Jane Mrs. James Mitchell

Jane married James Mitchell. James was born Est 1730; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

James married Sarah Warren Philpott 28 Mar 1779, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of John Philpott and Mary Ann Keech) was born 5 Jan 1756, Charles County, Maryland; died 1840, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

LDS records show approximate date of death.
Martha was the younger daughter of James and Jane Mitchell.
She was said to be a very fine singer and a woman of
education and refinement.

!NAME:Callaway From Devin Deed, Devin, William: Deed to
Callaway (28.Feb.1805), Virginia. Pittsylvania County;
County Clerk's Office.,

[page
273]

Callaway
from Devin [&up]

This
Indenture made this twenty eightth day of February
one
thousand eight Hundred & five Between Will Devin of the

County of Pittsylvania of the one part and Henry G
Callaway of the
County aforesaid of the other part.
Witnesseth that the said William
Devin for and
inconsideration of the sum of Two hundred pounds lawfull

money of Virginia to him in hand paid & satisfied by
the said
Henry G Callaway the recet whereof him the
said Will Devin
doth herby acknowledge hath bargain'd
sold enfecofed and and
confirm'd and by these presence
doth absolutely give grant
bargain sell enfocof &
Confirm unto the said Henry G Callaway
a certain Tract
^or^ parcel of Land lying and being in said County
on
both sides of Wet Sleve Creek containing Two Hundred acres

be the same more or less it being the Land where the
said
Will Devin now lives deeded unto him by his Father
Will Devin
Sen^r by Indenture bearing date
the seventeenth Day of Feby
1794 as appears of Record &
Bounded as followeth to Wit --
Beginning at said Devins
& Bleakleys Corner in
Chamberlyn's old line thence the
said Line Crossing Wet Sleve
Creek to New marked
pointers thence New Lines nearly West
to a Corner red
oak thence New lines ^Nerely^ North to a red oak in
the
said Devin Sen^r line Nere the Turkey Branch
thence the
said line to a red oak & new Corner in the
head of a Bottom
near Isaac's Wood Cutting thence down
the Bottom or Drane
as it meanders to the Deviding line
Betwee the said Devin Sen^r
& Bleakley thence
said Line to the Beginning and the rights of
him the
said Will Devin for himself & his heirs the above granted

land unto the said Henry G Callaway his heirs and
assigns will
forever Warrant and Defend from the Just
Claim of any person
or person Whatsoever In Witness
whereof the said Will Devin
hath hereunto set his hand
and ^affixed his^ seal the Day and year above
Written

William Devin {seal}

Sign'd seal'd &
Deliv'd
in presence of
Hartiwell Allin James
DevinW^m Calland Sam Calland Sen^r

James ^his mark^ X Baredan Richard Pearson

The
Commonwealth of Virginia to Samuel Calland & Robert Devin

Gentleman Justices of Pittsylvania County [grant]
[whig] William
Devin and Martha his wife by their
[unreadable copy at end of page]

[page
274]

of Bargain and sale bearing date the Day of
28 Day of February
1805 have sold and conveyed unto
Henry G Callaway Two
Hundred acres of Land lying and
being in the County of Pittsylvania
and whereas the
said Martha cannot Conveniantly Travel to our
Court of
our said County of Pittsylvania to make acknowledgement

of the said Conveyance therefore we do give unto [you]
or any two [who]
know of you power to Receive the
acknowledgment which the said
Martha shall be willing
to make before you of the Conveyance
aforesaid,
Contained in the said Indenture which is hereto annexed

and we do therefore Command you that you do personnally
go
to the said Martha and Receive her acknowledgment of
the same
and Examine her privately and apart from the
said William
Devin her Husband whether She doth the
same freely and
Voluntarily without his persuasion or
threats and whether she is
Willing that the same be
Recorded in our County Court of
Pittsylvania aforesaid
and when you Received her acknow
ledgement and Examined
her as aforesaid that you destinctly and
openly Certify
in thereof in our said Court under your seals [and]

then show the said Indenture and this [Which] Witness
Will Tunstall
Clerk of our said Court the
23^d Day of March 1805 in the
27^th
year of the Commonwealth

Will Tunstall

class="MarginNote">[Margin note] Delivered to Abram

[cut off]annish the
22^d–Dec^r
[1853 the present owner

of this land.

