John Seay

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Will of John Seay dated March 24, 1811 and proved in Williamson County, TN in January 1812: --Names his beloved wife "Jenny Seay" who is believed to be Jane or Jan Seay (Windrow), daughter of Richard Windrow and Millender Windrow (Anthony). --Names four minor children: Elia A., Martha A., Elizabeth W. and Polly Ann Seay.

John must have died at a young age leaving behind widow Jenny and four minor children. However, he had acquired a 150 acre home tract where he and Jenny lived in Williamson County, TN. He was also expecting an inheritance from his father. John and Jenny apparently married in Louisa County, VA around the 1800 time frame.

By 1790 John Seay (don't know for sure if its one and the same John Seay above) married Lucy Anthony, daughter of John Anthony.

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There is a good chance that this John Seay was the son of Luke Seay of Hanover County. A marriage return was found for John married to Jane Windrow in Louisa County, VA on December 3, 1801. We then can follow John and Jane "Jenny" moving to Williamson County, TN where John shows up on the tax rolls by 1806. Then we find the will of John Seay: Book 1 of Williamson Co., TN Wills and Inventories, page 275: JOHN SEAY, Will, March 24, 1811, Proven Jan. session 1812. Wife, Jenny Seay; 150 acres of land; Four children: Eli A. Seay, Martha A. Seay, Elizabeth W. Seay, and Polley Any Seay. Exr: Beloved Friends: John and Henry Windrow. Wit: Benjamin Carr and Samuel Brown.

Since Windrow was named as executor, it is just too close to the Jane Windrow to be coincidental. So John and Jane moved from Louisa County or Hanover County, VA to Williamson County TN in the early 1800s. Word of their apparent success and raising a nice size family must have traveled back to Carr W. Seay, brother of Luke Seay. Then Carr's first born son, John Thomas Seay along with wife Sarah "Sally" Eatherton decided in the mid 1830s to move from their home in Spotsylvania County, VA to -- where else -- Williamson County, TN, a known fact.