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WILLIAM ADAMS 10/13/1817:3/2/1818, p. 128 Wife: Nancy. Daus: Anne, Nancy, Rebecca Hendrick. Son: William. Rebecca Hendrick's son, Pattern Hendrick. Mentions: Charles W. Christian, Alex. Human, Joseph Bradbury, Robert Woods, James Walker. Exr: James Wood. Wits: Thomas Staples, Mathew Quinn, C. W. Christian.

JOSEPH BELL 2/19/1818:5/4/1818, p. 155 Wife: Elizabeth. Sons: Thomas, Joseph (not 21). Daus: Anna Bullard, Rebecca Gunter, Mary Elizabeth, and Eleanor Bell. Exrs: Joseph Bell, son, Thomas Bell. Wits: James Nash, Nicholas Goode, Benjamin Hudson.

GEORGE BOOTH 2/23/1818:7/6/1818, p 181 Wife: Nancy. Ch: Judith, Sally, Henry, Mary Ann, Nathaniel, Robert, Nancy. Exrs: Wife, Nancy, Reuben Christian, David S. Booth. Wits: Nancy Hicks, Drury Ridgeway, Dixon Parham.

JOSEPH BLACKWELL 11/10/1804:9/1806, p. 284 Six ch: Dunston, Banks, Ralph, Joseph, Park, and Betsy Chandler Williamson. Daus. of Betsy Chandler Williamson, viz: Sally Chandler and Betsy Blackwell Williamson. Exrs: Wife, Sally, Ralph Banks, Dunston Williamson. Wits: Joseph Rucker, James Boatright.

JOHN BREWER 11/20/1818:1/5/1819, p. 231 Daus: Sally Childers, Susannah Mullins, Martha H. Royal. Sons: John Wesley, James, Leroy, WIlliam Fletcher, Hundley (youngest). Wife: Betsy. Exrs: Friends, James Gunter, Patrick Jack. Wits: McKinney Irons, Cynthia Irons.

WILLIAM BANKS 6/22/1807:1/1/1821, p. 412 Wife: Anny. Eight ch: James, John Henderson, William Randall, Polly Henderson, Betsy, Sally Chandler, Anny and Nancy Banks. Wife: Anny, and two bros., Ralph and James Banks, exrs. Wits: Hierom Gaines, Jr., William Crump, Charles Crump.

CHRISTOPHER CLARK, SR. 5/14/1819:11/1819, p. 331 Ch: Samuel, Margaret, William Davis, Christopher Hull, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Mary Clark. Exrs: Shelton White, McCarty Oliver, David Hudson, Sr. Wits: Joshua Clark, David Clark, Milly Satterwhite.

RICHARD COLBERT 2/5/1820:5/1/1820, p. 398 Wife: Rhoda. To: John Colbert, son of Nicholas. To: Isham Morgan, Jr., William Reach. To: Ch of Elizabeth Nix. To: Karenhappeck Stone, Patsy Childers, Sally Childers, Gilly Cook, Lucy Colbert, Thomas J. Colbert, Malinda Colbert. Exrs: Friends, Beverly and Singleton W. Allen. Wits: Tryon Harris, Jr., John Denard, Phebe Dennard.

CHARLES CRUMP 10/26/1820:1/1/1821, p. 413 Wife: Aggy. Son: Lemuel. Exrs: Friends, William Bailey, Thomas A. Banks. Wits: R. Banks, John Craft, Joshua Hunt.

MARY CARROL 3/5/1821:7/2/1821, p. 430 Dau: Molly Hudson. Son: John Cason. Grdau: Betsy Cason. Mentioned: John Hysmith. Exrs: Thomas A. Banks, William White. Wits: Henry Bowren, Howard B. Shackleford, Hudson A. Thornton.

JOHN FAULKNER, SR. 7/9/1806:12/1/1817, p. 112 Wife: Sarah (includes legacy in Va.). Sons: William, John, Peter, exrs. Wits: William Davis, Drury Bradley, Nancy Davis.

RICHARDSON HUNT 4/13/1816:3/2/1818, p. 130 Wife: Nancy M. Sons: James, Elijah, exrs. Dau: Sally Harris. Bro: William H. Hunt of Halifax Co., Va. Wits: William Woods, Edward Sims, James Banks.

EDMOND HARPER 8/27/1810:3/1/1819, p. 245 Wife: Ann. Daus: Elizabeth Darden, Mary Jones, Lucy Howard, Ann Rucker, Drucilla Harper, Elender Harper. Son: Bedford. Exrs: Son, Bedford Harper, Beverly Allen. Wits: John Alston, Dudley Sale, Adam Gaar. LWT of John Faulkner (Image)

WILLIAM HARBIN, SR. 10/16/1818:5/1/1820, p. 370 Wife: Sally. Ch: Anna Scales, Thomas, John, Rebecca Brown, Peggy White, Sally, Joanna Brown, Betsy, William, Nancy, Susannah. Exrs: Son, Thomas and wife, Sally. Wits: Leonard Rice, John Duncan, Robert Kennedy.

