Lewis County, 1834
32 unnumbered pages from early Will Files
Some list Will Bk A and page numbers
1 John Haydon, Will signed 10 January 1834
Wife Catharine Haydon
Children: James Haydon, Lucy Green, Frances Coffman, Catharine Ellis, Elijah Haydon, John Haydon, Thomas Haydon, William Haydon, Susan Haydon & Sarah Ann Haydon
Granddaughter Catharine Haydon of Logan Co., KY (James Haydon's daughter?)
Wife; Son-in-Law Isaac Coffman; and friends James A Richardson, William Sublett & George Railay, co-executors
Witnesses: John Bourne & Philip L. Sublett
2 Jacob Myers, Will signed 20 May 1826
Wife Elizabeth;
Slaves: Jack, Isaac, Clempson, William, Atchison, Nathaniel, Joe, David, Salla, Hanner, Harriet, Patsey, Anna, Easter, Rachel
Witnesses: Jacob T__B__, John Spunaugle, Stephen Glascock
Revocation of Will 31 Dec 1834
Witnesses: William Pritchard, Tho's Clay, Lowel(?) Known, Rob Sinclair
And torn pieces of Will
Codicil - signed 26 Jan 1836: a tract of land to Robert M. Easton and remainder of estate to his slaves that he had freed in his previous will with Robert M. Easton & William Duncan as Trustees but Jack may manage the land or proceeds for the others.
3 Isaac Reese, Will signed 10 Apr 1836
Wife Priscilla Reese Executrix and David Reese, Executor
Children: Isham T & Joseph A Reese
Firm of Reese, Plant & Reese
Witnesses: Richard Asbury & Joseph Dodge
4 William Hogan Intestate Estate 25 July 1836
Bond by Executors: Morton Bourne with bondsmen Chauncy Durkee & George T. Moore
$500
Heirs: Sam, Elizabeth, Joseph, Charles & Catharine Hogan
5 John Bland, Will signed 11 Mar 1835
Notes for Mr. Neal of Illinois and Mr. John Bird who married my sister Nancy
Heirs: Father and Mother, Sister Eleanor Glass and her children James & Milly Glass; all of my sisters and brothers
Exec: friend James Glass
Witnesses: William M. Foster & Charles Duncan
Recorded Will Book A, page 40
6 Ransom Reddish, Will signed 10 Apr 1837
Wife Mary Ann, Executrix & son John B. Executor
Children: John B., Frances Ann, and Mary B. Reddish; Step-son Francis T. Hall
Slave boys Zachariah & Hampton
Witnesses: Silas Reddish, Wm C. Sublett & J.A. Richardson, sworn 8 Feb 1838
7 James Armstrong, Will signed 7 May 1838
Tan yard, debts owed by John Clark, William Northcraft,
Diedrick Huner, Executor
Witnesses: Harvey Thompson, __ Colby & Rich'd McBullty
8 Jane Alford, Will signed 8 Sep 1838
Son Robert G. Alford; Sydney Alford's 4 children Isabell Hutchinson Alford, Jane Gwyn Alford, Mary Susan Alford & Octavus Alford; her daughter Lea Alford
Exec: John Ewing
Witnesses: Wm (x) Legg, Wm Ewing
9 John Coleman, Will signed 15 Oct 1838
Son Henry B. Coleman, four children Lucy Jane, Mary Ann, Samuel T & Franklin D. Coleman
Executor D. Huner
Witnesses: Robert Croughton, Jas.T. Williams & Joshua Wooden
10 Thomas Legg, Will signed 11 Sept 1838
Wife Susannah Legg
Son David; daughter Mary Cary & her husband John Cary; daughter Susannah Green & her husband William Green; and my daughter Georgianna Hansford & her husband Robert Hansford; son Robert Legg
Son David & friend Samuel King, Executors
Witnesses: Erasmus W. Mitchell & Wm Wright
10 George Staples, Will signed 13 Nov 1838
Sons William T., John T., and son-in-law M Plant, Executors,
Sons: Robert A., and Daniel F.
Daughters: Elizabeth Jane Plant; Amelia N. and Sarah Rebecca Staples
Slaves: girl Arominta and boy Michael (children of woman Kitty); girl Mahala and boy John (d children of woman Mary); and boy Peter (son of woman Usley or Ursula)
Wife: Lucy
Witnesses: Nelson C. Staples, William Smith, and Z. Hm. Brick
Codicil: 15 Dec 1838
11 William Wright, Will signed 26 Apr 1839
Wife: Verlinda Wright
Warden T., George B., John W., William A., Susan F., Benjamin F., Martha Ann, Caroline E., and Mary V. Wright
Executor: sons Warden T. and George B. Wright
Witnesses: Thomas Throelkeld, G. P. Harrison and William Evans
Recorded in Bk A, pgs 91-92
12 Robert Wooden, Senior, Will signed 14 Feb 1833
Wife Jane and Son Joshua Wooden, Executors
Eldest son John, 2nd son Robert, 3rd son James, daughters Isabella House, Ruth Stanstreet, Mary Ann Stoddard, son William; Four youngest children Joshua, David, Washington & Martha Jane Wooden
Witnesses: John Barnhill, John Kouler and Merideth Feathergil
13 Henry Smoot, Will signed 8 June 1839
Sons Middleton, William, and Walter Smoot
Slaves: woman Charity & her youngest child; men Robert & Joseph; boy Charles; girl Harriett; little boy Smith
Executor: son Middleton Smoot
Witnesses: William Pritchard, Robert Lindan and James Q. or J. Bland
Codicil
14 Robert Sinclair, Will signed 14 Oct 1839
Wife Susan Sinclair, Executrix
Slaves: man Eden to be freed;
Heir: nephew John Henry Gregory
Witnesses: W. Pritchard & Halsey White
15 Benjamin Lillard, Will signed 9 Apr 1839
Lucy Lillard
Slaves: girl Hariet, woman Sharlott; woman Rachel; girl Louisa; boys Austin, John & Joseph; George, Dolly, Martha & Peter
Daughters Mariah Pullam, Pullam, Isobell Shave, Lucy Ann Lillard;
Sons Richard, Thomas, Walter (unsound mind), & Hamilton Lillard
Executors: sons William, Thomas Walker & Hamilton Lillard
Witnesses: Lucian Durkee, John Carnagy & George Thompson
Filed Jan 17, 1840
16 Inventory of estate of John Bozarth
Slaves: woman Winny, boy George, girl Mary, boy Jeremiah, and girl Lucinda
17 Abner H. Johnson, Will signed 29 Aug 1840 (filed 15 Sep 1840)
Sister Maria Johnson, Niece Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Mother, brother John C. Johnson
Executor: William Ellis
Witnesses: William Edwards & James Rankin
18 Austin Morris, Will signed 4 Oct 1840 (filed Oct 20 1840)
Wife: Nancy
Children: Charlotte, Amos, Mary, and likely others
Executors: wife Nancy and brother Lite T. Morris
Witnesses: John and William Hampton
19 John Crooks, Will signed Sept 1832 (will missing)
Wife
Witnesses: William Pritchard & Thomas F. Beckner
20 Jacob Hunsacker, Will signed 22 Oct 1840 (filed July 22, 1841)
Wife Sarah
Sons Elias, Daniel, John, Alexander
Daughters: Alcinda Stinson, Emily Brown, Sarah Elender Cordell, Eliza Ann (no last name), Mary Palmer, Elizabeth Holloway, Hannah Cooksey, Margaret Collins heirs, more but pages lost?
Slaves: boy Henry
Executors: son Alexander Hunsacker and son-in-law Lewis Clordell(sp)
Witnesses: H. M. Woodyard and John Carney
21 Thomas Threlkeld, Will signed 19 Jany 1840
Wife: Elizabeth Threlkeld
Children: J.W.B., Ovilla Margaret, Mary Catharine (m William B. Dement 2 Aug 1846), and Sary Alzady (Sarah Alsadia) Threlkeld (m Dr. W. B. Dement 1 Jan 1850)
Witnesses: Chauncy Durkee and Joshua Roberts
Filed: Dec 1, 1841
22 Eleanor Glass, Will signed 7 Oct 1842
Son James, daughter Margaret Carman (m John C. Carman 7 Oct 1838), son-in-law William C. Ray (m Mildred Glass 19 Mar 1840), Grandson Josiah
Son James Glass, Executor
Witnesses: P. Bridewell and Sam'l Brown
Filed: 16 Nov 1842
23 John Ewing, Will signed 7 Dec 1842
Wife, Lois Ewing
Children: Jackson
Sister: Sydney Alford
Friend William Hagood, Executor
Witnesses: Samuel K (or R) Taylor and William Ewing
Filed: 7 Jan 1843 and entered Bk A p 192
Codicil: Golson Alford(?)
Witnesses: John Wash Sr & Wm Legg
24 William L. Smith, Will signed 24 Feb 1842
Wife Elizabeth Smith
Children 1st wife Frances: Eliza, John, Charles and Lucy Smith
Children 2n wife: William Dennis, Esther, James Lewis Smith, with sons apprenticed at 14
Friend William Ellis and wife executors
Witnesses: P.C. Sublett, Jeptha D. Million & Loyd W. Knott
Filed: 14 Jan 1843
25 Nathaniel Brown, Will signed 22 Dec 1840
Children: daughter Mary Conly & Thompson Conaly; daughter Sary; daughter Elizabeth Ramsy married to Silas Ramsy; Sons Howard, Samuel, John and Nathaniel Brown; grandson John B. Ramsy
Slaves: woman Ann, man Squire, woman Patience, man Gil(?); mulato Magomry bell
Witnesses: Sanford C. Bryant & Howard Conley (3 Jan 1844)
Filed: 13 Jan 1847 (bk B, p 5-7)
26 John R. Browning, Will signed 18 Mar 1845
Wife: Mary Eleanor Browning, Executor
Children: -
Witnesses: Robert S. Garnett, Eli Finley
Filed: 4 Aug 1845 (bk A, p. 235)
27 David Morrow, Will signed 16 July 1845
Wife: Jane Morrow
Children
Executor: Stephen Trasher
Witnesses: John Gregory, Solomon C. Turpin, F.A. Agee
Filed: 23 Aug 1845 (bk A, p 240)
28 Gottlieb August Fleck, Will signed 18 Aug 1843
Children: Julia Fleck, Ida Fleck, William August Fleck & Philip Moritz Fleck
Witnesses: Chas. A, Simpson, Johan(?) Glieih(?) Cunningham, and James S. Green
Filed: 23 Oct 1845 (bk A, p 248)
29 Thomas A. Hardin, Will signed 16 Sep 1845
Wife: Nancy Eleanor Hardin
Daughters: Elizabeth, Jane, Harriett, Josephine & Ann Rachel Hardin
Son: John Bigger Hardin
Witnesses: Daniel Ligon, John J. Pott, Mourning Hunt & T.V. Hopkins
Filed: 6 Nov 1845 (bk A, p 250)
30 John Norris, Will signed 24 Sep 1843
Slaves: girls Kesiah & Joicea(?) their freedom & the farm income for life
Heir: John C. Fauquerner
Executors, guardians & ultimate heirs: Stephen Lay & Edmund Weber
Guardian: John Norris
Witnesses: William Barclay & Ellis W, Lancaster
Filed: 2 Dec 1845 (Bk A, p. 252)
31 Christopher Stephens, Will signed 26 Nov 1845
Wife Susan Stephens
Infant Chldren: Mary Ellen & Susan Bozart Stephens
Executor: William Haygood
Witnesses: James B. Wigginton and Warner Sanks (or Sauks)
Filed: 6 Feb 1846 (bk not listed)
32 Mary Coombs, Will signed 24 June 1846
Brother Walter Briscoe Senr., son of Walter Briscoe: Stephen Briscoe, John H. Briscoe, William C. Briscoe, Walter D. Briscoe, Isaac Briscoe Senr., Merit C. Briscoe, and daughter of Walter Briscoe: Elizabeth Shackleton her bodily children,
Half Brother: Archibald Kennedy,
Slaves: Ben and Celia, Perry, girl Let, boy Caine, Foster (or Fester), boy Abner, boy Thompson, Tolbert (or Talbert), Clara (received & disposed of), women May, Patsy & Jane
Executors: John H. & Walter C. Briscoe
Witnesses: Presley N. Haycraft & Jacob H. Lane
Filed: 28 Sep 1846 (bk A, p 270)
Will Book B
John Haydon, deceased
10 Feb 1834 Filed
Witnesses: Phil C. Sublett
Wife Catharine
His children: James Haydon, Lucy Green, Frances Coffman, Elizabeth Coffman, Catharine Ellis, Elijah, John, Thomas, William, Susan & Sarah Ann Haydon
Jacob Myers/Mires, deceased
9 Jan 1836 Filed
Witnesses: William Pritchard, Thos. Gray, Jacob Brown, Robert Tinelair
Wife Elizabeth
Mentioned: Robert M. Easton, William Duncan, Stephen Glascock, Jacob Matthews, John Spunan
Slaves: Jack, Isaac, Clempson, William, Atchison, Nathaniel, Joe, David, Harriet, Salla, Hanner, Harriett Patsy, Anna Easter, Rachel & their increase
Isaac Reese, deceased
31 May 1836 Filed
Wife: Priscilla
Children: Isham T. & Joseph A. Reese
Business: Reese, Plant & Reese
Named Exe wife Wife: David Reese
Mentioned: Joseph Dodge & Richard Asberry
William Hogan, deceased
7/22/1836 Filed
Morton/Mourton Bourne (Admin), George T. Moore, Chauncy Durkee witnesses
Heirs: Jane, Elizabeth, Joseph, Charles & Catherine Hogan
John Bland, deceased
22 Sept 1836, filed
Mentioned: Labor Bird Neal who married his Nancy Bland; William Weaver of Louisville,
Heirs: Father & Mother, sister Eleanor Glass & her children James & Molly, and his brothers & sisters.
Ransom Reddish, deceased
6 Feb 1838, filed
Wife: Mary Ann
Children: John B., Frances Ann, & Mary B. Reddish
Stepson: Francis T. Hall
Slaves: Zachariah & Hampton
James Armstrong, deceased
7 May 1838
Witnesses: Harvey Thompson, A. Colby & Richard McBullty
Mentioned: John Clark, William Northcraft
Heirs: brother Thomas M. Armstrong
Appoints Diedrich Hanner of Tully as Exec.
Jane Alford, deceased
13 Oct. 1838, filed
Witnesses: William Legg & Willian Ewing
Heirs: Robert G. Alford; Sidney Alford's 4 children Isabella Hutchinson Alford, Lane Gwyn Alford, Mary Susan Alford, Francis Octavs Alford; daughter Lea Alford
John Coleman, deceased
19 Oct 1838, filed
Witnesses: James T. Williams & Joshua Wooden; John Croughten,
Children: Henry B. Coleman, Lucy Jane, Mary Ann, Samuel T., & Franklin D. Coleman
Thomas Legg, deceased
3 Dec 1838, filed
Witnesses: Erasmus W. Mtchell & William Wright
Wife: Susanah Legg
Children: David, Mary who married John Cary, Susannah Green who married William Green, Georgeanna who married Robert Handsford,
Named Execs: son David & my friend Samuel King
George Staples, deceased IMAGE 67
11 April 1839
Witnesses: Nelson C. Staples, William Smith & J. Hunthrich(?) & Pascal Buford
Wife: Lucy
Sons: William T, John T., Daniel T., George T., Robert A., Staples
Daughters: Amelia A. Plant, and Amelia A & Sarah Rebecca Staples
Slaves: Arominta and Michael, children of Kitty; Mahala daughter of slave Mary; Peter son of Usley or Ursula; John, son of Mary;
Exec: William T & John T. Staples & Massarullo W. Plant
William Wright, deceased
22 May 1839
Witnesses: Thomas Threlkeld, G. P. Havesend & William Eastlake, G.P. Harrison & William Evans
Wife: Verlinda Wright
Children: Warden B., George B., John W., William A., Susan F., Benjamin F., Martha Ann, Caroline E., & Mary N. Wright.
Execs: Warden B. & George B. Wright
1 Aug 1839
Robert Wooden, deceased
1 Aug 1839
Wife: Jane Wooden (2nd wife)
Witnesses: John Barnhill, John Bouler/Boulware Meredith Featheringill & James Wilson
Execs: Jane (wife) Wooden & Joshua (son) Wooden
Sons: Robert, John, James, William, David, Washington,
Daughters: Isabella House, Ruth Stonstreet, Mary Ann Stoddard, Martha Jane Wooden
Henry Smoot, deceased
23 Oct 1839
Witnesses: William Pritchard, Robt. Sinclair & James _. Bland
Children: Middleton, William, and Walter Smoot
Slaves: Charity & her youngest child; Robert, Joseph, boys Charles and Smith, & girl Harriett.
Exec: Middleton Smoot
Robert Sinclair, deceased Image 110
23 Oct 1839
Witnesses: W. Pritchard & Halsey White
Wife & Exec: Susan Sinclair
Heir: John Henry Gregory (nephew)
Slaves: Eden (black man)
Benjamin Lillard, deceased
17 Jan 1840
Witnesses: Lucian Durkee, John Carnegy & George Thompson
Wife: Lucy Lillard
Children: Moriah Pullam, Sarah Pullam, Isabella, Lucy Ann, William, Thomas, Walker & Hamilton Lillard and Waller Lillard
Slaves: girl Harriett, Charlotte, Rachel, Louisa, boys John & Joseph, George, Billy, Martha & Peter
John Bozarth, deceased
4 May 1840, filed
Exec: Reason Bozarth with Inventory
Slaves: woman Winny, boys George & Jeremiah, girls Mary & Lucinda
Abner H. Johnson, deceased
15 Sep 1840
Witnesses: Wm. H Edwards & James Rankin
Heirs: sister Maria Johnson, niece Mary Elizabeth Johnson, mother, brother John C. Johnson,
Exec: William Ellis
Austin Morris, deceased
20 Oct 1940
Witnesses: John & William Hampton
Wife: Nancy
Children: Ames & Charlotte & others
Execs: Wife and brother Lite T. Morris
John Crooks, deceased
27 Oct 1840
Witnesses: William Pritchard & Thomas F. Beckner
Wife: Easter Crooks
Execs: wife Easter Crooks & Gregory F. Hawkins
Jacob Hansicker, deceased
22 Jan 1941
Witnesses: H.M Woodyard & John Carnegy
Wife: Sarah
Children: Elias, Alcinda Stinson, Emily Brown, Daniel C., Sarah Eleanor Cordell, Eliza Ann, John, Mary Palmer, Elizabeth Holloway, Hannah Cooksey, heirs of Margaret Collins, Alexander,
Execs: son Alexander Hansicker & son-in-law Lewis C. Cordell
Slaves: Henry
Thomas Threlkeld, deceased
1 Dec 1841, filed
Witnesses: Chauncy Durkee & Joshua Roberts
Wife & Exec: Elizabeth Threlkeld
Children: J.W.B., Margaret, Orrilla Margaret, Mary Catherine & Lac Alzady Threlkeld.
Eleanor Glass, deceased
17 Nov. 1842
Witnesses: Sam'l Brown, Joseph P. Bridewell
Children: James Glass & Margaret Cannon
Son-in-Law(?): Wm C. Ray; Grandson: Josiah J. Allen(?)
