This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Black, Irwin, McAuley, Grier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UUB.2ACE/3207.1 Message Board Post: Mary (Irwin) Black is mentioned in her father, James Irwin's, will dated 18 Apr 1845, probated during Apr 1845 term of court, Mecklenburg Co., NC. James Irwin names his wife Elizabeth; his children: Robert, James, and Sarah, wife of Caleb Irwin, and Jane, wife of John McAuley; the following grandchildren: Cintha, dau. of deceased son John, Mary A. Black, dau. of [my dau.] Mary Black, deceased, and Mary Grier, dau. of [my dau.] Eliza Grier. He left part of his estate for the educating of his grandson, James R. McAuley. Exrs.: James Hood and son James Irwin. Wit: Wm. Maxwell and Joseph H. Irwin. There are 23 Mecklenburg Co., NC wills which mention the name William Black, encluding William, William A., William H., William Lee, William Newton, and William T. Black.