In a message dated 4/21/01 7:13:35 PM, martee@citlink.net writes:\ He [Hicks Bowen] seems to have conveyed to her [wife Elizabeth] a life estate (women could not inherit land in VA in those times) [1787] and left the legal remainder to the [three] God-children. >> Paul--I do not agree that woman could not inherit land in 1787. I have many wills conveying land to daughters either by will or by law. What is your source for this statement? Craig Kilby