SIXTH GENERATION

48. James Deadman ⁽¹⁾ was born about 1771. He died about 1816 in Davie County, North Carolina. Von Baxter Hamrich Jr writes of James,"James was married to Elizabeth ______
around 1804. He is listed in the 1810 Census as head of a household that
included 1 male & 1 female under 10 years of age. The male would has been his
eldest son Jesse. Elizabeth is listed in the 1820 Census as head of the house-
hold that included their two sons, Jesse Cir 1806 - Mar 2 1863, and William
Mar 28 1812-Sep 22 1875". James shows up in the 1814 Rowan Co. Tax Records.

JAMES (JAMMIE) (WHITE) DEADMAN
THEORY

"As reluctant as some of us may be, I don't think, given the
data we have or do not have, that we can categorically rule
in or rule out the Jammie White Deadman story. A lot of what
Dr. Esby put in his account cannot be accepted. But the
story is so wide spread in the family that I am not ready yet
to say that it just ain't so. But at the moment, I say I
have an open mind on that story but that it might be
basically sound, that is, that Jammie was an orphan who was
raised by the Deadman's and took the Deadman family name."
(Francis B. Deadman)(1992)

It must be noted here that there I have no written proof that
Jessie and William Henry were brothers. They are listed
together because of a theory by Von Baxter Hamrick III. Even
though they might not have been brothers it would appear that
all Deadman, Dedmon, Dedmond, Dedmont, and others that spell
their names similar and from this region of North Carolina
were related.
(William Reid Stalcup-1993)

A book entitled "Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812:
Detached from the Militia of North Carolina, in 1812 and 1814.
The list includes James Deadman of Rowan County, North Carolina.
Served under Captain George Smith, 2n Regiment, of Rowan County, N. C.

James did not marry until 1804. He would have been thirty three years old at
this time. James did not show up as a head of the household in the 1790 Rowan
County Census or the 1800 Rowan County Census. He did show up in the 1810
Rowan County, North Carolina Census as the head of the household, age 26-45,
(James Deadman's actually age would have been 39 at the taking of the 1810
Census). (I wonder where James Deadman was in the 1800 Census. He was
probably in the household of Thomas G. Deadman as there was a male between the
age of 16-26 listed in that household (James Deadman would have been 29 years
old at that time if my date of his birth is right.) I wonder why he waited so
long to marry. I also checked to see if he could have been listed as Jammie
Deadman White, referencing back to the tale of the Indians by Esby Walter
Dedmond, but there was no James D. White in the 1800 Rowan County, North
Carolina Census. James could have been a farm laborer working at someone
elses farm during his younger years.

James Dedman is listed in the 1815 Rowan County, North Carolina Tax List. He
is listed as having no acreage. James Dedman shows up in the 1815 Rowan
County, North Carolina Tax List of Capt. Sharp's Compy 1815 as owning no
acreage. James Dedman is also listed in the 1815 Rowan County, N. C. Tax List of
Captain Jonathan Davis's Company 1815. [Danny A. McBee, April 18, 1998].

May Belle Dedmon Armstrong suggest that Mark Deadman could have had sisters
named Judith and Sally. All other Dedmon genealogist suggest that these were
the older children of Thomas G. Deadman by a first wife.

Charles Odell Williams, of Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina, suggests
the following story: Some think that Jesse Deadmon; (1806? - 1863): and
William Henry Deadmon's; (1812-1875); father and mother may have died when
they were young boys and were raised by other members of the family also, like
orphans, possibly. There father was thought to be named James Deadmon;
(1770?-1816?); and he was in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend
in Alabama. So it might be possibly that Jesse Deadmon and William Henry
Deadmon were really named White and not Deadmon, or their father might have
been named James White; (1770? - 1816?); and raised in the Deadmon family
household and they took the name Deadmon and did not use the name of "White".
There were Indian Wars in the United States of America from 1607 until the War
of 1812 Wars, too. (Copied by Danny A. McBee, February 1, 1997). He was married to Mrs. (Elizabeth) James Deadman about 1804.

49. Mrs. (Elizabeth) James Deadman⁽¹⁾. August 4 1855 was probated the will of an Elizabeth Deadmon naming grand-
daughter Marvina Elizabeth Deadman (daughter of??), G W Deadman, and grand-
son Jesse S Deadman, son of H H Deadman. Witness J C Click, J S Daniel.
There could be a problem in connecting it to this Elizabeth.
The Elizabeth who made the will would have been a spouse of a Deadman, surely.
[Danny A. McBee].

The 1820 Census of Rowan County, North Carolina lists Elizabeth Deadmon as
head of household with following information: 1 white male under 10. 1 white
male 10-16, 1 white female 10-26, 1 white female 26-45, 1 white female 45+. The
two males in the household would be William Henry Dedmon, aged eight, and
Jesse Dedmon, age fourteen. One of the females was Eastor Deadman and one
of the others was the widow Elizabeth. [Danny A. McBee]. Children were:

i. Eastor Deadman⁽¹⁾ was born about 1802 in Old Rowan County, Now Davie Co., N. C..
ii. Jesse Deadman⁽¹⁾ was born about 1806/7. He died on 2 Mar 1863 in "Civil War". He was a Farmer/Soldier. In the 1830 Census he is listed as head of a household which included his
first born, William Alexander, and his brother,William Henry.
Index of NC Families (Clayton Libr.), "Jesse Deadman, b. 1806 Rowan, D. 1863
Rowan, Mar. 1829 Davie to Anna Daniel" <Wm Stalcup lists as "Jesse Deadmond">
Jesse's marriage record in North Carolina lists his name as Jesse Dedmon and
his marriage date to Anna Daniel as March 16, 1829. Jesse Deadmon, age 53,
shows up in the 1860 Davie Co., N. C. Census. He died three years later.

The 1850 Davie County, North Carolina Census, household 756, lists Jesse Deadmond,
44, farmer, wife Anna Deadmond, 38, sons Henderson, 18, Martin, 16, John, 2, and William, 20; daughters Sarah, 13, Mary 10, Cameline, 8, Rebecca, 6. [Danny A. McBee].

The 1860 Davie County, North Carolina Census, household 1060, lists Jesse Deadmon, age 52, wife Hannah, 49, Daniel M., 26, Mary A., 19, Lucy C., 16, Rebecca, 14, and John Deadmon, age 12. [Danny A. McBee, April 16, 1998].

The 1870 Davie County, North Carolina Census, household 64, lists Ann Deadman, age 59,
as head of household with daughter Rebecca Deadman, 24. Beside them is Mary Becker, age 24 with child George Beaker, 8/12 months old. [Danny A. McBee, April 18, 1998].
24 iii. William Henry Deadman.

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