Josiah Foster (1770 - 1821)

Ancestors

Died 1821 at about age 51 in Greene, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Josiah wrote his will 2 Nov 1816 in Pendleton Dist, SC. He died five years later in Greene Co., AL. His will was proved 27 Aug 1821. ^[1] In his will he gave half of his estate to his wife, Polly, and the other half to his brothers and sisters and their heirs. The estate was settled after the death of Polly Foster in 1835. Josiah had two surviving brothers, George S. Foster and R. S. C. Foster, and two surviving sisters, Nancy Perry and Mary Hendley. His brother John C. Foster, deceased, had the following heirs: George E W Foster James R W Foster Josiah M C Foster Jared Kirksy in right of his wife Parthenia Dempsey Bonner in right of his wife Harriet. John S B Foster was deceased and had heirs [all of Mississippi, widow Polly T Foster], Robert Foster, Landon Foster, Pamelia Kirksey w/o E B W Kirksey, Elisha B W Kirksey and wife Parmelia[?]. Nelly Kisksey [wife of Jehu Kirksey] was deceased and left heirs: Jno M B Kirksey, E B W Kirksey, Ro: B W Kirksey, Foster M Kirksey, Isiah J Kirksey, Ciciro L Kirksey, Mary E P Foster now Mrs Hale and wife of S F Hale. His sister Frances (Foster) Grant was deceased and left six children: Green W Grant, Jno F Grant, Mary Robinson, Nancy Grant, Reuben H Grant, Richd Harris and wife Eliz.^[2]

Name

Josiah /Foster/^[3]

Birth

1770^[4]

Death

1821

Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA^[5]

Sources

• Source: S120 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

1. ↑ Greene Co. Ala., Estate Files, Jasiah H Foster (1835); Family Search, Alabama Estate Files 1830-1976, images 52-53/88.
2. ↑ Greene Co. Ala., Estate Files, Jasiah H Foster (1835), Petition to sell land (no date); Family Search, Alabama Estate Files 1830-1976, images 54-57/88.
3. ↑ Source: #S120 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Foster
4. ↑ Source: #S120 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Foster
5. ↑ Source: #S120 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Foster

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Kraft for creating WikiTree profile Foster-4394 through the import of Ellis and Foster from Kraft-Banks Family_2013-02-08.ged on Feb 8, 2013.

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