Hi Virginia, Do you need a census search? Or do you have all of those for Wilkinson? Judy At 11:05 PM 7/29/2006, you wrote: >I believe I copied these from the loose probate papers. >I do have one question that someone out there might answer; In the >first records the heirs are listed as: Moses Cavin, David N. Cavin & >Mary Jane Cavin; in later records the heirs are listed as Moses >Cavin, James P. Cavin & Mary Jane Cavin. >Anyone have any idea why James P. was left off the first list and >David N off the others? > >I have her children as >1. WILLIAM THOMAS CAVIN JR. > >2. WALTER CAVIN > >3. ROBERT CAVIN > >4. JAMES PIAS CAVIN > >5. INFANT.(Male) > >2 months old, 3 July 1850 Mississippi. This child either died or is >Moses, two years younger than thought. > >6. MOSES CAVIN > >7. DAVID NATHAN CAVIN > > > >----------------------------------------------- > >from loose probate records > >MARY JANE SHROPSHIRE CAVIN > > > >17 Nov. 1868 > >W. T. CAVIN, petitioner: Moses Cavin a minor more than 14 years & >one of the heirs of his mother, Mary Jane Cavin elected your >Petitioner as his legal guardian. > >Mary Jane Cavin left two other children DAVID N. CAVIN & MARY JANE >CAVIN who are now minors under 14. > >Their father and mother are both dead. They are Minor children, >heirs to their mother, Mary Jane Cavin, for a small property & some money. > >____________________________________________ > > > >23 Nov 1868 > >Wesley Riley & David Day were present when Walter Shropshire when >500 acres more or less on this side of Buffalo was sold to M. A. >Crisp & T. L. Whetstone for $3703 abt 200 acres on the other side of >Buffalo to Moses Cavin for $2300 & 700 acres of home place for $6203. > >Sale made of Walter Shropshire este by W. T. Cavin for purpose of >distruibution among leagal heirs of Walter Shropshire deceased. > >_____________________________________ > > > > > >Guardian of personal estate of Mary Jane, James P & Moses Cavin, >children & heirs of Mary Cavin deceased, none over 21. 19 May 1873. > > > >The undersigned heirs of Mary Cavin > >Mary Jane a married woman, wife of J. B. Smith, had a full settlement. > >W. T. Cavin, guardian of Mary Jane Smith, James P. Cavin & Moses >Cavin. 19 Mary 1873. > > > > > >==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== >unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com >unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com >Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin >archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >Tina Halls webpages: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > No genealogical joy matches seeking and finding that which was thought not to exist.