I am a direct decendant of the John Dickey you have posted. I am in Mccomb, Mississippi. I hav e done a great deal of reserce on my sid of the Dickeys. John B was from Derry county Ireland via Scotland and Married Mary. Did come over from Belfast on the Progressive Farmer and settle in Columbia,Sc. The recieved land grants to be able to move to Amitecounty, Ms. in 1805. There is a Dickey cemetary just south of Magnolia, Ms.--Rodney Dickey.