> From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:02:56 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: GLANTON-D Digest V02 #4 > > Subject: [GLANTON] Jonathan Glanton I think everyone receiving this list and reading what I am about to write knows this stuff anyway - But just to make sure what is being put out here on the net is as complete and correct as possible: > > Co. SC Probate Packets (FHL film 162,243) > Box 11, pack 384: Jonathan Glanton, will, L.G. Dawson exor, filed Feb. > 14, 1829. This is Lemuel Gulliver Dawson, husband of Jonathan's daughter, Mary. > Will of Jonathan Glanton of Edgefield Dist. SC, in good health; Documents on file in Upson County, GA in which Jonathan is referred to as Jonathan Glanton JR would seem to indicate that his more complete name, as we have all suspected, was W. Jonathan Glanton, JR. > to my wife Elizabeth Glanton all my estate during her life or widowhood under This is Elizabeth Weaver. > the condition that each of my children shall be decently raised and properly > educated, and after they are grown or married, she to give each of them $200 > in money or property if she can spare it. I also desire my wife Elizabeth to > lend one negro to each child as they marry or come of age in like manner as I > have done to Lemuel G. Dawson and Thomas A. Stron. At the division of my Thomas is Thomas Andrew Styron, not Stron. > estate all negroes and their increase thus loaned to be returned and added to > the rest of my estate and be subject to the same division as the rest of my > property, except the bequests of $200 each., which will make the legacees > equal to what I have already given to my sons in law Lemuel G. Dawson and > Thomas A. Stron. After the death of my wife or when my youngest child becomes > of age or marries, then an equal division of all my estate be made among my > children, excepting the wife of Thomas A. Strom? and that moiety to go to his > wife and children yearly for their support at the discretion of my executors, > but if Thomas A. Strom dies then his widow to have an equivalent to my other > children to be enjoyed in her own right. Appoint Lemuel G. Dawson, John H. > Glanton and Dempsey R?. Glanton execs. (no day and month) 1823. Wit. Thomas When I looked at this document, I thought the name was John A. Glanton, not John H. Maybe I need to look again. The theory was put forth by Thomas Abner Glanton and Aline Segress in their research on the Glanton family that this executor was Jonathan's brother, the John Glanton who lived in Wilson County, Tennessee. My own feeling is that this John A. - or H. Glanton is the oldest son of W. Jonathan Glanton JR and Elizabeth Weaver. On the 1820 and 1820 Census for Edgefield, there are two male children in Dempsey's age bracket, Dempsey Rogers Glanton being the other executor. It seems more natural to me to assume that this is Dempsey's brother and Jonathan's son than to believe that John Glanton would handle his brother's estate from Tennessee. Maybe I am wrong, but I believe that this is the other child from the census. What became of this John Glanton who was Jonathan's executor is still a mystery to all of us. > W. Morton, Edward Settle, J.M. Lyon. Proved 21 Nov. 1825, Lemuel G. Dawson > qualified as exec. March 7, 1828, Denny R. Glanton was this day duly > qualified as an exor to the within. Recorded Book B? page 289 and 290. Even though Dempsey is most often spelled Demcy in the old records - I have yet to see a record referring to him as Denny, so I must assume this is a typo. > > Hope it helps. > Yolanda Corrections courtesy of Tom Coker, Thomas Abner Glanton, Aline Styron Segress, records on file in the Upson County Archives at Thomaston, GA and records on file in Edgefield, South Carolina. Note : Though I THINK the unknown executor is Jonathan's son, that is my opinion and not a proven fact. The rest of the stuff you can count on, John is just something to think about. Does anyone have any info on Thomas W. Morton, Edward Settle or J. M. Lyon? Quite often the witnesses turn out to be relatives or tied into the family some other way. Aline Styron Segress, who wrote 'Gleanings Concerning Some Of The Glanton Clan' in 1986, died a few years ago and her book is no longer available. Aline was descended from Jonathan through Thomas Andrew Styron and Jonathan's daughter, Nancy A. Glanton. Thomas Abner Glanton, who wrote several volumes of memoirs on his family, called 'The Glanton Treasury' and more specifically an historical volume titled 'Gleanings Along the Glanton Trail', 1982, is still going strong at age ninety one. Thomas Abner's book was originally only three copies, though one of those was mailed to Aline Segress for inclusion of certain material into her book. Thomas Abner is still rewriting, adding new information and making corrections to his manuscript to this day. Much of what you see on the net about the Glanton family - originally came from this man's twenty plus years of research, directly or indirectly. Actually, Thomas Abner does not turn ninety one for a few more weeks. If any of you want to send him a birthday greeting through me, I will be sure that he gets it, as I am overdue for a visit, anyway. Please send birthday greetings (or arguments against my theory on John) to <[email protected]>. (There STILL seems to be two JHD Glantons!)