Exec: James Glass
John Ewing, deceased
7 Jan 1843
Witnesses: Samuel K. Taylor, Wm Ewing, John Wash., Sr., Wm. Legg
Wife: Louis; Sister: Sidney Alford
Children: Jackson Ewing
Exec: William Hagood, friend
William S. Smith, deceased
14 Jan 1843
Witnesses: P.C. Sublett, J.D. Million & Loyd W. Knott
Children by 1st wife Frances: Eliza, John Charles & Lucy Smith
Children by 2nd wife Elizabeth: Wm Dennis Smith, Esther Smith & James Lewis Smith
Exec: Wife Elizabeth & friend Wm. Ellis
Nathaniel Brown, deceased
3 Jan 1844
Witnesses: Sandford C. Bryant & Howard Conley, Wm. C. Ray, Aaron J. Lewis
Wife: not mentioned
Daughter Mary Conaly & Thompson Conaly; daughter Sary Ray; son Samuel Brown; daughter Elizabeth Ramsy & Silas Ramsy, their son John B. Ramsy; sons John & Nathaniel Brown; sons Robert, Howard & William Brown
Slaves: woman Ann, man Gurl(?), by Calie Magonry bell(??), Squire, Potiene.
John R. Browning, deceased IMAGE 182
4 Aug 1845
Witnesses: Robert G. Garnett & Eli Tinsley
Wife: Mary Eleanor Browning
Children: Unnamed
David Morrow, deceased
23 Aug 1845
Witnesses: John Gregory, Solomon C. Turpin & F.A. Agee
Wife: Jane Morrow
Children: Unnamed
Exec: Stephen Hasher, friend
Gottlieb A. Fleck, deceased
23 Oct 1845
Witnesses: James S. Green & Charles Simpson
Wife: not mentioned
Children: Julia Fleck, Ida Fleck, Frederick William August Fleck & Phillip Moritz Fleck
Thos. A. Hardin, deceased
6 Nov 1845
Witnesses: Daniel Ligon & Mourning Hurt
Wife: Nancy Eleanor Hardin
Children: Elizabeth, Jane, Harriett, John Bigger, Josephine, & Rachael Hardin.
John Norris, deceased IMAGE 201
2 Dec. 1845
Witnesses: William Barkley & Ellis W. Lancaster
Freed Slaves: Kisiah & Joicea (girls) given life estate
Exec & Guardians: Stephen Lay & Edmund Weber
Heirs: Stephen Lay, Edmund Weber & John C. Fawquiner (Falconer?)
C.A. Stephens, deceased
Christopher Stephens, deceased
6 Jan 1846
Witnesses: Jas B. Wiggeiton & Warner Sanks, & Henry Asbury, Quincey, Adams, IL
Wife: Susan Stephens
Infant Children: Mary Ellen Stephens & Susan Bozarth Stephens
Exec: William Hagood
Mary Combs, deceased
28 September 1846
Witnesses: Presley A. Haycraft & Jacob LaRue(?)
Brother: Walter Briscoe Sr., Walter's children Stephen Briscoe, William C. Briscoe, John H. Briscoe, Walter D. Briscoe, Isaac Briscoe, Merit C. Briscoe, & Elizabeth Shackleford; and heirs of half-brother Archibald Kennedy
Slaves: Ben, Celia, Perry, Let (girl), Cain, Forter (man), Abner (boy), Thompson, Tolbert, Clara, May (black woman), Patsy & Jane
Execs: John H. Briscoe & William C. Briscoe
John Wash, Sr., deceased
25 Nov 1846
Witnesses: Hayes Johnston, Wm. Hagood, James Armstrong, & John Norris
Wife: Sarah Ann
Children: seven mentioned but not by name except Nancy
Slaves: Ma_o (ink blot) known as Fancy It
Mill (kept an profits divided)
Negroes & land already given by gift
Execs: Hayes Johnston, Samuel Nunn & James H. Lay
William P. Frazier, deceased IMAGE 227
27 March 1847
Witnesses: M.C. Hawkins, H.F. Force & Cornelius Connelly
Wife: Polly K. Frazier
Her Heirs: Mary Jane Sadler, Joseph Glenn Sadler & Nancy Miller Sadler.
Thomas Price, deceased
25 May 1847
Witnesses: Charles Shines, W.W. Bates & Wm. Hagood
Wife: Nancy Price
Children: Gabriel W., Susan Creath's children, Jacob Creath, George Price, James Price, Eliza Morris, Hulda Poage, Milton Price, Martha Clark's heirs & Woodson; Grandson Sydney Bedford & his half brothers & sisters (children of Susan Creath)
Slaves: Evelene a yellow Woman, and her 4 children Charles, Joe, Martha & Harriett, and Hannah
Execs: son James Price & son-in-law Robert Morris
John Southerland, deceased
25 May 1847
Witnesses: Charles Tuley Sr & Jr., and William A. Tuley
Wife:
Children: Andrew Southerland & Jane married to James Tate of Alabama, granddaughter Ann Elizabeth Tate, John Tate,
Slaves: London, girl Sarah age 16, girl Gracey age 8 June next,
Care of slaves until 21, if freed: John N. Marks
Exec: Wm. H. Durrett with James Price & Robert Morris as security
Silas Reddish, deceased
4 August 1847
Witnesses: James S. Green, Benjm Williams & John B. Reddish.
Wife: Sarah Reddish
Children: Elizabeth Evaline Meeker & Elvira Catharine Caldwell, Sarah Frances Minter, 2 youngest are Mary & Ann Mariah
Execs: Wife & son-in-law Washington Minter husband of Sarah Frances
Armstead Thompson, deceased
18 August 1847
Witnesses: G.F. Hawkins & Thomas C. Pence
4 Children: Buckner Garner & Mildred & Louisa Thompson; eldest son George Thompson, deceased; son Landy Thompson & Jolina Corder
Note: includes his interest in the estate of his mother-in-law Susan Holliway in VA.
Execs: Buckner Thompson & Garner Thompson
Joseph Anderson, deceased IMAGE 261
7 October 1847
Witnesses: William Dunbar & Jerome Dunbar
Children: Sarah H., Elizabeth M., Eltheza A., and John C. Anderson, Nancy W. Harris,
Grandchildren: Sarah Luxema Harris,
Exec: George Railey, Adam M. Travis, & James Ellison
Nancy Price, deceased
20 October 1847
Witnesses: Thos. H. Clementz, H.F. Fore & Dangerfield Coakley
Heirs: The children of Garland Brown except Witty Brown & Martha Harris(?); sisters Betsy Baugh & Sally Burtard; niece Martha Harris; nephews Armstead & Willis Brown;
Slaves: Negro boys Charles & Joseph, negro girls Jennetta, Harriett, Martha & Margaret & woman Eveline.
Ann Dunn, deceased
22 November 1847
Witnesses: E Connell & Leonard C. Biggs
Husband: Jessiniah Dunn, deceased
Heirs: brother Joseph V. Harrison of Benton Co., MO & his daughter Cynthia Ann Pringle; sister Clarissa Gunn of Ohio and her daughter Anna Gunn
Exec: Wm. Hagood (John C. Nunn & A.C. Waltman securities)
Joseph Agee, deceased
11 March 1848
Witnesses: John S. Hobbs & Moses K. Buckels; 2nd Will Wm. Ellis, J.H. Stith & G R Hotsenfelter.
Heirs: 1st Will: Joseph H. Agee son of Hercules Agee deceased; daughter Elizabeth P. when she reaches 18; son Philip; son Hezekiah; daughter-in-law Sydney Agee; Frederic A. Agee; 2nd Will: Heirs of Nancy Jenkins (land & shop formerly of Daniel Y. Jenkins); Maxhed P. Agee; Joseph, Hezekiah, Robert L., Philip, Susannah, Martha L., Amanda F. Wainwright, Caroline F., Drusilla R., the children of daughter Polly deceased, Sarah B., heirs of son Wm., son-in-law Frederick A. Agee, Addison J. Henderson
Exec: Frederick A. Agee, Addison J. Henderson, son Philip & Hezekiah Agee; Hezekiah Agee to settle deceased's affairs in VA. 2nd Will: Capt. James Anderson will settle his land in VA.
William Barkley, deceased
1 May 1848
Witnesses: Thos. H. Clementz & John LaFon
Wife & Exec: Sarah M. Barkley
Children: Mary, Sarah Singleton, Elizabeth Rebekah & Zarilda Eleanor Barkley.
Charles Tuley, deceased
15 May 1848
Witnesses: W.E. Green, W.H. Durrett & Geo. S. Morky
Wife: Frances Tuley
Children: Nathaniel Tuley, Henry Tuley, Elizabeth A. Palmer, William A. Tuley, George P. Tuley, Frances Forest, Nancy Jening, Matilda Tuley, & Charles Tuley; Mary Duncan, Dudley Tuley,
Exec: son Henry Tuley
Jacob Brown, deceased
1 May 1849
Witnesses: B.W. Stith & Middleton Smoot
Wife & Exec: Eleanor G. Brown
Children: 4 youngest - Verlindiam Ann, Elizabeth Catherine, Sarah Laura & Rheuben Curchual; married daughters Mary Caroline & Jane Amanda
Thomas B. Williams, deceased
25 May 1849
Witnesses: Presley N. Haycraft & T.A. Brown, Lan H. LaRue
Wife: mentioned but not by name
Children: William, others not named
Otho G. McClain, deceased, of Rockingham County of Scott and Territory of Iowa
5 June 1849
Witnesses: W, Barrow & Wm VanTonf(?)
Wife & Exec: Margaret Cecilia McClain
Children of brother Isiah McClain - Amelia McClain, Upton M. McClain, Sophia McClain, Otho McClain & Elizabeth McClain:
Slaves:
Wm. Bourne, deceased
27 August 1849
Witnesses: P.C. Sublett & Josiah R. Lancaster.
Heirs: brothers Morton, John, & James; sisters Rebecca Bayse, Nebecar Bourne & Nancy Morton; nephew John Morton
Slaves:
Hannah Bourn, deceased
19 October 1849
Witnesses: James M. Bourn & Adam S. Hatfield
Heir: son Joseph Bourn
Slaves: Sam now in Jessamine, KY
Samuel Cox, deceased
17 Dec 1849
Witnesses: Richard B. Graves, Graham Wallace & Robert Muir
Wife: Nancy
Children: Nancy Smith, Dowell Cox, Polly Dale, Patsy Lillard, Samuel Cox, Sally Lillard
Slaves: women Lally & Dinah, girls Maria & Sarah; boy Little Henry; men Henry, George, Edmund, Tom, Lewis & Loon; Jim & America & child Aaron;
Newbold Cannon, deceased
26 January 1850
Witnesses: H.M. Woodyard, A.H. Glass
Children: daughter Nancy McPherson & her children, Malinda Beckner wife of Thomas S. Beckner and her children; son Newbold J. Cannon and his children; John B. Cannon & his children; daughters Esther Crooks & Sarah Hawking, son Henry & Clement Cannon & their heirs
Slaves: women Eliza & Nancy; Eliza, George Washington & Harriett Ann; two children of slave Nancy - Mary Jane & William; woman Priscilla (emancipates & gives bill of sale for slave Thomas H. Benton).
