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Elizabeth or Mary Rolland

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  • Name Elizabeth or Mary Rolland 
    Born Abt 1750  , , Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I77  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Johannes Dick,   b. Abt 1748, of, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1830, , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married Bef 1772  , , North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      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.)"

      2. 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."

      3. 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."