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From: "Beverly Merritt" <>
Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] William Steagall questions
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:48:05 -0500
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Hi Dan, The date you refer to could have been the date the will was written,
which often appears at the beginning of the will. The date it was entered
in the court records will be later, sometimes several years.

The other question about handling everything in a deed, unless there was
other property to dispose of and no executor appointed the deed should take
care of it. It is possible a committee of three was appointed to settle the
estate, usually what happened if someone died intestate. Beverly
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Subject: [VAFRANKL] William Steagall questions


> Hey all,
> Received the following today and was wondering if anyone knows anything
> about it?
>
> Franklin County-Will Book 11, pg. 495 l-22-1858, Ct. 3-12-1860 a will From
> William Steagall. To daughter; Mary R. Steagall and Elizabeth Frances
Steagall.
> Whole of my personal and real property. Exor: Rivers Steagall.
>
> William Steagall b. 1776 did not die until December 30, 1860 and is found
in
> the 1860 Census @ Franklin Co. Va. age 85. Is this possibly a Deed of
Gift
> to his 2 unmarried daughters executed by his son Rivers two years before
he
> died instead of a will? I have had local Franklin Co. researchers look for
his
> will with no luck and now this pops up from nowhere. My ancestor Jacob
Goode
> Sr. did a deed of gift to his unmarried daughter Jane Goode for taking
care of
> him in his old age before he died and was wondering if William Steagall
did
> the same thing? Does this possibly take the place of an actual will? If he
> makes a deed of gift or something similar does it take the place of a
will?
> Thanks,
> Dan Cook
> William Steagall descendant
>
>
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