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Polk

Inventory of the estate of Gervas Forehand, dated 12 September 1788, bearing Charity Forehand’s mark.

FAMILY STORIES

The Household Jarvis Forehand Left Behind

A Pasquotank family, a Revolutionary soldier’s name, and the estate Charity settled in 1788 help separate Jarvis Forehand’s Carolina life from a younger man’s western story.