Eecs: sons Newbold J. & John B. Cannon
Stephen Lay, deceased
26 February 1850
Witnesses: Hiram Yates & A.H. Slaughter
Wife: Marianne
Children: James W., Stephen L., Susan Ann, Henry, Sam, Sarah Elizabeth, & Hiram M. Lay
Slaves: Eli, Harriett & William
Exec: John Mattingly
Elsworth Owsley, being about to emigrate to California
22 March 1850
Witnesses: Atho G. McClain authenticated by James Sutton
Wife: Frances Owsley
Children: Asher B. Owsley, Isaac B. Owsley, Walter W. Owsley, John H. Owsley, William P. Owsley; daughters Elizabeth Sutton & Mary Ellen Bryant, Martha Susan Gregory & Harriett B. Owsley
Exec: Asher B. Owsley
Stephen Perkins, deceased
26 August 1850
Witnesses: Thomas Kendrick & Wm. Thompson
Wife & Exec: Catherine Perkins
Children: 4 daughters Kesiah Crookshank, Elizabeth Fugate, Telitha Howard, & Louisa Ann Birch
Slaves:
Isaac H. Briscoe, deceased
29 October 1850
Witnesses: John G. Nunn & Joseph K. Wash
Wife: Nancy G. Briscoe
Children: not named but mentioned
Slaves:
Alexander K. Henton, deceased
13 April 1851
Witnesses: James Raybourn & Alvah H. Mills, both of Clark Co., MO
Wife: Mary
Children: Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Mandy, John W., Walter, Catherine Sarah mermand(?)
William Kidwell, deceased Image 385
June 9, 1851
Witnesses: W.H. Turner, Thos. C. Thelkeld & . J.N Hagood
Wife: Soloma Kidwell
Children: Matthew J., John, Wm. M., Sally Scantling, George & Franklin Kidwell & Polly Curry/Harry/
Exec: Wm. Hagood
William B. Martin, deceased
Dec. 3, 1851
Witnesses: Lewis Harry Thompson & R.M. Wathan
Exec: S. Steward
Children: Daughter Margaret Martin, if she died without heirs, to Alternate heirs: Margaret C. McClain & Charles O'Farrell.
Note: pay the heirs of Wm. LaForce all owed them that Jeremiah Martin devised them.
Nathaniel Richardson, deceased
13 February 1852
Witnesses: Charles R. Magee & Nelson C. Staples, Pleasant Thompson
Children: Mary D. Richardson & William P. Richardson, and after William's death to hs daughter Ann E. Hall and children. Daughter Catherine & children. Son James A.
Execs: son James A. Richardson & friend John Mattingly.
Elizabeth Brannen, deceased
April 1, 1852
Witnesses: Hoard Roberts & Robert A. Beddow
Exec: William Ellis
Children: Mary A. Hildreth & Harriett Howerton, and granddaughter Harriett Hildreth
Slaves: woman Mariah & Mariah's children Mary Isabel & Alfred.
John Carons, deceased
April 12, 1852
Witnesses: J.N. McCutchen & Miller Dunn
Heirs: Silas Ramsey & his heirs;
Saddle, bridle, medical books and other things.
Robert L. Brown, deceased, formerly of Lewis Co., MO but living in CA
7 Sept 1852
Witnesses: Wm. P. Brown, Jesse Goodrich & William Ruskind
Wife: Emily Brown
Children: Ann Eliza Brown & Samuel Brown
Exec: brother Samuel Brown
Philip Haley, deceased
June 3, 1853
Witnesses: William Smith & Samuel Ammerman
Wife: Mary C. Haley
Ben Haley & Eldrice Haley debt. William Haley
Children: Frances Ann Johnson and her children Joseph Johnson & Mary Johnson;
Slaves: Gabriel
Martin Nall, deceased
25 August 1853
Witnesses: Wm. H. Edwards, Washington Young & Daniel Easley
Heir: Lewis Co., MO 40 acres for the County seat
Wife: Lucy Nall
Children: Elizabeth, dec'd, married to W.G. Overton, for her children James D. & Robert W. Overton; Cynthia married to Richard Quinn; Evaline & William G. Overton; Dulcinia married to Dudley W. Overton; Rosanna, Jeptha & Martha Ann Nall
Slaves: Annaca, Chloe, James & Nelson
Exec: Wife Lucy & Richard Quinn
Soloman Glison, deceased
29 October 1853
Witnesses: James G. Smith & James McDermott
Wife: mentioned but not named
Children: John A. Glison & younger brothers and sisters - Mary E. Pope, F.T. Glison, Lydia A. Glison, Edwin T. Glison, Albert H.T. Glison, Sarah M. Glison, Delia M. Glison, Ada L. Glison, and Eugene L Glison.
Exec: John A. Glison & deceased's wife
Andrew H. Slaughter, deceased
17 April 1854
Witnesses: Charles Adams & Phil L. Dimmot(?)
Children: sons; daughter Frances;
Christian Coonan, deceased, a German who died at the house of Henry Constance
31 July 1854
Witnesses: William Hetzler & Respant Constant
Heirs: Deceased's father and brother
Keturah Bailey, deceased, wife of Calum H. Bariey
4 April 1855
Witnesses: William S. Hinson & J.G. Blair
Heirs: Margaret, wife of William Wight; Samuel Ewalt if he returns from California; Henry Ewalt; Jane S. Thomas, daughter of Elizabeth & Robert C. Thomas; if Jane has no issue, to her sister Penelope and her heirs; Catherine Thomas daughter of Mary Ann Thomas and her brothers and sisters; Coleman C. Ewalt son of Henry Ewalt; Thomas Ewalt; Mary Ann Thomas wife of Robert B. Thomas; John Ewalt; Catherine Ewalt wife of Robert Ewalt; Catherine Haley wife of William Haley;
Children: Mary Ann Thomas & my 3 sons Noah, Joseph & Richard (under age) Ewalt
Slaves: Roze & her future increase; named Hay Haydon "Young Hayde"; girl Jane; Maranda who must stay with her mother until she is 5 yrs old; Harriett & her son Jim
Exec: William S. Ewalt, William Haley, & son in law Robert C. Thomas
Victor M. Smith, deceased IMAGE 460
8 June 1855
Witnesses: J.A. Harp & J.J. Orange
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Smith
Children: none but wife is expecting
Heirs: friend Robert N. Blackwood
Exec: Armstead C. Walton & Walter B. Boton
Benjamin Hulett, deceased
25 June 1855
Witnesses: David C. Smith & Morton Hulett
Wife & Exec: Franky (Frances) Hulett
Children: son Jeptha
James Johnson, deceased
30 July 1855
Witnesses: V.M. Smith & Thomas Richardson
Wife & Exec: Elizabeth Johnson
Children: 7 children: Mary Agness O'Halloran, Jane Elizabeth Loftess, Lucy Ann Bowly, Sarah Abigail Johnson, Martin VanBuren Johnson, Andrew Jackson Johnson & Emily Lucretia Johnson. Also son James Henry Johnson who left for California.
Louisa A. Tate, deceased (formerly Louisa A. Daviess, widow of gen'l Camillus C. Daviess).
Remarried to Chilton B. Tate w/marriage settlement papers filed in Deed Bk letter I, pages 306-308
17 Sept 1855
Witnesses: H.M. Woodyard & William Boggs
Mentions land purchased of James Green & Benj & Morton Hulett; Joseph M. Bell; William T. Kerik(?); her annuity from estate of Churchill Houston, dec'd. & Cousin William C. Houston; after her death her two Daviess children be sent to Kentucky to be among their relatives
Heirs: 3 children William M. "Davis" & Mary "Davis," youngest son Horace P. Tate, & husband Chilton B. Tate
Exec: Chilton B. Tate
See Biographies for more on this family.
Thos. A. Moffett, deceased
17 Sept 1855
Witnesses: Thomas A. Graves & George Overstreet
Wife & Exec: Martha Moffett
Children: Mentions children but not by name
A.M. Mitchell, deceased
26 Nov 1855
Witnesses: George A. Mayberry & Thos. C. Reveley
Heirs: M.P. Reveley & his heirs
Slaves: Betsy & her four children Nase, Saly, Jane & infant
Levi Bourn, deceased, b. 1794 KY
28 April 1856
Witnesses & Exec: Harrison Davis & Hudson Bourn
Children: sons Marquis D. Bourn & Whitfield Bourn
Slaves: Alfred (set free)
Mary Ann Reddish, deceased, b. 1800 KY
11 July 1856
Witnesses: J.A. Richardson & W.S. Richardson
Children: son Nathaniel B. Hall, Frances Preston Hall,
Slaves: boys Harry & Henry, Jackson, women Lydia (old & unhealthy) & Louisa (unhealthy & of little value); girl Darcy,
Exec: Nathaniel B. Hall
Charles S. Skinner, deceased, b. 1813
25 August 1856
Witnesses: J.A. Harp & John M. Cashman
Name mentioned: Yeatman Robinson of St. Louis (sale); Seymore Wilcox
Wife: Charlotte R. Skinner
Children: 4 sons: William H. Skinner, David C Skimmer, James H. and Charles E. Skinner
Exec: brother David C. Skinner of Ohio & Wm. Hagood
Morton Bourn, deceased b. 1777 VA
22 December 1856
Witnesses: P.C. Sublett, William Hobards & V.R. Washburn
Wife:
Children: Emily Moore; Douglas Bourn, Sedona Scarcy; Jane Weldon; Henrietta Hinson; Rebecca Herman; William K. Bourn & James Bourn; Susan Bourn
Slaves: boy Mat
Exec: son-in-law George Hinson
Lewis S. Brown, deceased (if I survive this disease) b. 1836 VA
5 Jan 1857
Witnesses: Nimrod D. Tolle & Joseph A. Brown
Wife: Ann Mariah Brown
Children: Elizabeth Ann & Chloe Jane; more unnamed children
Slaves: none by name
Exec: John G. Nunn & Joseph A. Brown
Sam'l Brown, deceased
17 January 1857
Witnesses: Middleton Smoot & John Q.A. Job
Wife: Catharine B. Brown
Children: youngest daughter Virlinda Catharine Brown; Sophia Hauser formerly Sophia Brown; Margaret Wagner formerly Sophia Brown; Rebecca Jane Sommers, formerly Rebecca Jane Sonners; & Rachael Ann Rees formerly Rachael Ann Sommers.
