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Why All Heirs Were Not Listed in Wills
By Jeannette Holland Austin
Everyone gets really frustrated with some of these last wills and testaments because they do not always list all of the heirs. This is because portions were given earlier and the place to look for that is in the deed records. They are called Deeds of Gift and the language usually reads “ For Love and Affection....” or it could read for $1. It is understandable that one who has lived to an old age might parcel off his property, such as slaves and land, many years before his actual death. All that is left at time is to give the wife the homeplace for her lifetime, then to a son or daughter. Another reason why all children are not named is the children either died prematurely or moved off into another state and not kept in touch. The latter tends to so often be the situation because as the old family seat breaks up, the children disperse into other areas looking for better land. They obtain land grants and draw in lotteries so this is how we chase them down. The daughters' portions went to their husbands, so any names in the will or estate papers are suspect. I usually cross-check these names in marriage records.
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New Additions to Georgia Pioneers | Georgia Pioneers website
Warren County Wills 1810-1829 (Images):
Adams, James;Akins, John;Anderson, Willliam;
Ansley, Abel;Baker, John;Baker, Sally;
Bass, Reddick (hard to read);Barksdale, Henry;
Bealle, Georgia Francis;Bealle, Mannam;
Bealle, Robert;Bird, William;
Brantley, Philip;Brantley, Philip (2);
Bray, Joseph;Bunkley, Jesse;
Burns, James;Bush, Thomas;Buttrell, Thomas;
Cary, Finston;Castleberry, Nathan;Chapman, Asa (hard to read);
Cody, James;Cooksey, Hezekiah;Culpepper, David;
Danielly, Andrew;Durden, Jesse;Ellis, Sarah;
Figalee, William;Franklin, Archilaus;Grier, Aaron;
Gwynne, William;Hamilton, John;Harris, George;
Hatson, Mark;Haynes, Thomas;Heeth, William;
Herbert, Nicholas;Hight, Howell;Hill, Robert;
Hilsman, Wader;Hurt, Elisha;Ivy, Sampson;
King, Elizabeth;Lacy, Archibald;Lassiter, Burke;
Latimer, Rebecca;Leek, Jonathan;Levin, Job;
Locke, John;Lowe, William;McCormick, John;
McMath, JosephNealy, SarahPate, Herbert;
Roberts, Elisha;Sanders, Abram;Shivers, Jonas;
Smith, John;Stainbeck, Francis;Stanford, Jesse;
Stanford, Joseph;Stanford, Joshua;Thompson, James;
Thompson, Lucy;Torrence, John;Tucker, Josiah;
Upton, Benjamin;Wheeler, Benjamin;White, William
Wiggins, George;Wright, Amos;Wynne, Robert
Kentucky Bible Records - Bruce; Collings; Cooper; Graham; Hayden of Franklin County;Park-Richardson;Pedego of Glasgow; Redford of Glasgow;Richardson;Ropke;Steele; Wallace of Louisville
New Additions to North Carolina Pioneers | North Carolina Pioneers website
North Carolina Genealogies:
Abercrombie of Orange County
;Andrews of Buncombe County
;Ashe
;Atkinson of Caswell County
;Austin of Mecklenburg County
;Aycock
;Banks
;Battle
;Beckham of VA, NC and GA
;Beddingfield
;Boyette
;Brickell of Hertford County
;Brooks
;Bryan of Johnston and Bertie Counties
;Buckner
;Bullock
;Buttrill
;Carmichael
;Chambers of Haywood County
;Clark of Bertie County
;Clayton of Transylvania County
;Clements of Rowan County
;Clements of Gloucester County, Virginia and Granville County, North Carolina; includes gedcom file
;Coffee
;Collins of Granville County
;Cooper of Sampson County
;Cornwall
;Cowan
;Craton
;Croom of Lenoir County
;Davis
;Dickson
;Edmondson of NC and GA
;Evans of Onslow County
;Evans of Currituck County
;Farrar of Greensboro County
;Franklin of Burke County
;Fuller of Caswell County
;Fulwood of Onslow County
;Futch
;Gay
;Gober
;Gofotth
;Gray
;Greene of Craven County
