To Sharpe [first name unknown :-(

You sent this:
*Hawkins v. Hatcher, Bedford, 1832-047.  States that Jeremiah Hatcher 
Junr died before his father (senr), and that the father devised in his 
will 60 acres on the north fork of the Otter to the heirs of Jeremiah 
junr, along with slaves Arthur and Lidy.  Further states that the widow 
of Jeremiah senior has died (Edith).  Petition to sell the land as it is 
hard to divide 60 acres 7 ways.  Names the 7 heirs of Benjamin Hatcher 
Junr --  Nancy E. Hatcher (wife of George Hawkins), William L. Hatcher, 
Jane J. Hatcher, Jeremiah G. Hatcher, Archibald P. Hatcher, Wilson C. 
Hatcher and Caleb Henry Hatcher.  Land sold and proceeds distributed to 
the seven heirs.  No reference to the widow of Jeremiah junr, as she had 
no interest in the property.*
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I would need to ask your source for the above because I believe this is 
an earlier researcher's wrong assumption regarding the children of 
Jeremiah JR. My research indicates that Caleb Henry could not have been 
JR's son. The above is clearly incorrect in stating that JR died before 
his father, SR, the list of children omits James Harvey and evens it out 
by adding Caleb. JR wrote a will ID'ing his 7 kids. That will is posted 
on our site at 
http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I39485&tree=WmTheIm 
and, of course, you found it. Another researcher included James Harvey 
but assumed Wilson Cary had died and that Caleb was born after JR's 
death. But Wilson died in 1836 and the only mention of that was found in 
a small death notice in the Lynchburg newspaper. He was unmarried and no 
other records were found for him.

I believe Caleb and Spencer were the children of Edmund, son of SR and 
older brother of JR. Edmund died before SR  and the abstract on SR's 
page states [slaves] Jacob & Charlotte to Edmund Hatcher's heirs.

Mea culpa - I did shorten the description to just an inventory until I 
looked at the document again. It IS an inventory AND appraisal.  I now 
have the document and the transcription on JR's page at
http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I39485&tree=WmTheIm

You wrote:
Creed Bozwell to Elizabeth Hatcher, 31 Oct 1821 Frankllin Co *[Who was 
security on bond?]*

I do not have the actual rec but only the ancestry marriage entry. This 
is on my list of gotta' haves.

You wrote:
*If Elizabeth, widow of Jeremiah Junr, married again, then who is the 
Elizabeth Hatcher, age 64 (b 1785-86) in the 1850 census living next to 
William L. Hatcher and family?

*I believe this is Elizabeth, widow of EDMUND and mother of Caleb and 
Spencer Hatcher. You will also find her in 1830 with 2 males the age of 
C and S. I do not know where Elizabeth, widow of Jeremiah JR, is but she 
should have had more than just 2 males in her census. She may be living 
with a member of the Jeter family OR she's dead OR she's remarried.

You wrote:
*A clue is who returned the appraisement.  Was Archibald still 
executor?  Or had he resigned and been replaced by an administrator with 
the will annexed?  Was there pressure from Hawkins to get his share?  A 
change in administration of the estate could trigger an inventory.

*I am still digging thru the docs I rec'd and have found a partial page 
dated 10-26-1821 with Archie still the executor.  This appears to be an 
accounting of his payouts from the estate for about a two month period. 
Let me find the rest of it and I'll report back...........

But the appraisal was returned as follows:

Given under our hands this 20th of December 1822..

[Signed]
Nelson A Thomson
John Noell
Peter Hunter

Thanks a bunch for your input!! I much appreciate it.

Nel

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On 10/5/2011 6:51 PM, sharpe wrote:
> *Hawkins v. Hatcher, Bedford, 1832-047.  States that Jeremiah Hatcher 
> Junr died before his father (senr), and that the father devised in his 
> will 60 acres on the north fork of the Otter to the heirs of Jeremiah 
> junr, along with slaves Arthur and Lidy.  Further states that the 
> widow of Jeremiah senior has died (Edith).  Petition to sell the land 
> as it is hard to divide 60 acres 7 ways.  Names the 7 heirs of 
> Benjamin Hatcher Junr --  Nancy E. Hatcher (wife of George Hawkins), 
> William L. Hatcher, Jane J. Hatcher, Jeremiah G. Hatcher, Archibald P. 
> Hatcher, Wilson C. Hatcher and Caleb Henry Hatcher.  Land sold and 
> proceeds distributed to the seven heirs.  No reference to the widow of 
> Jeremiah junr, as she had no interest in the property.* 

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