Slaves:
Exec:
John LaFon, deceased, of La Grange
6 April 1857
Witnesses: Sam'l M. Agee & Ferdinand Gill
Wife: Martha J. LaFon
Children: Lycergis LaFor, Lucy C. Ellery; two grandsons John Thomas Waltman & Fayette Waltman; grand daughters Korah LaFon and Martha Ann LaFon; daughter-in-law Jamima LaFon;
Slaves: Woman Louisa, old Woman Malinda, man Tom, girl Ann,
Exec:
Daniel Barger, deceased
22 April 1857
Witnesses: Daniel Barger, Lee P. Weatherly; Gabriel Long
Wife & Exec: Drusilla Barger
Heirs: sister Perlina Ward's heirs namely Austin Ward, Eliza Jane Chandler, Daniel B. Ward; sister Susan Carson; sister Mary Barnett; sister Mildred Mitchell;
Slaves:
Exec:
Henry F. Hughes, deceased; being called on as Surgeon for Col. Durkee's Regiment to march on Iowa
13 May 1857
Witnesses: H. Ruby & J.A. Blair
Wife & Exec: Susan
Sam'l T. Jackson, deceased
13 June 1857
Witnesses: S.H. Nesmith, M. Smoot & Halsey White
Wife & Exec: Eliza J. Jackson
Names mentioned: Halsey White & wife; deceased father John Jackson his Will of September 25, 1843 tract in Butler Co., KY; Thomas L. Grant & wife;
Children: little daughter Emma Jane Jackson
Slaves: woman America, boy Charlie, girl Cornelia
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Abel Cottrell, deceased
27 July 1857
Witnesses: William Hagood & Hiram Harrison
Wife: Rose
Children: James Cottrell, 5 grandchildren & children & heirs of my son Peter Cottrell, dec'd, namely Samuel G., Martha Ann, Thomas, Elizabeth, and James Henry Cottrell; daughter-in-law Susan Cottrell widow of son Peter
Slaves: man Jef & woman Jane; Lad named Bob & girl named Mary (alias Molly), man John, girls Phebe & Adeline, & boy Harvey.
Exec: son James and friend Samuel Bradon
William Riddle, deceased IMAGE 570
23 October 1857
Witnesses: Dudley W. Overton, John P. Williams & Samuel T. Mattingly
Wife: Elizabeth
Heirs: William Dunlap & his two sons George and Nimrod
Slaves: 3, Hiram Haden 9, George Richard 6 & Mary Jane 5
William Smith, deceased
28 Nov 1857
Witnesses: D.T. Wainwright & W.S. Hinson
Wife: Matilda E. Smith
Children: 3 James M., Francis A., & Joseph P. Smith
Slaves: Lucy, Derastus, Georg, Lewis, Jim, Nancy, Sarah, and Gabrel
Exec: D.T. Wainwright & son James Smith
Henry Housel, deceased
26 July 1858
Witnesses: P.T. Cluff & E.T. Stevenson
Wife: Mary
Children: George, James, William, Nancy, Louisa, Thomas J. & Jane Housel; Polly Monroe & Martha Robinson
Rebecca Bourn, deceased b. 1793(?)
6 September 1858
Witnesses: P.T. Cluff & Edw. S. Wotter
Heirs: brother John D. Bourn; nephew William Edward Bourn
Slaves: woman Nancy, men George & Henry, and Phill, and my girls Ellen, Lucy & Martha Jane & boys Tom & Willis
Exec: Philip C. Sublett
Roswell Durkee, deceased b. 1808 Missouri
24 January 1859
Witnesses: S.B. & E. Hammat
Wife: Caroline
Children: 5 Camillus (eldest son), Albert, Lucian and John when they reach majority, and Lois/Louisa.
Exec: wife Caroline & son Camillus
Interment: Wyaconda Church
Born ~ 1808
Robert Morris, deceased b. 1809 likely
16 February 1859
Witnesses: Jno C. Anderson, B.W Slugle, Bennett Ford
Wife: Eliza
Children: William Thomas Morris, Robert James Morris, Brinkley Morris, Martha E. Duncan, Sarah Ann Morris, Mariah L. Morris, Emma Morris, Lucy Ellis Morris,
Exec: James M. Miller
Nancy Kendrick, deceased b 1794 Maryland
28 February 1859
Witnesses: A.R. Brooking & Joseph H. Bradshaw
Others mentioned: Benjamin Davis of Lewis Co.,
Children: Sarah P. Rousseau, Cyrus T. Kendrick,
Exec: Cyrus T. Kendrick
Scott Sinclair, deceased
29 April 1859
Witnesses: Asher B. Ousley & John H. Ousley
Wife: Nancy Sinclair
Brothers: & Sister Armstead Sinclair, William Sinclair, Susan Cowgill, Elizabeth Sinclair.
Exec: James Cowgill
Pleasant Alverson, deceased
21 June 1859
Witnesses: Samuel N. Taylor & George Huston
Children: Thomas J. Alverson, Calvin Alverson, & Jane Creasy
Note: Thomas b. 1838 & Calvin b. 1841
Moses C. Kercheval, deceased b. 1807 Ohio
10 December 1859
Witnesses: Jeremiah Jeffries & Walker Lillard
Wife: Louisa A. Kercheval
Children: Hannah R. Kercheval & Ellen G. Gordon
Aaron G. Bodwell, deceased
14 December 1859
Witnesses: John R. Sanford & Benjamin F. Sanford
Wife: mentioned but not named
Children: Forrest G. Bodwell,
Others: Albert Williams
Mary J. Summers, deceased b. 1828 KY
20 June 1860
Witnesses: Thomas M. Taylor & P.A. Stuart
Children: sons Lucian & Noah C. Summers (under 21); brother John A. Taylor & other brothers and sisters
Parents: Thomas W. & Philadelphia Taylor
Guardian of Children: brother John
William Pittsford, deceased b. 1800 Wales
21 July 1860
Witnesses: Hiram S. Ellis & Melissa D. Ellis
Wife: Viana
George Simpson/Simpson, deceased b 1800 VA
24 September 1860
Witnesses: Aaron Brown & Lewis S. Eads
Wife: Nancy
William Stowers, deceased b. 1796 VA
22 October 1860
Witnesses: James G. Bland & Franklin Tallot
Wife: Elizabeth Stowers
Children: son-in-law George G. Burnett, daughter Mary Amanda Burnett his wife; sons William Stowers, Richard Stowers, Thomas Stowers; and the children of son Samuel Stowers, dec'd.
Exec: George G. Burnett
Jacob Copple, deceased of Eagle Creek, Byrd Twsp., Brown Co., OH
13 March 1861
Witnesses: T.M. Barker, G. W. King & W.F. Wylie
Wife: Rachael Copple
Heirs: nephews William M. Baughman; Jacob Baughman and Jacob Copple; Jacob Milligan (no relationship given)
Exec: William M. Baughman, of Brown Co., OH
John Sherwood, deceased
4 April 1861
Witnesses: H.S. Millan, Edward T. Nelson & H. Chapman
Children: Mary Forrest, Delillah Job, Leonard Sherwood, Levi Sherwood, & Henry Sherwood
Pruett Stuard, deceased
22 April 1861
Witnesses: E.M. Neile, George T. Moore, W.N. Hope & William G. Ellis
Wife: Mary A. Stuard
Children: not mentioned by name
Ozias O. Rees, deceased
30 July 1861
Witnesses: Hanson T. Morrow, M.C. Hawkins & Thos. P. Rees
Wife: Rachael Ann Rees
Children: Laura Bell & Elizabeth
John Eakinz, deceased
8 August 1861
Witnesses: P.M. McDermott, John A. Glison & J.W. Spurgeon
Wife: Elizabeth
Children: 5 younger boys, James, George, Newton, Thomas & Patrick; son John's heirs, son David & daughter Polly Ann
Henry Decker, deceased
29 April 1862
Witnesses: Alpheus Phelps & Jacob Smith
Wife: Lucinda
Children: not named but mentioned
Abraham Oyster, deceased
21 October 1862
Witnesses: Thos. B. Bohon, Solomon Hare & Sam'l M. Agee
Children: Martha Oyster, George Oyster, Simon Oyster & David K. Oyster
Exec: son George & son-in-law Charles Oyster both of Cumberland Co., PA
Andrew Hamilton, deceased
4 November 1862
Witnesses: James T. Mitchell & George W. Harper
Wife: Nancy
Children: Lucy wife of Ed. Buckles, son Jackson & implies others
Daniel Weidner, deceased
27 April 1863
Witnesses: F.A. Agee, Isaac Connell & S.W. Anderson
Wife & Exec: Ann
Children: eldest son Christopher Weidner, 2 younger sons Daniel R. & Jacob Weidner, daughter-in-law Margaret Weidner wife of Daniel R. Weidner; Mary Zimmerman & Nancy Houk, Mary Jane Coleman & Margaret Morton
James Nelson, deceased
27 November 1863
Witnesses: William Ellis & W,H, Biggs
Wife: Eliza Nelson
Children: John, Martha F. Lane, Amelia R. Woodyard; granddaughter Elizabeth Allensworth, only child of dec'd daughter Mary Allensworth, heirs of daughter Rebecca Swearengen - Joseph, William D., Woodyard, Owen G., & LaHugh Swearengen; daughter Eliza Rosetten, sons William Fletcher Nelson & Edward Tracy Nelson, daughter Caroline Witheroe
Other names mentioned: Mr. Boulware of Clark Co., MO, Mr. Clifton of Louisville, KY; home place in Tully; father John Nelson, Elsworth Ousley, Jo Bland, Duncan, Whitten House, H.M. Woodyard, Orlando Loucks, Asher B. Ousley, Lay House
Exec: William Fletcher Nelson & Edward Tracy Nelson
Nicholas Samstag, deceased of LaGrange
21 March 1864 (21 years old when written on 9 March 1864)
Witnesses: W.B. Wright & J.B. Alverson
Wife: Caroline Samstag
Children: Mary Josephine, Henry Nichols, Charles Joseph, Annie Louisa & Theodore Paul Samstag
Exec: wife & John L. Johnston
Ben Hill, deceased
25 July 1864
Witnesses: Hiram Yates & James B. Washburn
Wife & Exec: Elizabeth Hill
Children: Sarah A. Barnett, Susan Day, Alsey Day, Polly Jane Edwards, and Moses A., Timandra, James, Martha & ElenorHill
Frances Sudduth, deceased
26 September 1864 (written Sept 21, 1860)
Witnesses: Harvey G. Musich, Harry Thomas Musich & John J. Orange
Wife: Jane? (name mentioned as choosing to live with any of the children she chooses)
Children: Hilly Gill, Polly Ross, Eveline's children Elizabeth, William & Benjamin Gadman; daughters Leanna Smith & Lucy L., son James H.
