrod Dick Family census records
1810 Muhlenberg Co. Ky, Coonrod 26-45, 1 f. 1 male child, 1 female child.
1820 Simpson Co. 1 male 26-45, 1 f. 26-45, 4 males under 16, 2 females -16.
1830 Simpson Co. 1 m 40-50, 1 f 40-50, 4 m. children, 2 young females.
1840 Simpson Co. 1 m. 50-60, 3 m under 20, 1 f. 60-70,1 f 10-15.
1850 Coonrod Dick 67, C.f. 66 b. Va. Charlotte died 1851
1860 Simpson Co. Franklin P.O. Coonrod 78 b. N. Car. in the shade of life. Coonrod died 1862.
1850 Simpson Co. John Dick 38 family, also Jesse Dick 34 family.
1860 Simpson Co. Jesse Dick 42 family, James Dick 40 family
1870 Simpson Co. James Dick 53 family, Franklin P.J."
13. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Research by the compiler of this booklet, enables us to add the following to the material that was shared with us.
The Jillson reference as given in Chapter I indicates that the Dick family went first to Muhlenberg County Ky. Jno Dick Sr. as well as Peter Dick had made early claims for land in Kentucky, south of the Green River.
References were found about the great age to which John and his wife lived. Amos Dick, "They died in Kentucky when very old." Watt Dick, "A great grandmother lived to be 102 years old." Wilda Chase, "John Dick is said to have died in the barrens of Kentucky when very old. He is said to have been a Dunkard preacher." We have been unable to find traces of a couple who were very elderly on the census records. An elderly John Dick, 60-70 was found on the Simpson Co. 1830 census, but no elderly female. In 1840 again, John Dick 70-80, but the rest of the entries are for quite young people. This John Dick would not have been old enough to be the parent of James, John and Catherine all older than Peter, who was 60 in 1840.
Peter had left Kentucky in 1829. There was also an older John Dick, d. 1838, bur. Thayer Cem., Sangamon Co., and an older Alean Dick found in Sangamon County in 1830 along with Peter. Alean Dick 60-70 with a male 30-40, 1 f. 2-30 and 3 children under 10 is also on the Morgan Co. Census, with identical entries with the Alean listed in Sangamon Co. His home must have been close to the Sangamon-Morgan Co. line. A younger John Dick, 20-30, with 1f. 20-30 and 7 young children is listed on the Morgan Co. 1830 census. The Alean Dick in Sangamon County is listed on the same page as Peter, so they must have lived near to one another. The relationship between them is unknown.
A Daniel Dick (son of John Dick above, b. 1800 N. Car. to Virginia 1803, to Simpson Co. 1809, was of English descent -- not a relative of the line we are following in this history) was married in Muhlenberg Co. in 1830 to a Susannah Gates and they came to Illinois. They can be found on the Morgan County 1840 census 40-50 yrs, and listed with his family on the Macoupin county census in 1850."
BIRTH:
1. Judging from the following quote, John would have been old enough in 1797 to have had a son, John Dick, Jr., who was old enough to be of a legal age to witness a deed. Assuming 21, John Jr. would have been born no later than 1776. Assuming that the John Sr. was about 21 years of age when John Jr. was born, he would have been born no later than 1755.
Quote is from the FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31: "A John Dick, son perhaps of Conrad Dick, was granted 86-1/2 acres on the south fork of New River in Ashe Co., on 27 Jun 1797. John Dick Jr. and Jesse Ray attested the survey. John Dick and John Dick Jr. doubtless were father and son. John Dick was also granted 400 acres of land on the south fork of New River on 13 Jun 1798. This grant was accompanied by a document saying that it was issued to correct errors in an earlier grant not identified but probably the one dated 27 Dec 1797 for 400 acres that, on 3 Jan 1783, had been ordered to be surveyed probably for Robert Nall and actually surveyed for John Dick 22 July 1787. John Nall and Alexander Johnson attested the survey. On 1 Dec 1798, John Dick was granted an additional 100 acres on the south fork of New River. This land was first ordered to be surveyed for William Nall on 11 Nov 1779 and actually surveyed for Robert Nall 24 Jun 1794. How it came to be granted later to John Dick is not clear but very likely it was by assignment. (Grants 1484, 1749, 1547 and 1471, Secretary of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) That John Dick and his wife Mary once lived in Rowan Co. is indicated by a deed of that county dated 3 Sep 1795 wherein John Dick, of Wilkes Co., sold to Jacob Helfer of Rowan Co., 200 acres of land including improvements located on Bear Creek in Rowan Co. He signed the deed 'Johannes Dick' in German script in his own hand. His wife Mary signed with a mark. (Book 14, p. 523, Rowan Co. Deeds.)"
MARRIAGE:
1. Date estimated from the birth date of John Dick, Jr., who is presumably his oldest son. John and his wife Anna Mary Donner are buried at West Cemetery, Auburn Township, Sagamon, Illinois. His tombstone has a birth date of 23 Oct 1772. Anna Mary Donner was born 2 May 1778 and they married 17 Nov 1799.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Abt 1748 - Aft 1830 (~ 83 years)
