At 02:39 PM 6/1/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I was wondering if there is any way to see if John W Littleton, who was named in the 1844 will of his father, William Littleton, who died in Clarke Co, actually received his 1/5 share of the estate? Is there any kind of record kept on settlement or disbursement pr estate proceeds? > >Why you ask??? >I have always thought that his son, John W Littleton was my ggg gf, but the problem arises from the fact that MY ggg gf, John W Littleton, died in Ohio in 1838, 4 years before his father. Is it possible his father didn't know he had died 4 years earlier? > I have an ancestor with a will in 1843, he gives something to all his children, even two who had died. He knew they had died. I wondered about that. Someone said the dead children's share would go to their estate and be divided by the heirs. It was a way of insuring that the will would not later be broken by the families of the dead children. Any lawyers out there? Mary [email protected]