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Note: The Dean Cem. is on Poor valley road not far off RT 70, on the right, very good shape. I have some pictures, rb. There is another Dean Cemetary off Punkin Valley Road in Hancock Co also. Directions: N.on RT 70 over the hill from Poor Valley to Punkin Valley road, R about 5 or 6 miles, at the point where the road turns sharply to the Left, take the right fork up the hill, at the fork, go right again to the house at the end. Walk through the barrier and up the hill about 1/4 mile to the old house. The Cem is past the house, up a sloped drive about 150 yards from the house, a fence surrounds the cemetery, its about 100 feet square.
More: In the minutes of the Primitive Babtist Church, Upper Clinch chapter, Hancock Co TN, 1906-1907 and 1908-1909, include the names of Nancy J. Dean, John W. Dean, Sarah Barker and Ida Fleenor.
Notes; ACJ 9/20/04-Substantiation needed
A John W. Dean was a member of Company A. 22nd Regiment Virginia Cavalry
The 22nd Regiment Virginia Cavalry, also known as Bowen's Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen, was organized October 27, 1863, with 10 companies, described below. The regiment was raised by Colonel Henry S. Bowen, former Colonel of the 188th (Tazewell County) Militia. Brigadier General John Stuart Williams had given Bowen authority to raise the regiment.
Company A - Captain Abram Fuller's Company (Formerly Captain Henry F. Kendrick's Company, and Company B, Baldwin's Squadron). This company was formed by a division of Baldwin's Squadron before February 1, 1863. Some men had enlisted as early as August 4, 1862. Men from this company were from Scott, Washington and Russell counties.
Officers were:
Hiram F. Kendrick, Captain, later Major
Abram Fuller, Captain
William P. Horton, 1st Lieutenant
Israel Burke, 2nd Lieutenant
John D. Harris, 2nd Lieutenant
Southwest Virginia's 22nd Virginia Cavalry, one of the last regular Confederate regiments raised in Virginia during the War for Southern Independence. Two companies of the regiment previously served in Baldwin's Squadron Partisan Rangers, therefore some men served most of the war. However, most of the regiment was raised in the summer of 1863. The regiment was immediately pressed into service with General Samuel Jones' Confederate forces opposing Federal troops occupying East Tennessee.
After some hard service the regiment was trained and allowed to do nothing for several months. During these months of inactivity, the regiment remained close to home guard the saltworks at Saltville and the communication lines at Marion, Virginia.
Federal pressure mounted on Southwest Virginia in the spring of 1864, which culminated in the Battle of Cloyds' Mountain in early May. The regiment was called out, and assigned to Albert Jenkins' Brigade. Jenkins was killed at Cloyds' Mountain and the regiment found itself riding with John McCausland and served with him through out the first phase of the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the raids on Washington, D.C. and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The command suffered its worst losses at the Battle of Moorefield, West Virginia. The command endured the hardships of Early's Army with the best of the Southern soldiers, despite the high average age of the regiment. The regiment more than held its own against George Armstrong Custer's Brigade at the Battle of Third Winchester--its shining moment.
The regiment, with Early's much emaciated Army, served out the fall in the Valley and returned to winter quarters, where the 22nd Cavalry disintegrated. About 20 men rode with McCausland in the spring of 1865, and only two were paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 when General Lee's once might Army of Northern Virginia gave up the ghost.
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