Rachel Swinney was born 3 September 1783 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America to James Semore Swinney (c1750-1836) and Susannah Chiles Hammock (1760-1855) and died 19 October 1858 Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America of unspecified causes. She married Richard Tolar (-1839) 31 July 1823 in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States.
31 July1823 - Rachel married Richard Toler in Monroe County, VA
1839/40 - Richard Toler died. His will leaves everything to his wife, Rachel, and Rachel and her brother, Vincent, were appointed ececutors. Rachel's brother, William Swinney, witnessed the will. Richard had several children from a previous marriage, but none are mentioned in his will. I find no proof that Richard and Rachel had any children.
1846 - Rachel married Joseph Gore. In the Monroe County Deed Records there is a pre-nuptial agreement filed on the 29th day of October, 1846, Deed Book P, p. 54, wherein Joseph Gore, Rachel Toler and Vincent Swinney executed a document which states that Rachel is the widow of Richard Toler deceased and that a marriage is shortly to be had between Joseph Gore and Rachel Toler. It states that Rachel Toler possesses considerable real and personal estate consisting of all the lands she derived from the will of Richard Toler, two horses, four head of cattle, two heifers, seventeen head of hogs, eighteen head of sheep, five feather beds, bed furniture, one bureau, one cupboard, three kettles, eight pieces of small castings, one copper still and cap and necessary vessels for stilling, and one wooden clock. It is then agreed that both parties may enjoy the interest and profits from the property. If I understand the legal jargon, it is agreed that if Joseph dies before Rachel, she will not claim any right of dower to his property, and if she dies before Joseph, all of her assets will be paid over to Vincent Swinney as Executor of her estate.
19 Oct. 1858 - Rachel died. Her will, dated Jan. 1855, states that after payment of debts, her husband Joseph Goar, is to have all perishable property and the benefit thereof as long as he lives, then her property is to be sold and divided $700 to Rachel Barton, wife of Willis Barton, $300 to Martha Farley, wife of James Farley, and $300 to Frances Toler, a girl I have raised. The balance of her estate was to be divided between her brothers, Martin and Vincent. Vincent was appointed Executor.
A letter dated March 26, 1890 from one Joseph Goar to his daughter, Emily W. White in Indiana contains the following statement: (Writing of where various families lived in Monroe County) "The next farm, an island near the side traveling on, was where Uncle John Abbott lived, and the next bottom land was where Uncle Matt and James Farley lived. James up near the (Bull) Falls. Here is where your Grandfather Joseph Goar married his second wife, Rachel Toler, the widow of Richard Toler, and tended a mill at the Falls until Rachel died, and after that he married a woman by the name of Spradling."
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