NameJohn Fletcher
Death19 Mar 1798
Documentation
“John Flitcher departed this life marh. 19th 1798” [Minter-Durham family Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 26856]
On 14 April 1798, Rachel Fletcher declined to administer the estate of her late husband, John Fletcher. “To the Worshipful Court of Essex County as my husband John Fletcher lately died intestate and I do not wish to take upon myself admon. of his Estate if it can be committed to such person as I can confide in I now declare that I resign my right to the Same to my brother Barker Minter to whom I wish the Same to be granted. Given under my hand this 14th day of April 1798”
Rachel [xx] Fletcher
Witness: John Minter
Proved in court 17 April 1798 and ordered to be recorded.
[Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 15, page 389.]
On 17 April 1798, administration of the esate of John Fletcher was granted to Barker Minter. Barker Minter and John Minter acknowledge their bond in the penalty of $500. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 15, pages 389–390.]
Agreeable to an order of court dated 17 April 1798, an appraisal of the estate of John Fletcher deceased was made on 25 May 1798 by Jas. Dix, Wm. Dunn, and James Croxton, and was returned and ordered to be recorded on 15 April 1799. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 15, pages 451–453.]
A sale of the estate of John Fletcher, deceased, was made on 30 May 1798 (by whom not recorded) and on 15 April 1799 was returned and ordered recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 15, pages 449–451.]