There have been some interest in the Roddy group and mention about the Roddy slaves. The LDS FHC microfilm 1021436 Q-Seaman Probate, Woodruff County Arkansas had some thorough probate records on several Roddy's such as, James M. Roddy (Drawer 6 folio 36) who died intestate ca 1862. Wm F. Davidge was administrator and the following heirs were listed: Thos. B. Robbins, Mary E. Robbins, Martha E. Davidge of Woodruff County, Martha E. McCorkle, Sarah E. [illegible], James A. Scott, E. Clementine Scott, Allen Scott, Thos. E. Scott, W.F. McCorkle, Margaret V. McCorkle of the State of Tennessee Gibson County. Also, the estate of Margaret Roddy who "departed life in Jackson County, about 10 June 1861...value of estate [approximately] $16,000. A.W. White administrator. She died intestate and the heirs were Jas. M. Roddy and Sarah F. Roddy of Jackson County. In an inventory taken in 1861 the following slaves were listed: 1 negro man Nelson 1 negro man Zeno (or Zerro] 1 negro boy Aleck 1 negro boy Sam 1 negro boy Alfred 1 negro man Titus 1 negro boy Jerry 1 negro boy John 1 negro girl Mary 1 negro girl Lucinda 1 negro girl Mariah 1 negro girl Nancy Also: the estate of Thomas A. Roddy, Jackson County, Augusta District, died ca 27 Feb 1867. Administrator was Thos. A. Roddy who was authorized to proceed to hire out said slaves for the June 1861 at private hiring.... These probates include original letters of debtors, inventory, affidavits, and newspaper notices of pending actions. This information may contain more details of the specific kind of information that has been asked for in some messages on this list. I only scanned the information, the above abstracts are only a fraction of what is to be found on this microfilm. Vicky

Thanks for posting the names below, I have seen some of the names on the 1870 Woodruff Co. Census. Again thanks....... ----- Original Message ----- From: vlhresearcher@comcast.net To: ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:15 PM Subject: Mrs. Margaret Roddy Probate & Roddy Slaves There have been some interest in the Roddy group and mention about the Roddy slaves. The LDS FHC microfilm 1021436 Q-Seaman Probate, Woodruff County Arkansas had some thorough probate records on several Roddy's such as, James M. Roddy (Drawer 6 folio 36) who died intestate ca 1862. Wm F. Davidge was administrator and the following heirs were listed: Thos. B. Robbins, Mary E. Robbins, Martha E. Davidge of Woodruff County, Martha E. McCorkle, Sarah E. [illegible], James A. Scott, E. Clementine Scott, Allen Scott, Thos. E. Scott, W.F. McCorkle, Margaret V. McCorkle of the State of Tennessee Gibson County. Also, the estate of Margaret Roddy who "departed life in Jackson County, about 10 June 1861...value of estate [approximately] $16,000. A.W. White administrator. She died intestate and the heirs were Jas. M. Roddy and Sarah F. Roddy of Jackson County. In an inventory taken in 1861 the following slaves were listed: 1 negro man Nelson 1 negro man Zeno (or Zerro] 1 negro boy Aleck 1 negro boy Sam 1 negro boy Alfred 1 negro man Titus 1 negro boy Jerry 1 negro boy John 1 negro girl Mary 1 negro girl Lucinda 1 negro girl Mariah 1 negro girl Nancy Also: the estate of Thomas A. Roddy, Jackson County, Augusta District, died ca 27 Feb 1867. Administrator was Thos. A. Roddy who was authorized to proceed to hire out said slaves for the June 1861 at private hiring.... These probates include original letters of debtors, inventory, affidavits, and newspaper notices of pending actions. This information may contain more details of the specific kind of information that has been asked for in some messages on this list. I only scanned the information, the above abstracts are only a fraction of what is to be found on this microfilm. Vicky ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237