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Ambrose Walston Sr. (1855 testator)

Birth: unknownDeath: between 14 August and September term 1855Charlotte’s documented fatherOriginal recorded will names daughter Charlotte Forehand. Not automatically the man whose estate is cataloged in 1869.

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Recorded mortgage naming Anthony, his deceased brother William, and livestock, corn and household goods securing rent.

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Anthony Forehand of Camden: Family, Land, and a Remembered Home

A rent mortgage, ten acres beside a millpond, and a remembered North River Road home trace Anthony Forehand’s Camden family—his wives, children and grandchildren, with the uncertain connections weighed openly.