On 28 May 1833, orator Thomas William Micou, who had already filed a bill re Stella Matthews requested as defendants Thomas Matthews a brother of the said testatrix, Virginia Baynham relict of Wm Baynham decd a sister, Albert Micou and Elizabeth M his wife who is a daughter of Fanny B. Micou decd late the wife of James R. Micou, another sister of the textatrix, Eleanor Roy Micou, Ann O. L. Micou and James R. Micou Jr (in his own right) who are only children of Fanny B. Micou decd, John C. Matthews, William B. Matthews and James M. Matthews infant children of the late William B. Matthews decd another brother of the said testatrix, Lucy Y. Matthews, Philip Matthews and Maria Louisa Matthews infant children of John R. Matthews decd who was a son of John Matthews decd another brother of the said testatrix, and therefore nephews to the said textatrix, and John M. Tupman a son of Nancy Tupman another sister of the said textatrix only heirs of law of Stella Matthews. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 46, item 46-G-20.]

Betsey M Micou was mentioned in the 16 December 1839 will of her sister, Ann O L Micou, proved 21 April 1840. To James Roy Micou Jr in trust for the use and benefit of my Sister Betsey M Micou and her Children twenty shares Bank stock in the Bank of Virginia, provided there by forty shares of said stock remaining after the payment of the debts of the late Alexander Somervail of Essex County, but if there be not forty shares of said stock then I give to James Roy Micou Jr in trust for the use and benefit of Betsey M Micou and her Children one half of what remains. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 468.]