Person:Walter McChesney (13)

Name	Walter McChesney, Jr.
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	25 Jun 1772	Augusta County, Virginia[area became Rockbridge County in 1778]
Marriage	1800	South Carolinato Margaret "Peggy" Stevenson
Death^[1]	17 Oct 1835	Caldwell County, Kentucky

Estate Records

16 November 1835 - Martha Simpson and Isabella McChesney stated in Open Court that Walter McChesney in his last illness stated he wished the stable horse sold and that the price be divided between his sons James McChesney and Andrew W. McChesney and that the plantation should remain in the possession of his wife Margaret McChesney for her support during her life and the raising and support of the family, and at the death of Margaret the tract of land on which the farm is situated to descend to his youngest son Mathew McChesney. Established as the noncupative will of Walter McChesney dec’d. Samuel A. McChesney appointed administrator of decedent’s estate.

21 December 1835 - William Stevenson, Mathew M. Stevenson & Jeptha Johnson appointed appraisers of the estate of Walter McChesney dec’d. Source: Caldwell County, Kentucky Court Minutes 1835

17 Sept. 1824 Source: Cald. C.O.: E, p.288) Walter McChesney, Jr. was appointed guardian of Mary, Elizabeth , John , and Pauline Holeman. [Note: Elizabeth Holeman would later marry Walter McChesney's son Samuel Arnett McChesney on 7 December 1848 in Caldwell County, KY. [Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900].

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