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Facts and Events
Will Abstract
- Page 140
- VAN SWEARENGIN, Prob. July 17, 1792.
- Brothers - Thomas and Andrew Swearengin
- Nephew William Morgan and Raleigh O. Morgan, their father George Morgan
- Brother-in-law Raleigh Morgan and wife Lydia and Nancy Strode'
- Exec: Andrew and Thomas Swearingen
- Wit: Eleanor Swearingen, Drucilla Brady, Van Swearengin.
- [West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985, Berkeley County, Will Index and Abstracts, 1772-1823, pg. 28, Ancestry.com]
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Van Swearingen (Swearingenham) vs. Abraham Shepard--O. S. 90; N. S. 30--Orators are, viz: Ellzey Swearingen, Zachariah Swearingen, Drucilla Brady, late Swearingen, Van Swearingen, Thomas Swearingen, Benjamin Stephenson and Lucy, his wife, late Swearingen, heirs and devisees of Van Swearingen, Jr. Jeremiah Yorke obtained a deed from Fairfax in 1751. Defendants are Wm. Chapline, son and heir of Benj. Chapline, deceased, who was son and heir of Wm. Chapline, deceased. The land was sold by Hite to John Browning, who devised it by will 7th August, 1741, to his sons George and Nicholas Browning, and daughter Rosamond Browning. George devised to Joshua Browning. Nicholas Browning died, leaving John Writson Browning heir-at-law. Rosamond married William Keating. Van Swearingen's will of Ohio County, Va., dated 1st November, 1793. Son Ellzey. Son Zechariah. Daughter Drusilla Brady. Grandsons Van and John Brady. Wife Eleanor. Her three children viz: Van, Thomas, and Lucy Swearingen. Legatee Sarah Brown, daughter of Nancy Brown.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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