My Ally CARDEN has been identified!!!
I received the following this afternoon. It confirms my suspicians and
also raised some new questions. Is the younger William CARDEN a minor
son, or perhaps a grandson? Why is Obediah EDGE his guardian? Who is
John EMMORY/EMMOND and why is he getting anything?
Hi Steve,
The microfilm arrived a lot faster than normal. William Cardin's estate
file is indeed on the microfilm.
His wife's name was Dicey and in a petition there is this statement
"departed this life on the first day of November eighteen hundred and
twenty four,"
James B. Goolsby (I didn't write his name down so don't remember how it
was spelled) and James Carden was the administrators with Goolsby doing
most of the work it looks like.
Here's who go the money (about $600.00 per share):
William Carden (also his guardian Obediah Edge)
Nathan Moffitt for his wife Alla Carden (1st name looked like ended in
"a" not "y")
James Carden
Britian Smith for wife Nancy Carden
John Emmory or Emmond (don't know who his wife is).
Dicey Carden (wife of deceased)
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