Carolyn,

Donald's response:

"My feeling about your case is that the family delayed taking the
inventory as long as they could.  Before Nancy married (in Jan. 1822)
there was no incentive to do it.  The children were all minors, living
at home with their mother.  If no one in the family cared, then it could
be put off."

My only thought about this is that it appears Donald's response was made before the post revealing that the original order for the Inventory and appraisal appears to have been dated around Sept 1819 and more than 2 years before the oldest child, Nancy, married. So in 1819 there appears to have been "no [obvious] incentive" to do it.

I've also had a private response from C Etter who provided the following:

Bozwell, Creed and Elizabeth Hatcher, dau. Mary, Oct. 31, 1821. Sur. John
Poindexter.

Note that Elizabeth is ID'd as the dau of Mary. I'm pretty sure if this was Elizabeth Jeter Hatcher, widow, she wouldn't be ID'd as the dau of anyone. I also have not a single reference in the voluminous notes on our file to any Poindexter. But neither are there refs to the Bozwell family.

It will also be a while before I can complete the 11 pages of transcribing on the Hawkins/Hatcher cnancery case...........

Nel


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On 10/7/2011 9:30 AM, Carolyn H Pappas wrote:
> Donald's idea certainly makes sense to me.  We should all try to understand the activities, etc. during the time when the activity occurred.  The probate laws have survived through the centuries (with a few modifications.)However, in this case, they simply put it off, possibly because they did not want the $ to be known or as Donald said, they just didn't think it necessary at the time.
> Carolyn H Pappas, A.G
> Mclean VA
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Wilson, Donald L"<[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] A niggly question
>
> My feeling about your case is that the family delayed taking the
> inventory as long as they could.  Before Nancy married (in Jan. 1822)
> there was no incentive to do it.  The children were all minors, living
> at home with their mother.  If no one in the family cared, then it could
> be put off.
>
> Once Nancy married, she and her new husband would be interested in
> getting a share of the estate to help them get started in life.  If she
> had no bequest (no will) the only way that would happen is if her
> father's property were inventoried and divided.  Voila, they suddenly
> decide to settle the estate.
>
> Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian,
> Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
>    for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC),
> Prince William Public Library System,
> Bull Run Regional Library,
> 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA  20110-2892
> 703-792-4540  www.pwcgov.org/library/relic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Date:    Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:57:40 -0600
> From:    nelhatch<[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: A niggly question..............
>
> Steve,
>
> Here are the children of Jeremiah Hatcher. The inventory was taken Nov
> 1822.
>
> 1 - Nancy bn 1804 md Jan 1822
> 2 - William bn 1806
> 3 - Jane bn c1808
> 4 - James bn c1810
> 5 - Jeremiah bn 1812
> 6 - Archibald bn c1814
> 7 - Wilson bn c1816
>
> The guts of the will seems to indicate either death or marriage of the
> widow, Elizabeth.
>
> "Item It is further my Will and desire that in the event of the Death or
> marriage of my Wife Elizabeth that my Estate with its Increase if any be
> disposed of in the following manner, in case of her marriage I lend unto
> her during her natural life one third part of my Estate to be
> ascertained by valuation; the balance at the same time be equally
> divided between my seven children before named.
>
>    item, It is further my Will and desire that in case of neither death
> nor marriage of my wife Elizabeth before all or any of my children
> before named should arrive at lawful age or marry, that each as they
> respectively arrive at lawful age or marry receive out of my estate one
> horse and saddle and one feather bed which property when so received is
> to make a part of their respective proportions."
>
> I'm reading this to mean that each child as they are of age or marry
> will receive a horse, saddle and feather bed. NO REASON to call for an
> inventory at that time. That seems to preclude Nancy demanding her
> inheritance after she married.
>
> The date of this Inventory seems to imply that Elizabeth has either died
> or remarried before Nov 1822. As I mentioned there may be a marriage of
> an Elizabeth where we've assigned her to the wrong parents. To the best
> of my knowledge there was no other document for this case in the Bedford
> Wills&  Deeds so no "final distribution" available. Nothing found in the
> chancery cases.
>
> Which brings me to Harold Gill's suggestion - check the court order
> books to see what prompted the taking of this Inventory. Thank you,
> Harold!!!! That is a weakness in my ongoing education - not knowing what
> prompts each action in the overall process.
>
> Sooo - Am I heading down the right road in my thinking??
>
> Nel
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