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     James W. Anderson was born in 1834.¹ He married Sarah Henrietta Bickers, daughter of William H. Bickers and Elizabeth Hawkins, in 1866.¹

James W. Anderson died in 1912.¹

     Temperance Ann Smith married Thomas Oliver Bickers, son of William H. Bickers and Elizabeth Hawkins, in 1869.¹

Temperance Ann Smith died in 1896.¹

     William Jackson Eskew was born in 1829.¹ He married Mary Frances Bickers, daughter of William H. Bickers and Elizabeth Hawkins, in 1851.¹

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     Moses Bickers was born circa 1799.¹
     In Pvt. Nicholas Bickers's will dated 17 March 1825, Moses Bickers was named as an heir;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
In 1825 Nicholas Bickers made his Will in which he mentions his wife Jane and six of their children - Polly, Joel, Benjamin C., Joanna, Moses, and William. Further research will be undertaken for James, the son mentioned in the letters to James Madison Bickers in 1907. The following is a copy of said Will:
"In the name of God - amen. I, Nicholas Bickers, of Orange County, do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
1st. Having already given to my son Joel his full share of my estate I give and devise to him the sum of twenty five cents only.
2ndly. I lend to my beloved wife, Jane, for and during her natural life, all the estate of which I may die possessed, both real and personal, except two feather beds with their furniture and two cows and calves.
3rdly. I give and devise to my sons Moses and William each a feather bed and furniture and a cow and calf (if they do not receive them during my life) which are to be delivered to them immediately upon my death.
4thly. I give and devise to my son Benjamin C., at the death of my wife, the land on which he resided, containing by a survey made by Reuben Lindsay, seventy acres, also a negro boy named Tom, to him and his heirs forever.
5thly. At the death of my wife, I give and devise to my sons Moses and William, and to their heirs, to be equally divided between them, the balance of my land lying in Orange County, and to my said son Moses I also give a negro girl named Mary and to my said son William, a negro boy named Henry, to them and their heirs. It is my intention, however, that my wife shall retain possession of the slaves devised as aforesaid, as well as the land, if she choose to do so.
6thly. I lend to my daughter Joanna Marshall for and during her life, a negro girl named Maria, now in her possession; and at the death of my wife, I also lend my said daughter Joanna for and during her life, a negro woman named____; and at the death of my said daughter I give and devise the said slaves Winney and Maria to the children of my said daughter, Joanna, to be equally divided between them.
7thly. My daughter Polly Hawkins being well off, having no children, and my other children being all poor, I give and devise to my said daughter Polly, one dollar only. I hope my daughter will not consider me as wanting in affection for her. In deciding to divide my little property between my other children, I have been influenced solely by the considerations above mentioned.
8thly. It is my present intention to give to my son Joel a negro boy named Thornton, but if I should not do so during my life, then at the death of my wife, I give the said boy Thornton to my four children, Joanna Marshall, Benjamin C., Moses and William Bickers; and I also give to my four children last named, at the death of my wife, all my property of every description not hereinbefore devised, to be equally divided between them.
9thly. Should my daughter Joanna Marshall die during the life of my wife it is my will and intention that the negro woman Winney, and such increase as she may have after my wife's death, lent as aforesaid to my wife, should go to the children of my said daughter, Joanna Marshall, to be equally divided between them.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my friends John Taylor and William Quarles executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 17th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
/s/ Nicholas Bickers (Seal)
Signed, sealed published and declared by the testator as and for his Last Will and Testament
The words "wife" & "such" & "as she may have after my wife's death"interlined in second page & "her future" erased before signing.
James Shepherd, W.W. Chapman, Reynolds Chapman."
In the County Court of Orange May 28th 1836.
According to the Order of the said Court we the Commissioners John Lancaster, Andrew Samuel and John W. Evans after being duly sworn for the purpose did appraise the personal estate of Nicholas Bickers deceased and found that it amounts in value to the sum of two thousand eight hundred & fifteen dollars & sixty seven cents Current Money & Deliver to the Court of appraisement of said estate specified in the following manner to wit
At a Quarterly Court held for the County of Orange at the Courthouse on Monday the 27th of June 1836. This Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Bickers deceased was proved in open Court by the oaths of James Shepherd and W.W. Chapman, Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded. And John Taylor and William Quarles, the executors being appointed by the Will, being dead, on the motion of Coleman Marshall and who made oath according to law, and together with Benjamin Hawkins and John Payne his securities, entered into and acknowledged in open court, a bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs - Certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of the said Nicholas Bickers, deceased, with his Will annexed, in due form."
"A Copy - Teste: /s/ Katherine B. Brown, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court of Orange County, Virginia