Pittsylvania County
[solr]
Pursuant to the Within Commission to us Directed
we have
Personally Examined the within named Martha
seperately &
apart from her Husband & the said Martha
freely and Voluntarily
relinquished her rights of Dower
to the Within mentioned Land
declaring it was done ^by
her^ freely and not by the persuasion or threats
of her
Husband, Given under our Hands and seals the 23^d

Day of March 1805

Rob. Devin {seal}
Saml
Calland {seal}

At a Court held for Pittsylvania
County the 17^th Day of June
1805 This
Indenture from William Divin to Henry G Callaway
was
presented in Court and proved by the oath of Three
[faded and unreadable] of
the subscribing
Witnesses thereto to be the act and Deed of the [said]

Willaim Devin Ordered that the same together with a
[commission]
hereto [answered] for [taking] the
acknowledgment and [privacy] Examination
of Martha Wife
of the said Will Divan with a [lanbfurth]
of the
[Executors] thereof be Recorded —

Will Tunstall
Clk

, page 274

!NAME:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

, pages
210-211

Martha married William Devin 7 Sep 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . William (son of William Devin, Sr. and Sarah Smith) was born Abt 1752, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Apr 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Rigg Website, Rigg Website

John married Anna Atkins Bef 3 Mar 1824, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Anna was born 1786, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Said Susan Ann Edwards was the child of Calahill Edwards born on 11 - Jan - 1831 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on 2 - Oct - 1896 and his ( 1st ) wife Elizabeth A Reynolds born on - - 1829 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on (c) - - 1860-1865 married on (a) - 1855

4.
The Said Elizabeth A Reynolds was the child of James M Reynolds born on - - 1803 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on (c) - - 1862-1870 and his ( 1st ) wife Rebecca Giles born on - - 1807 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on (c) - - 1861 married on 18 - May - 1826

5.
The Said James M Reynolds was the child of Hugh Reynolds born on (c) - - 1770-1780 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on (p) - - 1840 and his ( 1st ) wife Elizabeth Mitchell born on (c) - - 1770-1780 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on (p) - - 1830 married on 12 - Sep - 1801

6.
The Said Elizabeth Mitchell was the child of James Mitchell born on - - 1751 at Pitts Co VA died at Pitts Co VA on - - 1795 and his ( 1st ) wife Sarah Warren Hubbard born on - - at Charles Co MD died at Pitts Co VA on (p) - - 1818 married on 28 - Mar - 1779

Elizabeth married Hugh Reynolds 24 Sep 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . Hugh (son of Joseph M. Reynolds and Margaret "Peggy" Devin) was born 2 Jul 1781, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Questions: Place of Birth Henry County or Pittsylvania
County Virginia

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

James Devin, first child and 1st son of Wm. Devin Jr. and
Martha Devin, was born May 15, 1781. In 1811, he married
Temperance Cox, the daughter of James and Julia Handkins
Cox. Soon after this marriage, James and Temperance Devin
settled in the lower part of Henry County very near the
Pittsylvania line. James was a man who possessed much
mathematical genius. He followed the trade of house
carpenter as well as cabinet maker for a number of years.
He was a man of some literary taste and acquirement, and
yielding to the wishes of the community in which he lived,
he engaged a good deal of his time in teaching school. He
was a successful teacher, and a large part of his later
life was devoted to that profession. He died August 11,
1854. His wife died in 1867. Both were members of the
Baptist church.
To James and Temperance Devin were born six children:
Elizabeth J. born 1814; William born 1812, d. 1819; James
A. And Sarah G. (twins) born 1817; Robert I. born 1822 and
John C. born 1831. In 1881 . . . quoting Robert Ira Devin's
letter: "All are dead except Elizabeth, Robert and John".
Last address given by Robert I. who was a Baptist Minister
was Youngs Road, Grandville County, North Carolina. (The
Devin Family; Hoffstetter, Dessa; page 4.)

05.Aug.1813 James Devin buyer at estate sale of Martha
Waller (Henry County wills abstracts page 53).
James Devin was witness to Will of Martha Waller (Devin
file at Pedmont Genealogical Society, Danville VA Public
Library from research done by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985).

