3. | Catherine Jenkins (maybe) was born about 1750 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died on 29 Jan 1839 in Frederick Co, Virginia; was buried in Old Bethel Cemetery. Other Events and Attributes:
- Will: 29 Dec 1838, Frederick Co, Virginia
Notes:
Name:
maiden name might be Wharton or maybe Jenkins.
Will:
Will of Catherine Sowers 1838
(as transcribed by Dee Ann Buck in 'Tabulated Genealogy' pp 18-19)
This is to certify that I Catherine Sowers Relict of Daniel Sowers, Dec'd being in full possession of my ordinary and natural intellects having a desire to devise and will my properties I have in possession and that is legally mine to will and devise I therefore appoint my two Sons James and William Sowers my legal Executors.
Item 2nd That my legal Executors immediately after my Decease make arrangement to carry into Execution the following Items of this my last Will and Testament:
3th That all my just Debts, be paid and fully discharged.
4th I will and devise to my son James Sowers my Negro Woman Dinah and young child Harriet.
5th I will and devise to my Daughter Lydia Kerfoot my Negro Woman Margaret.
6th I will and devise to my son Fielding L. Sowers my Negro man Harry and Eight Day Clock and the two Bonds, that was given to me in the Division of the Estate of my deceased Husband amounting to about Fifteen Hundred Dollars the two Bonds was put into his possession some time since by me at a time I was sick on condition that the said Fielding L. Sowers has no charge against my Estate for anything I have received of him or that he may hereafter claim.
7th That I will and devise to my Daughter Mary Ann Bonham, two hundred Dollars to be paid in twelve Months after my Decease out of any money that may come into the Hands of my Executors belonging to my Estate.
Item 8th That I will and devise to my Son William Sowers my Negro Man Peter and Negro Woman Peggy and Negro Boy Elleck.
9th I will and devise that the legal Interest of two Hundred and fifty Dollars be paid to Hannah Hutchinson yearly during her natural Life and that the above Sum of two Hundred and fifty Dollars be retained in the Hands of my Executor for that the above purpose.
10th I will and devise that all the Balance of my Estate both Real and Personal be sold at Public Auction by my Executors and equally divided between my two Sons James and William Sowers.
11th I will and devise that my Executors James and William Sowers shall not be bound to give Security for their performance.
12th And Lastly I will and devise that I freely execute and set my Hand and Seal to all and each of the Items in the within and above state in this my last Will and Testament given and under my Hand and Seal this 29th Day of December One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Eight and in the 62 Year of American Independence.
Catherine Sowers
Died:
Mrs Buck recorded the following information about Catherine Sowers: " In a letter dated Jan. 1969, from Robert W. Robins addressed to my late gr eat-uncle Hunter B. McKay, he wrote: 'My wife and I happened upon the tomb stone of her ancestor Catherine Sowers who died in January of 1839. The gr ave of Catherine Sowers is near that of her brother-in-law, Jacob Sowers J r, and I presume that her husband, Daniel, is buried beside her -- though no stone is in evidence.' My family and I visited Mt. Hebron Cemetery of Winchester Va in 1989, but could not find her stone. There are many old weather-beaten stones in evidence, and do [sic] to the fact that the office did not have a listing of these old burial stones, I guess we will never know who are buried around the cite [sic] of the German Reformed Church."32 She also includes a transcription of Catherine's will on 'Tabulated Genealogy', pp 18-19; Daniel I left no will, according to Mrs Buck's research, but she did find an inventory and valuation in the Frederick Co records. I will verify this in the Frederick Co will books on my next research trip.
While doing research in Frederick Co in the autumn of 2001, I re corded that Catherine Sowers "departed this life 29 January 1839 in the 86 th year of her life, according to her tombstone". Unfortunately I fail ed to record the source of this tombstone transcription, so this information remains unverified until a later trip to Frederick Co. Our family tradition suggests that Catherine's maiden name may have been Jenkins.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brendabwatson&id=I14946
Children:
- James H. Sowers was born in 1775 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died on 24 Dec 1849 in Berryville, Clarke Co, Virginia.
- Elizabeth Sowers was born about 1771 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died about 1814 in Frederick Co, Virginia.
- Lydia Sowers was born on 9 Jun 1777 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1840 in Clarke Co, Virginia; was buried in Providence Cemetery.
- Daniel Sowers was born in 1780 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1820 in Frederick Co, Virginia.
- Mary Ann Sowers was born in 1785 in Greenway, Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1831 in Frederick Co, Virginia.
- Fielding L. Sowers was born on 20 Nov 1788 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died on 19 Nov 1863.
- Ann Eliza Sowers was born in 1790 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1831 in Frederick Co, Virginia.
- 1. William Sowers was born in 1795 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died about 1858 in Clarke Co, Virginia.
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