;Hall of Caswell County
;Hampton of Haywood County
;Hancock
;Harget
;Harrell
;Haywood of Edgecombe County
;Henson
;Hewitt
;Hiatt of Guilford County
;Hill of Bertie County
;Hogan
;Howell of Edgecombe and Cabarrus Counties to the Virginia emigrant ca 1630
;Huff
;Human
;Iredell
;Iredell, James of Edenton
;Johnstone
;Jones of Northampton County
;Jones, VA to NC
;Jordan
;Jordan of Buncombe and Transylvania Counties
;Killian of Transylvania County
;King of Translvania County
;Knox of Pitt County
;Lane of Craven County
;Lavender of Jones County
;Lavender of Craven County
;Lea of Caswell County
;Lee
;Long
;Lowrance
;Lytle of Rowan County
;Malone
;McCall of Transylvania County
;McCrary of Transylvania County
;McElroy of Johnston County
;Meece/Mease of Haywood County
;Neeley of Caswell County
;Osborne of Transylvania County
;Oxford of Buncombe County
;O'Quinn of NC, SC< GA
;Outlaw of Bertie County
;Padgett
;Paine/Payne of Caswell County
;Parker of Martin County
;Patterson of Caswell County
;Patton of Rowan County
;Peacock of Wayne County
;Penland of Haywood County
;Perkins
;Perry of Perquimans County
;Peyton of Gloucester County, Virginia and Bath County, North Carolina
;Polk of MD, NC, TN & AR
;Polk of Mecklenburg County
;Pope of Isle of Wight Co., VA & Halifax County, NC
;Poteat of Caswell County
;Pullen
;Raiford
;Ratliff of Haywood County
;Reid of Rowan County
;Rust of Burke County
;Sailors
;Salter of Cape Fear River
;Saxon
;Setzer of Lincoln County
;Sherrill, MD to NC
;Shook of Northampton County
;Simpson of Caswell County
;Stewart of Surry County
;Stokes of Halifax County
;Taylor, Hannis (1851-) New Berne, North Carolina
;Thomas of Edgecombe County
;Tiernan, Frances Christine 1846-, Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina
;Tucker ca 1589 VA, NC & GA
;Underwood of Haywood County
;Vance, Zebulon Baird 1830-1894, Buncombe County, North Carolina
;West
;Williams of Guilford County
New Additions to South Carolina Pioneers | South Carolina Pioneers website
South Carolina Genealogies
Virginia Pioneers Website

Virginia Miscellaneous
Veterans of War of 1812 of Botetourt County; listed in Fincastle Herald dated 1 Oct 1899.
TN Pioneers Website
Tennessee Genealogies - Babb of Greene & Roane Counties; Barnard of Roane County; Fain, Nicholas, descendants of, the emigrant by Augusta Bradford; Faron of Chattanooga; Henderson of Williamson County; Ladd of Roane County; Landis of Beech Hill, Bedford County
New Genealogy Books Added | Genealogy-Books Website
Books Added - A History of the Moravian by Joseph Edmund Hutton
A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang
A Sketch of the History of Oneonta by Dudley M. Campbell
American Prisoners of the Revolution By Danske Dandridge
American Merchant Ships and Sailors by WIllis J. Abbot
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 by John Niles Hubbard
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 By Mary Frances Cusack
Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Judon's Bay Company by Hudson Bay Company
Chesterfield's Letters by Lord Chesterfield. Letters, Sentences and Maxims. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773, had a fate generally misunderstood. Dr. Johnson, a poor scholar but in the prime of life, seems to have mistaken a delay in an interview, and to have abused his lordship very soundly ever afterward. To this misconception we owe one of the finest and manliest letters ever written. Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, the widow of the recipient of these letters, sold them, enhanced in value from the earl's literary reputation, for 1,500 pounds! That was an immense sum in those days. Published 1894 in Philadelphia, 307 pp., indexed. A rare find indeed!
