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Frances (Fanny) DICKENSON, Dickerson
1730 - 1825 (94 years)-
Name Frances (Fanny) DICKENSON Suffix Dickerson Birth 12 Nov 1730 Spatts, Spotsylvania, Virgina 
Gender Female _FSFTID LZ6R-RZS _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ6R-RZS _UID DA75CAEE92344BEFAB21CA13929CBA3FD72F Death 14 Mar 1825 Elkton, Todd, Kentucky Person ID I862 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 26 Feb 2025
Family Elijah GARTON, b. 12 Oct 1730, Saint Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. May 1774, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 43 years) Marriage 5 Mar 1751 Virginia, British Colonial America Children 1. William Dorcas GARTON, b. 1755, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Aft 1824, Todd, Kentucky, United States (Age 70 years)2. Uriah Ezra GARTON, b. 1755, Saint Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1818, Washington, Kentucky, United States (Age 63 years)3. Frances GARTEN, b. 28 Jun 1771, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 19 Dec 1851, Morgan, Missouri, United States (Age 80 years)4. Nathaniel GARTEN, b. 1759, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown5. Frances GARTON, b. 1761, Orange, Virginia, United States d. 1850, Syracuse, Morgan, Missouri, United States (Age 89 years)6. Sarah Mary Polly GARTON, b. 1756, Lincoln, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States d. Bef 1790, Campbell, Virginia, United States (Age 33 years)7. Richard GARTIN, b. 1769, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Jul 1815, Todd, Kentucky, United States (Age 46 years)8. William GARTON, b. 1765, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown9. Chistopher GARTEN, b. 1768, Monroe, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown10. Elijah GARTON (GARTEN) d. Yes, date unknown 11. Griffeth GARTON (GARTEN), b. 1763, Orange County, Virginia d. 1843, Monroe County, WV (Age 80 years)Family ID F525 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Feb 2025
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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.
WIKITREE:
The daughter of NATHANIEL & ELIZABETH (MANSFIELD) DICKINSON, she married (1) ELIJAH GARTON on March 5, 1751 in Virginia, and (2) John Brown on Aug. 25, 1778 in Rockingham, Virginia.
Kentucky Will Book A, pp. 271-172. Last Will and Testament of Frances Dickerson Garton (In Part) May 16, 1824 Filed in Todd County, Kentucky, Will Book A, Pages 271 to272
"And as touching such worldly 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 andfifty eight dollars sixty six 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 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 revolk all the former wills legacys and bequests by me in any wise Made..."
She left Rockingham Co., Virginia Colony and moved to Todd Co., Kentucky with her brother, Elijah Dickenson, and his family.
The children of Elijah & Frances (Dickinson) Garton: 1. Uriah Garton (1752-1818) 2. Elijah Garton (1758-1840) 3. Nathaniel Garton (1759-1840) 4. Frances (Garton) Shanklin 5. Griffith Garton (1763-1843) 6. William Garton 7. Elizabeth Laten (Garton) Douglas 8. Richard Garton (1772-1815)
Child of John & Francis (Dickinson) Garton Brown: 1. John Brown, Jr.
1776 - May 16 – VA Spotsylvania – Will - Nathaniel Dickinson (Dickenson)- Proved. Witnesses: Andrew Manning, John Coleman, Hannah Coleman – Wife Elizabeth all my estate, real and personal, during her natural life and then to be divided among the following: Nathaniel Dickinson, Richard Dickinson, William Dickinson, Elijah Dickinson, Betty Dickinson Pulliam, Fanny Dickenson Garton. But if the said Fanny Garton should marry, she may enjoy her part during her life, and at her death it shall return to Elijah Garton's children. (Crozier 1955, p. 157)
- 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.