Other Heirs: Sary Frances Barker late Sary Frances Smith
Slaves: Emily, girls Sally, Mary, Ann, Malinda, Ellen & Duleen/Dulcen; boys 2 unnamed, Daniel, Merriman, Jeneral, Willis, Washington, & at least two unnamed, George, Nelson
Exec: son James
William Reese, deceased
15 October 1864
Exec: Eliza Reese
George Railey, deceased
16 December 1864
Witnesses: J.D. Million & William Smith
Wife: Nancy J Railey
Wills, Letters, Etc., Vol 2 1846-1855
In order given in Volume, by page #
Many "intestate", that is, died without a Will
1 John Wash, Will signed 9 Sep 1833
Wife Sarah Ann,
Daughter Nancy and six other living children
John G. Nunn, Executor
3 Thomas S. Frazier, late of Lewis County, intestate
Court appoints William Frazier as Administrator
1 Feb 1847
5 Nathaniel Brown, Will signed 22 Dec 1840
Daughters: Mary Conley; Elizabeth Ramsey and husband Silas Ramsey, their son John B. Ramsey; Sarah Ray
Sons: Thompson Conley; Howard, Samuel, John, Nathaniel, Robert & William Brown
Slaves: man Squire; Peter and Patience; man Jud; woman Ann
9 Cynthia Frazier, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel H. McKim as Administrator
22 Feb 1847
10 John S. or F. Frazier, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel H. McKim as Administrator
22 Feb 1847
11 Rachel P. Frazier, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel H. McKim as Administrator
22 Feb 1847
12 John Stephens, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel H. McKim as Administrator
22 Feb 1847
13 Robert H. Anderson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Zebulon T. Knight as Administrator
1 Mar 1847
14 Benjamin W. Stith, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Charles H. Bland as Administrator
3 Mar 1847
15 Thompson Conley, dec'd
letters of administration were granted to Samuel Brown 3 Sep 1846
who resigns them, and Eliljah S. Patterson is appointed
6 Mar 1847
16 William P. Frazier, Will signed 13 Sep 1841
Wife Polly K. Frazier, Executrix
Upon her death to her heirs: Mary Jane Sadler, Joseph Glen Sadler, & Nancy Miller Sadler
20 John E. Jamison, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William S. Bates, Jr., as Administrator
23 Apr 1847
21 Isaac Samples, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William S. Bates, Jr., as Administrator
23 Apr 1847
22 James T. Wigginton, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints A. C. Waltman as Administrator
27 Apr 1847
23 Abram B. Cummins, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints George L. Moore, as Administrator
6 May 1847
24 Henry P. Noel, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints A. C. Waltman as Administrator
17 May 1847
25 John Sutherland, Will signed 7 Apr 1847
Daughter Jane, wife of James Tate, living in Alabama;
Granddaughter Ann Elizabeth Tate; Grandson John Tate
Slaves: man London, female Sarah aged 16; girl Gracy, 8 yrs old
John N. Marks, care and mgt of slaves until settled
William H. Durrett, Admin
$2500 bond
31 Thomas Price, Will signed 20 June 1844; to court 5 May 1847
Wife Nancy Price;
Children: Gabriel (M. or W.) Price, Susan Creath's children by Jacob Creath;
George Price, James Price, Eliza Morris, Milton Price, Woodson Price;
Martha Clark's heirs, Huldah Poage; Grandson Sydney Bedford (Susan Creath's son)
Slaves yellow Eveline & her 4 children Charles, Joe, Martha & Harriet; Hannah sold to Creath
Son James Price and son-in-law Robert Morris, Execs.
$20,000 bond
36 Andrew N. Sutherland, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William H. Durrett as Administrator
25 May 1847
37 Young Birchfield, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John Jones as Administrator
7 June 1847
38 William P. Frazier, Will
James Shannon, Administrator, died
Court appoints Willis Anderson, Administrator
9 June 1847
40 James M. Shannon, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John H. Shannon as Administrator
21 June 1847
41 John Snyder, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Elizabeth Snyder as Administrator
28 June 1847
42 Silas Reddish, Will signed 25 Mar 1847
Wife & Executor: Sarah Reddish
Children (youngest): Mary & Ann Mariah; older Sarah Frances (Minter)
(still older) Elizabeth Evaline Make_ & Elvira Catharine Caldwell
Co-Executor: son-in-law Washington Minter
45 Armstead Thompson, signed 6 May 1847
Four children: Buckner, Garner, Mildred and Louisa Thompson
Includes Estate of eldest son George Thompson, deceased, and in the
estate of Susannah Holliway, his mother-in-law of Virginia
Son Sandy (or Landy) Thompson and daughter Polina Corder
Co-Executors: sons Buckner and Garner Thompson
49 Joseph Day, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John H. Day as Administrator
23 Aug 1847
49 George W. H. Frazier, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Ann R. Frazier as Administrator
28 Aug 1847
51 William Duncan, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Rhoda Duncan as Administrator
6 Oct 1847
51 William T. Staples, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John A. Rush as Administrator
6 Oct 1847
52 Samuel Burnett, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints W. or M. J. Burnett as Administrator
18 Oct 1847
53 Nancy Beckett, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William Beckett as Administrator
18 Oct 1847
54 Joseph Anderson, Will, signed 21 June 1847
Daughter Sarah, if dies without children, to granddaughter Sarah Luxima
Other children: Elizabeth, Elthiza(?) and John,
Daughter Nancy W Harris,
Executor: Friends George Raiby, Adam M. Travis & James Ellison
58 Nancy Price, Will, signed 25 Aug 1847
Children of Garland Brown (except Willis Brown & Martha Shires)
Sister: Betsy Baugh; Niece Martha Shire; Sister Sally Bustard,
Nephew: Armstead Brown
Slaves: Charles, Harriet, Joseph, Martha, Evaline, girl Juanita
Joseph to be set free at 21
Executor: Willis G. Brown
61 Abner Bourne, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Hudson Bourne as Administrator
9 Nov 1847
62 Ann Dunn, Will, signed 1 June 1846
Late husband: Zephaniah Dunn
Brother: Joseph V. Harrison of Benton Co., MO
Niece: Cynthia Ann Pringle (dau of Joseph V. Harrison)
Sister: Clarissa Gunn of Ohio & her daughter Anna Gunn & her other children
Executor: friend William Haygood
66 Patrick McCann, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William S. Bates as Administrator
23 Nov 1847
67 Adam Emory, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Walter B. Henton as Administrator
11 Dec 1847
68 William L. Smith, Will
Letters testament granted to Elizabeth Smith 14 Jan 1843
Then revoked
Court Appoints: Humphrey L. Woodyard, Administrator
21 Dec 1847
69 Francis R. Richardson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Hoard Roberts as Administrator
19 Feb 1848
70 Thornberry Jenings, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints A.C. Waltman as Administrator
28 Feb 1848
71 Henry J. Jamison, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James Eagon, as Administrator
11 Mar 1848
71 Addison J. Henderson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Payton G. Womack & Caroline F. Henderson, as Administrator
13 Mar 1848
72 William H. Case, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William Bowman, as Administrator
15 Apr 1848
72 William Barkley, Will, signed 9 Mar 1846
Wife & Executor, Sarah M. Barkley
4 children: Mary, Sarah Singleton, Elizabeth Rebecca, & Zarilda Eleanor Barkley
76 Charles Tuley, Will, signed 18 Apr 1848
Companion, Frances Tuley
Son Nathaniel, daughter Mary Duncan, son Dudley Tuley
Other children Henry Tuley, Elizabeth Palmer, William A. Tuley,
George P. Tuley, Frances Forrest, Nancy Jenkins, Matilda Tuley & Charles Tuley.
Executor: son Henry Tuley
78 John Sutherland and Andrew A. Sutherland, pp. 25 & 36 above.
Administrator resigned and new Admin appointed by court ,Caleb J. Fester or Jester.
