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From: Jeanne Clark <>
Subject: Re: Simpson;s Foster's will
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 19:19:14 -0500


I have all these names in my file except for his sister, Ann H.
. Does anyone know who that is? I don't believe he mentioned his
siter, Mary Bobo Foster or Nancy Holland Foster.

Jeanne Foster Clark
Spartanburg, SC


Grover Pope wrote:
>
> Hi Foster folks; I was searching for the surname Earle on the
> Ancestery. Com. Looking through the A.C. magazines of Ancestral
> Research, 1-20.
> In Vol. 5, Spartanburg District , Will Book B. is the following will.
> Don't know if I am related, but maybe someone may need this information.
>
> SCMAR, Volune V. page 43-44
> Will of Simpson Foser of Spartanburgh Dist. To my brother Hiram, eight
> volumns of the Spectator, also $50. cash. To my brother Barram $50. in
> cash. To my sister Mrs. Sarah Hunt $100. To Anthony Foster Jr. $ 50. To
> Anthony Foster Sr. one grey mare, which I suppose to be worth $120. To
> my Mother $100. all the remainder of my property to my sisters Ann H and
> Elizabeth Foster to be laid out in their education. I give to my brother
> Joel, eight volumns of Gibbons Homeret(?) empire, my silver watch, and
> Negro boy Phill to be hired out until the said Joel arrives to the age
> of 21. To my brother Willis Foster, all my law books, to my nephew
> Alberry C. Hunt one tract of land which I call the Smith tractd. To my
> brother Calvin Foster, one tract of land lying on Pacolett River and the
> alllance of my books. My father and James Hunt, Exrs____ March 1824.
> Simpson Foster (LS), Wit; John T. Earl, Robt M. Young, Simpson Bobo
> (Probate not recorded).
>
> I desc from one Joel Foster b in Va. was in N.C. in 1801, when son John
> Jackson was born, then to Warren Co. Ky where he got a land grant in
> 1804. I desc thru John J.;s dau Mary Jane Foster b 1832 in Ky. d before
> 1860 in Lawrence Co. Tn. married Pleasant Massey in 1847 in Law. Co. TN.
>
> Hope this helps someone.....Grover Pope in West Tn.

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