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Wills index Orange County Virginia
BICKERS. Nicholas
8. 212-214. Will made 17 Mar 1825; rec 27 June 1826. EXS. John Taylor, William Quarles. WIT. James Shepherd, W.M. & Reynolds Chapman. WIFE Jane. CH. Moses, William, Benjamin C., Joanna (Marshall), Polly (Hawkins), Joel. (Both Exs. dead; Coleman Marshall husband of Joanna with Benjamin Hawkins & John Payne his securities granted adm.
8. 214-215. Est appr 28 May 1836; rec 27 June 1836.
8. 266-267. Estate sold by Coleman Marshall; rec 27 Mar 1837.^2,3

Moses Bickers appeared on the census of 1 June 1830 in the household of Pvt. Nicholas Bickers and Jane Carty at Orange Co., Virginia, USA;
Nicholas Beckers 1830 United States Federal Census
Nicholas is on the samepage as a George BICKERS and two Abner BICKERS.
p. 299
Line 20 Nicholas BICKERS
Line 25 Abner BICKERS (Younger)
Line 26 George BICKERS
Line 27 Abner BICKERS (Older)

Moses Bickers appeared in the census of 1840 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA;
Wm Bickers 1840 United States Federal Census
p. 4
There are 5 BICKERS households on this page:
Line     Name
8     Abner BICKERS
13     James BICKERS
14     Proctor BICKERS
20     WM BICKERS <== Possibly Moses's brother
21     Moses BICKERS