21 July 1848
81 Charles W. McPheeters, p. above
Administrator died and new Admin appointed by court, James H. I. Berry
28 Aug 1848
82 Thomas E. Lewis, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Jake F. Davis & James S. Green, as Administrator
25 Sep 1848
83 James L. Hansbrough, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Francis P. Handbrough, as Administrator
28 Sep 1848
84 John McCutchan, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William H. Henderson, as Administrator
6 Oct 1848
84 William K. Roberts, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James Price as Administrator
23 Oct 1848
85 James Rankin, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Thomas R. Rankin, as Administrator
27 Nov 1848
86 Silas Reddish, Will, page 42 above
Court appoints John A. Rush, Administrator
87 J. Addison Cardwell, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Hannah Cardwell, as Administrator
19 Mar 1849
88 George Williams, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints J. H. Blair, as Administrator
17 Apr 1849
88 Jacob Brown, Will, signed 4 Oct 1840
Wife: Eleanor G. Brown, Executrix
Children: four youngest: Verlinda Ann, Elizabeth Catherine, Sarah Laura
And Reubin Cincheral; Married daughters, Mary Caroline and Jane Amanda.
92 John C. Johnson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints George W. Trotter as Administrator
17 Apr 1849
92 Thomas B. Williams, Will signed 31 May 1848
Wife unnamed
Son William Williams to act as Administrator & Guardian to the under age children
94 Otho G. McClain, of Rockingham, County of Scott & Territory of Iowa, Will signed 24 Oct 1842
Wife: Margaret Cecilia McClain, Executrix
Children of brother, Josiah McClain, namely Amelia, Upton, Sophiah, Otho & Elizabeth McClain
100 Joseph Agee, Sr., Will, signed 14 Mar 1843
Children of my daughter Nancy Jenkins, dec'd
Joseph H. Agee, son of my son Hercules Agee, dec'd
Daughter, Elizabeth; Son Robert; Son Philip;
Legatees: Joseph, Robert, Hezekiah, Susanna, Martha L., Amanda F. Wainright, Caroline F.,
Drucilla R.; the children of my daughter Polly, dec'd; daughter Sarah Case.i
Son-in-law Frederick A. Agee, son Philip Sadison, j. Henderson & son Hezekiah Agee Execs.
Codicil: signed 28 Jan 1846
2nd Codicil: signed 28 Sep 1846; mentions son-in-law Peyton G. Womack and
daughter-in-law Sydney Agee.
107 William Bourne, Will signed 11 Aug 1849
Brothers: Morton, John, James Bourne; Sister Rebecca, Nancy Morton
107 William Barkley, p. 72 above
Sarah M. Barkley. Executrix has re-married
Court appoints Hiram Yates as Administrator of the Will
12 Sep 1849
110 Basil Brewer (Breuer), late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Jane Brewer as Administrator
27 Sep 1849
111 Thomas J. Rickard (Pickard), late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints A. C. Waltman as Administrator
15 Oct 1849
111 John Hutchison, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William Hutchison as Administrator
1 Dec 1849
112 Samuel Cox, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James M. Lillard as Administrator
12 Dec 1849
113 Andrew J. Bell, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Middleton Smoot as Administrator
26 Dec 1849
114 Warren W. Cooksey, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Jacob E. Cooksey as Administrator
2 Jan 1850
114 Thomas M. Rankin, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James M. Rankin as Administrator
7 Jan 1850
(the document first says James as deceased, then says Thomas with James as
the administrator; there is a James M. Rankin in the 1850 Lewis Co., MO census.)
115 Johann Lackland, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Elliott J. Lackland as Administrator
22 Jan 1850
115 (duplicate page number) Newbold Cannon, Will signed __ (day blank) March 1846
Daughters: Nancy McPherson, Malinda Bickner (husband Thomas S or L. Bickner), Esther Crook and Sarah Hawkins
Sons: Newbold Cannon, John B. Cannon, Clement Cannon, and heirs of son Henry Cannon
Slaves: Eliza, Eliza's children George Washington, Harriett Ann, Mary Ann & William; Nancy
Slave Priscilla who is over 45 emancipated and provide a bill of sale to her for slave Thomas H. Benton. (Benton 22 mulatto, is on the 1860 Lewis Co., MO census)
120 John J. Roberts, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James Price as Administrator
9 Feb 1850
121 Stephen Lay, Will signed 5 Jan 1850
Wife: Marianna
Children: James w., Stephen L or S, Susan Ann, Henry, Sam, Sarah Eliza, & Hiram M. Lay.
Slaves: Eli, Harriet and William
John Mattingly, Executor
124 A. J. Henderson above, page 71
Wife Caroline Henderson remarried, so court appoints her new spouse
Philip T. Dimmit as Administrator of the Estate
27 Feb 1850
125 Elsworth Owsley, Will signed 9 Apr 1849
"about to emigrate to California"
Wife: Frances Owsley
Sons: Isaac B., Walter W., John H., William P. & Asher B. (Executor) Owsley
Daughters: Elizabeth Sutton, Mary Ellen Bryant, Martha Susan Gregory & Harriet B. Owsley
Codicil
127 Hannah Bourn, Will signed 2 Aug 1849
Son: Joseph Bourn(?)
Slave: Kam or Kain, now in Jasamine Co., KY
130 William Ewing, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel Ewing as Administrator
8 Apr 1850
130 George Briem, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William M. Stewart as Administrator
20 May 1850
131 Jane Hill, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Martin or Morton Brown or Bourn as Administrator
27 May 1850
132 Valentine A. Sublet, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Philip C. Sublet as Administrator
27 May 1850
133 Eleanor Kenton, Will signed 6 June 1849
Brother, Benjamin Kenton of Clay Co., IN
Uncle, John Thompson, dec'd of Cincinnati, OH
Niece Ellen Emisson, late Ellen McDonald, wife of Benjamin Emisson, Scott Co., KY
My nephew and nieces Viz., Harrison, John, Catherine, Mary, George, Benjamin,
Thomas, Martha and Mariah James, children of my sister Polly James, dec'd, of Clay Co., IN
Robert & Johnson, dec'd, and Sam'l Johnson of Scott Co., KY;
Nephew and niece, Thomas Kenton Allen and Amanda Jane Allen, children of my
sister Jane Allen, dec'd, late wife of Allen H. Allen.
Sister Mariah Kenton
Friend Doct. Samuel Brown, Executor
138 Elizabeth A. Cobb, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints D. S. Dain(?) as Administrator
13 Aug 1850
139 Samuel J. Cluff, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Peter P. Cluff as Administrator
26 Aug 1850 1850
140 John Baker, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Joseph Club(?) as Administrator
20 Aug 1850
141 Jane Morrow, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Joseph Derrigo(?) as Administrator
26 Aug 1850
141 Stephen Perkins, Salem Twp., Will signed 9 July 1850
Four daughters, Kesiah Crookshanks; Elizabeth Fugate; Tabitha Seward
And Louisa Ann Rich (or Ruch)
Wife, Catherine Perkins, Executrix
143 Newbold Cannon estate p 115 above, lawsuit challenging the validity of the Will
By Clement Cannon and others against Jesse Thunk(?) and others
Administrator, Newbold Cannon, Jr.
144 John Loudermilk, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Willis Brown (or Bourn) as Administrator
16 Sep 1850
146 R. V. Harrison, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Calvin Harrison as Administrator
1 Oct 1850
147 George W. Sickels, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Sanrac Sickels as Administrator
3 Oct 1850
148 William Dunn, p. __ above.
Following the death of appointed Administrator James M. Dunn,
The court appointed William Haygood, Administrator
28 Oct 1850
149 Isaac H. Briscoe, Will signed 7 Apr 1849
Wife: Nancy G. Briscoe
Surviving children
_______, Executor (not filled-in)
151 Samuel Trask, Will signed 10 Apr 1849
Wife: Sarah H. Trask, Executor
Children
William H. Durrett, Executor succeeding her if necessary
154 John A. Musick, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Elizabeth Musick as Administrator
18 Nov 1850
155 Morton Bourn (or Brown), late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Matthew G___ (unclear) as Administrator
20 Nov 1850
156 Walter J. Baker, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Catherine Baker as Administrator
11 Dec 1850
156 William H. Wilson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James Wilson as Administrator
20 Jan 1851
157 John W. Cannon, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Milton E. Crooks as Administrator
25 Feb 1851
158 J. W. B. Threlkeld, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William B. Durrett as Administrator (p. 161)
31 Mar 1851
159 Alexander K. Henton, Will signed 18 Mar 1850
Wife: Mary
Children: Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Manda, John W., Walter. Catherine, Sarah, Meranda and Alexander Henton
162 William Kidwell, Will signed 4 Oct 1840
Wife: Soloma Kidwell
Five children: son Mathew J. Kidwell; son John Kidwell; decedents of son William M. Kidwell; decedents of daughter Sally Scantting; daughter Polly Hury
Two youngest sons George and Franklin Kidwell
Friend William Haygood, Executor
Codicil
165 Eliza J. Vaughn, Will
Administrator Joel N. Stenmill(?) has left the State, therefore the
Court appoints Philip C. Sublet, Administrator
23 June 1851
167 Jacob Huner, late of State of Iowa, Intestate
Court appoints Diedrich Huner as Administrator
31 July 1851
167 George Kidwell, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Abner Menilo as Administrator
25 Aug 1851
168 John M. Creasy, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Hugh P. Wood as Administrator
3 Sep 1851
168 Joseph Green, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Philip C. Sublet as Administrator
5 Sep 1851
169 Presley Blair, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints J. H. Blair as Administrator
30 Oct 1851
170 William B. Anderson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Isabella G. Anderson as Administrator
31 Oct 1851
171 Anderson Loudermilk estate, Administrator died, therefore the
County appoints Isabella G. Anderson as Administrator
31 Oct 1851
172 William B. Martin, Will signed 29 June 1849
Heirs of William LaForce
Daughter Margaret Martin; Margaret McClain, Charles Afemill(?)
