Page 0011, the Answer of the Infants, read on the image, verbatim: "The answer of [struck: Joseph Wilson] WILLIAM B. WHITE, ADELINE M. WHITE, ARGINIA ANNE WHITE, PERMELIA E. WHITE, MARY S. WHITE, HILLARY A. WHITE, & SARAH F. WHITE - Infant children & distributees of JACOB W. WHITE dec'd, by Joseph Wilson the commissioner of this court specially assigned the guardian, to a bill of complaint exhibited in this worshipful court against them & others, by FOUNTAIN HAWKINS & SELINA HIS WIFE FORMERLY SELINA [struck] WHITE... they say that they are infants of under years & not to be supposed to know any thing about the truth or falsehood of the said bill." The same seven infants appear as a closed, identically-ordered list on pages 0005 and 0018 as well - three times, in demonstrably different hands. WHAT IT SETTLES: the eldest daughter's name is SELINA, spelled so in at least four hands and glossed twice as 'formerly Selina White'. 'Celine Catherine' appears NOWHERE. And HILLARY A. WHITE is named ONCE PER LIST in three lists - consistent with a single child, which is the evidence for the [2524]/[2525] merge. ⛔ WHAT IT DOES NOT SETTLE: the cause contains NO birth date, age or birth order for anyone, so it can neither confirm nor refute 'Catherine' or b. 18 Oct 1813. It gives 'A.' only, never 'Alexander'. And a record naming one Hillary is not a record denying a second. ⚠️ TRAP: Peter, Rachel, Maria, Sylvia, Jourdan and Andrew (with a struck-through Charlotte) appear in this cause as ENSLAVED PEOPLE listed as personal property - NOT as children. A partial read could easily mistake that list for the heirs.

Bedford County, Virginia, marriage bonds, surnames W - USGenWeb transcription

Entries of 16 Dec 1812 (White x Buford) and 18 Nov 1835 (Thaxton x White)

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USGenWeb, Bedford County, Virginia, 'Marriage Bonds, Surnames beginning with W', https://www.usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/bedford/bedf-m_w.htm - fetched and read 23 Sep 2026. Two entries, verbatim: "Dec. 16, 1812; Jacob W. White & Matilda Buford; Hnery Hatcher, Surety; Consent of Jacob White and Thomas Logwood, guardian for Matilda; Married by Enoch Terry, Dee. 18, 1812." "Nov. 18, 1835; William Thaxton & Matilda White; Fountain M. Hawkins, Surety; Married by Joseph Flood, Nov. 18, 1835." (Spellings 'Hnery' and 'Dee.' are the transcriber's.) A transcription, not the bond images.

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Research note · 23 Sep 2026

AUDITED 23 Sep 2026 - SECOND MARRIAGE ENTERED; HER PARENTS STILL NOT ENTERED (round-5 triage A9, A10; Owen). SECOND MARRIAGE: to William Thaxton, Bedford County, Virginia, 18 November 1835 - bond and ceremony the same day, per the USGenWeb transcription of the Bedford marriage bonds: "Nov. 18, 1835; William Thaxton & Matilda White; Fountain M. Hawkins, Surety; Married by Joseph Flood, Nov. 18, 1835." A transcription, not the bond image. HER PARENTS: William Buford (d. 1794) and Martha Hill Logwood rest on the 1903 Buford genealogy; its two editions are one compiled source, so they are not entered. The same transcription of her FIRST bond, 16 December 1812, reads "Consent of Jacob White and Thomas Logwood, guardian for Matilda" - it names Thomas Logwood as her guardian and does not say how he was related to her. Next document: Thomas Logwood's will, proved Bedford County 24 September 1821 - does it name her as a granddaughter? Dossier: agent-report-2516-matilda-j-buford-2026-09-23.md.

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