Hi Lindsey,
You wanted to be in contact with Deaton's from all over the country. My name is Michael "Mike" Paul Deaton. I was born and raised in Troy, Montgomery County, North Carolina but am now living in Cave Spring, GA. I have been into genealogy now going on 10 years and just love it. The internet makes it so easy and there is more data being added daily.
Do you have any data on the Deaton's in Montgomery County, NC? I have found out that I have relatives all over the US but am looking for folks with source documents that I can apply to my database as proof of my findings. Any source documents on Deatons is welcome. I have mostly hundreds of Death Certificates and pictures of tombstones. I can be reached at my email address at
mpdeaton@yahoo.com