Hi, folks. I'm new to your lists because I've found info that I can't figure out... perhaps one of you will know the answers I'm looking for! HUGH SHERRILL's will was written 19 July 1836. He lists his heirs as wife, Jane R. Sherrill; mother, Elizabeth Sherrill; children: Saraphine, Elizabeth, Josaphine, Rebecca & Dolphus Jerome Sherrill. Shelah Water to be guardian of Hiram T. Sherrill who is the minor heir of Alanson Sherrill. Witnesses: Silas Tarver, James Scoby and Joel B. Holbert. Shelah Water, executor. Recorded 23 Sept 1836 pp 405-406 Wilson Co., Tennessee Wills books 1-13 1802-1850 compiled by Thomas E. Partlow. Maiden names were Jane R. Scoby, wife. Elizabeth Thomas, his mother. My questions are these: I had his daughters as Josephine Rebecca & Saraphine Elizabeth. Were there really 4? I also had a son, Hugh I. White Sherrill, who wasn't mentioned in the will, and who was Alanson? Another son already deceased? Hugh's deceased brother? Hugh evidently had some control over who would raise him... why? Who is Shelah Waters? I've seen this name many times buying and selling land from various Scobeys in Wilson Co., TN. Saraphine married William Adolphus Waters Mar 31, 1847 in White Co., Ark... how might he be related to Shelah? Anyone know the answer to these questions?