All indications are that Robert died in Jones County. His property included several lots within the town of Trenton. Benny ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth R. Westbrook <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] Robert Kornegay > Where did Robert die? I think there was a family of Robert Kornegay's in > the Mount Olive area (Could be Wayne or Duplin Co) > many years ago. > If my memory serves me right - there was a family in Mt Olive area of Hatch > and there was a someone by the name Durant in that family. I'm sure much > younger generation than you are speaking of - but could be related. > the Durant Hatch that you are speaking of could have been a son in > law. Often times the men would give property to a son in law > instead of the daughter. > Good luck > Ruth > > > At 07:28 PM 3/2/01 -0600, you wrote: > >Pat - > > > >I promised some time ago to look up my documentation on the children of > >Robert Kornegay. The children that I have listed are Jane O. Kornegay > >Lane, David Smith Kornegay, Thomas Kornegay, Mary S. Kornegay and > >Alexander Hambleton Kornegay. I only have circumstantial evidence that > >these are his children. These names come from three different records > >where Durant Hatch Jr. acting as administrator of Robert Kornegay's estate > >was selling various piece of property. In all three records these people > >are listed as heirs of Robert Kornegay, not children of Robert Kornegay. > >Jane was married to Levin B. Lane and it would appear that the remaining > >children are probably juveniles at the time of death. For your records one > >of the sales transactions is on page 714 of the Z.H. Gwynn book, item 442. > > > >I have not located a will for Robert Kornegay. I believe he was born in > >1782 and died in 1825 when he was 43. Dying at that young age I do not > >believe that he had a will. Robert died when David Smith was 15. David > >Smith came to Texas in 1830 when he was 20 years old. According to family > >legend passed down through descendents of David Smith to me, David Smith > >came to Texas because of a dispute about his father Robert's estate. From > >reading various property sales transactions it is evident that Robert's > >wife Latitia was still alive in 1830 when David Smith moved to Texas. I am > >not quite sure why Durant Hatch Jr. was the administrator of the estate > >instead of Latitia. He made many transactions on behalf of the estate > >including buying some of the estate properties himself. I always suspected > >that David Smith believed that Durant Hatch Jr. was not acting in the best > >interests of the estate and that is why he moved to Texas. > > > >I also have a copy of the original will of David Kornegay, Robert's > >father, that I obtained from the Jones County courthouse in the 1970s. In > >the will David's wife is listed as Lettice so that is the spelling I have > >been using in my records. > > > >Benny > > > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > >To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; > >To subscribe or unsubscribe send to [email protected] > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > To view Kornegay Family Pages go to > http://www.jbquinn.net/Family_History/index.htm > >