     Mary 'Polly' Bickers was born circa 1780 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA.³ She married Benjamin Hawkins on 16 March 1802 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Polly Bickers Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Mary 'Polly' Bickers died on 7 October 1868 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA;
Mary Hawkins Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
     In Pvt. Nicholas Bickers's will dated 17 March 1825, Mary 'Polly' Bickers was named as an heir;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
In 1825 Nicholas Bickers made his Will in which he mentions his wife Jane and six of their children - Polly, Joel, Benjamin C., Joanna, Moses, and William. Further research will be undertaken for James, the son mentioned in the letters to James Madison Bickers in 1907. The following is a copy of said Will:
"In the name of God - amen. I, Nicholas Bickers, of Orange County, do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
1st. Having already given to my son Joel his full share of my estate I give and devise to him the sum of twenty five cents only.
2ndly. I lend to my beloved wife, Jane, for and during her natural life, all the estate of which I may die possessed, both real and personal, except two feather beds with their furniture and two cows and calves.
3rdly. I give and devise to my sons Moses and William each a feather bed and furniture and a cow and calf (if they do not receive them during my life) which are to be delivered to them immediately upon my death.
4thly. I give and devise to my son Benjamin C., at the death of my wife, the land on which he resided, containing by a survey made by Reuben Lindsay, seventy acres, also a negro boy named Tom, to him and his heirs forever.
5thly. At the death of my wife, I give and devise to my sons Moses and William, and to their heirs, to be equally divided between them, the balance of my land lying in Orange County, and to my said son Moses I also give a negro girl named Mary and to my said son William, a negro boy named Henry, to them and their heirs. It is my intention, however, that my wife shall retain possession of the slaves devised as aforesaid, as well as the land, if she choose to do so.
6thly. I lend to my daughter Joanna Marshall for and during her life, a negro girl named Maria, now in her possession; and at the death of my wife, I also lend my said daughter Joanna for and during her life, a negro woman named____; and at the death of my said daughter I give and devise the said slaves Winney and Maria to the children of my said daughter, Joanna, to be equally divided between them.
7thly. My daughter Polly Hawkins being well off, having no children, and my other children being all poor, I give and devise to my said daughter Polly, one dollar only. I hope my daughter will not consider me as wanting in affection for her. In deciding to divide my little property between my other children, I have been influenced solely by the considerations above mentioned.
8thly. It is my present intention to give to my son Joel a negro boy named Thornton, but if I should not do so during my life, then at the death of my wife, I give the said boy Thornton to my four children, Joanna Marshall, Benjamin C., Moses and William Bickers; and I also give to my four children last named, at the death of my wife, all my property of every description not hereinbefore devised, to be equally divided between them.
9thly. Should my daughter Joanna Marshall die during the life of my wife it is my will and intention that the negro woman Winney, and such increase as she may have after my wife's death, lent as aforesaid to my wife, should go to the children of my said daughter, Joanna Marshall, to be equally divided between them.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my friends John Taylor and William Quarles executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 17th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
/s/ Nicholas Bickers (Seal)
Signed, sealed published and declared by the testator as and for his Last Will and Testament
The words "wife" & "such" & "as she may have after my wife's death"interlined in second page & "her future" erased before signing.
James Shepherd, W.W. Chapman, Reynolds Chapman."
In the County Court of Orange May 28th 1836.
According to the Order of the said Court we the Commissioners John Lancaster, Andrew Samuel and John W. Evans after being duly sworn for the purpose did appraise the personal estate of Nicholas Bickers deceased and found that it amounts in value to the sum of two thousand eight hundred & fifteen dollars & sixty seven cents Current Money & Deliver to the Court of appraisement of said estate specified in the following manner to wit
At a Quarterly Court held for the County of Orange at the Courthouse on Monday the 27th of June 1836. This Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Bickers deceased was proved in open Court by the oaths of James Shepherd and W.W. Chapman, Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded. And John Taylor and William Quarles, the executors being appointed by the Will, being dead, on the motion of Coleman Marshall and who made oath according to law, and together with Benjamin Hawkins and John Payne his securities, entered into and acknowledged in open court, a bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs - Certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of the said Nicholas Bickers, deceased, with his Will annexed, in due form."
"A Copy - Teste: /s/ Katherine B. Brown, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court of Orange County, Virginia

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Wills index Orange County Virginia
BICKERS. Nicholas
8. 212-214. Will made 17 Mar 1825; rec 27 June 1826. EXS. John Taylor, William Quarles. WIT. James Shepherd, W.M. & Reynolds Chapman. WIFE Jane. CH. Moses, William, Benjamin C., Joanna (Marshall), Polly (Hawkins), Joel. (Both Exs. dead; Coleman Marshall husband of Joanna with Benjamin Hawkins & John Payne his securities granted adm.
8. 214-215. Est appr 28 May 1836; rec 27 June 1836.
8. 266-267. Estate sold by Coleman Marshall; rec 27 Mar 1837.^4,5

Mary 'Polly' Bickers and Benjamin Hawkins appeared in the census of 9 August 1850 at District 1, Breckenridge Co., Kentucky, USA;
Benjamin Hawkins 1850 United States Federal Census
Benjamin is on the same page as a Charles HAWKINS (33), a Richard HAWKINS (300, and a Caleb HAWKINS, all of who might be his sons.
p. 116-A, lines 26-29,dwelling 301, family 302
26 HAWKINS, Benjamin 71 [1779] M W Farmer $500 VA
27 " , Polly 58 [1792] F W VA
28 " , Riley 23 [1827] M W Farmer KY
29 " , Mary 17 [1833] F W KY.⁶

