Absher, Mrs. W.O. Stokes County, North Carolina Wills, Vols. I-IV, 1790-1864, no imprint
Page 55. 25 October 1800. Will of Richard Beasley, Planter. September Term 1804. Wife Martha, Estate during lifetime. Son Jeremiah, home plantation to share with his mother. Children: William, Peggy Cooper, Benjamin, Robert, Richard, Molly Faylor (or Taylor), Patty Harrison, James, Sally Nunn, Thomas, Sukea Coomer, 5 shillings each. Executors: Friends and neighbors, namely James Cook and Tyro Riddle. Witnesses: Isaac Pennington, Joseph Pennington, Jurat and Caleb Sumner. Signed Richard (x) Beasley. - grandpa
Page 58. 27 August 1804. Will of William Beasley. December Term 1804. His wife should keep children together and raise them (no names). Witnesses: Tyre Riddle and William (x) Burris. Signed William (x) Beasley.
Page 70. 22 October 1802. Will of James Matthews. June Term 1806. Son Tandy, home tract Townfork 248 acres; also 600 acres bought of Chas. Beasley adjoining above; also 100 acres Blues Creek (late property of John Thompson); also 900+ acres in hands of John Griffith in Virginia; also Negro Dicy and his wife Anaky, Stephen 4 years old and man named Frank . . . To Joseph Hollensworth in trust for his Son, James, 600 acres bought of Charles Beazley including mansion house "Stone Chimneys;" also Negro Silla . . . To Tandy Hollinsworth (infant son of Mary and Joseph), Negro Rachel . . . To Mary Hollinsworth, Negro Rachel's increase. To son Tandy, 900 acres known as The
August 2, 1991 - Shelby Co. Library, Shelbyville, Kentucky
Clarissa Young, b. 1821, d. 1851 daughter of Isaiah & Susannah (Berry) Young. Isaiah may be son of George Young.
Simpsonville Cemetery north side of US 60
- Michael G. Young, b. April 4, 1800, d. Jan. 4, 1877
- Susan Young b. May 5, 1812, d. Aug. 1, 1871 aged 59 years, 2 months, 27 days - this is Susan (Dawson) Young, Michael's second wife.
- John W. Pearce b. Feb. 20, 1830, d. Nov. 23, 1888
- Julia A. Pearce b. Aug. 6, 1830, d. May 14, 1887, obituary published in the Shelby Sentinel June 2, 1887, p. 7, 2nd column.
Eads Cemetery, north of Simpsonville on Kentucky 1848 1 1/2 miles left on Noland Road, 1/2 mile, 2600 SW of farm in grove of trees. An Emily Young buried there, born 1811, d. July 19, 1834 age 23 years. Stone is supposed to be gone. This is probably Michael Young's first wife Emily (Hocker) Young.
Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families, Volume 2, Baltimore, MD: Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.
The first settlers on Borden's Manor were Ephraim McDowell and his family. They were soon followed by Archibald Alexander, John Patton, Andrew Moore, Hugh Telford, John Matthews, the Prestons, Paxtons, Lyles, Grigsbys, Stewarts, Wallaces, Wilsons, aruthers, Campbells, McClungs, McRaes and others who becmae founders of some of Virginia's distinguished families.
Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families, Volume 3, Baltimore, MD: Publishing Co., Inc. 1974.
Descendants of Sir Thomas de Parke contemporary of William the Conqueror in America:
Sir Robert de Parke 1630 to Connecticut
Daniel Parke vestryman of Williamsburg Church, VA, 1676
Thomas de Parke / Parkes in Virginia in 1670 - descendants in North Carolina and Tennessee
McGavock / McDowell / Cloyd line still no evidence of how Margaret (Cloyd) Speer fits in.
