In a message dated 7/12/00 12:18:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bles@att.net writes: <spaces added> > To all the resarchers looking for Richard Belcher. There > is at least two close to the same time frame that might > be confused for each other. The Richard Belcher with > Talley connection is also from the Carson line and there > is a book called Our Carson and Kindred Families by Mary > Frances McKee Crain,Goodlettsville Tn 1986. I have > several pages of info from this book sent to me by Mary > E. Talley of McMinnville Tn several years ago. quoting > from page 87, it states in his will Richard mentions six > children by my last wife. > Lively, Martha, William, Ulsey, Jacob and Richard. Mary > Talley says this Richard listed as a child is Richard G . > Marriage records of Amelia co Va prove that Richard > Belcher married Ulsey martin June 3, 1787. (another > recording says Ulsey Hastin) What are the Talley and Carson connections? I don't have those names. Where and when was the will filed? Ulsey's father was a Hastins so perhaps she was a widow. I have the marriage in January 1787. And finally, does anyone have the first wife? Thanks Descendants of Richard Belcher 1 Richard Belcher b: 1759-1769 d: in Tennessee . +Ulsey Hastings b: 1756 in Amelia Co., VA m: 03 January 1787 in Amelia Co., VA Father:William Hastings Sandy in Florida [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith]