Each of the four Sons was to receive a horse and the two Daughters each to receive a cow, a spinning wheel and a bed. The appraisement bill for his estate shows that he owned two horses, two mares, one colt, thirteen hogs, eighteen head of sheep, five cows, two heifers, seven calves, fourteen gueese, several tools, one gun and some furniture. Among the buyers at the Estate Sale were Palser Shaver and Palser Shaver, Jr. (Isaac�s family from Rockingham County, VA-we assume)
Mary Hyer Shaver remained a widow until her death on August 8, 1868 at the age of 87. She lived with her youngest son �Jesse and his family. On March 25 1843 she had made a deed giving her part of the land to Jesse.The deed stated that Mary �would choose to live and stay with her son, Jesse Shaver, that the said Jesse, instead of paying his Mother Mary�binds himself to care for her.� She signed the deed with her X mark..
Isaac and Mayr (Hyer) Shaver were both buried in a family cemetery on their property. Their son, Jesse Shaver, retained this property until his death. He gave instructions in his 1903 Will regarding the cemetery stating, �I give and bequeath one eighth of an acre of land including the graveyard where my father and mother and children are buried and same to be exempt from any sale or purchase that may be made on the farm after my decease and I desire the graveyard to be kept enclosed by whosoever may own or occupy my farm.�
This may be the cemetery now known as the Flatwoods Cemetery. Jesse, his wife and some of his children have gravestones there. There are no stones for his children who died in infancy or his parents. An elderly gentleman who lives nearbly said that an old cemetery had been destroyed and farmed over in recent years.
Sources: Rockingham County, VA Deeds, Hardy County, WV Wills, Randolph County, WV Marriages, Lewis County, WV Deeds & Wills, Braxton County, WV Deaths, Deeds and Wills, WV Heritage Encyclopedia, Vol III.