     Benjamin Hawkins was born circa 1779 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA; Aged 71 in 1850 census.² He married Mary 'Polly' Bickers, daughter of Pvt. Nicholas Bickers and Jane Carty, on 16 March 1802 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Polly Bickers Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
     Benjamin Hawkins and Mary 'Polly' Bickers appeared in the census of 9 August 1850 at District 1, Breckenridge Co., Kentucky, USA;
Benjamin Hawkins 1850 United States Federal Census
Benjamin is on the same page as a Charles HAWKINS (33), a Richard HAWKINS (300, and a Caleb HAWKINS, all of who might be his sons.
p. 116-A, lines 26-29,dwelling 301, family 302
26 HAWKINS, Benjamin 71 [1779] M W Farmer $500 VA
27 " , Polly 58 [1792] F W VA
28 " , Riley 23 [1827] M W Farmer KY
29 " , Mary 17 [1833] F W KY.²

     Joel W. Bickers was born between 1780 and 1781 at Virginia, USA; Aged 70 in 1850 census; 79 in 1860.

1850: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/17375049
1860: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/39742286. He married Rosanna Atkins on 20 March 1805 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Record #1: Joel Bickers Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Record #2: Joel Bickeers [sic] Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850
[Image attached]
Joel W. Bickers died in 1875 at McLean Co., Kentucky, USA; died before date of probate 23/8/1875.²

His estate was probated on 23 August 1875 at McLean Co., Kentucky, USA,
;
Joel W Bickers Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989
     Joel W. Bickers appeared on the census in the household of Joel W. Bickers.

Joel W. Bickers and Rosanna Atkins appeared in the census of 6 August 1810 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Joel Biggers 1810 United States Federal Census
p. 329, line 13

Joel W. Bickers appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Axel Bockins [sic] 1820 United States Federal Census
There is no adult woman in this household even though Joel's wife, Rosanna (ATKINS) was alive at the time.
In Pvt. Nicholas Bickers's will dated 17 March 1825, Joel W. Bickers was named as an heir;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
In 1825 Nicholas Bickers made his Will in which he mentions his wife Jane and six of their children - Polly, Joel, Benjamin C., Joanna, Moses, and William. Further research will be undertaken for James, the son mentioned in the letters to James Madison Bickers in 1907. The following is a copy of said Will:
"In the name of God - amen. I, Nicholas Bickers, of Orange County, do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
1st. Having already given to my son Joel his full share of my estate I give and devise to him the sum of twenty five cents only.
2ndly. I lend to my beloved wife, Jane, for and during her natural life, all the estate of which I may die possessed, both real and personal, except two feather beds with their furniture and two cows and calves.
3rdly. I give and devise to my sons Moses and William each a feather bed and furniture and a cow and calf (if they do not receive them during my life) which are to be delivered to them immediately upon my death.
4thly. I give and devise to my son Benjamin C., at the death of my wife, the land on which he resided, containing by a survey made by Reuben Lindsay, seventy acres, also a negro boy named Tom, to him and his heirs forever.
5thly. At the death of my wife, I give and devise to my sons Moses and William, and to their heirs, to be equally divided between them, the balance of my land lying in Orange County, and to my said son Moses I also give a negro girl named Mary and to my said son William, a negro boy named Henry, to them and their heirs. It is my intention, however, that my wife shall retain possession of the slaves devised as aforesaid, as well as the land, if she choose to do so.
6thly. I lend to my daughter Joanna Marshall for and during her life, a negro girl named Maria, now in her possession; and at the death of my wife, I also lend my said daughter Joanna for and during her life, a negro woman named____; and at the death of my said daughter I give and devise the said slaves Winney and Maria to the children of my said daughter, Joanna, to be equally divided between them.
7thly. My daughter Polly Hawkins being well off, having no children, and my other children being all poor, I give and devise to my said daughter Polly, one dollar only. I hope my daughter will not consider me as wanting in affection for her. In deciding to divide my little property between my other children, I have been influenced solely by the considerations above mentioned.
8thly. It is my present intention to give to my son Joel a negro boy named Thornton, but if I should not do so during my life, then at the death of my wife, I give the said boy Thornton to my four children, Joanna Marshall, Benjamin C., Moses and William Bickers; and I also give to my four children last named, at the death of my wife, all my property of every description not hereinbefore devised, to be equally divided between them.
9thly. Should my daughter Joanna Marshall die during the life of my wife it is my will and intention that the negro woman Winney, and such increase as she may have after my wife's death, lent as aforesaid to my wife, should go to the children of my said daughter, Joanna Marshall, to be equally divided between them.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my friends John Taylor and William Quarles executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 17th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
/s/ Nicholas Bickers (Seal)
Signed, sealed published and declared by the testator as and for his Last Will and Testament
The words "wife" & "such" & "as she may have after my wife's death"interlined in second page & "her future" erased before signing.
James Shepherd, W.W. Chapman, Reynolds Chapman."
In the County Court of Orange May 28th 1836.
According to the Order of the said Court we the Commissioners John Lancaster, Andrew Samuel and John W. Evans after being duly sworn for the purpose did appraise the personal estate of Nicholas Bickers deceased and found that it amounts in value to the sum of two thousand eight hundred & fifteen dollars & sixty seven cents Current Money & Deliver to the Court of appraisement of said estate specified in the following manner to wit
At a Quarterly Court held for the County of Orange at the Courthouse on Monday the 27th of June 1836. This Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Bickers deceased was proved in open Court by the oaths of James Shepherd and W.W. Chapman, Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded. And John Taylor and William Quarles, the executors being appointed by the Will, being dead, on the motion of Coleman Marshall and who made oath according to law, and together with Benjamin Hawkins and John Payne his securities, entered into and acknowledged in open court, a bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs - Certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of the said Nicholas Bickers, deceased, with his Will annexed, in due form."
"A Copy - Teste: /s/ Katherine B. Brown, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court of Orange County, Virginia

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Wills index Orange County Virginia
BICKERS. Nicholas
8. 212-214. Will made 17 Mar 1825; rec 27 June 1826. EXS. John Taylor, William Quarles. WIT. James Shepherd, W.M. & Reynolds Chapman. WIFE Jane. CH. Moses, William, Benjamin C., Joanna (Marshall), Polly (Hawkins), Joel. (Both Exs. dead; Coleman Marshall husband of Joanna with Benjamin Hawkins & John Payne his securities granted adm.
8. 214-215. Est appr 28 May 1836; rec 27 June 1836.
8. 266-267. Estate sold by Coleman Marshall; rec 27 Mar 1837.^7,8

Joel W. Bickers appeared in the census of 1 June 1830 at Perryville, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Joel Bickers 1830 United States Federal Census
p. 347, line 21

Joel W. Bickers and Rosanna Atkins appeared in the census of 1840 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Joel Bickers 1840 United States Federal Census
p. 187, line 6

Joel W. Bickers and Rosanna Atkins appeared in the census of 4 September 1850 at District 2, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;

Joel Beckers
1850 United States Federal Census
p. 306-A, lines 39-41, dwelling 312, family 312

Joel W. Bickers was listed as a resident in William H. Bickers and Isabel (?)'s household in the census report on 7 August 1860 at District 2, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
W H Bickers 1860 United States Federal Census
p. 665, lines 19-25, dwelling 842, family 848

Joel W. Bickers lived in November 1865 at Rumsey, McLean Co., Kentucky, USA;

Joel W Bickers
U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918

Joel W. Bickers was listed as a resident in William H. Bickers and Isabel (?)'s household in the census report on 6 June 1870 at Precinct 4, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Wm H Biggers 1870 United States Federal Census
p. 482-B, lines 20-24, dwelling 85, family 85

