Individual Details

Halifax Co VA WB 3 Jul Court 1794
28 Jul 1794 Obediah Echols, administrator of the estate of Joseph "Echolds" dec'd, filed his accounts and they were ordered recorded.
Will Book 6
p.107 Dec Court 1799 Accounts of Leonard Baker, guardian of Moses, Obadiah, Rhoda & Joseph Echols, orphan of Joseph Echols. Obadiah - clothing & boarding, 7 years, 3 months.
Apparently it was his father's first cousin, Obadiah - son of Richard Echols - that administered his father's estate. This Obadiah was still a minor in 1799.

Nov Court 1794 - Halifax Co. Plea Book 16, p.602 Virginia
In obedience to the Order of the Court. we the Commissioners have proceeded to make the following division of the lands of Joseph Echols, dec’d, Viz: We have allotted to each of them 150 A. of land on the Staunton River & Buffalo Creek, and to make them equal, we have allotted each of them additional land as follows:
Lot 1 - Obediah Echols 150 A. plus 12 A.

Pittsylvania Co DB 11
p.14 21 Oct 1799 William Jeffries of Pittsy to Obadiah Echols. 120#'s. Tract of 214a. Begin William Williams corner pine, Markhams lines, Shocko Creek, Neals line, back to William Williams. Signed: William (x) Jeffries, Sally (x) Jeffries
21 Oct 1799 Ack by William, Sally, wife, relinquished dower

He may have been the Obediah Echols who appeared on the 1800 tax list of Pittsylvania County.

Pittsylvania DB 14
p.316 4 Nov 1804 Moses Echols Senr for natural love & affection to Obediah Echols Senior and for $1. Negro man Ivery. Signed: Moses Echols, Senr. Wit: Moses (x) Echols, Evens Echols, Robert Ferguson 17 Jun 1805, deed of gift proved by two of witnesses
It isn't clear if this is an exchange between brothers or cousins. By the date of this deed, the eldest Obediah of Pittsylvania Co was deceased [will in Pittsylvania Co in 1799], leaving his son of the same name and this Obediah. Whichever of the two cousins named Obediah was older was likely called "Senior". There could have been other Obediahs as well.

Obediah left a will in Pittsylvania County naming brothers and sisters David Echols, Moses Echols, Joseph Echols, Mary Street, Tabitha Lacy, and Rhoda Echols (will dated 24 Jan. 1805, & recorded 17 June 1805).

Although the following marriage is attributed in most databases to this Obadiah - obviously it was not. The will in Pittsylvania Co correctly identifies siblings, and not his half-siblings. The marriage may have been a cousin, son of Obadiah Echols that administered the estate of this Obadiah's father Joseph. "Obadiah Echols married Nanny Franklin, 7 Sep 1805, Halifax Co VA."

Birth	Ca 1780
Death	1805	Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Father	Joseph Echols (1734 - 1789)
Mother	Elizabeth Street ( - )
Sibling	Tabitha Echols ( - )
Sibling	David Echols (1776 - 1854)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" Echols ( - )
Sibling	Moses Echols ( - )
Sibling	Rhoda Echols (1788 - )
Sibling	Joseph Echols (1789 - )