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Facts and Events
Will Transcript
- Will of James Harper:
- I James Harper near the house Mountain on the drafts of Coliours [sic, s/b Colliers]Creek Rockbridge County and state of Virginia being in an infirm state of body but of perfect and disposing mind and memory and calling to mind my state of mortality do this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our lord Eighteen Hundred and six make ordain and appoint this my last will and Testament in manner and form following: first I allow all my Just debts to be paid and my body to be dessently intered by my Exacutors hereafter named and with regard to such worldly Estate as God has endowed me with I dispose of it as follows: I alow an Inventory to be taken and an apprasement made of all my Horses Cattle sheep and hogs Waggon and part of waggon geers and every other farming utenciel or implement of Husbandry with all other personal property Except what crops may be on my dwelling place and the corn and flax on my place known by the name of workmans hollow the wheat on the latter place I allow one third part of it to be immediate property of my wife Elazabeth Harper and my sons Andrew and Thomas Harper and my Daughter Elazabeth Harper for & in lieu of their dwelling the remaining two thirds to Wm Willson Esqr. or some other Merchant to be accounted of and recknod for as the above mentioned personal estate all the above property but what is excepted I Allow to be appraised at what it would sell for at twelve months credit as there will be few or no demands for several years and I do not allow the possesors to be chargeable with any Interest.
- The above personal property when disposed of as above directed I allow to remain in the hands of my wife Elizabeth and my son And Harper untill the sd Andw is twenty one years of age except my daughter Elizabeths [Harper's share] Andrew arrives at the age of twenty on I allow there to be another Appraisement of all property of the above description whatever it is bettred between this time and that my sd Wife Elizabeth and son Andrew shall be equal shares in all such advance but if its made worse all such difficency must be made up equally by the above parties last mentioned hers by ebing deducted from her share hereafter specified and his in such manner as shall hereafter appair I allow my wife Elizabeth Harper her living on our present dwelling place during her natural life if she remains in Wodowhood and sixty pounds worth of such property as shall best suit her if she chooses to marry but she may not continue on sd place after she is Married if she is spared and continues with her family untill Andrew is of age then I allow her and my sons Thomas and james Harper be put in possession of one half of the personal property above mentioned and my sons Andrew and Wm to possess the other half whan Andrew Marries which must not be before he is twenty one he may remove to the lands conveyed to me by Frederick Becker which lands the twenty four acres thereto annexed by a letter survey I allow to be the property Equally of my sons Andrew and William Harper and their heirs forever on their fulfilling what I shall hereafter enjoin upon them in this my will my present dwelling place bought of Thomas Willson with the twenty one aceres added thereunto by a later survey I allow to be the property equaly of my sons Thomas and James Harper and their heirs forever on their fulfilling what I shall hereafter enjoin upon them in this my will I allow my son Hugh Harper to get my gun and one Cow and twenty dollars worth of grain or other produce when he Marries or takes up house besides what I have given him heretofore I allow my Daughter Mary Harper Alias Bean my Watch I allow my Daughter Elizabeth Harper when she disposes of herself in marriage to be decently fitted off as to dress -- wished with a bed and bedecloaths one horse worth mor than ninety dollars a saddle and two milk cows A[ ] and spinning wheel I allow all the above beauqueathments discharged before Andrew and his Mother seperates as to y[oun[ger children from Thomas and downward they are to be [ ] by those under whoes care they schall be left respective [ ] boys to be learned to read well write tolerably and cypt[ ] Practice the girls taught to read well and write if conven[ient] when my son Andrew takes up house he is to take Wm and his brothers and Sophia his sister with him and have th[em] educated as above directed John is to work with him [ ] Wm dutifully and reasonably except when at shool untill [ ] years of age where he must go to such a trade as he shall [ ] and when he arrives at twenty one years of age sd And [ ] is to pay him one and twenty dollars and to p[ay] Sopaha exactly in the same manner as I have directed f[ ] sister Elizabeth if Andrew or Wm should be removed by [ ] before the age of twenty one John is to take the place [ ] diseased and the surviving Party shall be free of whe[ ] had bequeathed to John if the sd Andrew and Wm fail [ ] discharging the above bequeathments more than twelve [ ] after John is of age or Sifaha married after being twenty [ ] then in case the lands of that place shall be sold a[ ] and Wm shall have one third each and John and Sophia [ ] sixth each of what may arise from the sale I allow my [ ] Jean to continue with her mother and brothers Thomas an [ ] untill Married and by them to be fixed off in the same [ ] as above described for my Deaughters Eezabeth and Sifiaha I [ ] my son Parker Martin Harper also to be under the care of Thomas and James Harper and his Mother while she lives with them and to be by them Educated as above directed and to be dutiful and obedient to all their reasonable and lawful commands untill he is seventeen years of age at which time he is to be put to such A trade as he shall choose and when he arrives at the years of twenty one the Above Thomas and James is pay him on hundred and twenty dollars if either of the above Thomas & James are removed by death before the age of twenty one the surviving pay is to be freed of paying what was bequeathed to Parker M Harper and he is to fall into the estate of the deceased if in case the sd Thomas and James fails in discharging the above bequeathments to Jean and Parker M Harper above one year after sd Parker M is twenty one in that case the lands I have nominated for them shall be sold and one third part shall be for Thomas and one third for James and Jean and Parker M. Harper shall have one sixth part each of what may arise from such sale I do further Allow as a part of my will that if any party concerned therein shall think themselves agrieved or any doubts should arise from the darkness or supposed darkness of my will the party so agrieved or doubting shall call as Arbitrator four senceble reputed Honest men who in case of their not agreeing shall call a fifth man of the same discription and Ultimately and Finally desside all causes of the above nature and finally I constitute ordain and Appoint William Wilson Merchant Esqr of Lexington Rockbridge and my Brother Andrew Harper of sd county Executor of this my last will and testament ratifying and confirming and Establishing this my last will and testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and year first above written
- (Signed) James Harper (seal)
- Signed sealed published declared as and for my last will and testament in presence of the witnesses who have at my request and in presence of one another subscribed their [ ]
- George Currie
- William Struthers
- James Shields
- At Rockbridge Court Septemr 1st 1806
- A writing purporting the last [ ] Testament of James Harper decd was produced [ ] William Willson & Andrew Harper the executors therein [ ] and proved by the oaths of the subscribing witnes[ ] and ordered to be recorded and on the mo[tion] said executors who made oath acording to law ce[rtificate] granted them for obtaining probate thereof in[ ] they having together with John Willson & Nucha[ ] their securities entered into and acknowledged [ ] penalty of $2000 conditioned according to la[w]
- Teste
- [Source: Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 3, pp. 6-10].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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