Misc. Notes
Birth year listed as 1779 in
210Pleasant Farmer’s will can be found in Halifax County VA will book 19 page 77, and lists wife Sarah and children Handsome, Hartwell, etc. Pertinent information from this Will includes:
- will dated 01/07/1839, proved 01/28/1839
- wife Sarah B
- "all her children begotten by me": Elizabeth H, William, Lucy Ann, Sarah R, Mary, Samuel [middle
initial unclear, C or D], Pleasant, Harriet C
- sons Hartwell, Handsome [believe the will said "both under 21"]
- other children: Nancy Hagood, Ann Musteen, Howarton, Hubbard, Harrison
- executor Claiborne Barksdale
- witnesses John S N Davis, William H Haynes, Thornton Russell
- William Hagood opposed proof of will [reference Beverly Barksdale, John Patterson, Joshua Hightower, something about a $25000 bond]
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