Hello, does the book or records have any Sutton's ? Carolyn Sutton ----- Original Message ----- From: <WyleneL@aol.com> To: <GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 7:35 PM Subject: [MURRAY] Henderson County NC Estate Records 1838 - 1900 > I am posting the following for the author of the following book. These are > records that have not been available before now. Remember Henderson Co., NC > was formed in 1838, and in 1861 Transylvania Co., NC was created out of > Henderson Co., so you will fine records during these years here also for > Transylvania Co., NC. Any questions, just ask? > Wylene Alston > > > 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 sir 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 > > > > ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2002 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >