Person:Margaret Brown (177)

Estate Records

• December 1842; Bedford Co., VA; Margaret Woody. Died intestate. [Source: James A. & Permelia Brown v. Admr of William Woody Betsy & James Brown, Bedford Co., Virginia Chancery Cause, Case #1858-001, Library of Virginia Chancery Records].

• 1848; Bedford Co., VA; Deed: Comr, Margaret Woody estate to Patrick H. Christian. 89 acres on Trnpk, adjacent to Armistead Otey, Benjamin H. Mansfield. [Source: Bedford Co., Virginia General Iindex to Real Estate Conveyences, Grantor T-Z, 1754 - 1926, Film 1941021, LDS Family History Library Catalog].

• 2 February 1858; Bedford Co., VA; Chancery Cause Final Decree: This 227 page suit was initiated in 1850 and involved the stipulations of the the will of William Woody, the husband of Margaret Brown Woody. These terms resulted in William's slaves and their increase becoming the property of his wife Margaret and, at her death, becoming the property the children of his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of James Brown. In this suit, the names of James & Elizabeth Woody Brown's six children are named. None of these children lived in Bedford Co., VA at the time of the suit. A copy of the will of William Woody is on page 67. [Source: James A. & Permelia Brown v. Admr of William Woody Betsy & James Brown, Bedford Co., Virginia Chancery Cause, Case #1858-001, Library of Virginia Chancery Records].

Records in Virginia

• 3 December 1789: daughter Marget Woody, grand daughter Elizabeth Woody, named in the will of her father James Brown, dated 3 December 1780, proven 26 July 1790 in Bedford County, Virginia. Margaret Woody's husband William Woody was one of the witnesses of her father's will. [Source: Joida Whitten, Compiler, "Abstracts of Bedford Co., Virginia Will Book #2 1788 - 1803", Taylor Publishing, Dallas, TX, 1980, Location: Newberry Library, Chicago IL & McClung Historical Center, Knoxville, TN].

• 1815: Bedford Co., VA; Deed of Trust: Peggy Woody to John Mosley; two slaves. [Source: Bedford Co., Virginia General Index to Real Estate Conveyences, Grantor T-Z, 1754 - 1926, Film 1941021, LDS Family History Library Catalog].

• 1815 & 1816: Bedford Co., VA; Personal Property Tax List: Margaret Woody of tax list for 1815 & 1816. [Source: Bedford Co., Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists 1806 - 1816, Film 2024473, LDS Family History Library Catalog].

• 21 December 1820; Bedford Co., VA; Legislative Petition (abstract): Peggy Woody, widow and administratrix with the will annexed of William Woody, desceased, late of Bedford County, petitioned the Virginia Legislature to allow the sale of the of the estate land (less than 100 acres) before the youngest heir should arrive at age. Rejected. [Jean Pickett Hall & Kathryn Paige Hall, Compiler, "Legislative Petitions from Virginia Counties with Significant Record Losses", Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 4, (Nov 1994), Location: McClung Historical Center, Knoxville, TN.].

• 1832: Revolutionary Pension File of brother John Brown:

And it was proven in open Court by the Oath of said James Coyle that said John Brown departed this life on the night of the 22nd December 1832 and that he left no widow nor children, but that he left the following brothers and sisters towit — David Brown, Betsy Jones, Mary Campbell, James Brown, Thomas Brown, Peggy Woody, Anna Reece & Jane Craigg.