Hi, Who were Ann Smith's children from her first marriage? Neal Lin wrote: > > 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 > > ============================== > 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