     Rosanna Atkins was born circa 1789 at Virginia, USA; Aged 61 in 1850 census.² She married Joel W. Bickers, son of Pvt. Nicholas Bickers and Jane Carty, on 20 March 1805 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Record #1: Joel Bickers Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Record #2: Joel Bickeers [sic] Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850
[Image attached]
     Rosanna Atkins and Joel W. Bickers appeared in the census of 6 August 1810 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Joel Biggers 1810 United States Federal Census
p. 329, line 13

Rosanna Atkins and Joel W. Bickers appeared in the census of 1840 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
Joel Bickers 1840 United States Federal Census
p. 187, line 6

Rosanna Atkins and Joel W. Bickers appeared in the census of 4 September 1850 at District 2, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;

Joel Beckers
1850 United States Federal Census
p. 306-A, lines 39-41, dwelling 312, family 312

Rosanna Atkins was listed as a resident in William H. Bickers and Isabel (?)'s household in the census report on 7 August 1860 at District 2, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA;
W H Bickers 1860 United States Federal Census
p. 665, lines 19-25, dwelling 842, family 848

     Benjamin Carty Bickers was born circa 1782 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA.^3,4 He married Joannah Martin on 26 September 1815 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Record #1: Benjamin Bickers in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Record #2: Benjamin Bickers
in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
Benjamin Carty Bickers died before 1 November 1847; Date of probate.⁷

His estate was probated on 1 November 1847
;
Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 for Benjamin Bickers: Madison Probate Court, 1827-1885, Barnett, Hugh-Boyett, Mathew
     Benjamin Carty Bickers began military service circa 1812 at War of 1812, Virginia, USA,
Benjamin C Bickers in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815

Benjamin Carty Bickers and Joannah Martin appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA;
1820 United States Federal Census for Benj C Bickers
p. 101, line 5
In Pvt. Nicholas Bickers's will dated 17 March 1825, Benjamin Carty Bickers was named as an heir;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
In 1825 Nicholas Bickers made his Will in which he mentions his wife Jane and six of their children - Polly, Joel, Benjamin C., Joanna, Moses, and William. Further research will be undertaken for James, the son mentioned in the letters to James Madison Bickers in 1907. The following is a copy of said Will:
"In the name of God - amen. I, Nicholas Bickers, of Orange County, do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
1st. Having already given to my son Joel his full share of my estate I give and devise to him the sum of twenty five cents only.
2ndly. I lend to my beloved wife, Jane, for and during her natural life, all the estate of which I may die possessed, both real and personal, except two feather beds with their furniture and two cows and calves.
3rdly. I give and devise to my sons Moses and William each a feather bed and furniture and a cow and calf (if they do not receive them during my life) which are to be delivered to them immediately upon my death.
4thly. I give and devise to my son Benjamin C., at the death of my wife, the land on which he resided, containing by a survey made by Reuben Lindsay, seventy acres, also a negro boy named Tom, to him and his heirs forever.
5thly. At the death of my wife, I give and devise to my sons Moses and William, and to their heirs, to be equally divided between them, the balance of my land lying in Orange County, and to my said son Moses I also give a negro girl named Mary and to my said son William, a negro boy named Henry, to them and their heirs. It is my intention, however, that my wife shall retain possession of the slaves devised as aforesaid, as well as the land, if she choose to do so.
6thly. I lend to my daughter Joanna Marshall for and during her life, a negro girl named Maria, now in her possession; and at the death of my wife, I also lend my said daughter Joanna for and during her life, a negro woman named____; and at the death of my said daughter I give and devise the said slaves Winney and Maria to the children of my said daughter, Joanna, to be equally divided between them.
7thly. My daughter Polly Hawkins being well off, having no children, and my other children being all poor, I give and devise to my said daughter Polly, one dollar only. I hope my daughter will not consider me as wanting in affection for her. In deciding to divide my little property between my other children, I have been influenced solely by the considerations above mentioned.
8thly. It is my present intention to give to my son Joel a negro boy named Thornton, but if I should not do so during my life, then at the death of my wife, I give the said boy Thornton to my four children, Joanna Marshall, Benjamin C., Moses and William Bickers; and I also give to my four children last named, at the death of my wife, all my property of every description not hereinbefore devised, to be equally divided between them.
9thly. Should my daughter Joanna Marshall die during the life of my wife it is my will and intention that the negro woman Winney, and such increase as she may have after my wife's death, lent as aforesaid to my wife, should go to the children of my said daughter, Joanna Marshall, to be equally divided between them.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my friends John Taylor and William Quarles executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 17th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
/s/ Nicholas Bickers (Seal)
Signed, sealed published and declared by the testator as and for his Last Will and Testament
The words "wife" & "such" & "as she may have after my wife's death"interlined in second page & "her future" erased before signing.
James Shepherd, W.W. Chapman, Reynolds Chapman."
In the County Court of Orange May 28th 1836.
According to the Order of the said Court we the Commissioners John Lancaster, Andrew Samuel and John W. Evans after being duly sworn for the purpose did appraise the personal estate of Nicholas Bickers deceased and found that it amounts in value to the sum of two thousand eight hundred & fifteen dollars & sixty seven cents Current Money & Deliver to the Court of appraisement of said estate specified in the following manner to wit
At a Quarterly Court held for the County of Orange at the Courthouse on Monday the 27th of June 1836. This Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Bickers deceased was proved in open Court by the oaths of James Shepherd and W.W. Chapman, Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded. And John Taylor and William Quarles, the executors being appointed by the Will, being dead, on the motion of Coleman Marshall and who made oath according to law, and together with Benjamin Hawkins and John Payne his securities, entered into and acknowledged in open court, a bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs - Certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of the said Nicholas Bickers, deceased, with his Will annexed, in due form."
"A Copy - Teste: /s/ Katherine B. Brown, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court of Orange County, Virginia

