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Subject: GATES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 07:37:19 EDT

This ought to light your burner, Eddie. Appearing in the court records of
Gates Co., NC, November Court 1805:

Deed of Sale of Land WILLIAM DUVAL to John Cowper was acknowledged
in HENRICO COUNTY by WM DU VAL as certified by County Court of
HENRICO afsd. which is ordered to be recorded.

Deed of Sale of Land WILLIAM DU VAL to John Cowper was acknowledged
in the County Court of Henrico in the State of Virginia by the said WM
DUVAL as certified by the Clerk of the Sounty Court of Henrico afsd.
which
was ord. to be Registered &c.

Deed of Sale of Land MARTHA FONTAINE WIDOW & RELICT OF JOHN
FONTAINE DECD PATRICK H FONTAINE, CHARLES FONTAINE, WILLIAM
FONTAINE AND JOHN FONTAINE children and Heirs of JOHN FONTAINE
DECD to WILLIAM DUVAL was proved by oaths of the wits. thereto in the
County Court of HENRY IN THE STATE OF VIRGA as certified by the
Clerk of the sd. County Court of HENRY as afsd & is ord. to be
registered.

Deed of Sale of Land MARTHA FONTAINE WIDOW & RELICT OF JOHN
FONTAINE DECD Patrick H. Fontaine Charles Fontaine William Fontaine
& John Fontaine decd OF THE COUNTY OF HENRY IN THE STATE OF
VA TO WILLIAM DU VAL OF HENRICO COUNTY & STATE OF VIRGA
afsd. was proved by Witnesses thereto in the county Court of HENRY &
state of Virga afsd. as certified by the Clerk of the sd. Court, and was
ord.
to be Registered &c?

May Court 1804:

LEVI LEE came into Court and mooved for Admin. on the Estate of WILLIS
LEE,
decd. which was accordingly granted ordered that he give Bond & Security
in
the sum of Five hundred pounds at the same time (End of entry.)

LEIVI LEE came into Court and movved (sic) for Administ. on the Estate of
WILLIE LEE DECD which was accordingly granted Ordered that he give Bond
& Security in the sum of Five hundred pounds at the same time CYPRIAN
CROSS & BENJAMIN BARNES came into Court and offered themselves as
Securitys &c the said Admr Qualified himself for that office &c.

(434) 43 Ordered that LEVI LEE Admr of the Estate of WILLIE LEE DECD
sell the perishab__ part of the Estate of the Decadent (sic) to pay his
Debts &c

Inventory of the Goods & Chattels rights and Credits which were of the
Estate
of WILLIE LEE DECD. was exhibited into Court by LEVI LEE on oath &c.

Lots of HUGUENOT "echoes" here, as you'd expect in Henrico (& Goochland). You
might want to see what's been posted on USGENWEB for these areas, ANCESTRY,
&c. Is there a FONTAINE-L group? A CROSS-L group? BARNES-L group?

If you saw previous postings, I may have said that BENJAMIN BARNES will in
Gates Co., 1809, has witnesses: JOHN ODOM, EDWARD VANN, LUTEN LEWIS. One
LUTON LEWIS Gates Co. will 1807 (1811) had wife Peggy, sons ELVEY (mine), &
LUTON, brother Phillip, son Phillip, daus. Eliz., Nancy and Priscilla Lewis,
and child in esse. Wits: Jos. Speight, and Eff Lewis. 2nd LUTEN LEWIS's will
in Gates Co. 1815 declared UNCLE BENJAMIN ODOM, GRANDFATHER JOHN SMITH, UNCLE
JNO. SMITH. This 2nd Luten Lewis is probably the son of that name (brother of
my Elvey) mentioned in the 1st Luton Lewis's will.

Additionally, the will of CYPRIAN CROSS in Gates Co., 1809 (1810) has wife
Christian, sons Riddick, Abraham and Jesse R. Cross, DAUGHTER PRISCILLA LEWIS'
CHILDREN BETSEY, PHILLIP & NANCY, daughters Nancy Vann, Elizabeth Vann, and
Salley Cross, son Taylor Cross, John Vann Exr. Test, Jas. Usher, Jas.
Williams, WM. L. SMITH.

It's interesting for me to note that this VANN line out of Gates (Cf. Worth
Ray's work), in some of it's members, are later in GEORGIA. Robert Rogers m.
Sallie VANN (both part-blood Cherokees out of GA) who settled finally c1835 in
the Going Snake Dist, now OK, where Clement Vann Rogers was b. 1839. Clem
Rogers m. Mary America Schrimsher of Tahlequah (1/4 Cherokee), her father of
Dutch extraction and her mother half-Welsh and half-Indian. Mary America
(Schrimsher) Rogers was mother of WILL ROGERS, the humorist. Mary's
background was that she was a daughter of Martin Matthew Schrimsher m.
ELIZABETH HUNT GUNTER (1/2 Cherokee), daughter of JOHN GUNTER, white Cherokee
trader and founder of (later called) Guntersville. John Gunter (b. c1750-54),
trader, m. Ghi-go-he-li (full-blood Cherokee of the Paint Clan). John Gunter
was brother of my line's Augusta (1) Gunter (b. 1760-70).

If these Gates Co. people are of interest, Eddie, you'll have to take it from
here. The work load's about to kill me (Start at 5:30 a.m. and don't quit
until 9:30-10:00 p.m. Even eat lunch sitting at the computer). At age 66, I
just can't keep that up. I'm so tired when I go to bed that I can't relax and
sleep for another hour. Everything aches.

Anyway, thought these records were particularly revealing and that you'd want
them & also Mary N. in Auburn, AL.
Kay G.

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