Hi List, Extracted from another list. This is a part of a long genealogy of John BELL in Craven County. If anyone needs the entire message, please let me know off list. Joe Notes for Joshua Simpson: WIll of May 28, 1803, proved Sept. Court 1809. According to Rebecca's Sander's will book, Joshua Simpson's will does not mention a son named Absolom. However, on 26 Jan. 1819, Absalom, and his siblings Jean Pinkham, Sarah Whitehurst, and Charlotte Simpson sold for $352 to Jechonias Pigott of the Town of Beaufort 136 acres of land on the west side of North River given them "by the Last Will and Testament of Joshua Simpson senr. Decd. viz (Absalom 80 ac, Jane 20 ac, Sarah 20 ac, and Charlotte 16 ac) (S, 134). Perhaps "Abraham" was Absalom. Court minutes of Mar. 5, 1810 recorded "John Simpson returned the inventory of the estate of Joshua Simpson, decd." Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT/CUMMISKEY List Administrator/Rootsweb I use America's Book CDs in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.abcd-usa.com/ I support the Godfrey Memorial Library. http://www.godfrey.org/ Proud to be a member of LostCousins! http://www.LostCousins.com/