Frances (Fanny) DICKERSON

Other Events:

• _UID: DA75CAEE92344BEFAB21CA13929CBA3FD72F

Notes:

She left Rockingham County, Virginia Colony and moved to Todd, Kentucky with her brother Elijah Dickenson, and his family. Her will dated May 1, 1824 is filed in Todd County, Kentucky - Will Book A, Pages 271 to 272. It reads in part: "And as touching such such wordly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. After the payment of all my just debts I allow my son Elijah Gartin one dollar and no more and at his request I allow to my black man William so much of my estate as will make him equal with my son William Gartin all but one dollar. I also give and bequeath to my black man James five hundred and fifty eight dollars sixty siz cents common currency of the state and if I should be alive I also allow him the half of all he makes to himself after the first July Eighteen hundred and twenty four till my death and no more. I also allow my son John Brown sixty dollars current money of this state and no more. And whatever is left of my estate I allow to be equally divided betwixt my sons Nathaniel, Griffith, and William, and daughters Fanny Shanklin and Elizabeth Duglas, and the heirs of Uriah and Richard Gartin making the heirs of each family equal with one of my sons. I also constitute make and ordain my son, John Brown, the sole executor of this my last will and testament and do dispose renounce and revoke all former wills legacys and bequests by me in any wise made..." Children of ELIJAH GARTEN and FRANCES DICKENSON are: 5. i. GRIFFETH4 GARTEN, b. 1763, Orange County, VA; d. 1843, Monroe County, WV. ii. ELIJAH GARTEN, b. November 12, 1758, Orange County, Virginia Colony; d. 1840, Lawrence County, Indiana; m. SARAH BOYD, March 16, 1782, Rockingham County, Virginia Colony.

Frances married Elijah GARTON (GARTEN) about 1749 in Virginia, British Colonial America. Elijah (son of Uria GARTON (GARTEN) and Winifred DICKERSON) was born in 1722; died in May 1774 in Orange Or Augusta County, VA Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elijah GARTON (GARTEN) and died.
2. Griffeth GARTON (GARTEN) was born in 1763 in Orange County, Virginia; died in 1843 in Monroe County, WV.