From the Pocahontas Times, June 4, 1931, Calvin
W. Price - Editor
James Houston was a neighbor of the Weirs and he appears often
in legal affairs of theirs and he appears with Cornelius
Alexander as guardian for George Weir's orphans as James
Mitchell executer of Thomas Beard's will in 1769. This
suite was brought to determine if Jean Beard Weir and her
children had received the legacy left her by her father Thomas
Beard November 21, 1786. The arbitrator found James Mitchell had
to fulfilled in getting the ... and or before Jean's eldest
child came of age. In Augusta County Record, one Jean Weir
became the wife of Cornelius Alexander on March 17, 1785.
What more logical. In 1780 for Cornelius to be demanding
of acceptance of James Mitchell. Martha Beard, or was it.
One reference says it was. Elizabeth married James
Mitchell before 1769. For Thomas and Martha Mitchell are
given a part of Thomas Beard's estate and again he refers to
Thomas Mitchell's mother. At the time Thomas Beard died it
looks as if the daughter Jean was ... Mitchell was the
administrator of the estate. From this reference
James must have been quite a business man ..
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