Hello, John and Shelly and anyone else studying TAPSCOTTs The Nancy TAPSCOTT you are discussing was Nancy4 (Henry3, James2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT and was the same person as Nancy5 (Nancy4, Henry3, Edney2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT. The 26 May 1832 (probated July 1832) will of Henry3 (James2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT (Caswell Co NC Will Book M page 188) names (in this order) "my son Samuel Tapscott", "my son William Tapscott", "my daughter NANCY TAPSCOTT", "my daughter Susannah Tapscott" and "my son James Tapscott". The 17 September 1839 will of John4 (Henry3, Edney2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT (Caswell Co NC Will Book O page 1), who died without issue of his own, names the testator's "niece Bucey TAPSCOTT daughter of Henry TAPSCOTT". (Lin adds: Nancy/"Bucey" was John's niece by way of being a daughter of Nancy TAPSCOTT TAPSCOTT sister of this testator John TAPSCOTT. That sister was born a TAPSCOTT and married her cousin Henry TAPSCOTT. This will also names John's niece Susannah TAPSCOTT daughter of Henry TAPSCOTT, so "Bucey" can only be Nancy.) The 26 December 1846 (probated 1847) will of William4 (Henry3, James2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT (Caswell Co NC Will Book P page 394) names the testator's brother James Tapscott, his brother Henry C. Tapscott, his brother Samuel Tapscott, his sister Susan and his sister NANCY. 1850 US Census NC Caswell Co page 253B line 1 dwelling 1215 family 1219: TAPSCOTT Jas 47 born Caswell Co NC farmer value RE $700 TAPSCOTT Henry C. 50 born Caswell Co NC farmer value RE $280 TAPSCOTT NANCY 56 born Caswell Co NC "blind" TAPSCOTT Susan 53 born Caswell Co NC John, I took this straight off the census page on a microfilm which I own and am looking at right now. It definitely says Henry, plainly. John Fox wrote: >Now I have to find to whom these Tapscots belonged. They all seem to be >siblings, from their close ages. They certainly were siblings. They were the youngest four of the six children of record of Henry3 (James2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT and his wife nee Nancy4 (Henry3, Edney2, Henry1) TAPSCOTT. The other two of the six were Samuel TAPSCOTT (c1790-1857), who was head of his own family over in Rockingham Co NC in this census, and William TAPSCOTT (c1793- c1847), who had died before this census and whose will I have abstracted for you above. I do not find Nancy in the 1860 US Census in Caswell Co NC, but Shelly, THANK YOU for finding her in the 1860 in Haywood Co TN! Shelly, this 65-year-old unmarried and presumed childless owner of $8,500 worth of real estate Nancy TAPSCOTT is a PRIME CANDIDATE to have a juicy probate file. Have you checked Haywood Co TN records for a will? If you find no will, check for a probate file in which her heirs-at-law (nieces and nephews etc., and perhaps these Bayneses) went to court to get her land. If you don't find a probate file, then at the very least I would expect you could find a deed in which her heirs-at-law sell her land. There is much still to learn about her siblings and her nieces and nephews. By 1860, her eldest brother Samuel TAPSCOTT (c1790-1858) had died in Alamance Co NC leaving a will (which I have not seen), her brother William TAPSCOTT (c1793-c1847) had died in Caswell Co NC leaving a will which I have seen (I abstracted it above), her brother Henry C. TAPSCOTT (c1800-1858) had died in Alamance Co NC leaving a will (according to you, John! I have not seen this will but would like to) and her brother James TAPSCOTT had also died (we know this because the 10 May 1857 Alamance Co NC will of Samuel Tapscott is said to refer to "the estate of my deceased brother James"). My feeling is that if Nancy's spinster sister Susan TAPSCOTT were still living in 1860, she wouldn't be very far away from Nancy. Shelly, do you find a Susan or Susannah TAPSCOTT aged about 63 years with a North Carolina birthplace in the 1860 US Census in Haywood Co TN? Do let us know what you find, won't you?! Lin Surrey, England At 14:26 27/08/2002 -0600, bebenjohn@aol.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >Surnames: Tapscott >Message Board URL: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1654.1.1.1.1.1 > >Hello Shelly, > >Perhaps the reason Nancy Tapscott was mentioned, was that she was >considered a member of the family. > >I have seen varying descriptions of this Nancy as being born blind, and >being 65 years of age. I really need to see the Census records to be sure >of what they really intended. > >A record of a Nancy Tapscott exists in the 1850 Census for Caswell County >with several others who seem to be her siblings, given the age >range. That census does list her as age 54 and blind. I wonder if this >were the same Nancy that you have seen. The abstract of the Census did >not list the race for the Tapscotts given. (Another thing to check) >Best regards, >John Fox >Winston Salem, NC