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The Will of Martha Smith of TalbotCo, GA In 1840 TalbotCo, Martha MITCHELL is found living next to William J F MITCHELL, son of Benjamin MITCHELL and mother unknown. William's stepmother, last wife of Benjamin, was Mildred Hatcher. Ben and Mildred are living nearby. Martha has one male 15-20 in her household but, based on her will, she had no children of her own. She appears to be a wealthy widow, owning 34 slaves. In Sept 1841, she married Charles W Smith and a year later, she wrote her will. She bequeaths to the children of Wm J F Mitchell and to Martha W Hatcher, dau of John H [not B] Hatcher and his wife, Dorcas Ross. The unknowns:
1) Is she a Hatcher, widow of an unknown Mitchell?
All comments or ideas are welcome! Will of Martha Smith 28 Sept 1842 Martha Smith of Talbot Co, do make & ordain this instrument as written and subscribed with my own hand in my one name to be my last will & testament revoking all others. All my debts of which there are but few, and none of magnitude, are to be punctually paid. My slaves Sam, Peter, Nathan, Jack, Daniel, Right, James, Tom, Bowman, Madison, Jefferson, Green, Sam Junior, Joe, William, George, Harriet, Clark, Caroline, Emeline, Susan, Mary, Sally, Jane, Patsy Ann, Martha, Also & Lucinda, be thrown into common stock which is to be kept together them & their increase and equally divided between William J F Mitchell and his 2 children, James J Mitchell & Martha Elizabeth Mitchell when said children come of age. All the land lying on Flint River in Talbot Co bounded east by Flint River, north & west by William J F Mitchell, south by A Gray & Joseph Riley and embracing the ferry on Flint River and one acre on the east side of said River at the landing, in all containing 700 acres. Also 2 squares of lots, no 1748 in the 14th Dist of originally Muscogee, now Talbot, to be kept for the use & benefit of said River Plantation as common stock, and said lands to be equally divided between James J Mitchell & Martha Mitchell when they become of age. Also bequeath to James J Mitchell exclusively one negro boy Brit about 12-14 yrs old. Likewise to Martha Elizabeth Mitchell, one negro girl Phoebe about 20 yrs old with future increase. I desire that certain lands be added to the common stock and equally divided between William J F Mitchell and his 2 children before mentioned, namely, lot #11, in the 15th Dist of orig. Muscogee Co, now Talbot, #36 in 7th Dist of originally Early, now Baker Co, #6 in the 6th Dist of Appling, and sundry lots in Cherokee and all other lands belonging to me not otherwise disposed of. I will that Lucinda, a negro girl which is named in the common stock be given up to Martha W Hatcher, daughter of John B Hatcher, or one equal in value to be purchased and paid for out of the estate. I appoint William J F Mitchell guardian for said James J & Martha E Mitchell in the management of their interest in my estate, and wish him to keep in his possession with the common stock the 2 negroes Brit and Phoebe until they come of age. Exec: William J F Mitchell. Signed: Martha (x) Smith. Wit: S W Durham, H L Battle, MD, J E Thompson, R B Rucker. Proved by Saunders W Durham, H L Battle & R B Rucker, Nov adjourned term 1842 & ordered recorded. Rec: p 121-124.
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Unknown VA Hatchers in a timeline. The following Hatchers cannot be connected with any certainty to any particular Hatcher. If you have any suggestions, ideas or theories, please use the link at the bottom of the page.
1738 Feb - Amelia Co William LeNeve, 300 acres on the lower side of Flatt Creek, adjoin.g lines of Wm. Hatcher &c. *************************************** 1741 November 20 - Amelia Co Henry Anderson Surveyor from Andersons road into Mr Bookers road to the River Bridg the persons under him are Robert Stoker Guy Meak William Hatcher Stephen Neale John Leonard Thomas Leonard John Jackson Richard Walthall and his own people *************************************** 1752 October - Halifax Co [formed from Lunenburg in 1752]
At a Vestry held for Antrim Parish in Halifax County the xviijth Day of October 1752. *************************************************** 1755 July - Lunenburg Co Hatcher Levy free On the Petition of William Hatcher and for Reasons appearing he is Exonorated from the Payment of Public & County Levies for the Future. *************************** 1763 March - Lunenburg Co Deed for 100A on branches of Little Roanoke from William Watkins to William Hatcher, both of LunenburgCo *************************** 1772 March - Halifax Co John Caldwell, Plaintiff, vs. Robert Hatcher, Defendant, on an attachment against the Defendant's estate. The Constable having returned that he had levied the said attachment on a [Lien], this day came the Plaintiff by his attorney, and the Defendant not appearing to replevy (although called) the Plaintiff made oath to his demand for 5 L. Therefore it is considered by the Court that the Plaintiff recover against the Defendant for his debt aforesaid, and his costs. And it is ordered that the Sheriff make sale of the said attached effects by way of auction to the highest bidder and return an account of such sale to the clerks