Isham (c. 1720- living 1768) is named in both the 1733 will of his father and the 1750 will of his mother. He appears first on record in the 1744 Amelia County Tithe List, next to his brother William.
On 22 Nov 1753, Isham Womack and Samuel Yarbrough acted as appraisers of the estate of James Foster in Amelia Co., and the next year Isham was serving as constable of the newly formed Prince Edward County (Taken from part of Amelia). Within a few weeks he moved to Halifax County, where on 16 Dec. 1758, he affiliated with the South River Quaker Monthly Meeting; he was dismissed on 30 Aug. 1763 "for Marrying contrary to discipline" [1]
On 18 Oct. 1764 in Halifax Co.,Isham Womack and Wife Elizabeth of Halifax sold 200 acres to Champness Terry of Halifax, including "all houses, outhouses, buildings." [2]
In the same year, Charles Cawthon made bail for Isham Womack, who had been sued for a debt.
Sources
↑ (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy 4: 3450).
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Citation given here for will of Isham Womack filed in Probate Court, Coffee County, Tennessee, is being removed. It is for a totally different Isham Womack whose will was dated 4 August 1868 and entered for probate in June 1869.
Womack-2148 and Womack-191 appear to represent the same person because: same person, but birth/death dates need to be reconciled; both son of Thomas Womack and Mary Farley.
edited by Crystal Waymack