Family in Raleigh & Pasquotank Co., NC; 1845
I hope this will be of interest to someone.From the "Yearbook, Pasquotank Historical Society, Vol. 3" is the following:
"Will Book N, page 211 - 8 September 1845 - Mathews, Frederick A.S. - Estate to Fanny Birdsall, daughter of Stephen Birdsall of Raleigh, NC, she being at the time, petitioned to be my wife.Sister Mary S. Butler; brothers John and William.Exec: William W. Griffin, W.F. Martin and C.W. Brooks, who were also witnesses to the will.Probated March 1847."