Joel DEAN

1. Emigrated from VA to Guilford county, NC in 1766 and, from there to

South Carolina in 1783 settling on the Enoree River in the territory

known as District Ninety-Six and afterward part of Spartanburg county.

He was a progressive farmer for his day and time and a highly respected

citizen.

2. Copied from page267 of the Brockman Scrapbook:

"From the 'Courier' of Charleston, SC

Died inSpartanburg, S.C., Joel Dean, in his 87th year. He was a

Revolutionary soldier, and was often heard to remark that he had

received more blessings from freedom than all he had done or could do

was worth; therefore he did not want anypension. He raised a large

family. He was a splended marksman and good hunter,and retained his

eyesight until his death."

3. His plantation in SC was on the Enoree River, near Reidsville, SC.

4. The Dean Cemetery is near Woodruff, SC on land now owned by Mr. W.K.

Brockman (2000). A note from Donna Nichols (Aug., 2001) gives the

location of this cemetery...and it's condition. "It is located on

property owned by Wendall Kent Brockman. The exact location is off

the Brockman/McCullin Rd., (SW) of Reidville about 1-1/2 miles east of

the Enoree River. Once you turn south off the Reidville Road onto the

Brockman/McCullimRoad. Continue on the Brockman/McCullim Rd past the

Brockman Rd turn off (1/2) mile. Off to the right is a red gate and a

lane. The cemetery is 1/2 mile down the lane. If you reach Rockridge

Dr. off the Brockman/McCullim Rd. you havegone too far. The cemetery

is overgrown, has been vandalized with head stonesbroken or stolen

and is inhabited by large snakes. The rock wall is still there."

SOURCES INCLUDE: The Brockman and Dean Families by H.W. Clark.

BrockmanScrapbook, p. 267 (for his children), 269, 331.

415-417.

Orange County Virginia Families III:162.

World Family Tree, Vol. 5, Pedigree 1525 (submitted by

Davida Symmonds, 6004 Cheesebro Rd., Agoura Hills, CA

91301).

World Family Tree, Vol. 6, Pedigree 1036 (submitted by

James E. Harper, 3684 San Viscaya Dr.,Jacksonville,

FL 32217).

WFT 9:325 and 2327, 16:194, 21:906, 27:318, 48:449,

52:998, 58:2360.

DAR #40177, #49729, #60728, #64439, #127042.

Correspondence(Aug., 2001) with Donna F. Nichols of

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