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_William BRYANT _____|
| (1797 - ....) |
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|--Valentine BRYANT
| (1839 - ....)
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|_____________________|
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[5597] 1860 census Columbia PO, Adair Co., KY, page 43: Farm laborer
_Thomas Roy BUSH , Jr.____+
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_Harry Marshall BUSH _|
| (1956 - ....) |
| |_Ruth Edmondson MARSHALL _+
| (1932 - ....)
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|--Brandon BUSH
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| __________________________
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|_Kim HORNE ___________|
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|__________________________
[6144]
1840 census Sumter Co., AL, page 89
1850 census Livingston, Sumter Co., AL, page 261b
Will of Susan Hooks 1856-57
Transcribed by Barbara Shore
Note: Susan Hooks was the widow of Col. David Hooks who died in 1836. She was
born Susanna Dickson in 1790.
SUMTER COUNTY, ALA. Will Book 1, Page 196. Copy Positive.
SUSAN HOOKS - WILL
In the name of God Amen - Know all men by these presents that I,
Susan Hooks, of the State of Alabama & County of Sumter being of sound
disposing mind & memory knowing that it is appointed to all persons to die
& not knowing at what time my Creator may call me from my sojourn on earth -
do hereby constitute, ordain & appoint this to be my last will & testament
revoking all others by me made heretofore.
Item 1st I wish all my just debts & funeral expenses paid.
Item 2nd I give & bequeath to my son, Samuel D. Hooks, one dollar.
Item 3rd I give & bequeath to my daughter, Mary Williams, one dollar.
Item 4th I give & bequeath to my daughter, Ann Eliza Wright & her husband,
Thomas Wright, jointly one dollar.
Item 5th I give & bequeath to the children of my son, Robert D. Hooks,
deceased, one dollar each.
Item 6th I give & bequeath to my grandson, David Hooks, son of Thomas C.
Hooks, deceased, one dollar.
Item 7th I give & bequeath to my daughter, Barbary Catherine Coster & her
husband, George Coster jointly, one dollar.
Item 8th I give & bequeath to my daughter, Civil Stallings, during her
lifetime for her support & maintenance the annual hire (or amount equivalent to)
of my Negro man, William, & said Negro is to remain in the possession & under
the control of my son, David W. Hooks, for that said purpose. The amount to be
given to my said daughter, Civil Stallings, of the said Negro is to be computed
only for the time she may stay & live with my son, David W. Hooks, or with his
family. And it is my will that at the death of my said daughter, Civil
Stallings, said Negro, William, be sold & the proceeds of his sale divided
equally between my daughter, Martha W. D. Thomas, & my daughter-in-law,
Margaret A. Hooks, wife of my son, David W. Hooks, which is hereby given to them
in the same way & manner as the other property of Negroes that I shall
hereafter in this my will give to them.
Item 9th I give & bequeath to my daughter, Martha W. D. Thomas, one bed &
furniture will (sic) furnished and my Negro man, David, for her sole use &
benefit during her lifetime & after her death to go to the child or children
of her body & if she or they should die without an heir said property to go
to the children of my son, David W. Hooks, equally or if at the death of my
said daughter, Martha, she have no child living said property to go to the
children of my said son, David, equally.
Item 10th I give & bequeath to my son, David W. Hooks, two beds & their full
furniture.
Item 11th I give & bequeath to my daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Hooks, wife of
my son, David W. Hooks, all of my landed estate during his lifetime & after his
death to all of her children begotten by said David W. Hooks equally. I wish
further that my son, David W. Hooks, to exercise entire control over said land
& premises all the time. It is not however to be subject to his debts but the
rents, profits & interest arising therefrom to be appropriated to the use &
benefit of his wife & children.
Item 12th I give & bequeath to my daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Hooks, wife of
my son, David W. Hooks, my Negro man, Needham, which said Negro property is
hereby given in the same way & manner & for the same purpose as the Landed
Estate herein before given to my said daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Hooks. It is
furthermore my will & desire that my son, David W. Hooks, be vested with full
power of a Trustee of his wife & children in the management of the Landed
Estate that I have herein before given to his wife, Margaret A. Hooks, & their
children for their use & benefit & it is my desire that he has full power & I do
hereby empower him to sell & dispose of said Lands whenever he may think it to
the advantage & best interest of his said wife & children to do so & to invest
the monies arising therefrom in other lands for all the purposes of the first
- & I wish it so understood that in the lands, Negro, & all other property that
I have or do herein give to my daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Hooks, & children
that my son, David W. Hooks, have full power to manage, control & possess the
same without restraint but that nothing thereof is to be chargeable with any of
his debts.
