This message is being forwarded to the list by the listowner. If you can add something to the message below or wish to contact the person who wrote the message, reply to "Harald Reksten" <hreksten@erols.com>. Please do not reply to the listowner. This message came in while I was on vacation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harald Reksten" <hreksten@erols.com> To: <PattersonGenealogyNC@yahoogroups.com> Cc: "Patterson Rootsweb List" <PATTERSON-L@rootsweb.com>; "Cay Devin" <devinc@devca.com>; "Roger" <rogcat@planetc.com>; <bjhulse@aol.com> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:33 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [PattersonGenealogyNC] Re: Robert Patterson's 1775 Will - SC > I don't know. My suspicion is that they were related but not as Father and son. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wpatersn@wfubmc.edu > To: PattersonGenealogyNC@yahoogroups.com > Cc: Patterson Rootsweb List ; Cay Devin ; Roger ; bjhulse@aol.com > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: [PattersonGenealogyNC] Re: Robert Patterson's 1775 Will - SC > > > Harald, any idea who the second Robert Patterson may have been in the > 1790 York census? > Wes > > Harald Reksten wrote: > > > You are quite right. It is very possible that Robert died in 1775 and > > the > > will was not probated until his wife died in 1791. The will for > > Robert Jr. > > was handled the same way in McMinn County. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Wes Patterson" <wpatersn@wfubmc.edu> > > To: "Patterson Rootsweb List" <PATTERSON-L@rootsweb.com>; > > "PattersonGenealogyNC" <PattersonGenealogyNC@egroups.com>; "Cay Devin" > > > > <devinc@devca.com>; "Harald Reksten" <hreksten@erols.com>; "Roger" > > <rogcat@planetc.com>; <bjhulse@aol.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:32 PM > > Subject: Robert Patterson's 1775 Will - SC > > > > > > To all: > > > > I would like to know if someone can help me with court minutes > > terminology. I have been reviewing many of the court minutes from York > > > > Co., SC 1786 - 1797 just this last week, and found some interesting > > notes regarding the old Robert Patterson who wrote his will in 1775 > > and > > had his will recorded in 1791. Many of us have assumed over the months > > > > and years that Robert probably died around 1791 since his will was > > recorded then. > > > > However, there are several good reasons to believe he died before > > October of 1790, and possibly even well before then. Here's my > > question. > > What specifically does it mean to say that a will was "proven" in > > court? > > Does that mean that a will was written and witnessed and that proves > > it? > > Or does it mean that the person who wrote the will has died and then > > his > > will was "proven in court"? > > > > On Thursday, Oct. 14, 1790 (pg. 285 of the court records) states the > > following: "Will of Robert Patterson Senr deceased, formerly proven > > by > > James Dickey and Nathaniel Harrison before Samuel Swann Esqr, was > > ordered to be recorded." > > > > Robert Patterson wrote his will in 1775 and it was signed by James > > Dickey and Nathaniel Harrison, that we DO know. This record above > > proves > > that Robert Patterson was dead by October 1790 at the latest. However, > > > > at that point in time, it's obvious that the will HAD been proved, but > > > > HAD NOT be recorded officially. So what does it mean to "prove" a > > will? > > One major thing to remember, Betty (a fellow Patterson and Harrison > > researcher) has pointed out to me that the Nathaniel Harrison in > > question died in 1784, six years before this 1790 entry. And yet the > > 1790 entry says that Harrison proved the will. > > > > So, did Robert Patterson die by 1783 or 84? Yet, there were two Robert > > > > Pattersons in York Co., SC in the 1790 census, assumed to be the > > Robert > > in question, and also his son Robert Jr. > > > > I would appreciate any insight, please. Thanks. > > > > Wes Patterson > > http://wespatterson.com/gen.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > [Image] > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > PattersonGenealogyNC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > PattersonGenealogyNC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > >