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William H. Tapscott, born in Buckingham County, Virginia; at age 20, he was an overseer, living with his widowed mother and his 5 sisters. The youngest, Sally (Sarah, born about 1837), is listed on another website along with their father's will, as a "Lady of Pleasure." It would appear that William was the responsible "man of the family" at an awfully young age, after the death of his father (whose will was written 1 April 1849).