This is my problem, where I am afraid I am getting onto the wrong line. I too have Lovick's father as Thomas Dies, but d. 1845 in Smith Co., TN. I am working off of the premise that he was married to a Kizzy Ventress, b. 1784 in Jones Co., NC, d.1819 in Smith Co., TN. I have Thomas' father as Wilson Dias, b. 1753, d. 1785, married to Ann Gibson, b. 1758, d. 1797. Matilda Johnson is a hard one for me to trace also.