Nel:
 Suggestion:
Do avail yourself of the research notes offered by the Library of Virginia, 
 since it appears your query is related to Virginia.  See research notes no 
 6 for county and city records and scroll down to wills and read how the 
state of  Virginia laws operated.  Note particularly that Chancery Records may 
 indeed give you some answers to your questions.  Note also that Virginia  
laws of operating  on such issues were indeed different from other states  
in which you are perhaps more familiar.
 
The Library of Virginia is indeed a wonderful educational contributor to  
genealogist researching families in this state. I hope this helps.
MJZ
PS FYI, I also have a family member who died in Virginia  but  circa 1813 
and I did not find his inventory/appraisal until I searched a  chancery cause 
that took place in 1823.
 
 
In a message dated 10/3/2011 2:42:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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I see at  least two people seem to be confused regarding my question. My 
inquiry  relates to an INVENTORY, and not a settlement document.

I'm aware that  a settlement can come many years and even decades after 
the death of the  father. The inventory usually occurs rather quickly 
after the death and  normally precedes the sale of property and the final 
settlement to  heirs.

What I have here is an inventory taken 6 years after the  father's death. 
The widow was still alive and the oldest child, a dau, was  married 
before this inventory was taken. All the rest of the children were  still 
minors and this doesn't seem to be a situation where the estate must  be 
divided.

Nel

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On 10/3/2011 8:01 AM, Carolyn H Pappas wrote:
>  Hi,
> The estate was probably not settled until the widow died or unless  one 
of the older children reached his majority (&  possibly  died)&  the property 
had to be divided.
>
>
>  ________________________________
> From:  nelhatch<[log in to unmask]>
> To:  [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 1:09  PM
> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] A niggly question..............
>
>  Good morning, y'all
>
> I have a question for which I can think of  no reasonable answer so will
> check in with the  experts.
>
> My man died 1816 in VA [will entered into probate]  yet his inventory was
> not taken until 1822.
>
> This man  died rather young, leaving 6 young children, the youngest being
> 1 yr  old. His inventory showed he owned 4 slaves and the usual
> collection  of household "stuff."
>
> What would be the circumstances that  would delay an inventory for that
> long? My overall experience has been  that these were taken relatively
> soon after the individual  died.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>  Nel Hatcher
>
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> On 8/3/2011 12:24 PM, Brooks, Vincent  (LVA) wrote:
>> The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce  the availability of
>> additional Prince Edward County chancery  causes. The images have been
>> added to the Chancery Records  Index
>>  <http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/>   (CRI)  on 
Virginia
>>  Memory<http://www.virginiamemory.com/>   .  The newly  added Prince 
Edward
>> County chancery images span the years 1754  through 1883. Combined with
>> the previously released images for  Prince Edward County, the locality's
>> chancery causes have been  digitized for the years 1754 through 1913.
>>
>> This  locality joins forty-eight counties and cities whose chancery
>>  causes have been digitally reformatted and made available through  the
>> Library's innovative Circuit Court Records Preservation  Program, which
>> seeks to preserve the historic records of  Virginia's Circuit Courts.
>>
>> To date, The Library of  Virginia has posted over 5.6 million digital
>> chancery images.  Additional localities are presently being scanned and
>> will be  posted in the coming months. However, because of reductions to
>> the  Library of Virginia's budget in recent years, the pace of the
>>  agency's digital chancery projects will necessarily proceed more  
slowly.
>> Please know these projects remain a very high priority for  the agency
>> and it is hoped that the initiative can be resumed in  full when the
>> economy and the agency's budget situation improve.  Please see the
>> Chancery Records Index for a listing of the  available locality chancery
>> collections.
>>
>>  Chancery causes are cases that are decided on the basis of equity  and
>> fairness as opposed to the strictly formulated rules of common  law
>> cases.  Chancery cases are especially useful when  researching local
>> history, genealogical information, and land or  estate divisions.  They
>> are a valuable source of local,  state, social, and legal history and
>> serve as a primary source for  understanding a locality's history.
>> Chancery causes often contain  correspondence; property lists, including
>> slaves; lists of heirs;  and vital statistics, along with many other
>> records.  Some of  the more common types of chancery causes involve
>> divisions of the  estate of a person who died intestate (without a will);
>> divorces;  settlements of dissolved business partnerships; and
>> resolutions of  land disputes.
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