Person:George Keller (28)

George Keller was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Will Transcript

In the name of God Amen, I George Keller Senr. of Augusta County & State of Virginia being far advanced in years and in a feeble state of health but of sound mind and disposing memory do make ordain and publish this my last will and testament in manner & form following to wit ~

First I direct all my just debts funeral charges &c. to be paid by my Executor ~

Second I give and bequeath to my wife Sophia the plantation on which I now live to be used and enjoyed by her during her natural life (also any of my household & kitchen furniture, Beds &c. of whatsoever description of furniture also any stock farming utensils &c. as she may wish all of which is my will and desire she shall have the free and full enjoyment of during her natural life also my two Negro Girls Mary and Jenny during her natural life) and at her death it us my will and desire that the plantation on which I now live shall be sold by my Executor and whatever of the above named property may be still remaining, slaves &c. as devised to her shall be sold, giving to any of my sons a preference to any other person in the purchase of the said plantation on which I now live ~ and if they are unwilling to purchase said plantation then my Executors shall sell it to the highest bidder.

Third ~ I give and bequeath to my daughter Margret Teaford her heirs & assigns the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars having made some advances to heretofore ~

Fourth ~ Whereas it is my full intention to prevent my son Thomas Keller from disposing of any part of the property either real or personal I may devise to him but wish to secure a support for his wife and his children I therefore give in trust to my son John Keller and friend Washington Swoope as Trustees and do hereby appoint them and their Executors as such for my son Thomas ~ the tract of Land on which he formerly lived & purchased by me of George Baylor containing one hundred & seventy six acres which is to stand as equivalent to the Legacy of One Thousand dollars given to my other children and all or any part of my estate whatsoever as may be devised him to be under their Controll as Trustee but for the use and benefit of my son Thomas and his wife and his children ~

Fifth (Whereas my son-in-law Daniel Moyers is some what insolved and it being my wish to provide and ensure to my daughter Barbara and her children a comfortable home ad it being my express will and desire and intention to prevent her husband Daniel Moyers from abounting? or disposing of in any manner whatever any bequest made by me to his wife and her heirs ~ I therefore give in Trust to my son John Keller and my Friend Washington Swoope as Trustees and their Executors the Lane not in the occupancy of said Moyers supposed to be one hundred acres with the priviledge of a road through the upper end of the tract to the Turnpike and as I hold Bonds to some considerable amount on said Moyer it is my will and desire that they shall be forced? to my estate or redirected from any part of my Estate which indearsin? may fall to ___ sister Barbara ___ and of shall __ of y Estate be on amount? _____ ___________ mentioned for the ease and benefit of my daughter Barbara & her children.

Sixth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Polly Moyers her heirs and assigns the sum of Seven hundred dollars having advanced to her three hundred Dollars ~

Seventh, I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Hanger her heirs and assigns the sum of nine hundred Dollars having advanced to her one hundred Dollars.

Eighth I give and bequeath to my daughter Sophia Coiner her heirs & assigns the sum of nine hundred Dollars having advanced to her one hundred Dollars.

Ninth It si my will and desire that all my land and property of any description whatsoever not herein devised shall be sold by my Executors as soon after my decease as convenient, or __ deeds made by them for any lands sold ~

Tenth ~ after paying all Legacies and bequests herein before specified whatever ballance may remain of my Estate from sale of Lands property &c. It is my will and desire it shall be divided equally share & share alike between my Five sons George, Lewis, John, Samuel & to John Keller & Washington Swoope Trustees for my son Thomas and my Four Daughters Polly, Barbara, Jane & Sophia, Barbara's share to applied as before directed ~

Eleventh Having in my possession bonds, notes and receipts of my children to whom I have heretofore made advanced I hereby direct that no interest shall be charged on the several amounts advanced to the time of my decease and that no rents shall be charged my son Thomas for the Land devised to trustees for him ~

Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my son John Keller and my Friend Washington Swoope Executors to this my last will and Testament and declare this and this alone to being __ only true will signed sealed and delivered in presence of us the ____.

