Abstracted Bedford County Wills 1757-1804

This list is not complete

B

Bryan, William - Will probated February 1764.  Names include wife, Mary and children, Elijah, William.  Others unnamed.

Buford, Thomas - Will probated November 1774.  Names include wife, Ann and children, John, William and Nancy.

Bunch, James - Will probated February 1798. Names include wife, Mary and children, Elizabeth, Sukey Coil, Sally Scott, Martha Harris, Pricilla Scott, Margery Harris, Molley Gentry, Nancy and James.

Burks, John Partree - dec'd.  Inventory returned, April 1775.

C

Calloway, George - Will probated January 1773. Names wife, Milly and daughter Betty.

Campbell, Moses - Will probated April 1792. Names include wife, Jene, and children Moses, James, Aaron, and Henry.

Candler, Daniel - Will probated May 1766. Names include wife Hannah, and children John, William, Elizabeth Caffery, Elloner Ballard, and Frederick.

Credell, Humphrey - Will probated May 1780. Names include wife Mildred.

Creesey, Thomas - Will probated July 1803. Names include children William, Eleanor, Pleasant, Owen, Franklin, Lucy Clayburn, Bethena, George, Mary, Thomas and Annis.

D

Dixon, Thomas - Will probated February 1798. Names include wife, Ann and children Mary McCain, John, George, Jane Bellon, Marge (?), and James.

Downing, John - Will probated December 1777.  Names include children William, John, Andrew, James Ezekiel, Martha Margaret McFarland, and Mary Yoakum.

E

Edwards, William - Will probated May 1757. Names include children William, Mary, Elizabeth, Richard, Agnes, Hana, and John.  Wife included but name not given.  Executors "my trusty sons, Major Weatherford, and William."

English, Stephen - Will probated March 1783. Names include wife, Dinah and children, Henry, Stephen, William, Parmenas, James, Lewis, Charles, Frederick.

Ewing, Charles - Will probated July 1770. Names include wife, Martha and children Charles, William, Robert, Samuel, George, David, Caleb, Mary and Martha.

F

Ferguson, John - Will probated September 1786. Names include wife Mary and children, Tenis, Betey, Urbin, Robert, Baker, Rhuben, Chatten, Young John, Pety Wills, and Sidney Linns.

G

Gaddy, George - Will probated September 1785.  Names include wife Anna, and children, William, George, Elijah, Bartholomew, Francis, Benjamin, Mary Parish, and Anna.

Gibson, James - Will probated February 1765. Names include children James, Randall, Elizabeth Candler, Catherine Hale, Hannah Cook, Joseph, and the heirs of deceased sons, John and Archibald. 

Gibson, William - Will probated August 1792. Names include wife Mary and children, Nancy, John, Patty, Elizabeth, Polly, Sally and William.

Goode, John - Will probated July 1775.  Names include children, Thomas, John, Sarah, Judith, and Nancy Fowler.  Grandchildren, Samuel Martin Allen, and James Martin Allen, children of Nancy Fowler.

Graves, Isham - Dec'd April of estate returned March 1775.

Greer, Joseph - Will probated May 1781. Names include wife, Annie and children, Thomas.  Unnamed others.

H

Hall, Charles - Will probated January 1804. Names include wife Mary, and children, Ann, Elizabeth, Lace, Nathan, David, Jonah, Jacob, Mary, Rebecca and Levi.

Hall, John - Will probated May 1794. Names include wife, Magdalene and children, Matthew, William, Elisha, Jesse, Hezekiah, John and Tabitha.

Hancock, Simon - Will probated January 1791. Names include sons, Edward and Samuel.  Grandchildren, Simon, Jean and Anna Jackson.

Hayth, William - Will probated April 1775. Names include children, Thomas, Jane Lane, Elizabeth Manley, Elinor Burgess, Mary Christian and Sarah Cunningham.

Helton, James - Will probated September 1786. Names include wife Lucy, and children, Jesse, James, Jeremiah, Valentine, Charity, Peggy Kitture and Betty Scruggs.


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