h/o 1st Susan Nunn m., 2nd Rachel Lark 1789, 3rd Susan Isabella Pope 1798.
Children with Susan Nunn, m.??

Children with Rachel, m. 1783:1)Charlotte A. O'Neall 1787, 2)Lark 1788, 3)Mary Polly Dillard 1790, 4)Elizabeth A. Townsend.

Children with Susan, m. 1793: 5)Jacob Pope 1799, 6)Nancy A. Rearden, 1801, 7)Henry Madison 1803, 8)Jonathan 1804, 9) Ira 1806, 10)Sarah Isabella 1809*, 11) Ann(Susannah) 1811*

*Guardianship Index, Newberry Co., SC:
Name of Minors.............Name of Guardian....Year Box/Packet
Abney, Isabel and Ann.....Edward Spearman.......1822 Q-27+++

++ Who is Edward Spearman??

Notes & burial info from the John Chapman manuscript.

Will:
2) Will of John Abney
From "Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills 1787-1836" by James E. and Vivian Wooley (REF GEN 975.737W), pages 91-92. (Note: all spelling as found).
p.318. 20 June 1812.. I, John Abney, merchant, it is my desire after my estate is appraised that an old negro woman named Noaricy shall have priviledge to go to any person she may choose on their acceptance accounting to my estate the value. I desire that at my decease all lawfull debts to be paid & my beloved wife shall have a certain tract of land known as the Bolger tract containing 200 acres to extend to the West begining at a spring where Urban Nicholson uses water out of, then to the old road that crosses the Charleston Road to Paul Abney, originaly granted to Alexander Kennedy & that a house to be built on the land 22 ft. by 16 ft. with the out houses, the dwelling house to be made of logs well hewed & high enough for them & lodging above, my beloved wife to except the land & house in lieu of her dower on my land, the above house to have a stone chimney up to the mantle with tree sticks & dirt above. It is my desire that my son Lark Abney have all the land lying on the West side of Topely(Tosie/Tosity) Creek joining the mill. I desire that my dtr. Charlotte Oneall to have the tract of land whereon Doct.Charles Oneall now lives it being bound by land of William Abney decd., Reuben Blalock, James Summers, Urban Nicholson. I desire that Arthur Dilliard should have a tract of land of 50 acres whereon James Neale formerly lived at the rate of $100 also 120 acres of land granted to Abney Deen & conveyed to his brother George Deen & from him to me. I desire that my wife shall have a negro boy named Ben, My son Lark to have negro boy named David, & to my dtr. Charlotte a negro girl named Mary & my dtr.Polly to have a negro girl named Beck. I desire that my minor children as they come of age or marry shall be made equal & each minor shall receive a good English education out of the est. I desire that my wife whall be guardian of her own chn. I desire that the Ordinary of this District appoint three administrators of suitable qualification to execute this my last will. Wit: Azariah Abney.. Proved by the oath of Wm.Spragius & Urban Nicholson the 14 Aug.1812 & same time qualifed Lark Abney and Arthur Dillard as admor. with the will annexed. Jn.Timkins..