On 19 November 1832, Barbee Spindle and Richard Motley were bound in the penalty of $10,000. Barbee Spindle is appointed to collect and preserve the goods and chattels and credits of Silas B Spindle, deceased (during the Contest of the deposition of Mordecai L. Spindle and Wm Jones purporting the nuncupative Will of said Silas B Spindle decd). [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 23, page 9.]

On 17 December 1832, Barbee Spindle and Richard Motley were bound in the penalty of $10,000 for Barbee Spindle’s administration with the will annexed of Silas B Spindle, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 23, page 11.]

The estate of Silas B. Spindle, deceased, in account with Barbee Spindle, administrator with the will annexed, from 1832 to 1834 was ordered recorded on 15 December 1834. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 23, pages 296–299.]

On 26 November 1832, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Silas B Spindle, deceased, was made by Jas Andrews, John Rowzee, and Achilles Noel Jr. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 23, pages 327–328.]

The estate of Silas B. Spindle, deceased, in account with Barbee Spindle, administrator, from 1835 to 1837 was ordered recorded on 19 June 1837. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 132–133.]

The estate of Silas B. Spindle, deceased, in account with Barbee Spindle, administrator with the will annexed, from 1837 to 1839 was ordered recorded on 15 April 1839. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 378–379.]

The estate of Silas B. Spindle, deceased, in account with Barbee Spindle, administrator, from 1835 to 1837 was ordered recorded 15 July 1839. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 390–393.]

The estate of Silas B. Spindle, deceased, in account with Daniel Rennolds and Thomas B. Garnett, executors, from 1838 to 1839 was ordered recorded 15 July 1839. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 392–397.]