Pam, ("Does anyone have the will of John TRAVIS? James? David? William?") I can offer Caswell County North Carolina index information that may be of help to you. The will abstract of John TRAVIS appears to be possibly the next generation, but thought if may be useful to you. Reference CASWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WILL BOOKS 1843-1868, Abstracts by Katherine Kerr Kendall, Index by Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson, 1998 Page 138 - Will Book T, April Court 1864, page 47 - Will - w. 4 March 1864. Wife Mary B. Travis all estate of her life to be used for benefit of children. At her de3ath, all estate sold and equally div to surviving children or grandchildren. Tract of land in Rockingham Co. to be sold. Exec: Friend W. H. Gatewood. Wit: H. E. Hodges, R. A. Gatewood. There are also 30 other references to TRAVIS in the book, including: P. 10, Stephen TRAVIS, witness to will Elisha ALVERSON, 1845 P. 17, List of Insolvents, 1844, Caswell District, ... James Travis... P. 37, Will Benjamin C. West, October Court 1849, ...3 daughters... Mary B. TRAVIS... P. 39, Will Book Q 1850, p. 339, Sale property of Benjamin C. WEST - ...lands rented to John TRAVIS & William ROHR P. 41, Will Book Q 1850, p. 376, Sales of estate of John Cobb to ... James J. TRAVIS... P. 59, Will Book R, Jan 1853, p. 15, Sale property of John McDaniel to ... Jno W. TRAVIS... P. 66, Will Book R 1854, p. 169, Inv. Property of William Walker, Sale of property 25 Jam 1854 to ... John C. TRAVIS P. 71, List of Insolvents, Caswell District, July 1854, ... TRAVIS, Wmson 1849-50 runaway P. 152, p. 254, Book T 1867, Money recvd by Wm. H. Gatewood, adm estate of Stephen TRAVIS decd... P. 172, Guardian Account, 1861, Guardian John Travis, Orphan Francis M. Travis, Recd of S. S. Harrison adm of Arable Ingram Reference CASWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WILL BOOKS 1777-1814, and 1814-1843, Abstracts by Katherine Kerr Kendall, Index by Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson, Reprinted by CLEARFIELD, 1997 Book 1 - P. 35 July Court 1791, ill Book B, p. 409, Thomas PALMER, Will, ... Wit David TRAVIS P. 103 Oct Court 1806, Book E, 1806, p 281, James Carrole, Adm. estate of Elizabeth Bruce, Pain legacies to ... John TRAVIS for David TOLLOCH... settlement estate of Robert Bruce... P. 104, Will Book E, P. 291, John Chilton, Will, my 6 children...Polly TRAVIS, Sally TRAVIS... P. 106, Sales of estate of John Chilton, 18 Nov. 1806, to ... John TRAVIS, James TRAVIS... Book 2 - P. 5, Book G, 1815, Insolvents for 1813, ...Jno TRAVIS... P. 23, Book H, p. 35, Sale property of Meradith Price decd sold 7 Feb 1817 to ...James TRAVIS P. 121, Book M, p. 484, sales of estate ... to Thomas TRAVIS P. 124 P. 138 P. 148 P. 150 P. 154 P. 180, 1850 Mortality Schedule, . -----Original Message----- From: pamstone [mailto:pamstone@digital.net] Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 7:57 PM To: NCCASWEL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: TRAVIS & CHILTON Hi, all, Looking for more information on my John TRAVIS, who appears to have been born about 1770, probably in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He appears to have resided in Caswell, and may have had later Caswell descendants with the same surname. The estate records of Robert BRUCE in Caswell Co., NC (who seems to have been the same Robert BRUCE on the 1782 Tax List of Pittsylvania with a family of 11 white persons?,) show John TRAVIS receiving for David TULLOCH David's portion of the legacy of Robert BRUCE, who died 1791 in Caswell, and his wife, Elizabeth, who was deceased by 1806 in Caswell. The will of John CHILTON, who died 1806 in Caswell, NC named daughters: Polly TRAVIS & Sally TRAVIS. The estate sale records for John CHILTON's estate were attended by two TRAVIS men: John TRAVIS and James TRAVIS. Does anyone have more information on TRAVISes in Caswell? My John TRAVIS was recorded on the 1821 Tax List of Pittsylvania Co, VA with 3 sons and 6 daughters, all born before 1811. John was over 45 years of age on this List. One of John TRAVIS' daughters was Ellender (or Eleanor, Ellen), who married John D. STONE in Pittsylvania in 1822. John STONE's father d. 1811 in Caswell Co., NC; he appears to have Epaphroditus (Epephroditus, etc.) STONE, who apparently died at a young age. (Another son of Epaphroditus, whose wife was Lucy, was Tilman Stone, also recorded in Caswell.) I have not located the will of John TRAVIS---he did not die in Pittsylvania, as far as I can tell (nor did James, that I know of.) I feel sure some of the later Caswell Travises come from John? John TRAVIS may? be connected to William TRAVIS, who was recorded on the 1782 Tax List of Pittsylvania Co., VA with a household of 9 white persons. He may? be connected to a David TRAVIS, who witnessed the will of Thomas PALMER in 1784 in Caswell Co., NC. Does anyone have the will of John TRAVIS? James? David? William? Pam pamstone@digital.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, all, Looking for more information on my John TRAVIS, who appears to have been born about 1770, probably in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He appears to have resided in Caswell, and may have had later Caswell descendants with the same surname. The estate records of Robert BRUCE in Caswell Co., NC (who seems to have been the same Robert BRUCE on the 1782 Tax List of Pittsylvania with a family of 11 white persons?,) show John TRAVIS receiving for David TULLOCH David's portion of the legacy of Robert BRUCE, who died 1791 in Caswell, and his wife, Elizabeth, who was deceased by 1806 in Caswell. The will of John CHILTON, who died 1806 in Caswell, NC named daughters: Polly TRAVIS & Sally TRAVIS. The estate sale records for John CHILTON's estate were attended by two TRAVIS men: John TRAVIS and James TRAVIS. Does anyone have more information on TRAVISes in Caswell? My John TRAVIS was recorded on the 1821 Tax List of Pittsylvania Co, VA with 3 sons and 6 daughters, all born before 1811. John was over 45 years of age on this List. One of John TRAVIS' daughters was Ellender (or Eleanor, Ellen), who married John D. STONE in Pittsylvania in 1822. John STONE's father d. 1811 in Caswell Co., NC; he appears to have Epaphroditus (Epephroditus, etc.) STONE, who apparently died at a young age. (Another son of Epaphroditus, whose wife was Lucy, was Tilman Stone, also recorded in Caswell.) I have not located the will of John TRAVIS---he did not die in Pittsylvania, as far as I can tell (nor did James, that I know of.) I feel sure some of the later Caswell Travises come from John? John TRAVIS may? be connected to William TRAVIS, who was recorded on the 1782 Tax List of Pittsylvania Co., VA with a household of 9 white persons. He may? be connected to a David TRAVIS, who witnessed the will of Thomas PALMER in 1784 in Caswell Co., NC. Does anyone have the will of John TRAVIS? James? David? William? Pam pamstone@digital.net

Hello, Charles According to Maud Carter Clement's History of Pittsylvania Co VA, the will of Major William BEAVERS was probated in 1822 in Pittsylvania Co VA. This will names the testator's sons as William BEAVERS, Edwin R. BEAVERS and John Fontaine BEAVERS, and it names the testator's daughter as Mary GATEWOOD. The will also names the testator's wife's mother as Mrs. Elizabeth FONTAINE. I do not know where Nancy MCDANIEL BEAVERS, wife of this testator, died. However, I do know that she predeceased her husband. Her parents, William MCDANIEL and Ann SMITH, lived in Pittsylvania Co VA, but very near to the Virginia-North Carolina state line, and within a stone's throw of Caswell Co NC. (They also owned much land in Halifax Co VA, which borders both Pittsylvania Co VA and Caswell Co NC.) Nancy MCDANIEL married the testator Major William BEAVERS under a Pittsylvania Co VA Marriage Bond dated 8 February 1790; the bondsman for this marriage was named as Daniel PRICE, and the mother of the bride was named as Ann MCDANIEL. The only one of the testator's children that I'm sure was Nancy's child is son William BEAVERS, who was born in about 1792. Nancy MCDANIEL BEAVERS may also have been the mother of Edwin R. BEAVERS and Mary BEAVERS GATEWOOD, but "Edwin" is not a forename we see in the MCDANIEL family, so it's hard to tell. The testator's son John Fontaine BEAVERS was a child of the testator's last wife, Elizabeth FONTAINE, whom he had married under a Pittsylvania Co VA marriage bond dated 1 March 1802. Elizabeth FONTAINE was a daughter of Moses FONTAINE and Elizabeth BALLARD; Elizabeth BALLARD FONTAINE is named in the will of the testator, Major William BEAVERS. If you want to see that 1822 will, you can approach the Courthouse of Pittsylvania Co VA, or you can order a microfilm of the will book through your local LDS Family History Centre and read the will yourself. It would be helpful for me to tell you which will book it is in, but I do not know this myself; I took this second-hand from Clement's book. If this were my own ancestor, however, I would never leave it at that; I'd make sure that I saw the original will, because secondary sources do not always abstract wills accurately. I do not have in my files a William BEAVERS born within a decade either way of 1807, but this is a collateral line for me, too, so that does not mean that this William BEAVERS does not attach here in some way. William MCDANIEL and Ann SMITH are my direct ancestors, but through their daughter Chloe T. MCDANIEL, who married William COLEMAN. I was unaware that any of the children of William MCDANIEL and Ann SMITH had lived in North Carolina, although I suppose it is possible. I've been told that some of their children moved to Tennessee and that at least one died in Mississippi. Some, such as my line, remained in Virginia. In the next generation, some of the grandchildren of William MCDANIEL and Ann SMITH did live in Caswell Co NC, I believe. Cheers Lin At 09:43 01/08/2002 -0600, mcdanickm@gvltec.edu wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >Classification: Query >Message Board URL: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1379.1392.1406.1 >Message Board Post: >I know that William Beavers Sr. left a will in 1822 but I failed to write >down where the Will was probated. I did put down that Nancy Mc Daniel >Beavers probably died in Causwell Co., NC. Several of the children of >William and Ann Mc Daniel went down to Caswell Co., NC to live along with >some cousins. This is a collateral line of mine and I have not taken time >to look up the will. I would search the will books of Causwell Co. or if >you can't go there personally you could write or call the courthouse in >Causwell Co, Nc and see if they would do it for you. Good luck in your >search. Charles

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CORBETT, CORBIT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/1648 Message Board Post: I am seeking for ties of the Corbett family in Caswell Co., NC with my ancestors that lived in Lamar County, AL. My ancestors Jesse Corbett who married a Sarah (?Howard). There was also a Andrew Corbett (spouse-Eliza). Father could possibly have been a Lewis Corbett from Caswell Co. If you have any info please email me at kwest@bamacomm.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1379.1392.1406.2 Message Board Post: My William Beaver was born in 1807 I do not know where only census states he was born in NC.Who did your William marry?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1379.1392.1406.1 Message Board Post: I know that William Beavers Sr. left a will in 1822 but I failed to write down where the Will was probated. I did put down that Nancy Mc Daniel Beavers probably died in Causwell Co., NC. Several of the children of William and Ann Mc Daniel went down to Caswell Co., NC to live along with some cousins. This is a collateral line of mine and I have not taken time to look up the will. I would search the will books of Causwell Co. or if you can't go there personally you could write or call the courthouse in Causwell Co, Nc and see if they would do it for you. Good luck in your search. Charles

Hello ALL: What do you know about the following family? Is Samuel HENDERSON the same as in the 1755 tax list of Granville Co., NC? Who were the parents of Samuel? Who were siblings of Samuel or Joseph HENDERSON? Any information on the following HENDERSON or LEA family is appreciated. Bill Caddell ========================================================================= Samuel HENDERSON of Caswell Co., NC m. ? Children: Joseph HENDERSON :b. c1740 m. c1770 Adelphia LEA :b. c1748. St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Co. VA :d. 3 Jan 1813, Wilkes Co. GA Joseph & Adelphia had six Children: 1. Isabella Graves HENDERSON 2. Adelphia HENDERSON 3. Mary HENDERSON 4. John HENDERSON 5. Joseph HENDERSON, Jr. 6. Major HENDERSON Adelphia LEA was dau of James LEA of Caswell Co., NC 1789, Joseph bought from his father (Samuel HENDERSON, Sr,) of Caswell Co. 200 acres in Wiles Co., GA, Recorded 2 June 1789. Joseph received lots 3 and 5 in the settlement of James LEA's estate in Caswell Co. (James LEA was Joseph's father-in-law). 1803 Joseph sold the 200 acres in Wilkes Co. GA to Griffin SMITH.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/874.894.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, I am looking for a Nancy Graves who married prob. about 23 Mar 1854 Lancaster, PA Daniel Lower b. 1829 Germany. She died 21 Dec. 1860 Howard, KS. Daughter Rose b. 1866 Wabash, IND. Do you know anything about this Nancy Graves? Thanks, Shelia Towell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/1647.1 Message Board Post: There is a Virginia Newson listed but on the actual census it looks like Newsom. She is living in the Archibald McDo??ett household( he is age 32 b.SC Teacher). Virginia is listed as age 15 b.NC. There are several young girls(diff surnames) listed in this household. This is the only Newson listed in Caswell Co., NC.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NEWSOM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/1647 Message Board Post: Could someone with the 1850 Caswell Co N C census please give me a listing for the Newsom family. Thanks, T Blankenship

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benton, Easter, Campbell, Moore, Cole, Brinegar, Hunt, Parke, Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1646 Message Board Post: In 1787, Richard Benton married Winifred Hopper. A John Murphey acted as bondsman. Does anyone know anything about this John Murphey? Was he related somehow? Lynn

Thanks to Art Simpson who caught my mistake in my query for THOMAS T. SIMPSON's will for not showing that Caswell County and Rockingham County are both in the state of NORTH CAROLINA. Sorry for the confusion. Dottie Pickett

I've got a Pheby WILLIAMSON marrying James BOSWELL 7 Jan 1806 in Person County, NC, but no information on her. Does anyone recognize her name? Walt Boswell hogdu26@knology.net Don't bug me now, man. I'm in the middle of an absence seizure.

