I had the chance to stop at the Pike County Courthouse on my way home to Kansas. I checked the Probate Records for Kincaid's and found three packets. >From the papers in these packets I found the following information Probate Packet 732 - Archibald Kincaid 1. Archibald died intestate, March of 1856. 2. In July 1856, Albert St John was appointed administrator and Archibald's heirs were listed as his wife Margaret and minor children Russell and Susan. 3. A sale bill of household items is in the packet and the majority of items were purchased by Elizabeth Johnson 3. On 10 April 1857 the administrator reported that the estate was insolvent and that Margaret was now deceased. There was a piece of property that was sold. 4. On the promissory notes present in the probate packet, Archibald Kincaid signed his name Arch or Archibald Kincaid. Probate Packet 365 - Minor, Russell Kincaid - Elizabeth Johnson appointed Guardian of Russell & Susan Kincaid on 8 Sept 1857 Probate Packet 374 - Minor, Susan Kincaid - A document lists the dates of birth - Susan Kingcade born June 1852 & Russell Kingcade born 23 May 1850 - William & Harrison Johnson appointed Guardians on 23 Dec 1868 - Final Settlement 7 Oct 1871 signed by both Russell and Susan Kingcade 1870 Census Hardin, Pike, Illinois living with the Washington Browdy Family Illinois Marriages Archibald Kinkaid & Margaret Johnson 1 Dec 1842, Pike County, Illinois Missouri Marriages Russell Kinkade & Mary E Thrush 23 Sept 1871, Audrain County, Illinois Russell moved to California and died Dec. 31, 1938 in Long Beach. He is Find A Grave memorial 103183488 Russell Kingcade Barbara Van Hout, in a post from 23 Aug 2013 states: " The will of George Kincaid of Greene County, IL, dated Feb. 28, 1844, is written on the family search page below. His wife Polly Kincaid was the executrix. George gave everything to his wife Polly, and his son Archibald of Pike County, IL is the only child mentioned. Archibald was to received George's set of blacksmith tools. George had died by Oct. 21, 1844, according to these documents." https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17909-31031-28?cc=1834344&wc=M9MT-BZW:n1299987272 I hope this information will help someone. Kim Kincaid (Kit 122441)

That was very kind of you, Kim. Alice Gedge -----Original Message----- From: Kim Kincaid Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 10:25 AM To: kincaid@rootsweb.com Subject: [KINCAID] Archibald Kincaid of Pike County, Illinois I had the chance to stop at the Pike County Courthouse on my way home to Kansas. I checked the Probate Records for Kincaid's and found three packets. >From the papers in these packets I found the following information Probate Packet 732 - Archibald Kincaid 1. Archibald died intestate, March of 1856. 2. In July 1856, Albert St John was appointed administrator and Archibald's heirs were listed as his wife Margaret and minor children Russell and Susan. 3. A sale bill of household items is in the packet and the majority of items were purchased by Elizabeth Johnson 3. On 10 April 1857 the administrator reported that the estate was insolvent and that Margaret was now deceased. There was a piece of property that was sold. 4. On the promissory notes present in the probate packet, Archibald Kincaid signed his name Arch or Archibald Kincaid. Probate Packet 365 - Minor, Russell Kincaid - Elizabeth Johnson appointed Guardian of Russell & Susan Kincaid on 8 Sept 1857 Probate Packet 374 - Minor, Susan Kincaid - A document lists the dates of birth - Susan Kingcade born June 1852 & Russell Kingcade born 23 May 1850 - William & Harrison Johnson appointed Guardians on 23 Dec 1868 - Final Settlement 7 Oct 1871 signed by both Russell and Susan Kingcade 1870 Census Hardin, Pike, Illinois living with the Washington Browdy Family Illinois Marriages Archibald Kinkaid & Margaret Johnson 1 Dec 1842, Pike County, Illinois Missouri Marriages Russell Kinkade & Mary E Thrush 23 Sept 1871, Audrain County, Illinois Russell moved to California and died Dec. 31, 1938 in Long Beach. He is Find A Grave memorial 103183488 Russell Kingcade Barbara Van Hout, in a post from 23 Aug 2013 states: " The will of George Kincaid of Greene County, IL, dated Feb. 28, 1844, is written on the family search page below. His wife Polly Kincaid was the executrix. George gave everything to his wife Polly, and his son Archibald of Pike County, IL is the only child mentioned. Archibald was to received George's set of blacksmith tools. George had died by Oct. 21, 1844, according to these documents." https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17909-31031-28?cc=1834344&wc=M9MT-BZW:n1299987272 I hope this information will help someone. Kim Kincaid (Kit 122441) For complete information about the Kincaid of all spellings DNA project, including a chart, lineages, and how to participate, go to: www.kincaiddna.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message