i am forwarding this message to the mail list for a non-subscriber patrick In a message dated 8/25/99 2:20:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, andy@IOLT.com writes: > Subj: {not a subscriber} Garrison Anderson > Date: 8/25/99 2:20:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: andy@IOLT.com (Paul Anderson) > To: ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com (Genealogy Andeson) > > Hello to all you Anderson Cousins! > My wife and I had an interesting day yesterday. We went to Marshall Texas, > to look for the will of Garrison Anderson, son of John H. and Cassa. > I opened the book and it was the first one listed. How often does that > happen. I made a copy which was dated the 23 day of December in the year of > our Lord, 1843. > Garrison said in the will that he was of full age, sound mind but a very > much diseased body. The Executors were his two eldest sons John H. (Hadley) > and Calvin Anderson. He left everything to his wife Sarah and the children. > I also found a copy of a Inventory Of Garrison Andeson, deceased, dated > August 22, 1844. So Garrison died between Dec. '43 and Aug. 1844. The > inventory is very interesting listing everything form horses , cows to > chisels and cow bells. His section of land was sold for $ 2.50 per acre. > If there is anyone out there that has an interest in any of this info. > please let me know. > Of course this stuff is very interesting to me because Garison was my great, > great grandfather, through Martin and Jesse and my father Frank. > Best wishes to all. > Paul Anderson > Dallas > PS We also spend a couple hours in the LaGrone Family History Library in > Carthage. And saw Mrs. Lagrone. >