First Whiteman of the West: Daniel Boone
The Annual Monitor for 1851, or Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850
History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John 1066-1216
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
Hochelagans and Mohawks: A Link in Iroquois History by W. D. Lighthall
Lewis and Clark
Legends, Traditions and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of Tuscarora Indian by Elias Johnson
Pioneers of the Old South, A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings by Mary Johnson
The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History, Vol. I by Grace Aguilar
The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth by Hilaire Belloc
The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman
The Magna Carta By Unknown Author
The Manual of Heraldry. Unknown author. 5th Edition
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by James Otis The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Francis Parkman
Victoria. Queen and Empress by Robert C. V. Meyers
BOOKS FOR SALE
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Genealogy Books
- Darien by Spencer B. King, Jr., The Death and Rebirth of a Southern Town, hardbound with jacket. Mercer University Press (1981).
Price: $8.00
- General John A. Logan, His Life and Times by Cottingham, 8x11, booklet, 28 pp., good condition.
Price: $6.00
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Alabama Bible Records by Jeannette Holland Austin, 10x11, hardbound, indexed, 169 pp., good condition. (1987), signed by author, original first printing.
Price: $25.00
- Boston Marriages 1700-1809, 2 volumes, paperbound by Edward W. McGlenen, Clearfield Co., like new.
Price: $35.00
- 1860 Paulding County, Georgia Census (abstracted) by Jeannette Holland Austin, Willow Bend Books (2000), like new.
Price: $9.00.
- Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans by William S. Speer, hardbound, 579 pp., (1888, 2003), Genealogical Publishing Co., like new.
Price: $35.00
- Alabama Bible Records by Jeannette Holland Austin, signed by author (2000), Willow Bend Books. Original publication, last copy, 418 pp.
Price: $30.00
- A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire by Moore, published by Heritage Books. Originally published in 1823. 7x9, paperbound, 299 pp.
Price: $12.00
- Irish Records. Sources for Family and Local History by Ryan, 12x12, hardbound, jacket, (1997), like new. 668 pp.
Price: 49.95
- Lest We Forget: The Hembree Family. Unknown author. Paperbound, 11x12.
Price: $10.00
- The Neaves Story by Bettie J. Marsh. Paperbound, 10x12 (1980); photos.
Price: $10.00
- Fayette County, Georgia Probate Records 1824-1871 by Jeannette Holland Austin. Abstracts of court house records, 383 pp., hardbound, like new.
Price: $15.00
- 1840 Cobb County Georgia Census by Frances T. Ingmire, paperbound, 5x7. Lists names only.
Price: $5.00
- How to Trace Your Roots by Playle, paperbound, 32 pp.
Price: $5.00
- Columbus. Georgia's Fall Line Trading Town. 10x11, hardbound, jacket, hardbound. By Joseph B. Mahan. Good condition. $20.00
- Columbus, Georgia 1827-1865 by John H. Martin, hardbound, jacket. Published 1874; reprinted 1972, 196 pp. Good condition. $20.00
- History of Schley County Georgia. Hardbound, jacket,first edition, Schley County Preservation Society. 638 pp. Good condition. - $30.00
- A Little History of Gilmer County by Lawrence L. Stanley (1975). Hardbound, good condition, 215 pp. - $15.00
- The History of Cherokee County by Lloyd G. Marlin, hardbound, good condition. - $20.00
- First Family Memoirs. A 150 Year History of First Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia 1835-1985 by Ruth Wgner Miller. Hardbound, jacket, 264 pp. - $15.00
- Early Days on the Georgia Tidewater. The Story of McIntosh County and Sapelo by Buddy Sullivan. Hardbound, jacket, very good condition. 818 pp. (1990) - $45.00
- Bartow County, Georgia. Formerly Cass. Cemeteries, Vol. 1. Hardbound, 534 pp. - $40.00
- Ante-Bellum Thomas County 1825-1861 by William Warren Rogers, hardbound, jacket. 136 pp. - $20.00
- History of Twiggs County Georgia. Sesquicentennial 1809-1959 by Faulk-Jones, published by Major General John Twiggs Chapter DAR, hardbound. 475 pp. - $20.00
- Thomas County 1865-1900 by William Warren Rogers. Hardbound, jacket, 486 pp. - $30.00
- Murray County Heritage (1987), hardbound, 900 pp. - $40.00
Rare Books Collection - Most of these books are very old and fragile and cannot ever be acquired except from an individual like myself. I have been collecting rare books for many years; the condition of the oldest books is fragile, with some covers torn, loose spine, etc.
