Rick: Many thanks for the kind words and more importantly on the data on the Waggoners and Becketts (and Solomon Behymer) you provided. I have on order microfilms for Montgomery County, VA from my local LDS library (as well as for Preble County, OH and Lawrence County, IN). These are mostly indexes of land transactions. It seems that the Becketts didn't make it to Franklin County, VA, so am anxious to see what I find in Montgomery County for them. I think I also ordered the probate records for Botetourt County, but I can't quite remember. You have spurred me on to transcribe the will of Melcher Waggoner so here goes. BTW: I will be adding all the pertinant wills to my home page in the near future. Regards... John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet@csi.com Will of Melcher Waggoner I Melcher Waggoner of the County of Franklin and state of Virginia, do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following that is to say 1st It is my desire that after my decease my Executor hereafter named sells such of my perishable property as he may think proper and pay all my just debts and funeral expenses. 2ndly after the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses I give unto my wife Elizabeth Waggoner all the remaining ballance of my estate both real and personal, for and during the term of her natural life, and after her decease it is my desire that my Executor sell the remaining ballance of my estate lands and the moneys arriving therefrom to be equally divided amongst my several children and my daughter in Law Jane Waggoner to wit: Anna Fishburn, John Waggoner Daniel Waggoner and Jane Waggoner for the support and raising of her several children who she had by her husband Henry Waggoner. 3rd and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son in law Jacob Fishburn Executor of my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former Wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 23rd day of November 1843. his Witness Melcher X Waggoner seal James M. Hamilton mark Albert C. Lavinder Peter Fishburn At a Court held for Franklin County the 2nd day of June 1846 This last Will and Testament of Melcher Waggoner Dec'd was produced in court and proved by the oaths of James M. Hamilton and Peter Fishburn two of the subscribing witnesses hereto and ordered to be recorded. And the Executor in said will named having departed this life, and the widow of said decedent relinquishing her right to administration On the motion of Samuel Fishburn who made oath and gave bond and security according to law certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration with the Will annexed of the said Melcher Waggoner Dec'd in due form Teste Moses G. Carper ---------- > From: Rick Phillips <Edwin-P@worldnet.att.net> > To: JohnDoeTippet@csi.com > Subject: Becklehymer Web Page, etc. > Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 3:01 PM > > John, > > I want to thank you for all you research work, and the web page. It is > wonderful! I can’t wait to see what you have found in Melcher > Waggoner’s will. > > Here is some information that you might want for the webpage. > > Anne Waggoner mar. Jacob Fishburn, 6 May 1809, Franklin, Co. sur: > Melcher Waggoner > [source Wingfield’s Works.]. > > > Beckett Information: from LDS Ancestral File ver. 4.17 > John Beckett b. 29 Aug 1766, Botetourt Co. VA, died: aft. 1828, Montg. > Co. VA > mar. 17 Dec 1788, Anne Beckelshimer, b. 17 July 1771, VA > children: > 1. Samuel, b. 9 Mar 1794, Botetourt, VA, died 27 Jun 1880, Clermont CO. > OH > he mar. Amy Fitzpatrick, 12 July 1818, Clermont > 2. Daniel , b. abt 1796, Botetourt [no death info]. > he mar. Lydia Wade, abt 24 July 1816, Montg. Co. VA > 3. John Beckett Jr., b. abt 1800, Botetourt Co. VA > mar. 5 Aug 1824, Rachel Phares, Montg. Co. VA > 4. William Beckett, b. abt. 1802, Botetourt, VA > he mar. Lucy Lepeur, 20 Apr 1827, Montg. Co VA. > > > > > Information on Solomon Behymer, son of Jacob > Solomon mar. 2nd, Nancy Cunningham, 5 Dec 1878, Adams Co. IL > > Solomon’s info from his:Death Certificate [From Twila Veysey] > Date of Birth: August 15, 1819 > Date of Death: Oct. 9, 1917 > Place of Death: Derry Township, Pike Co., Illinois > Cause of Death: Old Age complicated with chronic Cystitis > Place of Burial: Barry, Date of Burial: Oct. 10, 1917 > > Children [source information on birth dates: Bible Records of Solomon, > that were dictated to me over the phone several years ago; IL records: > Adams Co. IL Marriage Records; and Solomon’s obituary sent to me by > Twila]. > > 1) Francis Marion, b. 5 Oct 1840 Clermont; died 5-25-1909, Adams, IL, > Quincy > he marr Nancy M. Orr, bef 1867. > 2) Andrew, b. 14 Nov 1842, Clermont; died young. > 3) Nancy b 10 Aug 1843, Clermont OH > 4) James Madison, b. 16 Aug 1845, Clermont OH; died 4 June 1925, > Orting WA > marr Amanda Lusina Hults/Hulse 7-44-1871 Adams, IL > 5) Oliver Perry, b. 8 Jan1848 Clermont, OH; marr Sarh Wagner 3-26-1869 > Clermont OH > 6) Delilah (Delia) b. 10-1849 Clermont, OH; died 9 Aug 1923, McPherson, > KS, marr Andrew J. Curtis 9-10-1874 Adams, IL. > 7) Emaline, b. 1 Oct 1851, Clermont, OH, died 24 Oct 1917, El Dara, > Pike, IL, marr. John Hoskins, 1 Nov 1868, Adams Co. IL, > 8) Mary Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb 1854, Clermont;died 4 Mar 1918, Toppenish, > WA; marr William T. Davis 3-5-1874 Adams, IL > 9) Malinda Leannea b 27 Sep 1856 Adams Co IL, died May 1917, McPherson > KS, mar. George H. Gayer/Goyer 19 Sept 1875 Adams Co. IL > 10) John Solomon b. 26 Feb 1860 ARK; d 6-4-1949; marr Ida ...abt 1890. > He was in OK in 1917. > > > Thanks again, > Rick