Alexander D. Beck

Notes:

Obituary for Alexander D. Beck from the 07.March.1912 issue
of "The Unique Weekly" of Risingsun, Ohio.
"Alexander D. Beck was born June 19, 1831, and departed
this life March 2, 1912, aged 80 years, 8 months and 11
days. He was married four times. He leaved one son, J.H.
Beck of Wills Point, Texas, a number of grandchildren and a
widow, Mary J. Beck.

He was a member of Company B, 31st Indiana Infantry, and
was a member of W.C. County Post, 476 G.A.R. of West
Millgrove, Ohio.

He joined church at about the age of 20 years, and while
not having a church near at hand he did not have any
opportunity to attend church much, but during his last
illness he spoke often of his church and desired if
possible to have a minister of the Church of Christ or the
Disciple Church.

The funeral was held Tuesday morning at West Millgrove,
conducted by Rev. Smith of Prairie Depot. Interment made in
West Millgrove Cemetery."

[From "Beck & Tittle Footprints" by Nell Truitt prepared
01.October.1998]:
Alexander D. Beck's birth is recorded in the Beck family
Bible which is the possession of Dr. Robert J. Beck in
1998. "Elick" as he was lovingly called in his youth, was
the first son born to his parents and he shared the name of
his maternal grandfather, Alexander, a Scotch-Irish
Baptist. Therefore, we assume the middle initial "D" was
for Devin.

A.D. Beck, listed in the 1880 Texas Census, named North
Carolina as his father's birthplace, and indicated his
mother's birthplace was unknown. Alexander was eighteen
month old when his mother, Susan, died giving birth to his
younger brother, John J. Beck. Alexander never really knew
his mother. His father married Rebecca Barker two years
after his mother died. She raised the young boys and their
sisters and gave birth to five more children by Andrew.

Evidently, Alexander grew up in the vicinity of Beck's
Mill, a small settlement in Howard Township, southern
Washington County, south of Salem Indiana, where his
grandfather, George Beck, Sr. had brought his family from
North Carolina in 1807. Alexander's father was 13 years old
in 1808 when the family made their home in the vicinity of
Organ Spring along Mill Creek and built a fifteen foot
square log-structure, grist mill.

Growing up on Beck's Hill, Andrew M. may have seen many
exciting times, as Indians came to the settlement and
professed great freindship for their "white brother." They
were given food and meal, and in the night, they would take
the horses. Young Alexander D. Beck learned to read and
write at the small school, built in 1811 at Beck's Hill,
and helped his father at the mill and on their farm in many
ways.

Alexander Beck is listed wtih his family in the 1850 Census
Index, page 101 of Washington County, Indiana at age 19 and
is listed in the 1860 census in Martin County, Indiana. As
a young man 21, in 1854, he went to Kaufman County, Texas,
with his father and step-mother when they left Indiana and
located there. However, he was in Lawrence County, Indiana
the following year where he married Mrs. Catherin Horsey
Greenwood. She gave birth to his four children.

Alexander D. Beck served in the Civil War. On the 26th day
of September, 1864, he was drafted and enrolled at
Columbus, Indiana as a Private in Co. B - 31st Regiment of
the Indiana infantry. He served for a few months at Lick
Creek, Tennessee. He began suffering from Chronic Diarrhea
and Rheumatish there, spent time in the hospitals in
Nashville, Tennessee and Jeffersonville, Indiana and was
released. All the remainder of his life he had some
problems with this diarrhea, as evidenced in his Pension
Paper filed in 1891-1898.

After his wife, Catherine, died, Alexander married Sarah
Francis Survance, who raised his three remaining children.
The family placed their belongings into an ox-drawn wagon
and made the long trip to what is now Wills Point, Van
Zandt County, Texas. After Sarah's death, A.D. Beck married
Mrs. Lucy F. (Cole) Palmer, age 34. She died ten months
after they were married. Alexander then wed Mrs. Mary Jane
(Mackey) Russell in Wills Point, Texas. Within a year, they
left and moved to the Mackey Estate (her parent's property)
in West Millgrove, Ohio.

Alexander's burial place is in River View Cemetery, Wood
County, Ohio. A large and stately gravestone marks this
serene place. On Memorial Day each year, a silver star with
the inscription GAR 1861-1865 is placed beside hsi stone,
indicating his service in the Civil War - Grand Army of the
Republic.

Sources:
Family Bible records of Alexander D. Beck and John
Jefferson Beck (his son)
Beck Family Bible in possession of Dr. Robert J. Beck (1988)
1850 Census Records - Washington County, Indiana.
1860 Census Records - Martin County, Indiana.
1880 Census Records - Van Zandt County, Texas.
1890 Census Records - Wood County, Ohio.
1900 Census Records - Wood County, Ohio.
Marriage Records - Lawrence County, Indiana.
Marriage Records - Martin County, Indiana.
Marriage Records - Van Zandt County, Texas.
Pension Records for Alexander D. Beck; National Archives;
Civil War Veteran - G.A.R.; Private; Co. B - 31st Regiment,
Indiana Infantry.
"Historical and Biographical Records, Wood County, Ohio -
1898"
Research by Nell Truitt; 1998.

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell DC, Truitt, Joyce Nell DC,
Descendant Chart, 14:48 hours

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

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

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

Alexander married Sarah Francis Survance 5 Apr 1867, Martin County, Indiana U.S.A.. Sarah was born 13 Apr 1845, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 14 Nov 1882, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.; was buried , Cedar Grove Cemetery, Kaufman County. Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Sarah and Alexander, along with his three young children
born to Catherine Horsey, placed their belongings into an
ox-drawn wagon and made the long trip to what is now Wills
Point, Texas.

!MARRIAGE:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 12

Alexander married Mary Jane Mackey 18 Dec 1887, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Mary (daughter of Robert Mackey and Mary McCarter) was born 30 Apr 1837, Beaver County, Pennsylvania U.S.A.; died 1919; was buried , West Millgrove Cemetery, Wood County, Ohio U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Within a year of their marriage in Wills Point, Texas, they
moved to the Mackey Estate (her parent's property) in West
Millgrove, Ohio [JNT family group sheets; 19981001].

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

!MARRIAGE:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 12

Alexander married Lucy F. Cole 7 Feb 1886, Van Zandt County, Texas U.S.A.. Lucy was born 2 Jun 1855, Texas U.S.A.; died 29 Nov 1886, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.; was buried , Cedar Grove Cemetery, Kaufman County. Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
dated 19981101; page 12

Notes:

The Devin Family, page 39 states that the unnamed husband
of Susan Devin was the son of Philip Beck; who had married
her sister, Elizabeth Devin. KLV thinks that the husband of
Susan Devin is the son of Philip Beck by a prior marriage.
JNT in an email dated 04.October.1998, says father of Susan
Devin's husband is George Beck; a cousin of Philip Beck.

He was from Salem, IN. (Washington Co.)

Rowan County, North Carolina became Davidson County, North
Carolina. Andrew Beck moved with his parents to Washington
County, Indiana Territory in 1808. [Beck & Tittle
Footprints; 19981001]

When Susan died, Andrew had the responsibility of a new
born baby, a son, Alexander, eighteen months old, and four
young daughters. He must have had help from other family
members where they lived at Beck's Mill. Andrew M. Beck
remarried two years after Susan died to Rebecca Barker.
[JNT email 04.October.1998]. They moved to near Terrell,
Kaufman County, Texas in 1854.

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

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

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

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

Andrew married Susan Nowlin Devin 6 May 1821, Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.. Susan (daughter of Alexander Devin and Susannah Nowlin) was born 22 Sep 1796, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died 5 Dec 1832, Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Beck Cemetery Washington 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

Notes:

Married:
Married by Elijah Wright, Sr. JPWC [Beck & Tittle
Footprints; 19981001].

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

!MARRIAGE:Washington County, IN Marriage Records,
Washington County, IN Marriage Records, page 5

Notes:

[From "Beck and Tittle Footprints" by Nell Truitt prepared
01.October.1998]:
George Beck, Sr. brought his family from North Carolina in
1807, staying a short time in Bear Grass, which is now
Louisville, Kentucky. George and his two older sons, John,
age 23 and George, Jr. age 16, while out scouting in
December 1807, located organ Spring along Mill creek and
built a grist-mill ther. The spring was dammed and provided
a gallon of water per minute at 60 degree temperature. The
first grist mill was a log structure fifteen feet square.

Within a short time, Beck's Hill, as the settlement was
known, became a social center as families from a thirty
mile radius brought their corn to Beck's Mill to be ground
into cornmeal. Sometimes it took two or three days as they
waited their turns, so games were played outdoors with the
young Beck boys. In the summer of 1825, a frame building,
twenty by thirty feet square replaced the first mill
structure. Two years later, a lean-to was bult and a
carding machine was put in operation. A commodious,
two-story frame structure for the mill was built in 1864,
and the carding machinery was placed in the second story.
The structure still stands in 1998.

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

!BIRTH:Truitt, Joyce Nell 19981006, Truitt, Joyce Nell
19981006

John married Elizabeth Claver. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

It is said the Elizabeth could cut more wheat than any may
she ever raced against. [Beck & Tittle Footprints;
Alexander D. Beck biography; 01.October.1998].

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

Notes:

Married:
George and Elizabeth left Rowan (now Davidson) County,
North Carolina in 1807 and settled in Indiana Territory and
with their older sons, John Jacob, George Jr., and Andrew
M., they build Becks Mill south of Salem, Washington
County, Indiana. The old mill, rebuilt in 1864, still
stands at the mill stream near Becks Hill, and was the
first grist mill in the 30-50 mile area. This is still
printed on some maps and atlases. -JNT email
04.October.1998 at 14:48.

Many stories of the Beck's are written in the Washington
County, Indiana history. [Beck & Tittle Footprints; John
Charles Beck biography prepared 19981001].

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: Spelling of Name - Nowlin or Nolan
First name maybe Susan.
POB from History of Gibson Co IN p. 55; FHC #0934905
This book gave DOD as 8 November 1840.

The Devin Family, page 37 lists her DOD as 8 November 1846.

Census:
1830 Gibson Co IN p 159A (Suckey or Sukey)
2 males 20-30 1 female 50-60; 2 females 15-20

Was a second generation American. Her grandfather came
from Ireland.

Via Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908: Bible records at
Washington Co IN
Historical Society show DOB as 12 Mar 1772.
Per Hist. of Gibson Co IN p 452: DOB = 12 Mar 1771

"The Devin Family", on page 37, says Susan is the daughter
of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia. However, on
page 2, a quote from the will of Bryan Ward Nowlin says
Sucky is his daughter. Research by Anna Hudelson
[Nowlin-Devin missive; 1929-1977] shows Edward Nowlin and
Mary Wade to be the parents of Bryan Ward Nowlin; Susans
paternal grandparents.

!NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
page 1

!NAME:Marriage Bonds Book 01, Virginia-Pittsylvania County.
Marriage Bonds Book 01, County Clerk's Office,
Virginia-Pittsylvania County., page 14

!NAME:Deed & Will Book 11, Virginia. Pittsylvania County.
Deed & Will Book 11, County Clerk's Office, Virginia.
Pittsylvania County., pages 344-246

!BIRTH:Our Families, Our Families, Anna Hudelson,
Researched and written 1929-1977, page 2

!BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
page 1

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

!DEATH:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 37

!DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
page 1

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

!BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
page 1

Notes:

Married:
It is possible that 9 July 1791 is their marriage bond date
and 10 July 1795 is the date of their marriage.

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

!MARRIAGE:Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
1767-1805, Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
1767-1805, Knorr, Catherine L., 1956, page 25

!MARRIAGE:Some Virginia Marriages: 1700-1799, Some Virginia
Marriages: 1700-1799, McDonald, Cecil D., Volume 5-8, page 6

Notes:

Johann came from Germany in 1750 aboard the ship Phoenix
with his parents. The ship arrived in Philadelphia. Moved
with his father, wife, and son to Rowan (now Davidson)
County between 1766 and 1768. [JNT email; 02.November.1998]

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
02.November.1998

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell 19981006, Truitt, Joyce Nell
19981006

Johann married Anna Catherine Crouse. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
02.November.1998

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell 19981006, Truitt, Joyce Nell
19981006

Notes:

William Devin, Senior is considered to be the Progenitor of the protestant Devin family in the United States of America. William Devin, Senior of Virginia was born in Dublin, Ireland and came to America in 1745 or 1746. In 1750, he married Sarah Smith and settled in what is now Pittsylvania County, Virginia. --The Devin Family, page 1.

William Davin along with son James Davin is listed in the
1767 list of Tithables for Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Colony. As did many landowners of the era and region, William Devin Senior owned slaves. His will states that he owned at least one male slave, named Alleck, which he bequeathed to his daughter Sarah Devin.

William Sr. served as Sergeant of Infantry, Virginia Continental Line. He "received a certificate for balance of full pay, according to act passed November session 1781". [more likely this was his son William Jr.] Children listed in will: James Devin, Mary Biggar, William Devin, Jr.
Robert Devin, Joseph Devin, heirs of Margaret Reynolds,
decd.
References:

(1) War Records No.4 Page 166
(2) Virginia. Will was signed 25 Nov 1800.
(3) 1787 Pittsylvania Co VA for William Devin, Sr.

1787 Pittsylvania Co VA for William Devin, Sr.
Personal Property Tax List: 2 white males 16-21
1 black over 16
0 blacks under 16
8 horses, mules, etc.
12 cattle

William married Sarah Smith 1750. Sarah (daughter of Peter of Yeocomico Smith and Mary Bailey) was born 20 Mar 1727, Pennsylvania Colony; died Bef 22 Nov 1800, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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

Notes:

Married:
Possibly married in Virginia Colony or Pennsylvania
Colony.(speculation)

After Sarah and William were married, they settled in the area now known as Pittsylvania County, Virginia. William and Sarah were members of the Presbyterian Church and accumulated some wealth. They had eleven children; some dying in childhood. Their four oldest sons fought in and survived the Revolutionary War. (Hofstetter, Dessa; The Devin Family; page 1)

The Devin property in Pittsylvania County, Virginia is shown by deeds and records to be near the Bannister River in the southwest corner of Pittsylvania County, northwest of Danville and east of Martinville, Virginia. In February 17, 1794, William Sr. deeded property to William Jr. as recorded in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Courthouse records. William Sr. bequeathed his house to his daughter, Sarah Devin.

Notes:

Served as Private in Illinois Campaign under Capt. Bowman.
Place of residence Chatham, VA. Listed on DAR Patriotic
Index page 500 for Patriotic Service. Also listed in the
Military record page 262 Missouri Pioneers. [Our Families,
Anna Hudelson; page 1]

The Assembly of Pittsylvania Co. VA ordered that all male
inhabitants sixteen years of age and over should take the
Oath of Allegiance to the State. Bryan Ward Nowlin is
listed as subscribing before William Witcher in
Pittsylvania County, VA. [Our Families, Anna Hudelson; page
1]

Was a builder by trade. Had 15 children.

The Nowlin-Stone Genealogy by James Edmund Nowlin.

!NAME:Our Families, Our Families, Anna Hudelson, Researched
and written 1929-1977, page 1

!NAME:Marriage Bonds Book 01, Virginia-Pittsylvania County.
Marriage Bonds Book 01, County Clerk's Office,
Virginia-Pittsylvania County., page 14

!BIRTH:My Nowlin Genealogy, My Nowlin Genealogy, viewed
28.Feb.2003

!DEATH:My Nowlin Genealogy, My Nowlin Genealogy

Bryan married Lucinda 'Lucy' Wade Abt 1764, Henrico, Virginia Colony. Lucinda (daughter of Capt. Edward3 C. Wade, Sr. and Mary 'Molly' Clements) was born 8 Oct 1746, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony; died Bef 21 Oct 1790, Chatham, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name maybe Mary Wade from "The Devin Family"; page 37.

!NAME:Probate Records for Estate of Edward Wade, Wade,
Edward: probate records, Georgia. Green County, Greene
County, Georgia, Will Book A, Page 84-85
In the name of Good, Amen. I, Edward Wade of the County of
Greene and State of Georgia, being in perfect health and of
perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling
unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to die, doe make this my last
will and testament, that is to say, first of all, I give
and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that
gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried
in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my
executors, nothing doubting but at the general
resurrection, I shall receive the same by the mighty power
of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it
hath pleased God to bless me within this life, I give,
demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and
form ---
Item: I lend to my beloved wife Mary Wade during her life
or widowhood, all my estate of lands, Negroes, stock of all
kinds and all my household furniture and movables, and at
her death or marriage my will is that all my aforementioned
estate be sold to the highest bidder amongst the legatees
only, and all the money arising therefrom to be equally
divided amongst all my children, that is David Wade, Lucey
Nolin, Grissell Bennett, Peyton Wade, Edward Wade, Mary
Burford, Thomas Wade, Chloe Easley and Anna williams, and
if any of the said children should die without heir
lawfully begotten of their body, then their part to equally
divided among the rest of the living children or their
heirs.
At the general division of the estate it is my will that
all the rest of my children be made up equal to my eldest
son David Wade who hath received thirty pounds, my daughter
Grissell Bennett fifteen pounds, my son Peyton Wade twenty
pounds, my son Edward Wade fifteen pounds, my daughter Mary
Burford ten pounds, my son Thomas Wade fifteen pounds, my
daughter Chloe Easley fifteen pounds, and my daughter Anna
Williams six pounds which is to be counted as so much
received of their part at a general division.
And further my will is that all my aforementioned children
or their heirs shall have timely notice to attend when my
afore mentioned estate shall be sold.
I give to my deceased daughter Christian Dalton's heirs one
shilling sterling money to be paid to them by my executors
hereafter named.
And lastly, I do constitute and ordain my two sons, Peyton
Wade and Thomas Wade sole executors of this my last will
and testament. I do utterly hereby, disallow, revoke and
disannul all and every other former testaments, wills,
legacies, bequests and executors by me in any wise named
before; willed and wills and bequeated, ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my last will and
testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighteenth day of February, Anno Domonio, One
thousand seven hundred and ninety.
Signed, Sealed, Published, pronounced and declared by the
said Edward Wade as his last will and testament int he
presence of: Thomas Easley, Elisha Bennett, Chloe Easley,
Peyton Nowlin
Edward Wade (seal)

A true copy of the original recorded the 4th day of
November 1790 by Will Phillips, RPGC.

Greene County, Georgia, Ordinary Court, Estate Sales Book
A, Pages 123-128 listing the transactions of the sale.
15th November 1791, The legatees, all present, of Edward
Wade, deceased, agree and themselves nominated and charged
in the presence of Thomas Baldwin Esquire, David Wade and
Peyton Wade to act as administrators of the estate of the
said Edward Wade, deceased, and according by letters of
administration are granted to David Wade and Peyton Wade on
the Estate of Edward Wade deceased of Greene County.

A record of the direction given to Bryan Ward Nowlin by his
children informing him to receive their monies of their
Grandfather Edward Wade's Estate deceased, in Georgia.

To the executors or administrators of the estate of Edward
Wade, deceased, in the State of Georgia. As it was the good
pleasure of our grandfather to will to our deceased
mother's heirs an equal part of his estate, it is each of
our devices that it be given up into the hands of our
father, that he may have the improving of it for the
benefit of our younger brothers and sisters as well for
them as us. And to be at his satisfaction to give it to us
and them as he thinks proper. Given under our hands this
19th of November 1791. Joseph Devin, Elizabeth Devin,
Stephen Bennett, Lucy Bennett, James Nowlin, Mary Nowlin,
Alexander Devin, Lucy Devin, Peyton Nowlin, David Nowlin
In the presence of : Jacob Berger, George Derusht

Received 12th December 1791 of Edward Wade full
satisfaction for the within mentioned legacy, and agree
that David Wade and Peyton Wade administrators to the
estate of Edward Wade, deceased, may pay him the said
Edward Wade the same as soon as it becomes due: And on
their performing the same, I do indemnify them from any
claim or claims that hereafter might arise from any of my
heirs. Given under my hand the day and date above written.
Bryan Ward Nowlin
In the presence of: William Melton, Adam Sincenton
The above order accepted by David Wade
[A true copy of the Original Records the 14th December 1791
by Will Phillips, RPGC]

!NAME:Our Families, Our Families, Anna Hudelson, Researched
and written 1929-1977, page 2

!BIRTH:My Nowlin Genealogy, My Nowlin Genealogy, viewed
28.Feb.2003

!DEATH:Our Families, Our Families, Anna Hudelson,
Researched and written 1929-1977, page 2

!DEATH:My Nowlin Genealogy, My Nowlin Genealogy, viewed
28.Feb.2003

Notes:

Married:
Pittsylvania County Virginia Marriages p. 18-186 file case.

!MARRIAGE:Our Families, Our Families, Anna Hudelson,
Researched and written 1929-1977, page 2