Thanks. Someone else answered off list, too. Apparently he does show up twice as executor/witness to other people's wills. I'm starting to wonder if he didn't move out of the area. I'm not finding any sign of his death in Gallia County, and we don't find his children in the later census records. Pam ----- Original Message ----- > Yes, there is an index to Gallia County, Ohio Wills and Estates, 1803-1900. > The wills are also housed at the Gallia County Historical & Genealogical > Society at 412 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. If there is someone you wish me to > search and see if there is a will please let me know. If it is for Sanford > York, I looked and there is not one in the index. > > Marjorie

Pam, I had an uncle that was a JP and his named appeared along with a lot of people's wills as sureities and appasier, so Sanford probable did the same in his area of the county. Cheryl Enyart VP, Gallia County Genealogical Society 412 Second Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 1-740-446-7200 " Pam C." <plculver@pcisys.net> wrote: Thanks. Someone else answered off list, too. Apparently he does show up twice as executor/witness to other people's wills. I'm starting to wonder if he didn't move out of the area. I'm not finding any sign of his death in Gallia County, and we don't find his children in the later census records. Pam --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

What's weird, though, is that no will is listed for him. That's why I'm wondering if he may have left the area. Only one of his children appear in the census there in 1850. He is in the 1840 census, but seems to have dropped off the face of the earth after that. I know he was married just after the census was taken, but I can't even find his widow anywhere. He may have died before 1850. We did find some of his children, living other places with relatives. But I would really like to know what actually happened to him. Pam ----- Original Message ----- > Pam, > I had an uncle that was a JP and his named appeared along with a lot of people's wills as sureities and appasier, so Sanford probable did the same in his area of the county. > Cheryl Enyart > VP, Gallia County Genealogical Society > 412 Second Avenue > Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 > 1-740-446-7200