Dear Friends and Cousins:
The below link should be of interest to many, if not all of us. This is
from a blog from the notes of the Archives of the Library of Virginia.
The blog explanation follows. Enjoy.
"When Mary Walker Cabell died in 1862, a series of chancery suits were
filed in Nelson County by her numerous descendants in an attempt to
settle her estate. Such complicated cases could not be remedied by
courts of law and were usually decided according to fairness by courts
of equity, called chancery courts in Virginia.
In 1863 this hand-drawn family tree was entered into the case to note
the lineage on Cabell’s father’s side. Cabell was the paternal
granddaughter of Charles Hill Carter (1733-1802) of Shirley Plantation.
Charles Hill Carter was the grandson of Robert “King” Carter
(1663-1732) one of the richest men in 17th century colonial America.
His parents, John Carter and Elizabeth Hill, built Shirley Plantation in
1723. The home, a private residence in Charles City County, remains in
the family today."
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