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Nancy Rhodes

Birth: UnknownDeath: UnknownRecorded 1821Documented wife in the 1821 deed examinations. Moderate confidence identification with the corresponding 1815 Forehand devisee; daughterhood inferred from the estate context.

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Surviving manuscript view of David Forehand’s will, dated 6 July 1802, including the name written Owing.

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David Forehand: From the Pasquotank to a Tennessee Inheritance

Deeds trace David Forehand from the Pasquotank country to Guilford. His will and later estate records open a carefully qualified path toward the Forehand families of Tennessee.