Will book E. 1772-1798
ESTES or EASTIS, ABRAM, Spotsylvania Co., [will] d. Jan. 15, 1780, Executors Bond dated Apr. 18, 1782. Wit. M. Buckner, Geo. Madison, James Metchum. Ex. wife Ann and son Richard. Leg. wife Ann, slaves and land on which I now live, during her life, afterwards to be sold and divided among the following persons: Elijah Eastis, Richard Eastis, Moses Eastis, Fielding Eastis, Nancy Eastis; son Thomas Eastis, and Hannah, his wife; son John Eastis and Ann, his wife; son Samuel Eastis; daughter Sarah Hart. (Page 453)
(Ed. Note. The name is spelled both Estes and Eastis in this will)