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  1. Probate packet for Benjamin Herring, who died 1838 in Callaway County Missouri.
    This packet names the Benjamin's heirs as son John B Herring, daughter Nancy Crosthwaite, daughter Polly Tatum wife of Thomas Tatum, and Sarah Elizabeth Payne wife of William J Payne. The first three were with Benjamin in Callaway County. The Payne family was in Fluvenna County Virginia. The packet includes references to Charles Hill, who signed his name with an X. This could be the Charles Hill who is the father of Mariah Hill, wife of John B Herring, or it could be the Charles Hill (abt age 20) who later married Sarah Tatum, Benjamin's granddaughter. Since all of Benjamin Herring's children, and both of John B Herring's daughters were able to sign their own names, we think this Charles might well be Mariah (Hill) Herring's father. Since Mariah could sign her own name, we think it likely that the Hills of the current generation were literate, and that therefore both John B's father, and Mariah's father, came to Callaway County. Benjamin Herring was my great great great great grandfather.

  2. Probate packet for John B Herring, who died 1841 in Callaway County Missouri.
    John B Herring was son of Benjamin Herring. Scans are there, not yet transcribed. John B. was my great great great grandfather.

  3. Handwritten will of John G. Carter, who died February 20, 1908 in Fulton, Callaway County Missouri, and his Probate Packet.
    John G. Carter was my great great grandfather, father of John R. Carter, grandfather of Josephine Carter, great grandfather of David Herring. John G. Carter was born in Green Co. Kentucky on July 25, 1820. He came to Missouri in his teens, and on September 7, 1842 married Matilda Herring, daughter of John B. Herring and Mariah Hill. His father was Robert P. Carter, originally of Goochland Co. Virginia. His will and probate packet both name his living heirs. The probate packet has not yet been transcribed, but it is legable in the scans as it was mostly typed and not handwritten.

  4. Probate packet for John R. Carter, who died in 1910 in Fulton, Callaway County Missouri.
    John Robert Carter was my great grandfather. Scans are there, not yet transcribed. This packet was typed so it can be easily read from the scans.

  5. Probate packet for James Simco, who died 1843 in Callaway County Missouri.
    James Simco was my great great great grandfather. Scans are there, not yet transcribed.

  6. Probate packet for Nathan Herring, who died 1884 in Callaway County Missouri.
    Nathan Herring was the brother of my great great great grandfather John Herring, and also my great great grandfather George W. Herring. Scans are there, not yet transcribed.

  7. Probate packet for Susan Herring, who died 1884 in Callaway County Missouri.
    Susan was the wife of Nathan Herring. Scans are there, not yet transcribed.

  8. Probate packet for Randolph Carrington, who died 1839 in Callaway County Missouri.
    Randolph was my great great great grandfather. Scans are there, not yet transcribed.

  9. Probate packet for Samuel Carrington, who died 1879 in Callaway County Missouri.
    Randolph was my great great grandfather. Scans are there, not yet transcribed.

  10. Probate packet for Nathanial Carrington, who died January 31, 1912 in Callaway County Missouri.
    Nathan Carrington married Eliza S. Herring. They were my great grandparents on my mother's side. Eliza S. Herring was a daughter of George W. and Hester Ann Kemp Herring, grandaughter of John and Lucy Carver Herring. Nathanial Carrington was a son of Samuel and Lydia Bowen Carrington, grandson of Randolph and Katharine McGary Carrington. Nathan died without a will and no property. This packet names the living heirs.


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