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WILL OF FREDERICK FRALEY Fide:Transcribed by Penny Fraley Richardson

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Russell County, Virginia
Court Order Book 2, Pages 56 & 70
Dated 8 April 1782
Executed Feb, Apr 1793
In the name of God Amen.
I Frederick Fraley of the County of Washington Virginia, farmer, being in perfect health and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say prinsapelly (sic) and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that give it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a disant (sic) Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but the general Resurrection. I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as tuching (sic) shuch (sic) worldly estate where with it has pleaseth God to bless me with in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following maner (sic) and form.

First I give and bequeath to Chloe my dearly beloved wife a certain piece (?) track of land that I first place I lived going by the name of Mounce's place during her widowhood. After her widowhood or decease the said track of land to be equally between Issac and Frederick my youngest sons and the part of the moveables during her life and this track of land going by the name of Moore's Fort, namely the land I purchased of William Moore the land I purchased from Joseph Moore and the land I purchased from John Snoddy to be equally divided between James, Martin, Caleb, John, William, and Jesse my sons. If one of my sons should die under age his share to be divided equally amongst the rest and the other two parts of my moveable estate I divide equally between my three daughters namely Sarah, Nancy and Chloe. Only two cows or the value of them I leave to Ruth a daughter I had by a former wife, and four shillings sterling I leave to each of my other daughters, namely, Nancy, and Catrin and Mary. I do hearby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former Testament wills entered bequeathed and executed by me in anywise (sic) before named wills and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament I witness where of I have hear unto set my hand and seal this eight day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two.

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Frederick X Fraley SEAL

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Signed sealed and _______ ________ and>BR? delivered by the said Fraley as his last will and
Testament in the presents (sic) of us who in his presents
and in the presents of each other ______ _____
our names

John Walker
Edmund Smith

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Henry Dickenson CRC

Notes and commentary

The Will of Frederick Fraley was written 8 April 1782, and executed in 1793. A subsequent court case indicates that Frederick died in December, 1792.

In addition to his wife Chloe, the will identifies the following sons:

James

Martin

Caleb,

John,

William

Jesse

Frederick

Isaac

Daughters are identified as:

Sarah

Nancy

Chloe

Catrin

Ruth (by his first wife)

The court case indicates that additional children were born to Frederick and Chloe after he wrote his will: sons, Ruben, and Henry.