Epps, Eppes, Wallace, Wallis, Herndon, Hearndon, Pugh contact me direct connie1370@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <WyleneL@aol.com> To: <GACLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 2:14 PM Subject: [GaClarke] Henderson County NC Estate Records 1838 - 1900 > I am posting the following for the author of a new genealogy book. > > These are records that have not been available before now. Henderson Co.,NC > was formed in 1838, and in 1861 Transylvania Co., NC was created out of > Henderson Co., NC. So abstract for Henderson Co., NC from 1838 to 1900, and > Transylvania Co., NC from 1838 to 1861 when Transylvania Co., was still part > of Henderson Co., NC > > If you will email her names you are looking for she will tell you if the book > will be beneficial to you. > > ------------snip------------- > These valuable records have been in Raleigh NC since 1960 and never > available in any printed form before now. Estate records, or probate > records, were generated when a person died without a will. The court > settled the deceased estate and in doing so generated a tremendous > amount of documentation. These documents usually listed the > widow/widower, heirs (children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters), > sometimes where the heirs lived, names of slaves who were sold to settle > the estate, dower issues, inventories and accounts. In fact, estate > records give much more information than a will. > > I have published an abstract of these records. There are over 750 su r > names listed and over 5000 names. The amount of information is truly > phenomenal! Click on the URL below to review the book and for ordering. > > If you will email the name you are looking for I will tell you if the > book will be beneficial to you. > > <A HREF="http://ksummers55.home.mchsi.com/">http://ksummers55.home.mchsi.com/</ A> > > Kathleen Summers > > Her email address is --- > > <ksummers55@mchsi.com> > > > > > > > > > ==== GACLARKE Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/ > Share your Research Places and Resources > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/Resources/index.htm > >