Hello Billie Jones is a very research oriented SC genealogist. Here is her take on the Reese - William Reese conundrum. I wonder if anyone else has more Estate sales documents from Edgefield District SC to see if they every repeat the names. Can everyone check any other Estate sale documents you do have to see if we can find consensus. Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee and Billie Jones" <[email protected]> To: "Gaila & James Merrington" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [SC] Estate Sales > Gaila, > > Just an opinion, not fact...... I would think that if there were two different > listings in the same legal document, one as Reese Busbee, and the other as > William Reese Busbee, that they are two different individuals. If the names > came from different documents, then that would be a different story and then > could be one or two. The person filling in the information on the sale would > have known each one by a particular name. > > But...... there are always exceptions, so this is just an opinion. > > One think I am trying to do to tell the different William Courseys apart in > Edgefield co. records is to get copies of the original deeds with signatures > and compare them. Not an easy thing to do, but might help here. > > Billie Jones > Camden, SC > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaila & James Merrington" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:01 AM > Subject: [SC] Estate Sales > > > > Hello > > Benjamin Busbee left a will in 1815 Edgefield District, SC mentions a wife, > > three sons, Reese, Benjamin Jr and Miles. > > > > We also have his estate sale papers and there is mention of Reese Busbee and > > also for one item William Reese Busbee. For many years, I have thought that > > this was the same person, because I have seen William Reese called both > > Reese and R William Busbee and William R Busbee. > > > > Would it be unlikely that this was the same person? Someone is now saying > > they believe they are different people. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > Gaila > > > > ______________________________ > >