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On October 16, 1820 Moses Russell gave a deposition in the case of "Nathaniel Cartmell & Sarah his wife late Sarah Bean, a daughter and devisee of Mordecai Bean dec'd plaintiffs and James Bean Executor of Mordecai dec'd, Judith Beane widow of said dec'd, Isaac Beane,, John Beane, John Richards and Peggy his wife, Jacob Frye and Betsey his wife, also devisees of said dec'd defendants". Moses testified that he was one of the Commissioners appointed by the Frederick County Court to "settle the estate account of Mordecai Bean dec'd with James Bean, Executor". The other Commissioner was Joshua Lupton. There was an issue with respect to a payment of $300 James Bean had made from the estate "on a verbal contract with his father". The file includes a copy of Mordecai Beans' Will of August 19, 1814, which was proved on Dec. 5, 1814. [Source: Original records of Frederick County Court on University of Virginia Library microfilm reel no. 272, image no. 504, index no. 1825-101 SC.]

The second wife of Nathaniel Cartmell, she was the mother of Mordecai Bean Cartmell (b.1808) and Martin D (b.1809); her only children who lived pass infancy. She was the daughter of Mordecai & "Juda" (Hammond) Bean. Sally & Nathaniel were wed by the Rev. Christian Streit on April 27, 1807 at the home of her parents on the grounds of the Old Furnace. (See 'Shenandoah Valley Pioneers' for Bean - Cartmell family history & dates, pp. 422&437)

Birth	19 Sep 1781
Marriage	27 Apr 1807	Nathaniel Cartmell
Death	7 Feb 1830	Frederick County, Virginia

Spouse

Nathaniel Cartmell (1753 - 1856)

Father	Mordecai Bean (1738 - 1814)
Mother	Judith Hammond (1753 - 1840)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Betsy" Bean (1777 - 1838)