S. Steward, Executor in Will, but H. M. Woodyard appointed
174 Franklin Quinn, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Benjamin Quinn as Administrator
20 Jan 1852
175 Joseph Drake, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James G. Blair as Administrator
27 Jan 1852
176 Isaac P. Mills, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Benjamin J. Walker as Administrator
5 Feb 1852
177 Nathaniel Richardson, Will signed __ (blank) Jan 1852
Son James A., given family Bible with NR's likeness drawn by Dr. Jerome
Daughter Mary Ann, her husband Charles Hall, deceased; NR was executor and
Did not settle the case with the Court before leaving Kentucky
Sons William P and Francis R., son Samuel, son Preston
Daughter Mary Ann Reddish (same one? Likely remarried) & daughter Eliza Pemberton (wife of William J. Pemberton); Lucinda R. Thompson
Slaves: negro woman Lydia; boys named Noel, Fill, Caleb Thornton, Reubin, Fielding, John; a girl named Milly; two slaves Harriet & John
Two wives, both deceased
Paid children's debts to James and Ebenezer Duper
Mary D. Richardson, wife of William D. Richardson, and her daughter Ann E. Hall
Daughter-in-law Catherine Richardson & her children, with his son James A. and trustee & guardian;
Execs: son James A. Richardson and friend John Mattingly
183 Elizabeth Ewing, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints David Creasy as Administrator
29 Mar 1852
184 Elizabeth Brannan, Will signed 22 Jan 1852
Daughters Mary A. Hildreth and Harriet Nourton(?); granddaughter Harriet Hildreth
Slaves: Mariah and her two children Mary Isabel and Alfred
Exec: William Ellis
185 John Cannon, Will signed 5 Apr 1852
Silas Ramsay
Exec: Silas Ramsay
187 John Henry Gregory estate
Administrator discharged and James M. Sutton appointed Admin
15 Apr 1852
188 Alexander M. Mitchell, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints W. or M. Ruby, Administrator
22 Sep 1852
189 Robert N. Brown, Will signed 11 Feb 1851
Now in California
Wife Emily Brown
Daughter Ann Eliza Brown, Son Samuel Brown
Brother Samuel Brown, Executor
190 Edward Bradshaw, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James J. Lindley (wife is Josephine Bradley) & Franklin Grant(?), Administrators
30 Oct 1852
191 William A. Easley, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John Devilbiss, Administrator
22 Nov 1852
192 William Smith, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel Brown, Administrator
3 Dec 1852
192 Patrick Coyle, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Thomas Stones or Stowen, Administrator
27 Dec 1852
193 Thomas Shackleford, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John B. Shackleford, Administrator
10 Feb 1853
194 Joseph Poage, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John Wright, Administrator
28 Feb 1853
194 Ephraim Cooper, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Jacob Morton, Administrator
25 Apr 1853
195 Thomas V. LaFon, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Armstead C. Waltman, Administrator
4 May 1853
196 Harmen Bart, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Henry Snider, Administrator
26 May 1853
197 Philip Haley, Indenture made 15 Apr 1852
Wife Mary C. Haley and her children, Joseph & Mary Johnson
Slave: Gabril
Court Appoints William Haley, Administrator
199 Martin Nall, Will signed 15 May 1852
Wife Lucy Nall, executrix, and Richard Quinn, Executor
Slaves: America, Cloe, James & Velma
Daughter Elizabeth & W.G. Overton; daughter Cynthia & Richard Quinn,
Daughter Mary & Nathaniel Shannon, daughter Evaline & William G. Overton,
Daughter Dulcena & Dudley W. Overton, daughter Rosanna, son Jeptha,
And Daughter Martha Ann
Daughter Elizabeth's share for her two children James & Robert W. Overton
Codicil
201 Milton S. Mann, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Harvey J. Mann, Administrator
20 Sep 1853
202 Walter D. Briscoe, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William C. Briscoe, Administrator
10 Oct 1853
203 Charles H. Gifford, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Benjamin Davis, Administrator
12 Oct 1853
204 Solomon Glisan, Will signed 30 Sep 1853
Son John A. Glisan, Other children Mary E. Cope, and F. T , Lydia A., Edwin T., Allet H. J., Sarah M., Delia M., Ada L. and Eugene L. Glisan.
Wife Mary E. and son John A. Glisan, Executors
206 William Gearhart, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Philip C. Sublet, Administrator
28 Nov 1853
207 Emily Smith, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel Bourn or Brown, Administrator
12 Dec 1853
208 Charles Peyton, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints H.M. Woodyard, Administrator
23 Jan 1854
208 John Conny, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Samuel Bourn, Administrator
31 Jan 1854
210 Thomas S. Bickner, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Malinda Bickner, Administrator
7 Feb 1854
211 James R. Wiseman, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Jonathan Wiseman, Administrator
22 Feb 1854
211 Samuel C. Smith, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Nancy Smith, Administrator
23 Feb 1854
212 Mary Stith, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Charles H. Bland, Administrator
27 Feb 1854
213 John Biggs, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Leonard C. Biggs, Administrator
6 Mar 1854
214 Elijah Harper, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Alexander Harper, Administrator
13 Mar 1854
215 Robert L. Brown estate
Confirming Samuel Brown, Executor
14 Mar 1854
216 James B. Bates, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints James P. Worthington, Administrator
27 Mar 1854
217 Andrew H. Slaughter, Will signed 9 Feb 1854
Wife Mary Slaughter
Sons and a daughter Frances Emeried(?)
219 John C. Faulconer, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Willis G. Brown, Administrator
31 Mar 1854
220 Levi L. Walter, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John B. Walter, Administrator
18 July 1854
221 Christian Cooman, a German who died (likely of cholera) at the house of
Henry Constance on Thursday, 13 July 1854, called upon William Hetzler and
Margaret Constance to witness his last Will, that all of his property should be sold
And the money sent to his Mother and Father.
Administrator: William Hetzler
2 Aug 1854
223 Augustus E. Whilly, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John Southan, Administrator
19 Aug 1854
224 Richard B. Graves(?), late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Thomas A. Graves, Administrator
28 Aug 1854
225 Benjamin Hulett, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Frances Hulett, Administrator
23 Oct 1854
226 Archibald Cheatum, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Rice N. Cheatum, Administrator
4 Dec 1854
227 John Pugh, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Matthias Pugh, Administrator
8 Dec 1854
228 Elizabeth Nelson, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Hoard Roberts, Administrator
30 Dec 1854
229 Nancy Tryon, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William Smith Gregory, Administrator
9 Jan 1855
230 Jeremiah Job, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints William W. Job, Administrator
23 Mar 1855
231 Keturah Bailey, Will signed 1 Aug 1854
Wife of Calvin H. Bailey, living under marriage articles
Sons Noah, Joseph & Richard Ewalt; Daughter Mary Ann Thomas
Slaves: woman named Roze; man Haydon ("Old Hayde"); woman Jaily; boy Collins; boy Haydon ("Young Hayde"); girl Mary; Malinda (under 5 yrs); Jim son of Harriett; woman Harriett;
Margaret Wright, wife of William Wright; Samuel Ewalt; Jane S. and sister Penelope Thomas daughter of Elizabeth & Robert C. Thomas; Catharine Thomas daughter of Mary Ann Thomas; Coleman C. Ewalt son of Henry Ewalt; Thomas Ewalt; Mary Ann Thomas wife of Robert B. Thomas; John Ewalt; Catharine Haley wife of William Haley; Elizabeth Thomas, deceased;
Executors: son William S. Ewalt, son-in-law Robert C. Thomas and William Haley.
237 Robert Dunn, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Hiram Harrison, Administrator
13 Apr 1855
238 Thomas G. Baker, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Cynthia Baker & Leott Livielain, Administrator
18 Apr 1855
239 Robert S. Staples, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Robert Morris, Administrator
21 Apr 1855
240 William Kelly, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Peter P. Cluff, Administrator
23 Apr 1855
241 Edward G. Watkins, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Nancy B. Watkins, Administrator
25 Apr 1855
242 Pendleton Pulliam, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Albin J. Decainy(?), Administrator
19 May 1855
243 Victor M. Smith, Will signed 30 May 1855
Wife, Mary Elizabeth Smith, pregnant (provides for child)
Friend Robert A. Blackwood
Executor: Armstead C. Waltman & Walter J. Boltman
Codicil - two sisters, Mary C Jones and Ariel Jones, signed 30 May 1855
247 Haydon J. McRoberts, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Thomas A. Graves, Administrator
13 June 1855
248 David M. Fuller, Will signed 29 Mar 1855
Wife Mary S. Fuller
249 Benjamin Hulett, Will signed 1 May 1854
Wife Franky (Frances) Hulett & Son Jeptha Hulett, joint executors
251 Walter Briscoe, Snr., late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints John H. Briscoe & Stephen Briscoe, Administrator
25 July 1855
253 James Johnson, Will signed 1 Mar 1855
Wife Elizabeth Johnson, Executrix
Seven children: Agnes O'Halleran, Jane Elizabeth Loftis, Lucy Ann Boley, Sarah Abigail Johnson, Martin VanBuren Johnson, Andrew Jackson Johnson, & Emily Louisa Johnson
Son James Henry Johnson
256 Timothy Meredith, Snr., late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Timothy Meredith, Administrator
27 Aug 1855
257 Esther Cheatum, late of Lewis County, Intestate
Court appoints Rice N. Cheatum, Administrator
29 Aug 1855
Louisa A. Tate, Will signed 20 May 1853 (or 1855)
Husband: Chilton B. Tate
1st Husband: Genl (gentleman) Camillus C. Daveiss
Marriage Settlement: signed 11 Sep 1849, Deed Bk Letter II, pgs. 306-308
Children: Horace P. Tate, William M. Daveiss & Mary H. Daveiss
Estate of Churchill Houston, deceased.
Husband: C.B. Tate & cousin William C. Houston
Witnesses: Wm Boggs (whereabouts unknown, replaced by Jacob Loudermilk) & H. M. Woodyard
Filed: 17 Sep 1855 (Bk not given but like bk C, p 1)
A. R Hall, Will signed (page missing with date)
Sons Nathaniel B. Hall and Francis Briscoe Hall
Slaves, boys Jerry & Henry, women Lidia being old and unwell & Louisa being unwell, boy Jackson & girl Darcus,
Executor: Nathaniel B. Hall
Witnesses: (page missing)
Filed: 11 Jan 1850 (bk C, p 10)
