Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia Wills Inventories & Inventories 1800-1865 One entry Hindall, John Sr--Will-- 18 Apr 1829, 28 Sep 1829, daughters: Mary, Margaret, Susan Hindall, Elizabeth McLearen & Nancy McLearen, to received $60 in cash, Daughter: Sarah to receive $100, life stock & household items, Son: Robert B. Hindall to receive $20 & household items., Son: John H. Hindall Jr. to receive $60, son Wm Hindall to receive $40, rest of the estate to be used to pay debt in control of daughter Sarah, any monies left over she is to divied with her other siblings, Exrs: listed as my friend name not given. Witness: Benjamin Tiller, Aldridge James, & John Dodd, Book 11, page 58. Fauquier County, Virginia Marriage Bonds 1759-1854 John K. Gott French, Burgess & Priscilla Tiller April 27, 1807 bonds Wm Taylor -----Original Message----- From: geo_jwt@unxmail.shsu.edu [mailto:geo_jwt@unxmail.shsu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:45 PM To: VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Benjamin Tiller Hopefully someone can help me out. The ONLY thing I know for sure about Benjamin Tiller RE Fauquier County is that when he purchased land in Indiana in the late 1820s (1829 I believe it was), he noted that he was a resident of Gallatin County, KY and "of Fauquier Co, VA”. The next year (1830) I find a citation in a Gallatin Co deed book where he has been granted the license to preach and do other reverendly duties of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the citation it notes that he is in contact the the "Church." Now my initial assumption was that he was a reverend in Fauquier since he had most likely only recently moved to KY. I since have been in contact with the Church and I am told it is possible that what I have is his INITIAL application to become a preacher -- this is seemingly based on his having to put up a security bond as a part of the licensing process. He is most likely married in the very early 1820s to a Mary (a real uncommon name, I know) -- middle initial is M (may be another given name or maybe a maiden name). He has at least one child born in VA (not known where) -- her name is Mary Ann, and she is born in 1826 according to the 1850 and 1860 and 1870 census. He has a about 5 brothers and 3 sisters and to this point (all that we know about) ALL of the brothers and one of the sisters are literate -- in fact they ALL have beautiful handwriting -- even the female. NONE of them that we can tell are farmers. Businessmen and craftsmen (carpenters and plasterers. I realize there are a number of George's about in that part of the country, but there do not seem to be a lot of Benjamin's. The family does seem to be slave owners (but not Benjamin). There are court cases involving the sale of slaves that were brought from VA. The whole family (the balance of it) live in extreme northern Caroline County where the county line contacts the Rappahannock. There is one brother who we KNOW was born in Culpeper Co in 1813, and we know the father dies in 1831 in Caroline Co at Mt. Zion (the far northern Caroline county location) "surrounded by relatives and friends" -- taken from the Virginia Herald, May 21, 1831. This would seem to indicate that the center of the larger family is in Caroline at the Spotsylvania/Rappahannock. Just does not seem possible that someone who was born in about 1802, married, with kids, and KNOWN to be in Fauquier Co (by his own admission) can not be SOMEWHERE. A landowner, most likely not, but surely he should have been paying taxes. At least ONE of the sisters, Martha (Patsy, born in later 1790s) marries a James Carter James of Fauquier and lives in Harmony Grove, Fauquier Co. Non-family names that appear related (but not necessarily of Fauquier) are: Edward Stevens, John Terrell, George Ross, Enoch Tennison, William Yates (minor). Jim Tiller ------------------------------------------------ Sam Houston State University where Education is up Close and Personal http://www.shsu.edu