- Lives of the Queens of England. Two volumes in one. Volumes 4th and
5th, published 1849 by Lea and Blanchard. By Agnes Strickland. Hardbound, 295 pp. A wonderful historical account begins with Elizabeth of York to Queen Mary. Very informative and well written. Quite a find!
Price: $25.00
- Virginibus Puerisque by Robert Lous Stevenson, Medallion Edition, published 1912 by Current Liberature Publishing Co., hardbound, 5x7, 56 pp. A very rare find!
Price: $8.00
- The Literary Character; or the History of Men of Genius by Isaac Disraeli, A New Edition, published in London in 1859. This book is in very good condition for 1859! It is hardbound, with decorated leaves, 462 pp., 5x7. A real find!
Price: $20.00
- Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published by Hurst & Company in NY, hardbound 567 pp. Fair condition.
Price: $5.00
- Poems of Thomas Moore, 5x7 book, cloth, loose covers, 799 pp., gold-tooled leaves.
Price: $8.00
- Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son by George Horace Lorimer, hardbound, 5x7 published 1905 by Small, Maynard & Company, 312 pp., good condition, except cover is faded.
Price: $8.00
- History of Henry Esmund, Esq. A Colonel in the service of Her Majesty Queen Anne written by himself. Published in Boston (1886), hardbound, decorated leaves, 409 pp. Good condition considering its age.
Price: $10.00
- Europe, A Journey with Pictures. Hardbound, jacket (worn), 247 pp., 9x10, good condition (1954).
Price: $10.00
- Great Palace of Europe, 12x12, hardbound (1965), 288 pp. Beautiful photographs.
Price: $10.00
- Kings and Queens of Britain by Joyce Marlow, 185 pp. 12x12, beautiful color photographs.
Price: $10.00
- It's A Changing World, 1995 yearbook of St. Thomas Moore school, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta. Hardbound, good condition.
Price: $7.00
- The Court of Richard II by Gervase Mathew, hardbound, jacket, good condition, 227 pp. (1968).
Price: $25.00
- Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Vol. VII, published 1844 in Philadelphia, 452 pp., hardbound, fragile spine, loose pages. I was edified by this book written in the old flourishing style and learned many things which are unknown today. Begins with Elizabeth, second Queen-Regent of England and Ireland and Anne of Denmark, Queen-Consort of James the Fist, King of Great Britain and England.
Price: $40.00
- Chesterfield Letters by Lord Chesterfield, published in Philadelphia in 1894. Letters written to his son which became scandalous in his day. 4x7 hardbound, fragie, loose pages and spine. This is a very old edition. 307 pp. A very rare find and collector's item.
Price: $10.00
- The Annals of the Parish and The Ayrshire Legatees illustrated by Charles E. Brock by John Galt, published 1896 in London, 333 pp., hardbound, decorative blue cover. A novel of members of the parish written in a flourishing style.
Price: $8.00
- The Scottish Chiefs, illustrated, by Jane Porter (1831). Hardbound, 670 pp., loose pages. Historical accounts.
Price: $10.00.