Febuary 10th 1844

Philip C. Polmer, Isaac Craver

[Signed] George Keller [Seal]

I add this a codicil to my will dated February 10 1844 and desire that it shall have equal force with the body thereof whereas it is my will desire to make some provision for my nephew John Balders? for his faithfulness to me I therefore give and bequeath to John B___ his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of Land in Augu[sta] County in the big Calf Pasture adjoining the Big survey & Keeskoreas? ___ others containing one hundred acres more or less the above legacies made on condition that he the said John Balduron? shall ___ Live on the plantation I now occupy for the benefit of my __ by receiving a part of the crop unless she shall think proper __ remove herself a long as shey may live and if __ __ to __ his duty to her as a Tenant then the above bequest sh__ signed sealed and delivered in presense of us the subscribing ___.

Philip r. Polsor?

Isaac Craven?

[Note: remainder illegible]

Augusta County Court March Term 1844

This last will and testament of George Keller senr. with a codicil thereto was presented in Court and said will and codicil proved by the oaths of Philip O. Polmer and Isaac Craver two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and John Keller one of the executors named in said will appeared in Court and refused to take upon himself the burthen of the execution of said will, and on the motion of Washington Swoope the other executor therein mentioned who made oath according to law and with John Keller, Jacob Baylor and James A. Cochran his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of twenty six thousand dollars conditioned as the law requires which bond being acknowledged in Court by the obligors thereto is ordered to be recorded Certificate is granted the said Washington Swoope for obtaining a probat of said will in due form.

Teste: Jefferson Kinney Clk.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

   George Keller
   Birth 14 Oct 1760
   Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
   Death 1 Mar 1844 (aged 83)
   West View, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
   Burial
   Keller Cemetery
   Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
   
   State of Virginia
   
   County of Augusta to wit
   
   On this 22nd day of February 1841, personally appeared in open court before the court of Augusta County now sitting George Keller a resident of said County of Augusta & State of Va. aged Eighty years on the 14th day of October last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated. He first entered the service as a volunteer in a Rifle company raised and commanded by Capt Thomas Smith he marched in said company under the command of said Capt Thomas Smith from Staunton Augusta County in the month of December 1780 to Richmond Va. where said company was stationed for three months at the expiration of which time the company to which he belonged was discharged and he returned home to Augusta County where he remained until the month of February in the following winter when he was drafted for a three months tour and marched from staunton in Augusta County in a company commanded by the same Capt Thomas Smith. Frederick Hanger now deceased was first leueftenant of the company and the regiment to which it was belonged was commanded by Col George Moffett. on this tour they marched through the lower part of Virginia into the state of North Carolina where they encamped for very short periods at various places before the battle of guilford [Battle of Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] in which he was engaged. a few days after the battle of Guilford the company to he which he belonged and another company were marched some fifteen miles in the direction of Virginia and discharged and he returned home having served three months – A short time after he arrived at home he was again drafted, but owing to some arrangement the particulars of which he never understood he did not march from Staunton under this last draft but was put to work in the Waggon Makers shop which had been in opperation for a short time at Staunton making waggons and carts for the use of the continental army. This shop was superintended by a continental officer from the lower part of Virginia by the name of Clarke. He worked in this shop for upwards of three months when news of the surrender of Cornwallis [on 19 Oct 1781] reached Staunton and he was discharged along with all who were working with him in said shop. The Waggon Carts and materials in hand were shortly afterwards sold at public sale in Staunton – He received a written discharge from Capt Thomas Smith at the expiration of his two first Tours of duty but he did not preserve them and they have been lost for many years – He received no written discharge at the expiration of his last period of service being verbally discharged by the said Clarke – He refers to the accompanying affidavit of George Hanger [pension application R4565] for proof as to his two tours of duty – as to his last period of service he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove it. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
   
   Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid [signed illegibly]
   
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