When Wills Don't Go As Planned with David Paterson

This show will examine various case examples of when "wills" don't go as planned such as protests to wills, residual estates and guardianships. In addition, this show will review the records of probate for a typical slave-holding estate.

Public historian David E. Paterson studies people who lived in nineteenth-century Upson County, Georgia, especially those who experienced slavery and Reconstruction. A civilian employee of the US Navy by day, he spends his leisure hours researching and writing local history.  David has helped manage the Slave Research Forum at AfriGeneas.com since about 2001.  David emigrated to the U.S. in 1958 from Scotland and was granted U.S. citizenship in 1975.  He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

Link to diagram of “Typical Actions in Probate of a Slaveholding Estate Probate Process”:
http://www.afrigeneas.com/library/Probate%20actions_color.pdf

Companion link to an explanation of the diagram, “Records of Probate for a Typical Slave-holding Estate”:
http://www.afrigeneas.com/library/Probate_Records.pdf