Lynda, Bingo! Widow you say? Well, now, as a matter of fact that's what this here deed of 31 December of 1850 calls her: "... Mrs. Sarah Ann Wightman, widow, ... Town of Pilatka [it became a city later, in 1853]...." Consideration was "$600 lawful money... being the same or nearly the same premises which for the past three years have been occupied by the party of the second part [i.e., Sarah herself]." According to the plat of the "Town of Pilatka, E.F. [East Florida]," which I also got today, there were five buildings of varying sizes on the property, which was over 250 feet square, a nice chunk of land. Then, this here other deed shows that she sold the property as "Sarah Ann Wightman of the City of Fernandina" to Estanislada Teasdale, wife of former county commissioner and later Palatka mayor Henry R. Teasdale on 19 July 1869 for $1500. Apparently there was another deed (recited in this one) where she also had bought the original Lot 1 from James Burt on 18 May 1857 and added it to the holding. I'll try to find that one, too, but don't have it yet. There's a reasonable chance that since Tim was missing from the 1850 USPC and the deed confirms that she was a widow by Dec. 1850, there may be a probate in our parent county, St. Johns (seat, St. Augustine). I tried to get them to check for me, but they want a letter and prepayment of a search fee of $1.00/year/name. Too much time and effort. I expect to be in St. Augustine next week, so I'll look in their indexes for free and can then decide what to copy if there's anything there. I'll try to get this stuff out tomorrow. Hope it will help.... --Brian Michaels ****************************************************** Lynda wrote: > > Thanks Brian. Appreciate your help very much. > I wonder, if he died while their children were small wouldn't there have to > be something in probate records - seems like I remember seeing something > that the widow <snip>