office. *************************************************** 1775 - Cumberland Co, VA Subscription list [subscribers gave money to the county militia to pay bounties to recruits - 1775] List included one Robert Hatcher - $10; Samuel Hobson - $10; James Pleasants - $10; S Hyde Saunders - $10; W Goode - $5; P F Turpin - $20; Bennett Goode - $10; John Sandefar - $4; Dnl Branch - $5; Wm Burton - $5; Dutoy Branch - $2. ******************************* 1777 July 31 - Powhatan Co Note: Powhatan was formed from Cumberland in 1777. "We the subscribers herey oblige ourselves to pay on demand, to the commander of the militia of Powhatan, the several sums of money set against our names respectively, to be by him equally distributed amongst such able bodied men as will engage to serve in one of the Virginia regiments on continental establishment, for one year, in order to prevent a draught of the militia for completing the sd requirements; provided that not more than 200 dollars, besides the public bounty, be paid to any one person so enlisting. "Wm. Fleming 40, Cha. Fleming 30, Wm. Mayo 30, Jas. Bagbey 10, Samuel Hobson 10, Thomas Moseley 10, Robt. Hatcher 10, Wm. Tucker Jur. 10, Jos. Mayo 10, Thos. Harris 20, Robt. Smith 10, John Moseley 10, Littleberry Mosby 40, David Hughes 10, Joseph Thomson 10, Wm. Pointer 3, Pete Wilkinson 3, Jas. Wilkinson 5, Absalom Toler 4, Saml. White 3, Patrick Fitzsimmons 4, Danl. Hix 3, Rd. Crump 30, Robt. Richardson 16, John Moss, D. Creek 6, Chas. Rice 4, Sal. Woodson 6, John Porter 10, John Steuart Senr. 5, Geo. Mosby 8, Edward Mumford 20, James Pleasants 10, S. Hyde Saunders 10, Jas. Drake 10, Henry Bagby Jr. 6, W. Watson Sr. 3, Sam. Webster 4, John Wilkinson 4, Annias Hancock 3, W. Goode 5, T. Wilkinson 2, P. F. Turpin 20, Capt. Binns 2, Wm. Karr 3, Thos. Epperson 3, Jesse Winfree 7, Jas. Toler 2, John Wilkinson 10, John Perkins 4, Jos. Baker 3, Peter Crawford 10. Jas. Kerr 2, Ab. Stovall 2, Egbert Woodfin 2, John Gilbies 6, Otey Prosser 4, Wm. Scott 3, Danl. Bagby 3, Bennett Goode 10, Edwd. Cox 20, Wm. Bagby 6, John Cannifax 5, John French 2, John Carter 10, Jacob Moseley 4, John Hurt 3, J. P. Bondurant 4, John Welburn 4, Saml. Morgan 4, Wm. Moss 4, Wm. Hules 9, Jos. Vaughan, Frank Stegar 10, Sandy Cousins 3, John Bryant 1, Wm. Bennet 1, Wm. Howard 2. Jos. Salle 2, Jas. Scott 3, Wm. Cooper 10, Wm. Forsie 10, John Sublit 6, John Depp 4, John Harris 4, John Sandefar 4, Wm. Burner 8, Wm. Street 5, John Short 5, Fell Leseur 3, C. Forsie 10, Robt. Cardin 5, Peter Lookado 10, Jos. Clark 3, David Flournoy 2, Shadrach Roper 12, Lewis Chadoin 8, Henry Holman 10, Danl. Branch 5, Noel Lacey 3, John Deans 30, Robt. Moseley 5, John Harris 20, Martin Leseur 5, Anth'y Martin 20, Geo. Stov. Smith 10, Wm. Burton 5, John Howard 20, John Moss 3, Dutoy Branch 2, Wm. Gay 40, John Moss 5, David Lyne 5, John Bernard 25. Danl. Scott, John King, Jas. Bedford. "Rec'd of Vincnet Markham 12th Feby 1778, 23.3.9, (english pounds) or 77 dollars and 1. 9d. W. Fleming. "Besides wch Jno. Baugh pd. 20 and T. Dawson 10 dollars. W. F. p'd at the G. muster 100 dollars to Vinc. Markham, who gave 30 of them to Rd. Crump. "Collected by V. Markham and W. Mayo at Gen. Muster 207 Dollalrs." ************************************************** 1777 July 7 - Pr Edward Co Record of Captain Samuel Scott wages in full to the 25th of May from the date enlisted in the Georgia service: Men Recruited from Prince Edward County, Va. by Lt. Walton and Lt. Dickerson for Capt. Samuel Scott's Georgia Regiment: (Copied from Old Book Nr 1 - A List of Samuel Scott's Men's Time) John Hatcher, Nov 6 to May 25. 200 days *************************************************** 1786 Octiber 2 - Halifax Co A tithable in Chesterfield County in 1762, Blackman Ward was head of a household of three whites and one black in Chesterfield County in 1783. Blackman was living in Dale Parish when he gave 266 acres of the land where he lived to Amos Hatcher, son of Obadiah Hatcher, of Halifax County 2 October 1786. This land was next to the property of Thomas Clayton, James Ferguson, Seth Ward, deceased, Christopher Branch, Branch Tanner, and Benjamin Chaulkley. ******************************************* 1784 July 22 - Amelia Co AMELIA COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS. July 22, 1784 -- Parham, Daniel & Ettay Farley (ward of Wm. Hatcher). ************************************ 1787 October - Amelia Co At a Court held for Amelia County on Thursday, 25 October, 1787 An indenture between Benjamin Hatcher of the one part and Charles Burks of the other was further proved by the oaths of two other witnesses thereto, and is recorded ************************************ 1788 Apr - Rockbridge Co James Stephenson, 153 acres on the waters of the Little Calfpasture River adjoining Robert Hatcher, Robert Clark &c.
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This photo was published in the latest edition of the Central Kentucky Researcher, Vol. XL, No. 3, Fall 2009, published by the Taylor Co. Historical Society, P. O. Box 14, Campbellsville, KY 42719.
Underneath is the caption "Photos submitted by Ms. Madeline Hayes REESE, Rio Rancho, NM."
Contributed by Martha Lamkin
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