The Greene & Pickens Black Families Association
The Ancestry of the Dunn family dates back to Wake County, North Carolina. The Patriarch
of the white family was Boiling Dunn. He was born in 1794. Very little information is known
about his family, except that he married a woman named Hixey Lucy High, the daughter of
Samuel High and Media Garrett. The two were married on August 21, 1827. Among his
slaves was a woman named Charity, who was born in 1808 in North Carolina. Little is know
about her, but it is known that she had three sons. It is a strong possibility that she had
more children. Her sons were:
1. Sterling Dunn (1825)
2. John Henry Dunn (1826)
3. Benjamin Dunn (1835)
The family moved from Wake County to Pickens County, Alabama to grow their estate.
Boiling and Hixey prospered by having two children named Anna Fatima Dunn and Isham
Dunn. In 1839, Boiling Dunn died leaving his wife and two children his entire estate.
Charity and two of her sons were willed to his daughter, who later married John P. Rice.
Sterling Dunn was willed to Hixey Dunn, who later married widower, Eldred Pippen. Sadly
the family was separated and the black Dunn surname no longer existed. The Rice
plantation originally existed where the Brickyard Cemetary stands today. However the
actual homes and slave quarters were to the left and north of Clinton. John Henry
Rice(Dunn) met a slave woman named Sinai Rice. She was connected to a man named
Bob Rice. With Bob she had four children: Jesse (1844), Richard (1845), Lazerus (1847),
Mary (1856) and John Wesley (1856)
Then she later had three children by John Henry Rice. Their names were John Sinai
(1858), Benjamin (1859), and Emma (1861). It is uncertain about John Wesley Rice, who
was the great-grandfather of Dr. Condoleeza Rice. After these unions, John Henry married
a woman from the neighboring plantation named Mary Lee Cockrell. Her birth date is
uncertain, but it ranges from 1838 to 1842. Mary Lee had three small children of her own
named Fillmore (1858), a unknown child, and Henchey (1860). Together they had:
1. Ananias Dunn (1869)
2. William Dunn (1873)
3. Aaron Dunn (1875)
4. Timothy Dunn (1878)
5. Charity Dunn (1880)
6. John Dunn (1883)
7. Edward Dunn (1887)
Sterling Dunn married a woman named Elvira Pippen (1832), who was from the Eldred
Pippin Plantation. Together they had 13 children.
1. Margaret Dunn-Nash (1850)
2. Peter Dunn (1852)
3. Jennie Dunn (1858)
4. Alexander Dunn (1859)
5. Mary S. Dunn (1860)
6. Sterling Dunn (1862)
7. Lorenzo D. Dunn (1865)
8. Boiling Dunn (1869)
9. Alice Dunn (1870)
10. Lydia Dunn (1873)
11. Calhoun Dunn (1875)
12. Clara Dunn (1878)
13. Alabama Dunn (1880)
Benjamin Dunn married a woman named Julie Thompson (1847), who was from the John
Brown Thompson Plantation.
1. Violet Dunn (1864)
2. Mourning Dunn (1866)
3. Scott Dunn (1871)
4. Mary Dunn (1873)
5. Martha Dunn (1873)
6. Anna Dunn (1875)
7. Sarah A. Dunn-Peoples (1878)
8. Johnson Dunn (1880)
9. Allen Dunn (1881)
of the white family was Boiling Dunn. He was born in 1794. Very little information is known
about his family, except that he married a woman named Hixey Lucy High, the daughter of
Samuel High and Media Garrett. The two were married on August 21, 1827. Among his
slaves was a woman named Charity, who was born in 1808 in North Carolina. Little is know
about her, but it is known that she had three sons. It is a strong possibility that she had
more children. Her sons were:
1. Sterling Dunn (1825)
2. John Henry Dunn (1826)
3. Benjamin Dunn (1835)
The family moved from Wake County to Pickens County, Alabama to grow their estate.
Boiling and Hixey prospered by having two children named Anna Fatima Dunn and Isham
Dunn. In 1839, Boiling Dunn died leaving his wife and two children his entire estate.
Charity and two of her sons were willed to his daughter, who later married John P. Rice.
Sterling Dunn was willed to Hixey Dunn, who later married widower, Eldred Pippen. Sadly
the family was separated and the black Dunn surname no longer existed. The Rice
plantation originally existed where the Brickyard Cemetary stands today. However the
actual homes and slave quarters were to the left and north of Clinton. John Henry
Rice(Dunn) met a slave woman named Sinai Rice. She was connected to a man named
Bob Rice. With Bob she had four children: Jesse (1844), Richard (1845), Lazerus (1847),
Mary (1856) and John Wesley (1856)
Then she later had three children by John Henry Rice. Their names were John Sinai
(1858), Benjamin (1859), and Emma (1861). It is uncertain about John Wesley Rice, who
was the great-grandfather of Dr. Condoleeza Rice. After these unions, John Henry married
a woman from the neighboring plantation named Mary Lee Cockrell. Her birth date is
uncertain, but it ranges from 1838 to 1842. Mary Lee had three small children of her own
named Fillmore (1858), a unknown child, and Henchey (1860). Together they had:
1. Ananias Dunn (1869)
2. William Dunn (1873)
3. Aaron Dunn (1875)
4. Timothy Dunn (1878)
5. Charity Dunn (1880)
6. John Dunn (1883)
7. Edward Dunn (1887)
Sterling Dunn married a woman named Elvira Pippen (1832), who was from the Eldred
Pippin Plantation. Together they had 13 children.
1. Margaret Dunn-Nash (1850)
2. Peter Dunn (1852)
3. Jennie Dunn (1858)
4. Alexander Dunn (1859)
5. Mary S. Dunn (1860)
6. Sterling Dunn (1862)
7. Lorenzo D. Dunn (1865)
8. Boiling Dunn (1869)
9. Alice Dunn (1870)
10. Lydia Dunn (1873)
11. Calhoun Dunn (1875)
12. Clara Dunn (1878)
13. Alabama Dunn (1880)
Benjamin Dunn married a woman named Julie Thompson (1847), who was from the John
Brown Thompson Plantation.
1. Violet Dunn (1864)
2. Mourning Dunn (1866)
3. Scott Dunn (1871)
4. Mary Dunn (1873)
5. Martha Dunn (1873)
6. Anna Dunn (1875)
7. Sarah A. Dunn-Peoples (1878)
8. Johnson Dunn (1880)
9. Allen Dunn (1881)