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 4

!NAME:Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830,
Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830,
Williams, Kathleen Booth, Genealogical Publishing County,
Inc.; Baltimore; 1980, page 40

!NAME:Hankins, James Coy, Hankins, James Coy,
www.cottagehill.com/genealogy (18.Jul.2001)

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

, pages
210-211

!BURIAL:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James
C. Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

James married Temperance Cox 19 Feb 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Temperance (daughter of James S. Cox and Elizabeth Julia Hankins) was born 22 Sep 1791; died 16 Aug 1866. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twin sister of James Devin

Notes:

01.Dec.1813 John Devin at sale of estate of Martha Waller
(from Devin file at Pedmont Genealogical Society Room,
Danville VA Public Library).

John married Mary Hankins 21 Feb 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Mary (daughter of John Hankins and Amey Jones) was born Abt 1786, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Could have been born in KY or VA; father took family to KY
in 1785.

!NAME:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

, pages
210-211

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

!NAME:Marriage Bond for Abraham C. Parrish and Mary Devin,
Parrish-Devin: Marriage Bond, County Clerk's Office;
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Know all men by these
presents that we
Abraham C. Parrish & John Devin are
held and firm
=ly bound unto John Tyler Esquire Governor
of
the Commonweath of Virginia in the
Just and full
sum of one hundred &
fifty Dollars to which payment
well &
truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs

Executors and administrators this 8^th

Day of January 1811.
The Condition of the above
obligation is
Such that whereas there is a marriage

depending and suddenly inteded between the
above
bound Abraham C. Parrish & Mary Devin daugh
ter of
Martha Devin. Therefore there is no lawfull
Cause to
obstruct the said marriage
then the above obligation to
be void else
to remain in full force and
Virtue.

Abraham C. Parrish {seal}
Jo.ⁿ
Devin {seal}

Signed Sealed & Delivered
in
presence of
T.O.[?Nunx?]

Pittsylvania County
[Let]
James Devin maketh oath that
the within named
Mary Devin is above
the age of Twenty one years-

Certified this 13^th Jan.y 1811 -
Tho O
Nune?D?

, page 051

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

, pages
210-211

Mary married Abraham C. Parrish 17 Jan 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Abraham (son of Peter Parrish) was born Abt 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

!NAME:U.S. Census 1850: Missouri, Polk county, U.S. Census
1850: Missouri, Polk county

!NAME:U.S. Census 1840: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1840: Missouri-Polk County, Page 47; Devin, Clayton;
Males:2-1-1-1-0-0-1 Females:1-1-2-1-0-1

!NAME:U.S. Census 1860: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1860: Missouri-Polk County

!NAME:U.S. Census 1870: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1870: Missouri-Polk County

!NAME:U.S. Census 1830: Tennessee-Lincoln County, U.S.
Census 1830: Tennessee-Lincoln County, Devin, Clayton;
Males:0-2-0-0-0-1 Females:3-1-0-0-1

!NAME:War of 1812 Pension File for Clayton Devin, Devin,
Clayton: War of 1812 Pension File

!NAME:War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrant Application File for
Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: War of 1812 Bounty Land
Warrant Application File

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, page 205A

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

Clayton married Margaret West 17 Mar 1820, Fayettesville, Lincoln, Tennessee U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of James West and Anna Sanders) was born 24 Nov 1803, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 5 Jun 1888, Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Heydon Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Notes:

Possibly she married Benjamin Hutcherson 5 Oct 1814 in
Pittsylvania Co VA
Abraham C. Parish, Bondsman; he was married to her sister.

Elizabeth married Benjamin Hutchison 5 Oct 1814, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1840 Polk Co MO p 159; Males: 1-1-0-2-0-1; Females:
2-2-1-2-0-1
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62
1860 Polk Co MO book p 8

Lincoln Co TN Deeds: Sold 88 acres to A. T. Oliver 20 Jan
1834.

Died in 1862: per Hist. of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade &
Barton Cos, MO
SLC 977.87 H2h (listing for Richard Beck) This may be
questionable as there
are court documents which indicate he was alive in 1869.
Another source said
he died in 1876...not documented. Have copy of a letter he
wrote in Mar 1863
when he was a member of the Missouri State Legislature.
DOD certainly not in
1862.

In Polk Co MO he held the office of County Treasurer; was
collector a term; was
representative a term; & County Judge for a number of
years. He was a Democrat and a member of the Primitive
Baptist Church. Kept store in Bolivar MO for 14 years. He
was Justice of the Peace in 1849 when he married Clayton S.
Devin and Nancy Rebecca Williams.

William Robert Devin was one of the first settlers in
Marion Township, Polk County, Missouri along with his
brother Clayton Devin. Moved from Tennessee to Missouri in
1834 per History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton
Counties, Missouri 1889, page 637.

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 5-6

!DEATH:History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton
Counties, Missouri 1889, History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar,
Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri 1889, Goodspeed, pages
637-638

William married Rebecca Oliver Abt 1820, Tennessee U.S.A.. Rebecca was born Abt 1802, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Abt 1881. [Group Sheet]

Stella married John Fuller Hubbard 5 Jan 1847, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. John (son of Hezekiah Hubbard and Susannah Fuller) was born 18 Aug 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 12 Aug 1888, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Hubbard-Mitchell Cemetery Pittsylvania, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marriage: Rebecca GILES b: ABT 1807 in VA
?Married: May 1826 in Pittsylvania Co VA

Pittsylvania County, Virginia Marriage Bonds - 1767-1864
p.209 Reynolds, James M. to Rebecca Giles, 3 May 1826,
bondsman: John Giles

Married 18 May by Rev. William Blair.p. 87
Kathleen Booth Williams, compiler, Marriages of
Pittsylvania County Virginia, 1806-1830 (Baltimore:
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980) page 128

1860 Census Virginia > Pittsylvania > North District > Page
40
James M Reynolds 56
Rebecca Reynolds 53
Samuel M Reynolds 25
Joseph Reynolds 23
Crispin Reynolds 19
Thomas C Reynolds 17

1850 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Pittsylvania
> Northern District
HH# 914 914
James M Reynolds 47 farmer
Rebecca 43
Elizabeth 22
William 20
Mary 18
John 16 laborer
Samuel 14
Joseph 12
Henry 10
James 8
Wilson 7


!NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
Frances Reynolds

!NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

!NAME:Virginia Cousins, Virginia Cousins, Wood, Deborah
Shelton, viewed 21.Feb.2003

!BIRTH:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, page 1

!BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

James married Rebecca Giles 3 May 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Rebecca (daughter of John A. Giles and Ann Mrs. John Giles) was born 1809, Banister, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 8 Jun 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

James married Elizabeth Mitchell 1862, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Will for Joseph Devin Reynolds dated 1843;

Died:
Date Will is Probated.

Joseph married Elizabeth Mahan 19 Dec 1825. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander W. Mahan and Catherine Ball) was born 18 Jan 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, page 1

Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Samuel married Judith P. Hubbard 23 Dec 1827. Judith was born Abt 1810, Pittsylvania Co., VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh
BIRTH:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, page 2
BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh
DEATH:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, page 2
***************By 1860 Census Dabney, age 50 is married to Mary Ann ? 37, with Children, Elizabeth A. 7, James W. 4, and Susan A. 2.

Dabney married Sarah P. Mahan 15 Jan 1838, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Sarah was born Abt 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1850-1851. [Group Sheet]

Dabney married Mary Giles. Mary was born Est 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1859-1860. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
per family bible

John married Margaret Benson "Peggy B." Reynolds 22 Aug 1833, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Margaret (daughter of William Reynolds and Nancy Blair) was born Abt 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

When Cassandra marries Perry G. Reynolds she is marrying
her father's (Hugh) half brother. Cassandra's grandfather
is Joseph Reynolds; her second husband's (Perry Green
Reynolds) father is also Joseph Reynolds. (with Nancy Ford)

!NAME:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, Family Registry pages #2

!BIRTH:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, Family Registry pages #2

!BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

!DEATH:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, Family Registry pages #2

Name:
2nd Husband Cousin

Cassandra married Abram P. Parrish 22 Aug 1832, Pittsylvania Couny, Virginia. Abram was born Abt 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 23 Mar 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Cassandra married Perry Green 'Bay' Reynolds * 5 Dec 1837. Perry (son of Joseph M. Reynolds and Nancy Ford) was born 23 Sep 1814, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 26 Nov 1872, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Serena was deceased by 1859 leaving 6 heirs

!NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
Frances Reynolds

!NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

!BIRTH:Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, Family Registry pages #2

!BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Serena/Sarena married Arthur Fuller 17 Oct 1836, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Arthur (son of Joseph Fuller and Susannah Aaron) was born 26 Dec 1803, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

!BIRTH:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

Elizabeth married David J. Hairfield 11 May 1837, Henry County, Virginia . David (son of David Hairfield and Margaret Hankins) was born Est 1815, Henry Co., Virginia; died 28 Sep 1876, Rockingham, North Carolina; was buried , Beck Cemetery, Eden, Rockingham, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twin of James A. Devin

Notes:

Census:
1860 Pittsylvania Co VA: North District, p. 203 19 July 1860

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record (Married by J. H.
Eanes)

Twin of Sarah G. Devin

!BIRTH:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

!DEATH:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

James married Frances Ann Hundley 1 Oct 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Frances was born 22 Sep 1839, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 4 Jul 1921, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Hundley Cemetery, Sandy River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Occupations: Baptist Minister

Census:
1850 Granville Co NC p 58
1860 Granville Co NC p 223A
1870 Granville Co NC p 263A
1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465
1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, Soundex: ED 59, Sh 17, L
64 (age = 77)
1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 15 w/S.H.
Cannady......

Born on the same homestead as his father, James. His son,
William A. Devin,
born 1871, was born when he was 49 or 50 years old.

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Henry Co VA via CD#4
2nd: Forsyth Co NC p.84; FHC #0899691

!NAME:Headstone: Devin, Robert Ira and Mary A., Robert Ira
Devin and Mary A. TRANSOU Devin Headstone, Inscription:
REV. R.I. DEVIN
AUG. 14, 1822
AUG. 30, 1914
----
A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD
MARY A. DEVIN
JUNE 8, 1836
JAN 1, 1930
----
A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER

Robert married Cynthia Rhodes Herndon 26 Jan 1848, Granville County, North Carolina U.S.A.. Cynthia (daughter of Zachariah Herndon and Amelia Rhodes) was born 1816, North Carolina U.S.A.; died Jan 1860, Granville County, North Carolina U.S.A.; was buried , Old Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Robert married Mary Ann Transou 22 Aug 1860, Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A.. Mary (daughter of Solomon Transou and Sarah Loesch) was born 8 Jun 1836, Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 1 Jan 1930, North Carolina U.S.A.; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery Oxford, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

!BIRTH:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

!DEATH:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

John married Elizabeth 'Bettie' S. Wilson 13 Dec 1860, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Elizabeth was born 31 Jan 1840, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 28 Apr 1912, Halifax Co., Virginia ; was buried , Cedar View Cemetery or Wilson-Waddill Cem., Brooklyn Halifax Co., VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James C.
Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 48 w/mother

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139......

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-265

Buried Heydon Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Martha married William Heydon 20 Feb 1849, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. William was born 25 May 1816, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 2 Dec 1887, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Was twin brother of James Devin, who died at birth.
Died in Gold Rush 1850

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14 w/father (listed as insane)

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-348 [possibly Marriage book B pg
348]

FHC #6088890: 18 Sept 1858, "Wife, Julia, has left my bed
& board without
just cause of provocation. William M. Devin"

He is the William Devin who was listed as insane in a
number of Polk
Co MO records.

Listed as an insane man when Clayton Devin's estate was
probated. Alive as of 12 July 1870.

FHC #6088891: p. 85, 29 Apr 1869, Bolivar Free Press:
"Wm. Devin, an insane
man, who was sent from Polk Co several years since to
insane asylum was
brought back to Bolivar Tuesday being pronounced incurable.
Case brought to
attention of circuit court next week."

p. 100, 9 September 1869 Bolivar Free Press: Edward H.
Devin, Guardian and Curator of Estate of Wm. H. Devin, an
insane person, will sell right and interest in real estate
of Wm. Devin in the estate belonging to Clayton Devin,
deceased of which said Wm. Devin is heir.

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

William married Judith Gunn 19 Jun 1853, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Judith was born Abt 1823; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twin brother of William Marion Devin

Notes:

!Military: He served in the militia on the Union Side
during the Civil War.

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-274

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
1880 Polk Co MO book Marion Twp p 142......

Was called Smith.

Died of cancer. Buried Barren Creek Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of
Polk Co MO
Possible YOD 1884 (1)

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Clayton married Nancy Rebecca Williams 19 Apr 1849, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Nancy (daughter of Elijah Williams and Mathilda maybe Oliver) was born Jan 1830, Missouri U.S.A.; died 13 Jul 1910. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sources
U.S. Census 1850 Missouri, Polk County Book, page 47.
U.S. Census 1860 Missouri, Polk County Book, page 14
U.S. Census 1880 Missouri, Polk County Book, page 134
Marriage Record: Polk County, Missouri Book B-271
Burial Record: Cemetery Directory of Polk County Missouri.

POB from Hist. of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Cos.
MO; LAPL R977.8 H6731a

She was the only child of 12 brothers and sisters that did
NOT have red hair.
Her husband Richard C. Wilson was a widower at the time of
their marriage; they had one child that died at birth. At
R. C. Wilson's death in 1904, Anna
brought up as her own, Wilson's children by a former
marriage. (Riley, Dove &
Frank Wilson) Riley & Frank married into the Hughes family.
Anna was a member of the Brush Grove Baptist Church &
later of the First Baptist Church in Bolivar, MO.
She died at her home in Bolivar, Missouri.

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Anna S. Wilson, Wilson, Anna
S. [DEVIN]: Death Certificate, Missouri, Division of Health

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Anna married Richard Carlyle Wilson 2 Jul 1867, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Richard was born 11 Sep 1833, Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 15 Jul 1905, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47 with father
1860 Polk Co MO w/father as Jane Mc Cole
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139

DOB maybe 11 October 1828 (KLV).

!MARRIAGE: 1st: Polk Co MO A-549
2nd: Polk Co MO B-107

Second marriage to widower, Hiram Thompson, who had 4 sons
& 2 daughters.

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Sarah married Thomas McCole 10 Mar 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; divorced Yes, date unknown. Thomas died Deceased. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married Hiram Thompson 25 Nov 1862, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Hiram was born 25 Nov 1823, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 15 Nov 1891, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 10
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 138
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, p 165......

Possibly born 30 April 1831

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-366

Buried Salem Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Mary married Enos Pickering 23 Feb 1854, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Enos was born 24 Feb 1833, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 9 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47; POB = TN
1860 Polk Co MO book p 19; POB = TN
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90; POB = MO
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135; POB = MO......

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538

Roll Box: 390, Roll-Exct: 11, Roll-Record: 3882 - Sergeant,
Company L, 13th Missouri Cavalry


CW muster-in roll lists his POB as Pike Co MO
Family lived in Pike Co MO for less than 1 year about 1835
per father's pension
file. Possibly born in Missouri. It is difficult to say
just where he might have been born.

During the Civil War his Company F was at the battle of
Lexington, MO. It is
said that Joe fired the first gun at the battle, but his
company was surrounded
by Price's Army & caused to surrender. His war record
reads as follows: "It
is hereby certified that according to the records of this
office, active
service 30 July 1862 in Company F, 26th enrolled Missouri
Militia at Bolivar,
Missouri. Capt. T. Higginbotham commanding, Rank 2nd
Lieutenant. Relieved
from duty 20 October 1862 as Prisoner of War. Enlisted 10
Aug 1864 in Co L
15th Regiment Cavalry Volunteers at Bolivar, MO by Capt.
Burus. Rank: Pvt.
Mustered into service 26 Aug 1864 at Springfield, MO.
Mustered out of
service 1 July 1865 at Springfield, MO."

After the close of the Civil War, Joe engaged in stock
raising and farming in Missouri. In Morrow County Oregon
engaged in sheep raising.

In 1884, after the death of his first wife & his remarriage
to Bell Wall in
1882, he moved with his sons & daughters to Oregon. The
various families
settled in Morrow County then a part of Umatilla County.
After Joe's death of
pneumonia, Bell Devin married a Lalande & their two
children, Stella Ophelia &
James Benton Devin..

Per the will of their stepfather: his children by Belle
Wall apparently kept
the Devin name; they were left $250 each in his will. --KLV

Per KLV, Joe died without a will and it took at least two
years to settle the estate. Probate file lists YOD as 1886.

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Madison Nathaniel Devin,
Devin, Nathaniel Madison: Certificate of Death, State of
Idaho, Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Box 13

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

!NAME:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Register, Missouri-Polk
County Marriage Register, Office of the Recorder in Polk
County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri.

Joseph married Emily Belle Wall 10 Oct 1882, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Emily (daughter of Jeremiah Wall) was born Abt 1858, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 18 Feb 1943, Walla Walla County, Washington U.S.A.; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Elvira Pickel 4 Feb 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Elvira (daughter of Christian Pickel and Catherine Carneal) was born 18 Apr 1843, Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 30 Jan 1882, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Kelly Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14 w/daus: Belvan, age 2 & Vand A.,
age 6 mos
1870
1880 Bates Co MO Shawnee Twp p 133A

!MARRIAGE: 1st: Polk Co MO A-470
2nd:

per Kathleen Jeanneret--Prodigy JPLQ18A

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Margaret married William Judd Abt 1874, Missouri U.S.A.. William was born Abt 1841, Indiana U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married Anderson Sam Chitty 2 Sep 1857, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Anderson (son of Hardy Chitty) was born Between 1836 and 1838, Alabama U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

First name may be spelled Patten
Died as a young man of scarlet fever

Notes:

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15
1900 Polk Co Mo Campbell Twp, ED 123 Sh 3, L 22
1910 Polk Co MO ED 143, Sh 8, p 80A......

MILITARY: Union: Corp Co D, 26 EM, 1861 - Dec 1861: 4
mos 17 days

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-88

Buried Dunnegan Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:Obituary for Alfred Harrison Devin, Devin, Alfred
Harrison: obituary,

A. H. Devin

A. H. Devin the subject of this

sketch was born Sept. 29, 1840 in

Polk County about three miles

northwest of Bolivar. Died at his

home in Dunnegan Jan. 27, 1914

at 4:12 p.m. aged 73 years, 3

months and 27 days. He profess-

ed faith in Christ about 35 years

ago and united with the Cumber-

land Presbyterian church. He

lived a devoted Christian life, be-

ing true and loyal to his church.

He died in the triumphs of a

living faith in Christ.

He married Miss Mary Camp-

bell on Jan.29th 1861. If he had

lived two more days they would

have been married 53 years. To

this union were born five children

four of whom are living. Their

names are Mrs. Margaret Holmes,

Flora Organ, G. A. Devin of

Dunnegan, Mo, C. S. Devin who

died about 20 years ago, Mrs.

Sarah A. Ayres of Humansville,

Mo, and Mrs. Mineva E. Ham-

mons of Dunnegan, Mo. He was

one of the oldest and most respect-

ed citizens of this county.

He had been in the merchandise

business at Dunnegan about 25

Years and was able to take care of

his store all this time until two

weeks before he died. He was

taken with lagrippe about three

Weeks ago on the night of Jan. 20

at 11 o’clock, had a paralytic

stroke after which he lived 8 days

never being able to speak but was

sensible to every thing that was

said in his hearing and recognize-

ing every one who came to see

him until the last.

Politically he was a democrat.

had helped to assess this county

ten times, taught school a number

of years before, during and after

the civil war. A number of menu

and women can call to mind their

school days when he was their

teacher. He had been Notary

Public for 30 years, his work and

advice will be greatly missed for

he never advised any one to do

anything wrong or that would get

them in trouble.

He was devoted to his family

and ever looking after their in-

terest. For many years yet to

come his good works will follow

after him and be remembered by

many people.

Funeral services were held at

the C. P. church Wednesday at

2 p.m. by the pastor Rev. Baker

after which the remains were laid

to rest in the Dunnegan cemetery

to await the resurrection morn.

”Blessed are they who die in the

Lord and their works do follow

them.”

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Alfred married Mary Agnes Campbell 29 Jan 1861, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Mary was born 22 Apr 1844, Missouri U.S.A.; died 12 Sep 1926, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
1880 Polk Co MO Madison Twp

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-144

She & her husband were separated, if not divorced.

Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, California; Lot 147,
Block 4, #8

Had red hair.

First name maybe Martha per KLV.

!NAME:Doris Wilson, Wilson, Doris, family group sheet dated
02.Nov.1998

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 205A

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

!NAME:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Book B, Missouri-Polk
County Marriage Book B, Office of the Recorder in Polk
County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri., page 107

Massa married Abner Benton Hughes 23 Oct 1862, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Abner (son of Sgt. James A. Hughes and Jane Clayton Stockton) was born 31 Mar 1841, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama ; died 27 Apr 1914, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ; was buried , National Military Home Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870
1880

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-246

Death info from The Bolivar (MO) Herald, 12 Dec 1901

YOB maybe 1846

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

Parthenia married Leander Wilson Frieze 16 Dec 1866, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Leander (son of Woodford Frieze and Elizabeth B. Wilson) was born 24 Nov 1844, Missouri U.S.A.; died 27 Jul 1925, Drain, Douglas, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 43
1860 Polk Co MO book p 2
1870 Polk Co MO book p 88/89
1880 Amador Co California p 85
1900 Amador Co California Soundex: ED 8, Sh 3, L 35......

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-239

Middle name from Amador Co California Great Register of
Voters 1900 & 1902
LAPL NR Gen R 979.42 A481Gr (microfilm)

DEATH: Daneri Mortuary records
Buried Sutter Creek City Cemetery; no gravestone
No probate packet or will information available.

Marion married Mary C. Wollard 7 Oct 1847, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Mary was born 28 Apr 1830, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 18 Feb 1908, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-289

Census:
1850 St. Clair Co MO p 132A
1860 St. Clair Co MO p 871
1870 Polk Co MO book p 104 (prob a widow)
1880 Polk Co MO book p 141 (widowed)

Middle name possibly Fraser

History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Cos MO; SLC
977.87 H2b

Per David Edmondson: she died Nov 1907, Greene Co MO

!NAME:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!DEATH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Sarah married James W. Beck 23 Feb 1850, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. James (son of Richard B. Beck and Lucy Devin) was born Abt 1814, Virginia U.S.A.; died Bef 9 Mar 1866, St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 family apparently not in Polk Co this year or else
missed......

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-207

Father, W. R. Devin, named administrator of her estate in
Polk Co MO as of
9 Jan 1867. FHC #0944909, p.234

Buried Bolivar City Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:Trout, Julia, Trout, Julia

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Matilda married John Giles Jarnagin 7 Aug 1845, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. John was born Abt 1820, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47 (living w/John Jarnagin family)
1860 [possibly in California at this time]
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142 Marion Twp

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-338

MILITARY: Union: Pvt Co D, 26 Mo EM

Per History of Polk Co MO (Biographical Appendix):
Was reared to farm labor, and received a limited education
in the old subscription schools. He remained at home until
he married. After marriage Mr. Devin settled on his present
property, and here he has since remained. he is the owner
of 200 acres, and, although he commenced life with little
means, he is now in very comfortable circumstances. In
1856, he moved to California, mined for some time, also
handled stock, and returned home in 1858. He is a Democrat
n politics, is a Mason, and a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church.

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 5-6

!BIRTH:History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton
Counties, Missouri 1889, History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar,
Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri 1889, Goodspeed, pages
637-638

!DEATH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Edward married Mary Eliza Jarnagin 9 Feb 1853, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Mary was born 16 Mar 1837, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62
1860 Polk Co MO book p 8

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-256

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!DEATH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Narcissus married John Dawson 25 Feb 1867, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. John was born 30 Mar 1822, Patrick, Virginia U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62
1860 Polk Co MO book p 8
1870
1880 Polk Co MO book p 141
1900 Polk Co MO ED 133, Sh 5
1910 Polk Co MO ED 156, Sh 10, p 253 (widow)

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-488

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!DEATH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Martha married William James Owens 20 Mar 1872, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. William was born 12 Nov 1832, PA; died 27 Dec 1909, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62
1860 Look in Texas
1870 Look in St. Clair Co MO

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-207

History of Henry & St. Clair Cos MO, Pomona Lib. R929.3778
His. Gen. Coll.

Mary married John Wade Gardner 7 Sep 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. John was born 10 May 1839, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 27 Dec 1909, St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62

Killed by Indians during trek to California; death occurred
near the head of
the Reft/Raft River; per letter from brother, John O. Devin
dated 31 Aug 1856
from Sacramento Co California.
From "Miscellaneous Records of Polk Co MO" Springfield MO
Library MR 929.3D

FHC #6088890 Newspaper Abstracts: he was killed 15 Jul
1856 "in the Big
Meadows on the north fork of Feather River"

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!DEATH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62 w/parents
1860 Polk Co MO book p 8 w/parents
1870
1880 Hickory Co MO p 534

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-562

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Rebecca married Alfred R. Goodrich 25 Sep 1873, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Alfred was born Abt 1818, Virginia U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62 w/parents
1860 Polk Co MO book p 8 w/parents

!BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 62 w/parents
1860 Polk Co MO book p 4 w/parents
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 141
1900 Polk Co MO Marion Twp ED 133 Sh 7 w/son, Wade
1910 Polk Co MO ED 156, Sh 10, p 253

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-144

MILITARY: Union: Co F, 26 MO EM, 1864 - 1865 (benefits
collected by widow)

!DEATH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

James married Martha L. Taylor 29 Dec 1864, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Martha was born Abt 1847, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Bef 1900. [Group Sheet]