Item 13th It is also my will & desire that all of my Estate of Lands, Negroes,
stock of all kinds, farming utensils & c be kept together & under the
management & control of my son, David W. Hooks, until all of my just debts &
liabilities are paid or until a reasonable time for that purpose.
Item 14th It is also my will & desire that all of my goods & chattels, rights &
interest of what kind (*****) not disposed of in the foregoing Items will be
sold & the proceeds equally divided between my daughter, Martha W. D. Thomas, &
my daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Hooks & children.
Item 15th I leave my Son, David W. Hooks, & my son-in-law, John J. Thomas,
Executors of this my last will & testament & desire that the Judge of the
Orphans or Probate Court shall not require of them for the execution of said
trust any security.
This September 15th, 1856.
Attest: Her Mark
Wm. G. Chiles Susan X Hooks
C. W. Hooks
Wm. R. Hooks
The State of Alabama ) I hereby certify that Susan Hooks whose name appears on
the Sumter County ) foregoing, did while of sound memory & disposing
mind did make, publish, sign, seal, and declare the same to be her last will &
testament and that I, together with W. E. Chiles and Wm. R. Hooks in her
presence and at her request, signed our names witnesses on the day the same was
published and declared by said Susan Hooks on the 15 Sep't 1856.
Sworn to & subscribed C. W. Hooks
before me Feb. 9, 1857
A. W. Dillard
Judge.
_Reuben HAYS ________
| (1767 - ....)
_Henry HAYS _________|
| (1794 - 1879) m 1819|
| |_Betsy ADAMS ________
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|--Deborah A. HAYS
| (1825 - ....)
| _Henry ADAMS ________+
| | (1753 - 1822) m 1783
|_Jane ADAMS _________|
(1802 - 1851) m 1819|
|_Susannah MITCHELL __
(1771 - ....) m 1783
[1355]
1850 census Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO, page 18b
1880 census Pleasant View, Cherokee Co., KS, page 568d
[7059]
Arent Terhorst found in:
Missouri, 1851-1900 Marriage Index
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mrs. Deborah Orr
Marriage Date: Jan 08, 1869
County: Johnson
More About: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 0959990 - 0959992
_James Harvey LYMAN _+
| (1822 - ....) m 1852
_Austin James LYMAN _____|
| (1855 - 1914) |
| |_Achsah CLAPP _______
| (1814 - ....) m 1852
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|--Melville Henry LYMAN
| (1888 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Alice Sophrina EDWARDS _|
(1858 - ....) |
|_____________________
[2912] Melville was graduated from Williston Seminary. He spent some years of service in the Hampton Mills in Easthampton. He is now in cement construction work in connection with Ballinger of New York, and his home is in Glen Ridge, NJ
_John MITCHELL ______
| (1734 - 1783) m 1764
_William MITCHELL __________|
| (1769 - 1815) m 1790 |
| |_Mary FOSTER ________+
| (1734 - 1782) m 1764
|
|--William MITCHELL
| (1794 - ....)
| _Richard DABBS ______+
| | (.... - 1809) m 1758
|_Elizabeth Singleton DABBS _|
(1772 - 1860) m 1790 |
|_Elizabeth FOSTER ___+
(1734 - 1789) m 1758
_______________________
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_Leonard Bell NOTTINGHAM _|
| (1805 - 1877) |
| |_______________________
|
|
|--Alfred NOTTINGHAM
| (1838 - ....)
| _John Robinson WADDEY _+
| | m 1801
|_Emeline WADDEY __________|
(1808 - 1866) |
|_Hannah WHITE _________
m 1801
_Jacobus ROOSEVELT __+
| (1724 - 1777)
_James Jacobus ROOSEVELT _|
| (1759 - 1840) m 1793 |
| |_Annetje BOGERT _____
| (.... - 1773)
|
|--Cornelius ROOSEVELT
| (1794 - 1871)
| _____________________
| |
|_Maria VAN SCHAACK _______|
(1773 - 1845) m 1793 |
|_____________________