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Surname: CAVENDISH
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I have found new (to me) information which helps to clarify what little
is known about William Cavendish, son of William Hunter Cavendish. In Greenbrier
County Court records appears the following entry, dated 30 Apr 1794:
"William H. Cavendish with Jas. McCoy security obtained letters of administration
of Wm. Cavendish deceased. Appraisers John Williams, James McCoy Jr. and
James Jourdain."
Coupled with the Greenbrier Co. marriage record for William Cavendish and
Jane McCoy, 06 Feb 1794, the above indicates that William must have died
within weeks of his marriage.
A further Greenbrier Co. marriage record for Joel Walker and Jane Cavendish,
23 Aug 1797, seems to indicate that William's widow remarried some 3-1/2
years later.
And all of this explains why William Cavendish does not appear on Greenbrier
Co. tax lists or in Virginia censuses.