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Facts and Events
Will Transcription
- In the Name of God Amen I Matthew French of the County of Giles and the State of Virginia being sick of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this as my las will and testament.. :Principally and first I reccomend my soud into the hand of almighty God that give it and my body to the grave to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the descrestion of my Executors. Nothing doubting that at the General Resencetion I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and touching those worldly good wherewith it hath please God to bless me in this world I demise give and bequeth in the following manner and form.
- I give and bequeth to my dearly beloved wife Sarah my negro woman Fanny and her girl child Nancy to be for her own use during her natural life and then to be appropriated as is hear in after mentioned. I also give to my wife all my stock of horses and cattle, hogs and sheep together with allmy household and kitchen furniture during her natural life as also to have a sufficient support of grain of all my lands, that I hearafter devise during her natural life.
- Second I give and bequeth to my son John French 100 pounds out of my estate to be herein after mentioned.
- Thirdly, I also give and bequeth to my daughter Martha Straley 33 pounds and 1/3 out of my estate as herein after mentioned.
- Fourthly I give and bequeth to my son James French the upper part of my plantation beginning at a division fence between the said James and myself and running with course of the same to the backline of the new survey on the hill to include all the lands in the upper end at the old and new survey.
- Fifthly I also give and bequeth to my daughter Mary Hatfield 33 pounds and 1/3 to be paid her as is herein after directed.
- Sixthly I also give and bequeth to my son Isaac French the bottom on which he lives on provided that he pay to John Frrench 50 pounds as also to pay to my daughters Martha Straley, Mary Hatfield and Ann McComas 50 pounds to be divided among them.
- Seventhly I give and bequeth to my son David French the land whereon I live including all the land line devised to my som James French and lands in the old and survey from the division fence running down to the lower end of both provided that he do pay John French 50 pounds as also to pay my three daughters Martha Straley, Mary Hatfield, and Ann McComas 50 pounds to be divided among them.
- Eightly I also give to my daughter Ann McComas 33 pounds and 1/3 out of my estate which several sums to my three daughters is to be paid by my two sons Isaac and David, also the sum mentioned to my son John French on 100 pounds to the said John French by Isaac and David French in equel amounts of both. It also is my will that if the sons aforesaid to my son John French and my three daughters Martha Straley, Mary Hatfield, and Ann McComas is not paid to them in six months after my decease then and in that case the lands devised to my two sons Isaac and David French be sold by my Executors herein after mentioned, and the sums aforesaid paid out of proceed.
- I also give to sons John and James French the tract of land that is now pending for between Joseph Hair and me, if the same should be recovered it also is my will that after the decease of my wife that all my property that should be left and remain with my wife together with my negro woman and child be sold by my Executors and the money be equally divided among all my children, sons and daoughters and I do hereby appoint my four sons John French, James French, Isaac French, and David French my Executors to this my last will and testament.
- And it is further my will that my two sons James and David French in consequence of the land willed to them they are to convey the land I formerly deeded to them that part where Isaac French lives which they are to do in consequence of receiving the land devised to them aforesaid ratify my and confirming this and no other as my last true will and testament giver under my hand seal this 23rd day of June 1812.
- (Signed) Matthew French
- At Giles County Court House March 1814 this last will and testament of Matthew French deceased was proven in court by the oaths of John Chapman and John Thomas 2 of the witnesses hereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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