JOHN HAM 4/21/1821:9/3/1821, p. 447 Ch: Stephen, James, Gideon, William, John, Clary, Sophia, Sucky, Betsey, Nancy, Samuel, Willis R., Lucinda. Exrs: Wife, Betsy, son, William, son-in-law, James Upshaw. Wits: William King, Levi Stinchcomb, George Upshaw.

JOHN JOHNSTON 11/10/1817:12/1/1817, p. 109 Sons: William, Thomas. Daus: Elizabeth B., Frances G. Haley (wife of James), Sally Gaines (wife of Leavenston P.). Wife: Mary (her first husband's estate mentioned). To: Jeremiah Warren, his acct against me for his father's estate, as admr, and gdn in rt of my wife. Exrs: Friends, Robert Burk, Sr., William Bailey, Larkin Johnston, William Banks. Wits: David A. Reese, Samuel N. Bailey, Littleton Johnson.

WILLIAM KERLIN 3/1/1818:5/4/1818, p. 157 To wife and ch. Wits: James N. Brown, Archelaus Jarrett, Joseph Brawner. Nicholas Meriwther Banks testified 5/4/1818 that he swore the LWT at request of testator at his last illness. Exrs: James N. Brown, James Brawner.

JAMES MANN, SR. 6/24/1814:11/4/1816, p. 17 Wife: Judith. Sons: John, Joel, Jesse, James, Jr., Jeremiah, Asa, Henry. Daus: Martha Shackleford, Elizabeth Roebuck. Exrs: Wife, Judith, and son, John. Wits: John Carroll, James Shackleford.

NEAL McDOUGAL 5/17/1819:9/6/1819, p. 310 To: Neal McDougal Gordon, son of John; Neal McDougal McCurry, son of Angus, Jr.; Margaret McDonald, wife of John; Mary and Nancy McDonald, daus. of John; Flora McCurry, wife of Angus, Sr.; Katharine Forguson, wife of Norman; Angus McCurry, Sr., John McDonald, John Gordon. Exr: John Gordon. Wits: John Dobbs, Benjamin Head.

JOHN McMULLIN 12/6/1817:1/6/1818, p. 123 To: Elizabeth McMullin, alias Elizabeth Stowers (wife). Sons: James (eldest), Patrick, John, Jeremiah, Lewis, Thomas, Fielding, Sinclair, Daniel. Daus: Mary Powell, Katharine Shifflet, Nancy Mills, Eliza, Levinia. My 1st son by Elizabeth McMullin (alias Elizabeth Stowers), viz: Nail McMullin. Exrs: Son, Nail, and son-in-law: James Mills. Wits: Benjamin Neal, David Dobbs, John Dobbs.

PLEASANT MOON 1/25/1818:3/2/1818, p. 134 Wife: Sarah. Five ch: William H., James B., Pleasant , John P., Gabrilla. Exrs: Wife, Sarah, and her bro., James Bell. Wits: Gabriel Booth, James Bell.

WILLIAM MEANS 8/21/1819:11/1/1819, p. 329 Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Patsy Gandy, Jemima Wansley, Peggy Daniel. Daus at home: Sally, Betsy, Nancy, Fanny, Patsy Morgan and Rossy Colbert Means. Sons: Samuel, Jacob, John Seal. "If anything is due me from estate of Jacob Prewitt, my wife's father...." Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth and Jacob Means. Wits: Wylie Ferrell, Tavnah Head, Abner Ward, John Hulmn.

JOHN M. McCUNE 9/6/1819:11/1/1819, p. 328 Bro: James A. McCune. Sis: Margaret Ferrell. Exrs: Bro., James A. and friend, John Ferrell. Wits: James Hunt, Elisha Vick.

ISHAM MORGAN 8/10/1821:1/8/1822, p. 458 Daus: Sarah Morgan, Elizabeth Ridgway. Wife: Elizabeth. Sons: Stephen, Silas, John, Thomas, Isham, William C. (land in Dallas Co., Ala.) Exrs: Wife, Elisabeth and Stephen and Isham Morgan. Wits: James F. Nunnelee, Blackman Burton.

JOHN OLIVER of Town of Petersburg 12/10/1816:1/6/1818, p. 41 Wife: Susannah. Daus: Prudence T. Watkins, wife of Robert H.; Polly Bibb, wife of John D. Son: John. To: Friend and former son-in-law, --- Bird. Exrs: Sons-in-law, Robert H. Watkins and John Bibb; James Oliver. Wits: Samuel Watkins, John Watkins, William N. Richardson.

JOHN PATTERSON 4/16/1814:3/2/1818, p. 126 Sons: William, Jesse, Nimrod. Daus: Betsy Smith, Aggie Allen. Grson: James, son of Joseph Allen. Wife: Rebecca. Exrs: Friends and relatives, Nimrod and John Patterson. Wits: William Bevers John S. Heard.

