Person:Jacob Sowder (1)

Will

In the Name of God ____ Amen I Jacob Sowder of Montgomery County and state of Virginia Do hereby Make my last will and testament In the manner and form Following that is to say --- -----------

1st I Desire all my just Debts to be paid

2dly after all my Debts and funeral Expences are paid I give and Bequeath to my wife Anna Sowder all my Estate Both Real personal duren her Natural Life if She Remains a widow and if She marries again after My Death My will is that she shall only have the Third part of my Estate During her natural life and then to be Divided among my Chidren hereafter Directed

3rdly I give to son Adam Sowder one dollar

4thly I give to my son Jacob Sowder one Dollar

5thly I give to my son Christian Sowder one Dollar

6thly I give to my Daughter Polly Deweese one dollar

7thly I give to my Daughter Berbary Beckett one dollar

8thly I give to my son Micheal Sowder fifty Dollars after my wife's death or marie again

9thly I give to my Daughter Betsy Bond to have ten pounds cash after my Wife's death or marriage again

10thly I give to my son Anthony Sowder one Dollar

11thly I give to my son Daniel Sowder, two hundred Dollars

12thly I give to my Daughter Sally Poff one Dollar

13thly I give to my Daughter Anna Terry one Dollar

14thly I give to my Daughter Caty Sowder one Dollar

15thly I give to my Daughter Cina Sowder one Hundred Dollars

16thly I give to my son John Sowder two Hundred Dollars

17thly I give to my Daughter Rebeckah Sowder one Hundred Dollars

18thly I give to my Son Joseph Sowder two hundred Dollars

For them to Have and to Hold them their Heirs forever and my will is that my Executors shall make a Right to my Land sold ___ or is to sell one hundred acres to ___ and all or any Land or Lands is sold or is to sell it is my will that my Executors may make a right to said land or lands if it lawful And my will is that if any money or property left after my wife's death That it shall be divided amongst all my Children and I do appoint my wife Anna and my son Michael Sowder to be my Executors and I do hereby Disannul all and Every will or wills gifts ___ of ____ Date ___ this my Last will and testament and I do revoke all other wills and testaments and By me any other them This only to stand forever :In witness whereof I do here by set my hand and seal this 25th day of November one hundred eight hundred and eighteen.

(Signed) Jacob Sowder

1.   Rootsweb Message Boards.

   Descendants of Jacob Souter/Sowder
   
   Generation No. 1
   
   1. JACOB1 SOUTER/SOWDER He married ANN PRILLAMAN June 25, 1788 in Franklin County, Virginia, daughter of JACOB PRILLAMAN and PRISCILLA ???.
   
   Children of JACOB SOUTER/SOWDER and ANN PRILLAMAN are:
   2. i. SARAH/ SALLY2 SOWDER, b. January 25, 1794, Montgomery County, Virginia; d. October 22, 1854, Floyd County, Virginia.
   3. ii. CATHERINE SOWDER, b. Abt. 1803, Virginia; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880.
   iii. ZING SOWDER, b. Abt. 1809, Floyd Co., Va.; d. December 13, 1854, Patrick Co., Va.; m. SHADRACK BARNS.
   
   http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/VAFLOYD/2000-11/0973128866

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave.

   Jacob Sowder
   Birth: 1734
   Pennsylvania, USA
   Death: 1819
   Montgomery County
   Virginia, USA
   
   Family links:
   Spouses:
   Anne Prillaman Sowder
   Elizabeth Story Sowder (1738 - 1785)
   
   Children:
   Polly Ann Sowder Deweese (1775 - 1836)*
   Barbara Sowder Beckett (1783 - 1857)*
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118634450

3.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/103128175/person/310024692899/facts