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Wills index Orange County Virginia
BICKERS. Nicholas
8. 212-214. Will made 17 Mar 1825; rec 27 June 1826. EXS. John Taylor, William Quarles. WIT. James Shepherd, W.M. & Reynolds Chapman. WIFE Jane. CH. Moses, William, Benjamin C., Joanna (Marshall), Polly (Hawkins), Joel. (Both Exs. dead; Coleman Marshall husband of Joanna with Benjamin Hawkins & John Payne his securities granted adm.
8. 214-215. Est appr 28 May 1836; rec 27 June 1836.
8. 266-267. Estate sold by Coleman Marshall; rec 27 Mar 1837.^10,11

Benjamin Carty Bickers appeared in the census of 1 June 1830.
Benjamin Carty Bickers was mentioned in a land transaction on 3 August 1849
Memo:
North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931 for Benjamin C Bickers: West Tennessee Land Grants, Roll 183: Book 14

     Joannah Martin was born circa 1792 at Virginia, USA; Aged 58 in the 1850 census.² She married Benjamin Carty Bickers, son of Pvt. Nicholas Bickers and Jane Carty, on 26 September 1815 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Record #1: Benjamin Bickers in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Record #2: Benjamin Bickers
in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
     Joannah Martin was also known as Joanna Martin.⁵

Joannah Martin and Benjamin Carty Bickers appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA;
1820 United States Federal Census for Benj C Bickers
p. 101, line 5

Joannah Martin appeared in the census of 7 September 1850 at Slave Schedule, District 3, Madison Co., Tennessee, USA;
1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules - Tennessee, Madison, District 3
p. 4, column 1, lines 23-24

Joannah Martin appeared in the census of 7 September 1850 at District 3, Madison Co., Tennessee, USA;
1850 United States Federal Census for Joana Bickers
p. 247-A, lines 36-40, Dwelling 459, family 459