A gentleman named William Crenshaw of Nottoway county, VA, signed his will on 31 Jul 1794 (will book 1, p 118). In it he mentioned daughter Lucy and her husband Raleigh Carter and daughter Nancy and her husband William Stokes as well as sons Richard and Austin and daughter Jane. I would like to find firm ties between the three daughters, Lucy, Nancy, and Jane, and their spouses and descendants. What I need are solid sources beyond the above will and the bible quoted below. The Carter/Knight family bible (Lib. of VA #20499) mentions the marriage in 1795 of a Jane Crenshaw (born 1777) to a William Carter born 1771, son of Rawleigh, and lists many children. Unfortunately, the Lunenburg Will Book 6: 7 Feb 1778, states that "Jane dau of Wm. Crenshaw married John Irby"; so what about Wm. Carter? And all those children of Jane and William???? Though the Crenshaw will antedates the Jane/Carter marriage and listing Lucy in the will w/o a husband works against an enduring marriage to Irby (if any), it is hardly proof. And there are more problems. The Crenshaw will pretty well ties Lucy to Raleigh Carter and Nancy to Wm. Stokes---but those names are not all that special. I've written in the Mag. of VA Gen (August 2000) of the several William Stokes in Lunenburg about 1800 with the conclusion that I am descended from the particular William who died in 1843, but with only circumstantial evidence that he was the fellow who married Nancy Crenshaw. The bible lists the death of a Rawleigh (Raleigh) Carter on 3 July 1820, consistent with the purchase of his coffin on 4 Jul 1820 (Lunenburg will book 4, p 273) and his will was signed 11 May 1820 (Lunenburg will book 4, p 235). I take the listing of this death in the bible as indication that William Carter who married Lucy Crenshaw was the son of Raleigh. I call him as Raleigh, SR, with sons Raleigh JR and William (by first wife Sarah Sharpe) who died before him and are so described in the will of Raleigh SR. And Raleigh JR married Susannah, daughter of William Stokes and (probably) Nancy Crenshaw. Any new, solid information will be much appreciated. jim