EVAN PROTHRO 12/25/1817:1/8/1822, p. 456 Sons: James, William, Nathaniel Prothro. Heirs of my dau., Caty Hughes, decd (from estate of James Hughes, decd). Grch: Heirs of my dau., Rachel Myers, decd, viz: Patsy, Daniel, Eurazemes and William Myers (money due from Daniel Myers). Exrs: Nathaniel Prothro, Evan Prothro, Sr. Wits: David and John Dobbs.

JAMES R. RICHARDSON 2/10/1818:3/2/1818, p. 135 Friends: Rebecca Colson, Miss Lucy Beck, Reuben C. Beck, William A. Beck, James Colson. Exr: Friend, John Beck. Wits: Larkin Clark, N. Randolph, A. Colson.

GEORGE SNELLINGS 10/4/1818:11/2/1818, p. 220 Sons: John, Samuel Daus: Hannah, Elizabeth, Rebecca R., Mary W., Martha. Wife: Rebecca. Exrs: Wife and John and Samuel Snellings. Wits: James Morrison, Joseph Dunlap, Charles Gunter.

HENRY SHACKLEFORD 4/5/1808:1/5/1819, p. 229 Sons: Henry, Edmond. Daus: Nancy, Betsy, Jenney, Fanny. Grson: Edmond Alexander. Exrs: Sons, Henry and Edmond, William Brown. Wits: Joseph Chipman, John M. White, Peter Alexander.

FRANCIS SATTERWHITE 5/5/1803:3/1/1819, p. 244 Sons: Francis, John, Reuben, James, Charles. Daus: Anna, Elizabeth. Wife: Elizabeth. Exrs: Sons, Francis, John, Reuben. Wits: Peter Stubbs, John Stubbs, Benjamin Higginbotham.

EDMOND SHACKLEFORD, SR. 5/1/1821:1/8/1822, p. 459 Ch: Philip, Edmond, John, Reuben, Jefferson, Nancy (wife of Drury Oglesby), Elizabeth (wife of John Seal), Judith (wife of Mordecai Alexander), Polly (or Sally) Shackleford. Exrs: Wife, Judith, sons, Philip, Edmond, John. Wits: Joseph Chimpan, Job Weston, Jeptha V. Harris.

DANIEL TUCKER 4/4/1818:5/4/1818, p. 153 Wife: Frances. Daus: Frances, Susannah. Sons: Reuben, Shem, Ethil, Gabriel, Robert, Eppes, Daniel. Exrs: Sons, Reuben, Shem. Wits: Beverly Allen, William Stone, Dabney D. Wilkinson.

DRURY TOWNS 11/17/1807:9/1/1818, p. 200 Wife: Patsy. Ch mentioned. Wits: Duke W. Hullum, Abraham Bell, Thomas Bell.

JOHN UPSHAW, JR. 1/18/1815:9/1/1818, p. 198 Wife: Rebeckah. Ch: Middleton Cook Upshaw, Elizabeth Burch. Sis: Catharine Smith. Wits: William Woods, Bailey M. Woods, Samuel Paxton.

GABRIEL WRIGHT 12/22/1817:7/6/1818, p. 179 Wife: Mary. Ch: Elisha, Henry, Elizabeth V., Estley H. Exr: Elisha Vick. Wits: William H. Underwood, John Dunn, Elijah Vick.

REUBEN WHITE 1/30/1820:3/6/1820, p. 352 Wife: Elizabeth. Dau: Sarah Moore. Other ch. Son-in-law: Elijah Moore. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth, friend, James Clark, William White. Wits: Robert Roebuck, Jeremiah Lewis, Asa Mann.

WILLIAM C. WEBB, JR. 9/18/1820:11/6/1820, p. 400 Wife: Susannah. Son: Andrew Jackson Webb. Exrs: Wife, Susannah and bro., John C. Webb. Wits: Robert B. Christian, Mial Smith.

MATTHEW JOUETT WILLIAMS, SR. 5/26/1818:1/25/1819, p. 232 Sons: Thomas Walker Williams, Matthew. Daus: Barbara, Elizabeth Richardson, Mary Ann Black, Rebecca Anthony. Grdaus: Henrietta Jouett Williams. Grdau: Martha Bailey Williams, Barbara Floyd, Barbara Cook Harrison, Barbara Williams, Barbara Anthony. Grsons: Matthew W. Black, Matthew R. T. Harrison, Matthew J. W. Anthony. Estate of Clement K. Harrison mentioned. To: Clement T. Harrison's ch and his grson, E. A. Simmons. Grch: Henrietta Harrison, Polly B. Simmons, Matt R. T. Harrison, Barbary Harrison. Gr-grdau: Elizabeth A. Simmons. Grch: Rebecca, John Walker and Robert Williams Richardson. Exrs: Sons, Matthew J., Thomas W. Wits: Simeon Oliver, Milly Oliver, Frances Wyche.