First Settlement of Elijah Evans' Estate

Claiborne County, Tennessee. Will Book "A" (typewritten 1938 copy), "First Settlement of the Estate of Elijah Evans Decd," typewritten p. 228 (original p. 396); digital image, "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TV-TKYZ?cc=1909088&wc=M6QQ-2NP%3A179637401%2C179857801 : 31 Jan 2017), image 259.

My fifth great grandfather Elijah Evans (1786-1842) died due to injuries from a fire at his house in Claiborne County, Tennessee.

I was pleased to find the blurry but thankfully typewritten 1845 first settlement of his estate yesterday on FamilySearch in the Tennessee Probate Court Books (Wills, 1837-1846, Vol. A), and the document included some names I had not seen before, in particular a John Brabson.  My mom has two moderate Ancestry DNA cousin matches to people with this likely John Brabson in their direct upline--I wonder what that means, if anything?  I hope this might help break down some walls on Elijah's wife Rutha "Ruthey" Holt's ancestry.  I have some work to do with this document!

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