LOOK DOWN JOSEPH MERRITT WARREN CO 1791,NAMES MAJOR,JOSEPH,MATTHEW,HOTENTORT,LENTYAND BENJAMIN, MATILDA BORN 1792,WE NEED THE COPY OF THAT WILL IT WILL SHOW WHAT HE WILLED MAYBE MAJOR WAS GROWN AND NO LONGER CHILD ALSO SHOULD BE A DEED IN WARREN COUNTY N.C. FOR JOSEPHS LAND AND MAYBE DEED FOR MAJOR, KAY WHEN YOU GO TO LIBRARY LOOK IN BOOK ABSTRACTS N.C. WILLS, GET COPY OF THIS WILL, THEN LOOK UNDER DEEDS IN WARREN COUNTY,AND GET THAT INFO FOR BOTH JOSEPH AND MAJOR, I WILL SEND YOU A CHECK WHEN YOU TELL ME THE COST I KNOW WE HAVE COPY OF WILL BUT NOT CERTIFIED THIS YEAR ,NEED ONE FROM NOW, THEN WE ARE OFF ON MAJOR AGAIN, BACK TO SQUARE ONE , LOOKING FOR MAJOR AS MATILDAS FATHER ,WHO SIGNED THE WEDDING BOND, OF MATILDAS MERRITT, AND JOSEPH VENABLE MAY 19, 1809 MONTGOMERY CO,VA MAYBE MAJOR OWNED LAND IN MONTGOMERY CO, VA, WE KNOW FROM THE WILL ,WE DO HAVE, THAT JOSEPH'S HOMEPLACE WAS IN HENRICO VA, BECAUSE HE LEFT THAT TO BROTHER BENJAMIN,SAYING IT THEIR HOMEPLACE, ANOTHER THING MAJOR PROBABLY HAD SON BENJAMIN ALSO, EVERYTIME WE FIND MATILDA WE FIND BENJAMIN EVEN AFTER MATILDA IS A WIDOW, IN CARTER CO TENN, WHERE ALL HER CHILDREN BORN, AND JOSEPH VENABLE HAD DIED IN JOHNSON CO TENN. THE CHEESE GETS MORE BINDING BUT MAYBE IN STEAD OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, CENSUS, WE NEED TO GO DEEDS AND GRANTS ETC, BECAUSE EVERY ONE FOLLOWED FREE LAND. EN MASSE, PAT ----- Original Message ----- From: kevin sheridan <> To: <> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 8:08 PM Subject: various NC wills late 1700s > Dear List, > I just wanted to share. I hope it can help someone. > > >From the book: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills: > > Tyrell County, NC > John Marrett 1770 names Hezekiah, Zachariah, Jesse, Isaac, Keziah and > Jonathan > > Warren County, NC > Thomas Merrit 1786 names Elender, John and Reuben > Joseph Merritt 1791 names Major, Joseph, Matthew, Hotenbert, Lenty and > Benjamin > > Duplin County, NC > Joseph Merritt 1795 names Elizabeth and William > > Edgecombe County, NC > Thomas Merritt 1768 names William, Benjamin, Mary I., Martha, Margaret, > Barbara, Fanny, Shalaty and James > Mary Merritt 1778 names Emanuel > > Granville County, NC > Benjamin Merritt 1777 names Ephraim; Boyd, Ephraim, Rose; Langston, > Alice > > Halifax County, NC > Benjamin Merritt 1761 names Mary wife, Nathan, Ephraim, Sarah, and Mary > Mary Merritt 1778 names Ephraim, Matthew and Benjamin > Mary Merritt 1778 names Molly, Amy and Sale > Richard Merritt 1781 names Sarah, James, Richard, Ephraim, Annie, Mary, > Amy, Waddill > Wm. Merritt 1784 names Richard, Thomas and Absolom > Ephraim Merritt 1789 names Nathaniel, Jeremiah and Holly > Thomas Merritt 1794 names Mary wife, Fred, Shadrack and Madrock > > Moore County, NC > James Merritt 1797 names Ann wife, Sylvanus, Obadiah, Liles, John, Mark, > Molly, James, Lewis, Nancy, Sallie, Priscilla and Rhoda > > Nashville (County? or city?), NC > Benjamin 1779 names William, Henry Benjamin and Sarah > > Sherry Sheridan > > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > >