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William Finley

Will or probate of William Finley, was written or filed on Sunday, May 18, 1856. Surnames listed in will or probate: FINLEY, GALLOWAY, POWELL


Elizabeth H. Finley - wife
Lewis Finley - brother and executor
Jesse R. Powell - friend and executor
Jas. H. Galloway - witness
D. W. Finley - witness

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Alfred Galloway

Will or probate of Alfred Galloway, was written or filed on Thursday, February 6, 1856. Surnames listed in will or probate: DANCEY, DINKINS, GALLOWAY, MCKIE


George Galloway - son
Louisa Galloway - wife
Charles Galloway - son
James Galloway - son
J. H. McKie - witness
W. E. Dancey - surity
M. L. Dinkins - surity

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Elizabeth Gantt

Will or probate of Elizabeth Gantt, was written or filed on Thursday, September 17, 1828. Surnames listed in will or probate: CLAGETT, GANTT, HICKS, MASSEY, PRIMO


Kinhelm [?] Foreman Maddact [?] Gantt - son Letty Ann Massey - daughter
Cecilia Caroline Primo - daughter
George Gantt - son, executor
Rebecca Clagett - daughter
Elizabeth Stoddart Hicks - grand daughter
__ H. Perry Primo - grandson
Harriett Elizabeth Clagett - grand daughter
George Clagett, George Hicks - executors

Slaves:
Charles & wife Nancy; Lander; Cate, Cloe & Julia; Jenny; Sandy and Louisa; Harriet; Cecily (dau of Harriet)

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Lewis Gartley

Will or probate of Lewis Gartley, was written or filed on Monday, April 11, 1835. Surnames listed in will or probate: BROWN, CARRADINE, DAVIS, DUNLAVY, EWING, FAUES, GARTLEY, LATHAM, PEARCE, RICE, SANDERS, THOMAS


Louisa - wife, executrix
Joseph F. Davis - nephew
William Carradine - named in will
Martha Brown - sister
Parker Carradine - named in will
Samuel Pearce - inherits (disinherited in codicil)
James P. Thomas - friend, executor
James Dunlavy - friend, executor (revoked in codicil)
Daw Rice - witness
Montfort James Faues - witness
F. W. Ewing - witness
Rightly Sanders - inherits
Lorenzo Latham - executor

Slaves:
Big David - to be freed on 1-1-1838
Tanner, Dave, L. Daniel, Nelson, George, Emily Sarena, Dorcus, Andrew, Isaac, Jeane, Robbin, Ben Bill, Luda, Susan, Sina, Milly, Ellen, Jack

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Allen C Gillespie

Will or probate of Allen C Gillespie, was written or filed on Tuesday, September 25, 1846. Surnames listed in will or probate: GILLESPIE, MUNN, SINGLETON


William E. Gillespie - brother, executor
Thomas S. Gillespie - brother, executor
John Munn - witness
Otto R. Singleton - witness

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James Gillespie

Will or probate of James Gillespie, was written or filed on Monday, August 13, 1842. Surnames listed in will or probate: GILLESPIE, PAXTON, QUINSEY, SYLY


Mary Jane Paxton - daughter
James Smyth Gillespie - son, witness
Martha Gillespie - wife, executrix
Eliza Edmondton Wyly - daughter
Allen Campbell Gillespie - son
William Edmondton Gillespie - son
Thomas Hardin Gillespie - son, witness
Martha __ Quinsey - daughter
John Cooper Gillespie - son
Andrew Jackson Gillespie - son

Slaves:
Eliza; Rebecca; Elbert; Ezekiel

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Anna J. Goodloe

Will or probate of Anna J. Goodloe, was written or filed on Sunday, January 15, 1860. Surnames listed in will or probate: DAWSON, GOODLOE, LOVE, WALKER


James S. Goodloe - husband
Mary - daughter
Mr. Love - mentioned
Hattie A. Walker - inherits
H.F. Dawson

Slaves:
Alice, Peter, Rose, Frances, Matilda

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David Goodloe

Will or probate of David Goodloe, was written or filed on Sunday, March 16, 1873. Surnames listed in will or probate: GOODLOE, LOVE


William Winter Goodloe - brother
Mary E. Love - sister
Annie E. Goodloe - sister
James L. Goodloe - brother
Col. William E. Love - brother [in law ?], executor
Robert H. Love - nephew

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Jeremiah Griffin

Will or probate of Jeremiah Griffin, was written or filed on Wednesday, February 4, 1847. Surnames listed in will or probate: BALDWIN, GRIFFIN, HILL, JONES, MAGRUDER, MURPHY, SEAY, STROTHER


John Griffin - son
Richard Griffin - son, trustee, executor
Mary Ann Baldwin - daughter
William A. Baldwin - son in law, executor
Elizabeth Hill - daughter
John M. Hill - son in law
Nancy Strother - daughter
William F. Strother - son in law
June Lawrence Jones - daughter
Daniel A. Jones - son in law
Nathaniel Griffin - son
David Seay - mentioned
John A. Magruder, Owen [?] W. Baldwin, Jane Murphy - witnesses

Slaves:
Lucy and Spencer; Anthony, Rebecca & her child America; Jeffery, Julia, Sally, Lewis

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