Dear Listers, Could some kind genealogist explain this: Last known crt. record on my ancestor "Robert C. Don Carlos" was in 1818 Blount Co. TN. (no date of death). His widow "Elizabeth Badgett Don Carlos" remarried William Pryor 1830 Knoxville. Would she have to have him declared dead to have estate records filed and to remarry? Would that be in circuit court records or probate? History states he got into financial problems and drove horses to New Mexico and never heard from again.