I noticed in comparing the published abstracts of the Barker Wills, as contained in "Wills & Administrations of Surry Co., VA" by Eliza Timberlake Davis, that there are some significant differences in the abstracts of the John & Grace Barker wills, when compared to the wills which were copied into the Surry Co.Will Books. In case others might be interested, I'm giving the differences below. WILL OF JOHN BARKER, Surry Co. Will Book 6, p. 191, 9 Oct. 1713;19 May 1714. To GRANDson Robert Foster, 40 acres of land that his father Foster bought of Abraham Evans. ABSTRACT: To SON, Robert Foster, etc. WILL: To Son Josiah Barker, 400 acres of land from the second branch to Richard Parker's line. ABSTRACT. . . .to Richard Barker's line. WILL OF GRACE BARKER, Surry Co. Will Book 7, p. 599. 30 June, 1724; 18 Aug. 1725 Leg. Son John Barker, three ells of good dowlis ABSTRACT Son John not mentioned. WILL: To GRANDson, Richard Barker ABSTRACT: To SON, Richard Barker The [apparent] error of naming Richard Barker as a son, instead of a grandson of John & Grace Barker, was picked up and continued in the book, "The Barkers of Virginia" Marilyn Owen

Also note that there are some errors in the book itself, which are corrected by the wills and other records. It was probably 10 years ago when I did this, so I don't remember what they were. Conni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Owen" <mao@jps.net> To: <BARKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: [BARKER] John & Grace Barker of Surry, VA > I noticed in comparing the published abstracts of the Barker > Wills, as contained in "Wills & Administrations of Surry Co., VA" by Eliza > Timberlake Davis, that there are some significant differences in the > abstracts of the John & Grace Barker wills, when compared to the wills > which were copied into the Surry Co.Will Books. In case others might be > interested, I'm giving the differences below. > > WILL OF JOHN BARKER, Surry Co. Will Book 6, p. 191, 9 Oct. 1713;19 May 1714. > To GRANDson Robert Foster, 40 acres of land that his father Foster bought > of Abraham Evans. > ABSTRACT: > To SON, Robert Foster, etc. > > WILL: > To Son Josiah Barker, 400 acres of land from the second branch to Richard > Parker's line. > ABSTRACT. > . . .to Richard Barker's line. > > > WILL OF GRACE BARKER, Surry Co. Will Book 7, p. 599. 30 June, 1724; 18 Aug. > 1725 > Leg. Son John Barker, three ells of good dowlis > ABSTRACT > Son John not mentioned. > WILL: > To GRANDson, Richard Barker > ABSTRACT: > To SON, Richard Barker > > > The [apparent] error of naming Richard Barker as a son, instead of > a grandson of John & Grace Barker, was picked up and continued in > the book, "The Barkers of Virginia" > > Marilyn Owen > > > > ==== BARKER Mailing List ==== > BARKER Mailing List Archives Search http://www.rootsweb.com/~scwhite/barker/mailsrch.html > The Searchable Rootsweb Mailing List Archives http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >