Sarah Smith

Notes:

Smith surname assumed based on serveral grandchildren named
'Sarah Smith _____'. No documents have been found to
support her last name except for a manuscript by Dessa
Hoffstetter. However, its source is suspect.

Not named in will of her husband which was dated 25
November 1800.
Dessa's booklet mentions a letter to Alfred Harrison Devin
written by Rev. Robert Ira Devin son of James, son of
William Jr, son of William Sr. The letter is said to make
the following statements: "Records of the Parish of Camden:
'Sarah Devin born March 20, 1728.'"

!NAME:Ancestors of Thomas Clayton Hughes, Ancestors of
Thomas Clayton Hughes, Hughes, Thomas Clayton, Generation
No. 8 # 146

Sarah married William Devin, Sr. 1750. William was born 1724; died Bef 19 Apr 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In a list of Revolutionary War Pensioners for Lincoln
County, KY under the Act of March 18, 1818 and the Act of
June 7, 1832, there is one "Divin, James, Ensign, VA Line,
30 Jan 1833, $120, age 86". YOB is real close to the
assumed birth year of this James.

(Dessa Hofstetter; "The Devin Family"; page 1; From the
Pittsylvania County, Virginia Courthouse records are the
following items:
- James Devin, plaintiff in a law suit March 1774.
- William and James Devin exempted from working roads March
1773.
- James Devin sworn as ensign in militia 1789 . . . March
court)

James fought against England in the Revolutionary War
(Dessa Hofstetter; "The Devin Family"; page 2; ...William
and Sarah Devin's four oldest sons were in the
Revolutionary War...).

COURT RECORDS Book #10 Pittsylvania Co VA Feb 1803 says one
James Devin discontinued as an undersheriff (deputy
sheriff).

Pension # S-16365 (or16165) (affidavid dated 24.Sep.1832)
for James Divin of Lincoln County, Kentucky states he was a
resident of Pittsylvania County Virgina when he served as
an ensign in Captain Brewer's company of the Virginia
Militia. Age 84 when application was made.

James is the twin brother of John Devin

POB from Ancestral File

Birth date calculated from stated age of 84 when affidavit
was given and date of the ARW Pension affidavit dated
24.Sep.1832. If accurate, James could be born anywhere
between Sept. 1747 and Sept. 1748.

His birth circa 1748 would also agree with him being listed
on the 1767 List of Tithables for Pittsylvania County
Virginia. He would have been about 19 in 1767, and any male
over the age of 16 was listed.

!NAME:American Revolutionary War Pension #S-16365 (James
Divin), Divin, James: ARW Pension #S-16365,

Divin,
James
State of Kentucky Lincoln County

September
24, 1832, age 84 [est. b. 1748], the soldier applied for a
pension.
He states that he was an ensign in Captain
Brewer's Company of Virginia
Militia and was called
into service as a pensioner of that grade.

He was
commanded by General Green and thinks his Colonel's name
was Boyd and
served about 6 months, that he entered
service in Pittsylvania Va being at
that time a
resident of said county, thinks he was discharged in
Bedford Co.,
Va, at which time he was commanded by
Colonel Hoskins.

He entered service again as a
Militiaman from Pittsylvania County, Va, and
was in
service during the seige of 96, that he was an ensign and
called in
the service as such. States that he served
serveral campaigns against the
Indians during the
Revolutionary War. He was under Colonel Christie, the

other officers he does not recollect. He thinks in
all, he served 2 or 3
years.

, Pension Declaration

Birth:
Between Lancaster Co., PA and Pittsylvania Co., VA

Died:
Pension Date

James married 'Peggy' [Margaret] Thomas Abt Aug 1803. 'Peggy' (daughter of Jonathan Thomas) was born Abt 1750; died Yes, date unknown, likely Halifax Co., Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John fought against England in the Revolutionary War (Dessa
Hofstetter; "The Devin Family"; page 2; ...William and
Sarah Devin's four oldest sons were in the Revolutionary
War. John was wounded and while confined to his room carved
a powder horn and gave it to his brother Alexander, who was
not old enough to go to war. ...)

Dessa's Booklet quotes (page 5) a letter from Robert Ira
Devin to Alfred Harrison Devin, saying "My grandfather
William Devin, Jr. was born in Pittsylvania County, Va. and
was a soldier three years in the War of the Revolution. Two
of his brothers, John and Robert, were with him in the
army. John was severly wounded by being shot through the
body, but he, wonderful to relate, entirely recovered and
afterward died at the home of his lady love to whom he was
engaged to be married, while on a visit to see her. The
pantaloons he had on when wounded were preserved for many
years by the family as an heirloom that showed the bullet
hole on each side that passed through his body."

Not named in his Father's will, dated 25.November.1800

!NAME:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

Notes:

The following chain of evidence shows the relationship of William Devin, Jr. to his father, William Devin, Sr., both of Pittsylvania County Virginia:
i. William Devin, Sr.'s will dated 25.Nov.1800 recorded in Pittsylvania County VA Deed & Will Book 11 pages 243-244 on 19 Apr.1802 specifically names "William Devin Junr" as one of his children. "Deed book 9/498/499 This tract of land is "...the Land ajoining thereto and bounded as followeth, by William Devin Jr lines on the South,..." in William Devin, Sr.'s will."

William, Jr. fought against England in the Revolutionary War (Dessa Hofstetter; "The Devin Family"; page 2; ...William and Sarah Devin's four oldest sons were in the Revolutionary War...). Dessa's booklet also quotes, on page 5, a letter from Robert Ira Devin to Alfred Harrison Devin, saying "My grandfather William Devin, Jr. was born in Pittsylvania County, Va. and was a soldier three years in the War of the Revolution. Two of his brothers, John and Robert, were with him in the army..."

William Jr. participated in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Germantown and others. While in the army, he had small-pox and almost lost his life. His face was left badly marked with pits.

He and his wife, Martha, may have moved to Kentucky in 1785, but returned to Virginia in 1789. William Jr. was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife described him to be medium size, compactly built about 5 feet 10 or 11 inch, blue eyes, light hair, and weighed about 160 pounds. He had a florid complexion. William Jr. died of cancer 28 April 1810.

1787 Pittsylvania County, Virgina for William Devin, Jr.
Personal Property Tax List: 0 white males 16-21
0 blacks over 16
0 blacks under 16
2 horses, mules, etc.
8 cattle

Note: Either the above list is not complete or the previous paragraph is wrong about the family being in Kentucky between 1785 and 1789.

!ALT NAME:Callaway From Devin Deed, Devin, William: Deed to
Callaway (28 Feb.1805), Virginia. Pittsylvania County; County Clerk's Office., p.273 "Callaway " from Devin "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 acertain 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 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 Between the said Devin Senr & 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 Devin, Calland Sam Calland Senr names ^his mark^ X Baredan Richard Pearson. The Commonwealth of Virginia to Samuel Calland & Robert Devin, Gentleman Justices of Pittsylvania County William Devin and Martha his wife by their unreadable copy at end of page i. page 274. 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 herefore 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 acknowledgement 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 23rd Day of March 1805 in the 27th year of the Commonwealth Will Tunstall Delivered to Abramr the 22nd ?Decr 1853 the present owner of this land.Pittsylvania County [sold] 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 23rd Day of March 1805 Rob. Devin {seal} Saml Calland {seal} At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 17th 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 [and furth] of the [Executors] thereof be Recorded Will Tunstall Clk, page 27
The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, pages 2-4

William married Martha Mitchell 7 Sep 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . Martha (daughter of James Mitchell and Jane Mrs. James Mitchell) was born 1762, Colonial Maryland; died Abt 1830. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

One family chart shows Mary DEVIN, wife of James Bigger, as
being born in Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia.
[doubtfull, if her brother, Robert Devin, was born in
Lancaster County Pennsylvania in 1759]

YOB from FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley

Mary married James Bibb Bigger. James (son of John Bigger, Sr. and Susannah Elizabeth "Susan" Bibb) was born Est 1755, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Halifax Co. Virginia [became Pittsylvania]. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

YOB from FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley
YOB & POB from Ancestral File

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Is listed as deceased in her Father's Will dated
25.Nov.1800.

++++++++++++++
YOM from Notes of Nancy Reynolds, aunt of Sandra June Reynolds

Margaret married Joseph M. Reynolds 21 Aug 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Joseph (son of Hugh of Pittsylvania [dna] Reynolds and Mary Neely/Nealey/Neilee/Neeley) was christened 15 Aug 1759, Muddy Run, Martock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died Abt 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Robert fought against England in the Revolutionary War
(Dessa Hofstetter; "The Devin Family"; page 2; ...William
and Sarah Devin's four oldest sons were in the
Revolutionary War...). Dessa's booklet also quotes, on
page 5, a letter from Robert Ira Devin to Alfred Harrison
Devin, saying "My grandfather William Devin, Jr. was born
in Pittsylvania County, Va. and was a soldier three years
in the War of the Revolution. Two of his brothers, John and
Robert, were with him in the army..."

*****
From "Virginians in the Revolution" page 221:
"Devin, Robert, (Diven) 1 and 10 CL, 2 VA Brigade, 10 CL.
Pittsylvania pens."
[same listing under Diven, Divin, and Davin]; 1 CL = First
Virginia Regiment, Continental Line; 10 CL = Tenth Virginia
Regiment, Continental Line; 2 VA Brigade = Second Virginia
Brigade)

*****
Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #35, p 125 "The
declaration of Nancy
Devin widow of Robert Devin a Revolutionary Pensioner made
the 22nd day of
November 1838 before Wm. A/H. Fitzgerald a Justice of the
peace with the whole proceeding touching the application
for a pension was this day examined by the Court, approved
ordered to be certified."

Robert was a Commissioner of Revenue Taxes for Pittsylvania
County, Virginia in 1788, 1789 and from 1790 to 1794 (Court
Records Book #6 & #7). Court records (Pittsylvania Co VA
Book #8) also show he took oath as a Commissioner of
Revenue Taxes on 20 Apr 1795.

In 1797, 1798, and 1800, Robert represented Pittsylvania
County in the General Assembly of the Virginia Legislature
(1). Robert became a Justice of the Peace for Pittsylvania
County court in 1797 (2). He served as a presiding justice
(3) on 15 July 1799 during a resolution dealing with the
Alien and Sedition Act passed by Congress.

Robert and his wife, Nancy, deeded one acre for the
erection of a Methodist church (4) establish in 1823.


References

(1) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 197.
(2) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 287.
(3) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 199.
(4) History of Pittsylvania County; Clement, Maud; page 199.

DOB, POB, & DOD from FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S.
Mattingley

DOM from Pittsylvania Co VA record & from IGI. Dessa's
booklet has DOM as 22 Jan 1791 (Hofstetter, Dessa; "The
Devin Family"; page 1; ...Robert m. Nancy Parrish January
22, 1791...; page 2; Robert Devin who married Nancy Parish,
January 22, 1791, ...)

Pittsylvania County, VA Will Book I, Page 265. Will dated
20 August 1825 and recorded 19 May 1834. (Hofstetter,
Dessa; "The Devin Family"; page 2; Robert Devin who married
Nancy Parish, January 22, 1791, made the following will,
See Will Book 1, page 265, Pittsylvania County, Va.
naming...)

The "1787 Census of Virginia" Volume 6; page 455, lists a
Robert Diven on the Personal Property Tax List visited by
Griffin Dickerson, Commisioner, in 20 April 1787. The entry
shows William Devin is charged with tax.


!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 1-3

!NAME:Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension
Files, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension
Files, Abstracted by Virgil D. White, page 958

!NAME:Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Vol. 29,
Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Vol. 29,
Dorman, John Frederick, Washington, D.C. 1978,

Excerpt -
Volume 29, page 49-50 (Robert Devin)
page 49

Devin, Robert (Nancy). W.3395; BLWt.13745-160-55.

12 Oct. 1832. Pittsylvania Co.; Va. Robert (X) Devin of
said county, aged near 73, declares he enlisted on 20 Jan.
1777 under Capt. Henry Conway at Smith's Store, then
Pittsylvania Court House, for three years and took up the
line of march from their rendezvous on 17 March following
with Capt. henry Conway, 1st Lt. Cyrus Roberts, 2nd Lt.
Drury Oliver and Ens. William Jenkins for headquarters at
Middlebrook, N.J., and was there attached to the 14th
Virginia Regiment. On the march they joined Maj. Abraham
Buford and Capt. Lambert at New London and Bedford Court
House, then went by Fredericksburg and Alexandria, and on
their way they were inoculated at Dumfries, Va., for the
small pos. In Alexandria they went through the operation of
the small pox and about 1 May all that were fit for duty
were marched for headquarters at Middlebrook, passing by
Baltimore and Philadelphia. On the march Col. Lewis, the
commandant of the regiment, joined them. From Middlebrook
they marched to the north and halted some days in the
highlands of New York where the American army was divided.
Gen. Gates took command of a part of the army and went on
to the north. Gen. Washington with the remainder returned
through Philadelphia to meet the British who landed at the
head of Elk, Md. In marching toward

page 50

head of Elk and after a number of skirmishes on previous
days, on 11 Sept. 1777 the alarm gun fired in their
batteries which were thrown up the night before at
Brandywine and the battle immediately commenced and
continued until about sunset when Gen. Greene's division,
including Weedon's brigade, retreated. He was in Weedon's
brigade. They marched a greater part of the night toward
Philadelphia. At this time Mud Island and Red Bank forts
ere closely besieged by the enemy. His regiment with a
number of other troops marched down the river with a view
to reinforce and support the forts. Having been informed
the forts were evacuated, they went back, recrossed the
river and went by Philadelphia and rejoined the army near
German town. On 4 October the battle of Germantown was
fought. He was not in that battle. When it was about to
commence he, being on the sick list, was sent off with the
baggage. After that the 14th Virginia Regiment was reduced
to the 10th. About Christmas they were marched to winter
quarters on the Schuylkill at Valley Forge.

On the opening of the campaign the next spring nothing of
importance occurred until the British army evacuated
Philadelphia on 12 June 1778. They went toward Sandy Hook.
At Somerset Court House a detached party was called for out
of the troops, which was to be commanded by Gen. Lafayette
and to march that night. Washington moved off the next
morning toward Monmouth Court house with the main body of
the army, where it was understood Lafayette was to make a
stand provided he overtook and attacked the rear of the
enemy and could draw them to Monmouth Court House. Next
morning they heard the firing. He was with Washington. They
went on to support the troops that were engaged. The
Virginia troops were in the rear. The battle grew very
warm. Capt. Fantleroy among others was killed. In a short
time Gen. Lee, who was commander of the left wing of the
army, rode up and asked who commanded these troops. Lt.
Col. Buford answered, I do, sir. Gen. Lee ordered him to
put his troops in order to march that he would show them
where to go. They then retraced their ground four or five
miles and halted until information came that Washington and
Lafayette had drawn the enemy. From there they marched to
Somerset Court House, crossed the Hudson River at King's
Ferry and went on to the White Plains where they camped and
stayed for some time. There he had a severe spell of
sickness. On recovering a little he and others were marched
to Quibbletown on the Hudson. There they got on board a
shallop and were carried up the river above West Point and
from there t a recruiting hospital where they stayed a
considerable time. When he got fit for duty he was removed
and joined his same regiment in the fall of the year at
Robertson' Plains, opposite West Point, where they remained
a good while and worked in the fort until they moved to
winter quarters at Middlebrook in Jersey. This ended the
second campaign.

In commencing the campaign of 1789 [1779] nothing worthy of
notice occurred until 16 July. Brig. Gen. Muhlenburg with
his brigade being stationed on the mountains near Hudson
River as a guard between Stony Point, occupied by the
British, and

page 51

West Point by our troops, the troops were notified that
Gen. Washington would review them. The troops were put in
motion, marched down through the mountains and got into a
valley thickly settled. Guards were placed at every house
to prevent any person passing. The brigade formed in a
line; white paper was distributed to all the soldiers to
put in their hats. They lay in line until late in the night
and received orders to march as private as possible toward
the fort and in as good order as possible as it was through
the woods and dark. He was near enough to hear the British
sentinels hail a column of light infantry that was
advancing on the fort. The Americans made no answer but
rushed on. The British guard fired and it was said killed
three or four of our men. The infantry proceeded and the
guard and part of our infantry entered the gate together.
It was said the attack commenced between 12 and 1 at night.
Our troops were ordered not to fire again but rush into
their lodgings and use the bayonet. Our watch word was the
forts our own and if not answered on or the other must die
by the bayonet. The confusion and noise in the fort cannot
be described. It was said that it lasted about 21 minutes
but in a short time ceased. He was in Muhlenburg's brigade,
still formed in the line as a reserve outside of the fort,
which position they continued in until day. They continued
in the fort three days and nights, engaged in demolishing
the fort and removing ammunition and other plunder, putting
them on shallops to send up to West Point. After this was
done they evacuated the fort and went to their different
positions. After this nothing of importance occurred. They
were kept moving hither and yon until fall. In December the
Virginia troops were divided in lots according to the time
of their enlistment, after which they took up the line of
march for Virginia to be discharged. They were much
retarded in their march and they marched to Philadelphia
and quartered in the old barracks, called Braddock's. There
they suffered a good deal and being informed that Col.
Christian Febiger was authorized to discharge them, he
applied to him for himself, his brother and a few more.
They were discharged 4 Feb. 1780.

After being home some time he was informed the discharges
were required to be sent to Richmond for the purpose of
receiving land warrants and a 6 per cent certificate.

He was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., 6 April 1759. he has
lived in Pittsylvania Co., Va., since the war.

22 Nov. 1838. Pittsylvania Co., Va. Nancy (X) Devin of said
county, aged 75, applies for continuance of pension.

30 Nov. 1848. Pittsylvania Co., Va. Nancy (X) Devin of said
county, aged 80, applies for continuance of pension.

10 April 1855. Pittsylvania Co., Va. Nancy (X) Devin of
said county, aged 87, applies for bounty land. She was
married to Robert Devin in Pittsylvania County 25 Jan. 1791
and

page 52

her name was Nancy Parrish. Her husband died at his
residence 10 April 1834.

Robert Devin of Pittsylvania Co., Va., private in the
company of Capt. Conway in the regiment of Col. Lewis in
the Virginia line for two years, was placed on the Virginia
pension roll at $80 per annum under the Act of 1832.
Certificate 6452 was issued 2 March 1833.

Nancy Devin of Pittsylvania Co., Va., widow of Robert Devin
who died in 1834, private in the company of Capt. Conway in
the regiment of Col. Lewis in the Virginia line for two
years, was placed on the Richmond, Va., pension roll at $80
per annum. Certificate 4180 under the Act of 1838 was
issued 12 Sept. 1829, 4582 under the Act of 1843 was issued
22 Jan. 1844 and 3556 under the Act of 1848 was issued 31
Jan. 1849. Bounty land warrant 13745 for 160 acres was
issued 9 Jan. 1856

She died 11 April 1858.

, Volume 29 page 51-52

!NAME:American Revolutionary War Pension No. W-3395 (Robert
Devin), Devin, Robert : ARW Pension #W-3395, Nancy Devin
bounty land application

!NAME:Virginia. Pittsylvania County. Will Book 01,
Virginia. Pittsylvania County. Will Book 01, County Clerk's
Office, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, page 265

Robert married Nancy Parrish 25 Jan 1791, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Abraham 'Abram' Parrish and Susannah Riddle) was born Abt 1768, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died 11 Apr 1858, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB from Ancestral File
YOD & POD from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, publ. 1916 SLC, UT
FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley says his DOD
was 1804 that an
inventory was filed 17 Sep 1804 in Pittsylvania Co VA

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, Page 1

!NAME:Nowlin Newsletter, Nowlin Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 2,
page 2

Joseph married Elizabeth Nowlin 16 Feb 1789, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of Bryan Ward aka James Nowlin and Lucinda 'Lucy' Wade) was born 20 Mar 1766, Halifax County, Virginia; died 17 Feb 1847, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sources:

1) Pittsylvania County VA Deed & Will Book 11, page
243-244, Will of William Devin, Sr. names Sarah as his
daughter. She inherited his house and a parcel of his land.

YOB & POB from Ancestral File

Will in Pittsylvania Co Will Bk #2 p 59-60 & dated 16 Sep
1848; entered into
probate 16 Oct 1848.
Said land & property to be sold & money be equally divided
between James Oakes & Elizabeth Herndon (wife of James
Herndon)

QUESTION: Who were James Oakes & Elizabeth Herndon?
Father's will said if "my daughter Sarah Devin should die
without a lawfull heir of her body that in that case she
has a right only to dispose of half the property to her
given as she
may think proper...."
Will of father, William Devin, Sr., in Pittsylvania Co VA

Sarah never married.

!NAME:Deed & Will Book 11, Virginia. Pittsylvania County.
Deed & Will Book 11, County Clerk's Office, Virginia.
Pittsylvania County., page 243-244; Will of William Devin,
Sr.

!NAME:Deed Book 02, Virginia. Pittsylvania County. Deed
Book 02, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia, pages 59-60; will of Sarah Devin dated 16.Sep.1848

Notes:

Census:
1820 Gibson Co IN p 240......
1 male >45; 1 male 16-25; 3 males 10-15
1 female>45; 3 female 16-25; 2 females <10

POB from History of Gibson Co IN p. 55; FHC #0934905
This book gave YOM as 1793. Family moved to Warren County
(near Bowling Green), Kentucky in 1798 & to Gibson County,
Indiana in spring of 1808.
Moved to Indiana Territory March 1808 (Gilbert, Polly;
Decendents of James Nowlin; updated 01.Aug.2001).

Represented Gibson Co in the Indiana constitutional
convention of 1816.
Hist. of Gibson Co IN; SLC 977.235 H2p

IGI & Ancestral File say DOB 27 Mar 1769 or 22 Mar 1769
Per Hist. of Gibson Co IN DOB = 27 Mar 1769.

Bought the first lot sold in Princeton, IN.

Was Baptist minister who along with Joseph Logan and John
Hightower, other Baptist preachers, established their
ministry and several churches in the Warren County and
Allen County, Kentucky, areas
in the late 1790s and 1800s.

Land Grant issued to Alexander Divan for 200 acres on the
Sulphur Fork of Drake Creek in Warren County, Kentucky.
Grant is recorded in Book 12 page 114. Surveyed
08.Aug.1799.

Alexander recorded a deed in Pittsylvania County Virigina
relinquishing his rights in the estate of his father,
William Devin, except for any property based on the future
estate of his sister, Sarah. Written 21.Novemer.1803;
recorded in Deed
Book 13 page 537 on 16.January.1804. Witnessed by James
Nowlin, John Emmerson, George Thomas, and James Devin.

!NAME:Relinquishment Deed To Devin's Legatees From Alex.
Devin, Devin, Alexander: deed to Devin's Legatees, County
Clerk's Office; Pittsylvania County, Virginia,

Be it
remembered and made known to all to whom this Instrument

may Concern that whereas some doubts have arisen
respecting my
Father William Devins last will and
testament (to wit, that I have a
right to brake [break]
or revoke the said will agreeable to our Laws, on the

ground that my name is omitted, and not Inserted in
said Will
Therefore in order to remove and do away all
such doubts I do hereby
relinquish give up and forever
Disclaim all or any such right, if any I
have, not only
for my self but also for my heirs Executors and
administrators
or any other person or persons Claiming
by or from under me
or my heirs & in any Case
Whatsoever and therefore do pronounce my
harty Consent
to the Establishment of said Will and do reserve to myself

my heirs or afsigns the part to me left in said Will in
Case my Sister Sarah
Devin Should die without a Lawfull
heir, In Witnefs whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal this twenty first day of November

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
three.

Alex^r [Alexander] Devin {Seal}

Signed Seal^d & Deliver'd in the presents of
[fs]
James Nowlin    John Emmerson
George Thomas   
James Devin

At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the
16^th day of January
1804 This Relinquishment
from Alexander Devin to the Legatees of
William Devin
Deceased was presented in Court and proved by the
oath
of two of the Subscribing Witnefses hereto to be the act
and Deed
of the said Alexander and by the Court ordered
to be Recorded.

, page 537

Alexander married Susannah Nowlin 10 Jul 1795, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Susannah (daughter of Bryan Ward aka James Nowlin and Lucinda 'Lucy' Wade) was born 12 Mar 1771, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 8 Nov 1840, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.. [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]

Notes:

Named in lawsuit papers: James Devin, et al vs estate of
Sarah Devin

Notes:

Grandson of Original Settler, Hugh Reynolds

Hugh married Elizabeth Mitchell 24 Sep 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . Elizabeth (daughter of James A. [Allen] Mitchell and Sarah Warren Philpott) was born 6 Dec 1779, Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Feb 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DAR Patriot Index Lookup
PHILPOT, CHARLES THOMAS; A090845
Child/Child : SARAH PHILPOTT m. JOHN DEVIN REYNOLDS
Service: MARYLAND Rank: SERGEANT
Birth: 11-20-1753 CHARLES CO MARYLAND
Death: 2-29-1836 HENRY CO VIRGINIA
Pension Number: *S5924
Service Source: *S5924
Service Description:
1) CAPTS ENEAS CAMPBELL,MONTJOY BAILY
2) COL JOHN GUNBY
Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805
DOD apparently listed in chancery suit

['Modern' headstone replaced by Mrs. Ruth Marlowe, (Ruth Mae
Reynolds) granddaughter, along with a marker for Allen
Gilmer Reynolds and wife Martha Ann Jackson.-mfe]

Sarah Ann Philpott
Buried: Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., Va.
Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston
Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh


John Devin Reynolds is the 2nd son of Joseph M. Reynolds and his wife, Margaret Devin. Named for his Uncle John, and his Mother's Maiden name [Devin], he was born in 1783. He died 18 Mar 1831. His death was not an easy one. He writhed in agony from what we know today, as kidney stones, and after 9 days, finally succumbed to his exhaustion. His wife, described his agony and mortification in a letter to her daughter, Herodias in Missouri.

Because John's father, Joseph M. Reynolds had two wives, he enjoyed the company of 17 siblings. Eldest brother, Hugh is beginning his family in the same year his father produces his final heir.

Absolute documented proof, and multiple dna matches, confirm the father of Joseph M. Reynolds, and grandfather of John Devin Reynolds, is Hugh Reynolds of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Pittsylvania County Virginia.

John married Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott 19 Jul 1808, Henry County, Virginia . Sarah (daughter of Charles Thomas Philpott and Elizabeth Garrett) was born 1 Oct 1784, Frederick County, Maryland; died Abt 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia C.S.A.; was buried , Worlds Cemetery Callands, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

Notes:

First daughter, named after maternal grandmother, Sarah
Devin;
Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805
BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh,

Sarah married William Vortimer Adkins never married. William (son of William Vortimer Adkins/Adkinson and Lydia Owens) was born 21 Sep 1760, Henrico County, Virginia; died 28 Oct 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , William Adkins Cemetery Callands, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

DOD from Bible record, DPL.

After William Reynolds' death 27 Jan 1816 Nancy remained a widow until 1824 when she married John Booker and produced six children; John Booker, aged about 27, married Nancy Blair, aged about 27, about 1824. They had six children:
Mary A. Booker born on 12 August 1825
Armistead M. Booker born on 27 November 1827; died on 22 June 1838
Caroline V. Booker born on 21 July 1833; died in 1858
William Booker born on 10 August 1836; died in 1858
John Booker born on 10 October 1840; died on 26 August 1864
James Booker born on 10 October 1840; died in 1923.

William married Nancy Blair 29 Mar 1814. Nancy (daughter of Captain James Blair and Mary 'Polly' Dickinson/Dickerson) was born 24 Dec 1796, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DAR Lookup Service
Howard Joel Ferguson born on 17 - Dec - 1877 at Riceville
VA died at at sea on 17 - Feb - 1930 and his ( 1st ) wife
Julia Elizabeth Reynolds born on 19 - Feb - 1885 at Renan
VA died at _______________ on - - married on 27 - Aug - 1913
2.
The Said Julia Elizabeth Reynolds was the child of
Keene Johnson Reynolds born on 30 - Nov - 1861 at Climax VA
died at Renan VA on 17 - Jan - 1926 and his ( 1st ) wife
Mary Susan Brumfield born on 21 - Apr - 1867 at Callands VA
died at Renan VA on 25 - Nov - 1951 married on 15 - Nov -
1883
3.
The Said Keene Johnson Reynolds was the child of
William Reynolds born on 1 - Apr - 1811 at Pitts Co VA
died at Climax VA on 23 - Jan - 1868 and his ( 1st ) wife
Elizabeth Elvira Blair born on 25 - Jan - 1817 at Climax VA
died at Climax VA on 13 - Sep - 1891 married on 25 - Aug -
1833
4.
The Said Elizabeth Elvira Blair was the child of Samuel
Blair born on 11 - Apr - 1789 at Pittsylvania Co VA
died at Pittsylvania Co VA on 22 - Mar - 1870 and his (1st)
wife Mary Reynolds born on 18 - Mar - 1791 at Callands VA
died at Pittsylvania Co VA on (a) - - 1834 married on 26 -
Jul - 1810
5.
The Said Samuel Blair was the child of William Blair born
on (c) - - 1750 at Derry Co Moneymore Ireland died at
Pittsylvania Co VA on - Jan - 1789 and his ( 1st ) wife
Sarah Sutter born on (c) - - 1760 at York Co PA,
died at Murry Co TN on (p) - - 1807 married on (c) - - 1779


Mary "Polly" was named after her paternal grandmother, Mary
Nealy Reynolds, wife of Hugh Reynolds
MARY S REYNOLDS was born on 18 March 1791; Polly died on 4
April 1833, aged 42; m. Samuel Brittain Blair, Sr., aged
20, married Mary S Reynolds, aged 19, on 26 July 1810 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA. They had nine children:

Margaret R. Blair born on 24 April 1811 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA; died on 7 November 1876
Joannah A. Blair born on 28 February 1813 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA; died on 10 March 1863
Joseph Blair born on 15 February 1816
Elizabeth Elvira Blair born on 20 January 1817
James H. Blair born on 3 June 1819; died on 3 April
1858
William Addison Young Blair born on 18 November
1821; died on 25 June 1879 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
John Francis Marion Blair born on 3 March 1826 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA; died in 1885
Amanda Virginia Blair born on 27 March 1828; died
on 11 March 1861
Edna E. B. Blair born on 26 November 1830; died in
1865

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

Mary married Samuel Britton Blair 26 Jul 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Samuel (son of Rev. William Blair and Sarah Sutor) was born 11 Apr 1789, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 22 Mar 1870. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elizabeth Reynolds and John Hawkins Kendrick's son, Thomas
Kendrick, married Nancy Ann Jefferson, d/o Noton Jefferson
and Elizabeth Carter. Noton is the cousin of Thomas
Jefferson, POTUS. (President of the United States)

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

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

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

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

!DEATH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

!BURIAL:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Elizabeth married John Hawkins Kendrick 23 Oct 1817, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. John (son of Captain John Kendrick and Elizabeth Summers) was born 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

Ancestral File says YOB abt 1782

Joseph married Minerva/Manerva Collins 21 Feb 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Minerva/Manerva (daughter of Keziah Collins) was born Abt 1793, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

19 FEB 1844 Pittsylvania Co., VA
On this date, the court ordered the inventory and
assessment of his estate (source: O. Book 38, page 4.(
?Orphans book?).

Robert died before 19 Feb 1844. A chancery suit was brought
15 Jun 1857 which names the heirs, including the husbands
of Robert's daughters.

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

YOB from Ancestral File

Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh



Died:
Alternate DOD per stone list 17 Dec 18??
Stone next to Susan, his wife.

Robert married Susanna Carter 21 Feb 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Susanna (daughter of Nathan W. [Nathaniel] Carter and Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Adkins) was born 26 Jul 1804, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 24 Apr 1847, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Census:
1850 Census Roll 968 Page 248 Pittsylvania Co VA: Sarah
Hurt age 57, Mary Hurt age 26 in same household as Nancy
Devin age 82.

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 3

!NAME:Court Records Book 44, Virginia. Pittsylvania County.
Court Records Book 44, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania
County, Virginia, page 507

Sarah married William C. Hurt 17 Sep 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. William was born Est 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child
of Joseph Devin

Name from Tennessee Tidbits 1778-1914, V.II, p 85: SCGS,
Burbank

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record (name transcribed as
Lucea)

Susannah married Gilbert Dear 15 Dec 1817, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Gilbert (son of Gilbert Dear and Aincy [Nancy] Morton) was born Between 1788 and 1796; died Aft 1838. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

There is a possibility the William might be the William
Devin in the 1820 census for Lincoln county Tennessee.
However, it is more likely William B. W. Devin is the
William Devin in the 1820 Census for Pittslyvania County
Virginia. The enumeration for the Pittsylvania County
census is consistant with his mother and younger brother
living with him along with his mother's slave, Hannah and
Hannah's children.

The William Devin in the 1820 Lincoln County Tennessee was
enumerated in close proximaty to an Olliver family, which
may indicate the Lincoln county William is William Robert
Devin, son of William Devin, Jr. as William R. married
Rebecca Oliver in 1820.

Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child
of Joseph Devin

YOB from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT

It is possible he married Elizabeth Graff 15 Nov 1813 in
Pittsylvania Co VA.

Per Ancestral File: he lived in Marshall Co TN

!NAME:Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, Nowlin-Stone Genealogy,
Nowlin, James Edmund; Nowlin, Mary, Salt Lake City,
[c1916], page 37

!NAME:Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined
in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Humphreys, West Hughes,
page 66

!NAME:Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources,
Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources:, Gary
Boyd Roberts, New England Historical & Genealogical
Society, #77 An Assortment of Famous Actors

William married Elizabeth Croff 2 Dec 1813, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child
of Joseph Devin

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Pittsylvania Co VA
2nd:

Census:
possibly living Lincoln Co TN 1820
1830
1840
1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
1860 Marshall Co TN p 126A
1870 Marshall Co TN p 190

Marshall Co TN formed in 1836.

From Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT; this
record says his DOB is 12 Sept 1793 & DOD 12 June 1879:
This record says his DOB is 12 Sep 1792 & his DOD is 12
June 1877; buried
Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN; Tombstone
Inscriptions of
Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR
929.3 T2 MARS W594t V.l

He & his wife had other unknown children who died & were
not named.
Per Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908 John & Rebecca had 10
children.

!BURIAL:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, viewed 11.Aug.2001

John married Rebecca Beckett. Rebecca was born 8 Apr 1812, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 26 May 1894, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

John married Ann Bibb Nowlin 6 Nov 1823, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Ann (daughter of David Nowlin and Lucy Hensley) was born Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died 1835. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child
of Joseph Devin

YOB from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT

!MARRIAGE: Marshall Co TN via IGI

Census:
1850 Marshall Co TN index

Per Ancestral File: she lived in Marshall Co TN

YOD was (after 1838) per KLV.

!NAME:Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, Nowlin-Stone Genealogy,
Nowlin, James Edmund; Nowlin, Mary, Salt Lake City,
[c1916], page 37

!NAME:Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined
in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Humphreys, West Hughes,
page 66 & page 69

!DEATH:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, viewed 11.Aug.2001

Elizabeth married David Light Nowlin 8 May 1828, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee U.S.A.. David (son of Bryan Ward Nowlin and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Townsend) was born 13 Dec 1806, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 23 Apr 1862. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, Nowlin-Stone Genealogy,
Nowlin, James Edmund; Nowlin, Mary, Salt Lake City,
[c1916], page 37

!NAME:Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined
in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Humphreys, West Hughes,
page 66 & page 69

Lucy married Richard B. Beck 15 Jul 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

IGI & Ancestral File say DOB = 6 Mar 1793

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN; SLC 977.235 V28g V.1

Info from Tom Hughes says she had husband named
Fleener.Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13
as child of Joseph Devin

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Census:
1850 St. Clair Co MO p 132A
1860 St. Clair Co MO p 871 w/son, James W.

YOB from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT

It is possible she married Gilbert Dear in Pittsylvania Co
VA 15 Dec 1817 per
the information via Ethel Mattingley (FHC #0028903) thus
making the marriage to Richard Beck to be some other Lucy
Devin......DOUBTFUL!!!!!

!NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101, page 2

!NAME:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, dated 01.Aug.2001

'Lucy', married Alexander Lee Holcomb 14 Oct 1813, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Alexander was born Est; died 1814, Gibson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

'Lucy', married John Fleener 6 Jul 1815, Gibson County, Indiana. John was born 1790; died 15 Jul 1858, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaenous: Had 13 children
Census:
1820 Gibson Co IN p 238
1 male 26-44; 1 female 16-25; 2 females <10
1830 Gibson Co IN p 141A
1 male 30-40; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 5-10; 2 males <5
1 female 20-30; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 10-15; 2 females
5-10

DOB from Ancestral File

Went to Warren County, Kentucky with his parents, then on
to Gibson County, Indiana in 1808 with his parents.

Per Hist. of Gibson Co IN p 582: he was in the battle of
Tippecanoe in 1807.

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II;
Pom.Lib.R929.3772 Ind.V.2

Held several county offices; was a State Representative in
1838; was Gibson Co Tax Collector.

DEATH: probably occurred before 1850; not listed on 1850
census
Died of "black tongue" as did sister, Sarah Devin Hummer.

Military service: 1807, Battle of Tippecanoe (per
Descendants of James Nowlin website by PAG updated
01.Aug.2001)

!NAME:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, updated 01.Aug.2001

!BIRTH:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, updated 01.Aug.2001

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101, page 3

James married Hannah Chapman 5 Feb 1818, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Hannah was born 24 May 1802, Warren County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 31 Aug 1873, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

In Washington Co IN there is a marriage record for Sucky
Diven & Andrew Beck,
6 May 1821. Could they be this couple?

Middle name from JNT email 04.October.1998.

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell DC, Truitt, Joyce Nell DC,
Descendant Chart

!NAME:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, updated 01.Aug.2001

!BIRTH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

!DEATH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

Susan married Andrew M. Beck 6 May 1821, Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.. Andrew (son of John George Beck and Elizabeth Claver) was born 5 Jul 1795, Rowan County, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 19 Aug 1875; was buried , College Mound Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB & POB from Ancestral File
First name maybe Sally per Indiana Marriages through 1850
Index.
MARRIAGE:
1st: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II; Pom.Lib.R929.3772
Ind.V.2
& #659: FHC #1434696
2nd: Gibson Co IN #870: FHC #1434696

First husband Rutland deserted her.

She & her brother James Devin died of "black tongue."

Possible DOD is 5 December 1832

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101, page 13

!DEATH:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, March 1808,

Sarah married John Rutland 1 Dec 1829, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. John was born , Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married William Hummer 5 Sep 1833, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1830 Gibson Co IN p 151A
1 male 20-30 1 female 20-30; 2 females <5
1840
1850 Gibson Co IN Princeton Twp p 18A
1860 Gibson Co IN Princeton Patoka Twp p 1050

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II; Pom.Lib.R929.3772
Ind V.2
2nd: Pike Co IN: Ind. Source Book II; Pom.Lib.R929.3772
Ind V.2
3rd: Gibson Co IN: SLC 977.235 V2i

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

!BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101, page 13

Alexander married Margaret Lounsdale 5 Feb 1824, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Margaret was born 1 Nov 1804; died 30 Aug 1839; was buried , Warnock Cemetery Princeton, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Caroline Augusta Gleason 18 Aug 1842, Pike County, Indiana U.S.A.. Caroline was born 1826; died 1848. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Elizabeth Henrietta Graff 19 Jun 1849, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Elizabeth was born Aug 1808, Hagerstown, Maryland; died 19 May 1889, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana ; was buried , Warnock Cemetery Princeton, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 2 (age = 46)

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II;
Pom.Lib.R929.3772 Ind.V.2

Had 8 children by John Alexander

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

Possibly born on 2 June 1803

!BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 13

Virginia married John Alexander 27 Oct 1821, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. John was born 10 Aug 1797, Warren, Knox County, Kentucky; died 18 Sep 1854, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

See book "Evansville and Its Men of Mark" 1873 & "Nowlin
Devin", (MSS)

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

Census:
1850 Gibson Co IN Princeton Twp p 20
1860 Gibson Co IN Pinceton-Patoka Twp p 1060 & 1061......

Was State Representative in 1841; per History of Gibson Co
IN; FHC #0934905
Also prob. was County Commissioner in 1859 & 1861.

Per Tom Hughes: he died in 1864

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 13

!BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 13

Joseph married Nancy Robb 7 Sep 1833, Hazelton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.. Nancy was born 8 Jun 1810, Gibson County, Indiana; died 5 Nov 1893, Bowling Green, Kentucky; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB & POB from Ancestral File
Possibly born in Indiana
Per Hist of Gibson Co IN p 452: DOB = 22 Jun 1807; FHC
#0934905

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN #1180: FHC #1434696 & SLC 977.235
V28g V.1

Robert always lived with his mother, Susan Devin; upon his
marriage she sold
her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law & lived with
her children.

Per Tom Hughes: he died in 1841

Other possible birthday 22 June 1807.

!BIRTH:History of Gibson County Indiana, History of Gibson
County Indiana, page 452

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 13

Robert married Celia Milburn 8 Dec 1837, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Celia was born 22 Mar 1819, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died 4 Sep 1901. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DoD maybe 27 Feb 1862.

!Questions: Spelling of Middle Name Nowlin or Nolan
Census:
1850 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 2
1860 Gibson Co IN Patroka Twp p 1077......

He & Jane lived on the cross road from Lathom Mill to the
State Road just south
of what is now the Country Club, near Devin School House.
Maybe in or near
Princeton, IN. Resembled Lincoln.

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II;
Pom.Lib.R929.3772 Ind.V.2

!Death Notice in The Princeton Clarion; he died at home.
Gibson Co IN Source Book V.1 Obituaries & Death Notices
Carlsbad Gen 977.235 V28 NOL V.1

!NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

Peyton married Jane Hudelson 18 Oct 1832, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Jane (daughter of Alexander Hudelson and Mary Crawford) was born 22 Aug 1811, Nicholas County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 25 Sep 1892, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

!NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

Notes:

DOB & POB from Ancestral File (Gibson Co IN was formed in
1813 from Knox Co)

Census:
1850 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 34A
1860
1870
1880 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 394......

MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN #918; FHC #1434696

Indiana was a territory at the time of her marriage to
Joseph P. McClure.
NOTE by KLV: this isn't correct if her DOB was in 1812
because Indiana became a state in 1816.

Per Hist. of Gibson Co IN p 452: POD = Gibson Co IN; FHC
#0934905

!NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BURIAL:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, updated 01.Aug.2001

from photo.
Joseph P & Catherine Devin McClure anniversary




February 13, 1884

Joseph P McClure home near Princeton, Indiana
"Joseph P. Mcclure and his wife Catherine Ann lived to celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary on February 13, 1884. The weather that day was damp and the roads in bad condition, which prevented a number of people from attending, but there were still 105 who made it, including most of their children and 24 of their 30 grandchilcren. The photographer William R. Wright was out to take a picture of the residence, family, and all present." (from materials kept by great-granddaughter Edna Kell Chouinard)

Catherine married Joseph Perry McClure 13 Feb 1834, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.. Joseph (son of James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick) was born 6 Oct 1815, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 23 Jan 1898, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Odd Fellows Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN #979: FHC #1434696 & SLC 977.235
V28g V.1

[Judith Bone; email 19990129] On the inside of the front
cover of a bible in possession of Judith Bone (1999) reads:
Nancy Smith Devin bible bought in Princeton from the Bible
Society Year 1833 Price $1,37. In about the middle of the
Bible there are about eight pages of family genealogy.
Most of it in one person's writing, but there are things
added by some one else later. The book is old and I do not
take it out and touch it much as the pages are falling
apart. This Bible was Nancy's and then to her daughter Mary
Elizabeth (Smith) DeuFriend. After her death, it passed to
her daughter Esther Devin (DeuFriend)
Sullivan/Castor/Morgan, my Father's Aunt. After Ester's
death, the Bible came to my Dad's house and my step mother
sent it to me.

!NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 14

Nancy married Thomas Lewis Smith 20 May 1835, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Thomas (son of Major James Andrew Smith and Rachel Wood) was born 22 May 1799, Fayette County, Kentucky ; died 18 Jan 1876, Gibson County, Indiana ; was buried , W H H Smith Cemetery , Owensville, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

MARRIAGE:
1st: Knox Co IN: Ind. Source Book II; Pom.Lib.R929.3772
Ind.V.2
This book gave the license date as 7 Oct 1809.
2nd: Gibson Co IN Marr. Rec. V.1; SLC 977.235 V28g
3rd:

"The Devin Family" says her third husband is William
Wright. "Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin" says her
third husband was Philbert Wright (father of her daughter,
Sarah's husband). Possible DOM 15 Nov 1822 to John Wright.
In Washington Co IN there is a probate file for Philip Beck
dated 25 Nov 1831;
wife: Elizabeth Beck; daughter: Sarah Beck, under 18;
Executor: Wm. Wright
Probate Court Minute Book B, p 64. IF THIS INFORMATION IS
CORRECT, PERHAPS THE above DOM ELIZABETH DEVIN TO JOHN
WRIGHT IS WRONG.

DOB from Ancestral File

Moved with parents from Pittsylvania County, Virginia to
Warren County, Kentucky in 1798. Moved with parents to
Gibson County, Indiana in 1808.

Probably buried in Mill Creek Church yard in unmarked grave.

!NAME:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, updated 01.Aug.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

Elizabeth married Captain John Adams Clement 19 Oct 1809, Knox County, Indiana. John was born 1738, Prob Louisa, Virginia; died 1812, Fort Harrison, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married Philbert Wright 15 Nov 1832, Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.. Philbert was born 29 Apr 1768, Rowan County, North Carolina; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married John Philip Beck 22 Aug 1814, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. John (son of Johann Philip Beck and Anna Catherine Crouse) was born Between 1765 and 1766, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died 3 Nov 1831, Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.. [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