In the process of sorting thru my DNA matches and looking at their trees in order to identify our common ancestors I noticed that I had a good many matches who were descendants of Bryan Ward Nowlin and wife Lucy Wade. Their Great Grandson Bryan Ward Nowlin (son of Jabus Swanson Nowlin) died in 1861. I located his will in Marshall Co TN Probate records on Ancestry.com and learned that he was a doctor. He and Rebecca Ewing Niell had 10 children only 5 of which lived beyond the age of 7. That must have been heartbreaking. He lists the surviving children in his will. a snippet of which is shown below. B. W. Nowlin himself was only 41 when he died.
Children:
- James Ozro Nowlin
- Thomas Light Nowlin
- Milton Gross Nowlin
- Harriet Elizabeth Nowlin
- Rebecca Lavona Nowlin
These DNA matches are on my Paternal side and the Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford and Williamson Co TN area is where m Dad's lines lived.
B W Nowlin Probate Date 13 July 1861
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts. Marshall Co TN Wills, Vol A-C, 1835-1912 pg 422
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