Life History

Notes

• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
  David Dycus
  Nancy Moore
  License issued 15 Aug 1854
  Marriage 15 Aug 1854 Whitfield, Georgia, United States
  Ceremony by William East, JP
  Recorded Whitfield County Marriage Book, p 49
  
  In 1860 David and Nancy were enumerated in Whitfield County, Georgia, next door to David's brother Larkin.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 9 August, District 11, P O Varnelli Station, page 197, Hse #1405, Fam #1401
  David Dycus 26 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born North Carolina [b abt 1834]
  Nancy D Dycus 22 F born North Carolina [b abt 1838]
  Wm [Wilson] D Dycus 21 M born Georgia [b abt 1839]
  James L Dycus 1 M born Georgia [b abt 1859]
  Martha Harris 10 F born Georgia [b abt Sept 1850]
  Stephen D Dycus 21 M Farm Laborer born Georgia [b abt 1839]
  Elisha G Dycus 14 M Farm Laborer born Georgia [b abt 1846]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 9 August, District 11, P O Varnelli Station, page 197, Hse #1406, Fam #1402
  Larken Dycus 30 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born North Carolina [b abt 1830]
  Elizabeth Dycus 26 F born Georgia [b abt 1834]
  Jasper G Dycus 7 M born Georgia [b abt 1853]
  Margaret S Dycus 4 F born Georgia [b abt Sept 1856]
  
  In 1870, David's household included his unmarried brother Goldsbury, on the first line of the next page.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 24 August, District 1070, P O Red Clay, page 191-192, Hse #1063, Fam #1050
  Dicus, David 36 M W Farmer $1000 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born NC [b abt 1834]
  Dicus, Nancy 35 F W Keeping House born NC [b abt 1840]
  Dicus, Willson 14 M W Works on Farm born Georgia Cannot write [b abt 1856]
  Dicus, James 10 M W At School born Georgia Cannot write [b abt 1860]
  Dicus, Margaret 8 F W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1862]
  Dicus, William 4 M W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1866]
  Dicus, Louisa 1 At Home born F W born Georgia [b abt 1869]
  - page 192 -
  Dicus, Goldbury 26 M W Farmer born NC [b abt 1844]
  Dean, William 14 M W Farm Laborer born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1856]
  
  Listed on the same page with Goldsbury were two other brothers, Stephen and Larkin, with their families.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 25 August, District 1070, P O Red Clay, page 192, Hse #1064, Fam #1051
  Dicus, Stephen 29 M W Farming $0 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born NC [b abt 1841]
  Dicus, Annie 26 F W Keeping House born Georgia [b abt 1844]
  Dicus, Jasper 3 M W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1867]
  Dicus, Robert 1 M W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1869]
  
  1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 25 August, District 1070, P O Red Clay, page 192, Hse #1066, Fam #1053
  Dicus, Larkin 39 M W Farming $0 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born NC [b abt 1831]
  Dicus, Elizabeth 36 F W Keeping House born Georgia [b abt 1834]
  Dicus, Jasper B 17 M W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1853]
  Dicus, Margaret 15 F W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1855]
  
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  David Dycus, b 1834, Rutherford, NC, lived in Whitfield, GA
  
  I have recently found my Dycus ancestors after finding the 1900 census record listing my great-grandmother Lula Dycus.  Her father was James Larkin Dycus and his father was Davd Dycus.  I have seen many Ancestry.com trees listing David's middle name as William but have no source information for that middle name.
  
  Instead, I DO see sources for a middle initial of A, which seems to match a story posted in one tree about Civil War service in Savannah.  Other census, voting, legal, etc. records for David A Dycus put him in the same Vernell, Red Clay, neighborhood as my David Dycus.
  
  --  James Wood, Ancestry Message Board, 7 February 2014, https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.dycus/185/mb.ashx
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Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 24 August, District 1070, P O Red Clay, page 191-192, Hse #1063, Fam #1050
• 2. Ancestry Discussion Boards
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 9 August, District 11, P O Varnelli Station, page 197, Hse #1405, Fam #1401
• 4. Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
• 5. 1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 24 August, District 1070, P O Red Clay, page 191, Hse #1063, Fam #1050