- Memoires D'outre-Tombe (1814-1815) by Francois-Rene, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, published Oxford (1904), hardbound, 5 x 7, 151 pp., good condition.
Price: $10.00
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My Vagabondage by J. E. Patterson printed in England (1900), hardbound, 373 pp., photo of author, good condition.
Price: $10.00
- Plato's The Republic translated into English by B. Jowett, M. A., The Modern Library, New York, 397 pp., hardbound, 5 x 7.
Price: $5.00
- Victoria: Queen and Empress, hardbound, 200 illustrations of the royal family, some pages are loose, Franklin Book Co. (1901), 513 pp.
Price: $12.00
- The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. NY Hurst & Co. 567 pp. (yellowed). Looks like a first edition. $30.00
- The Guide to Reading by Lyman Abbot (1925), includes a postcard of Nelson Doubleday, Inc. - $8.00
- It's a Changing World Year Book (Ninety-Five), St. Thomas More, Ponce de Leon, Atlanta, 9x10 - $10.00
BOOKS FOR SALE
- First come, first serve (only one of each. The following books are for sale by me. This is a good opportunity to obtain some genealogy and family history books, histories, etc. at a very low price. TO ORDER: You can send the money to my personal PayPal Account which is jeannette@georgiapioneers.com or phone or email me with a credit card (MC/Visa/Discover). If you plan to send a check, please email me so that I can hold the book for you.
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KEY. i am searching for father of frank kiser key. born 1881 in ga. his mother was lucy catherine holcombe born 1865 (also looking for the parents of lucy holcombe). frank died in lake city, florida in 1970. he had a brother james levi key and sister vella mae jones. any help on the key family would be appreciated. also searching for the parents of john n chandler. have always been told he died in polk county, ga in 1922, but his wife, martha ann "mattie" pettit was living with their son william franklin chandler in blount county, al at the time that john died. need info on martha ann pettit's family too. she is buried in blount county, al. thank you for any info that anyone can give me cindy_1967@yahoo.comRobert Bell b. 1675 Isle of Wight County, VA to Chowan/Bertie 1715. John Barrs, Sr. b. 1727 Toft Hamlet, Warwickshire, England to Johnson/Dobbs/Lenoir 1750. John Jones born in North Carolina 1813 from Wales died Smith County, TN Al Barrs albarrs@wfeca.net Greenwood, FL 32443
GRAVES. I am researching early Georgia to discover more about the Graves family. My gg grandfather was George Graves who married Lulender Gunn in 1840 in Warren County, Georgia. I can't find George's parents. There was a Thomas Graves Sr b 1729 Lower Potomack Hundred, Maryland. He and sons are listed on the 1790 Franklin County Census. I can't connect any of them to George Graves yet. One thing I know, is that Dr. George Graves who married Mary Scott June 26 1790 in Augusta, Georgia is not the father of my George Graves. My George Graves and wife moved west through Alabama, Mississippi, and settled in Wood County, Texas 1854-1858, where they are listed on the 1860 census. I am aware of a Graves family in Muscogee County Georgia and wonder if they are related to my George Graves? Eddie Graves, Wichita Falls, Texas. egraves@sw.rr.com
From: S A STANCLIFF Date: 5/17/2009 1:58:35 PM To: jeannette@georgiapioneers.com Subject: Re: Lost Generations Jeannette: I've been trying to desperately find the gravesite of John Peacock (married to Nancy Peyton), both from Maryland. Here's what I know: --first they lived in Oglethorpe Co. --he died in Jasper Co., GA --his birth/death dates: 1745-1826 --There are a lot of Jasper Co. deed documents I've found on line between he and his sons, etc. --I assume he's buried on his land...which is hard to pinpoint. --He had sons Lewis, Daniel and William...just to name a few of his children. --His son Lewis married Avey Hill, daughter of Mordecai Hill. I've visited the county library in Monticello, GA but still can't find where he's buried. Thanks for anything you can supply. Susan Stancliff 770-939-4698