I am looking for a will or obituary for THOMAS T. SIMPSON, b. 1/13/1825 Caswell Co. d. 1/25/1909 Rockingham Co., buried Camp Springs Meth. Church, Caswell Co. Married 1st: Martha W. Hodges of Caswell, 2nd Nannie J. Matkins of Rockingham. If anyone would be willing to share or look up this information for me I would be most appreciative. This is my 2nd great grandfather. Dottie Pickett Naples, FL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williamson, Lee or Lea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1645 Message Board Post: This is an update of a previous posting. I'm looking for parents and siblings of Thomas Jefferson Williamson, born (according to family record) in "Kingston," North Carolina September 12, 1820 or September 14, 1821 and died in Vandalia, MO July 17, 1904. T.J. Williamson married Mary Pluma Spencer in Adams County, Illinois in 1839 AND October 22, 1840 in Caswell County, NC. Mary Pluma Spencer was born in W. Hartford, CN Jan 26, 1818 and is the daughter of Moses Roswell Spencer and Alma Flagg. Her branch of the family settled in Adams County and owned much farmland there, in Iowa and in MO. I am descended from one of their daughters, Lucillia Isabella Williamson, who married William Wood December 20, 1868 in Ralls County, MO. TJ Williamson and Mary Pluma Spencer are both buried in Fern Chapel Cemetery in Ralls County, MO. This family record states that his father was Dr. Anthony Williamson, born in Virginia in 1799 and that his mother was Elizabeth Lee/Lea who was also born in! Virginia in 1800. There was an Anthony Williamson and Elizabeth Kerr Lea in Caswell County in the early-mid 1800s, but no record shows that they had a son by the name of T.J. Williamson. They likely had relatives who also lived in TN, possibly Madison County. There is a Dr. Anthony Williamson who is buried in Denmark, Madison County, TN who would be about the right age of the Anthony mentioned above. I have some descendant records but no ancestral records for T.J. Williamson, Anthony Williamson, or Elizabeth Lee. Census records reveal no helpful information. Any leads are very appreciated as this has been an enigma to me. I have many ancestral and descendant records for the Spencers going back to the mid 1400s in England.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Neely/Neeley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1644 Message Board Post: Do you know if any of your Neely's came to Indiana?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, Turney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/219.1 Message Board Post: I am not a King, but have seen the name in early records of Tennessee when it was still North Carolina. I think one of the Kings was one of the first surveyors of Kentucky. This would be earliers than the 1800 you mention, would these be your Kings? Peter Turney Sr who died 1804 in Smith Co TN was one of the first surveyors for North Carolina of what became Tennessee....so he kind of hung out with other surveyors, that is probably where I have seen the King name. Mary Turney Miller

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Turney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/10.908.2 Message Board Post: Would you have any other information on the Henry Turney on this list for 1784-87 Caswell Co NC???? A Henry Turney out of North Carolina moved into Tennessee around 1786 or so, and I am trying to find if he had siblings, etc. He ended up not far from my Henry Turney in Smith Co TN. My Turney was originally out of Shenandoah Valley of VA to eastern TN (NC then), 1780s-to about 1803 in Hawkins Co TN, then to Clear Forks in Smith Co TN. The North Carlina Henry Turney was probably the one born in Maryland, then the family moved to NC but I have not found them in NC.....his Rev War pension states he grew up in North Carolina and fought with a unit out of there. So your list is a real clue where I should look....just hope it is Turney and not Turner as they often mixed those up. I also notice the King name, think some of them were early to Kentucky. Could you give me a reference where you found this list? Thank you so much. Mary

I am searching for information on ELIZABETH RICHMOND, born in the 1790's in NC. In 1812 she married BENJAMIN GRISHAM/GRISSOM in Sumner County, TN. Also in Sumner at the time was a LEVI RICHMOND. Believe Levi was probably Elizabeth's younger brother, or some such relation. Elizabeth was related by marriage to the DORRIS family. I know that pre 1800 the DORRIS family was in Caswell, as was a RICHMOND family, though I don't know if the later is related to my Elizabeth and Levi. Would welcome and appreciate any information on these folks, and of course, will be very happy to share what I have. Thanks for your time. Jenny at eddnick@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1597.1 Message Board Post: I have researched decendents and ancestors of Garland/Hicks back to the early 1800's I would like to share my information with you my email is ritalea@hotmail.com