Person:John Hays (49)

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I John Hays of Botetourt County and State of Virginia taking into serious consideration the mortality of man and that it is appointed by heaven that all men shall die do hereby make my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first I commit my soul into the care of the Almighty God who gave it to me and my body after my decease to be by my Execitors buryed in a descent Christian manner and secondly as to my worldly estate to my son John Hays' oldest son and to my son Thomas Hays' son James Hays and to my son Johnathan Hays' son Harrison Hays and to my daughter Ruth Hays who intermarried with Thomas Measels her oldest child and to my son Levi's oldest son Henry Hays to these my grand children I leave all my estate real and personal and if one or any of these grand children should die without lawful issue their share of my estate is to descend to their brother or sister as the case may be. And thirdly my Executors hereafter named shall proceed as soon as convenient after my decease to sell my personal property on twelve months credit if they think best and rent out my land and after paying my just debts and funeral expenses put the money owing from such date and the rents of my land till the oldest of the aforesaid legatees are of the age of twenty one years to interest and when the oldest legatee arrives at the said age I do hereby authorize my Executors to sell my land to the best advantage and make title thereof to the purchases or purchasers and pay off the legatees that is then of age his or her share and put the residue of the money to interest and pay off the legatees their respective shares as they come of age of twenty one years and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Levi Hays and ____ Webbster Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of October 1818.

Signed sealed published and declared(?) as and for the last will and testament of the above named John Hays in presence of us.

Wm. Anderson

Patterson Hannah John J. Hays

William Evans His Mark

Botatourt November Court 1822

This instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Hays and exhibited in court and proven by the oath of William Anderson a subscribing witness thereto and continued for further proof and at May Court 1823 was fully proven by the oath of Wm. Evans another witness thereto and ordered to be recorded.

1. ↑ Will date=12 Oct 1818 in Botetourt
   Probate date=November 1822 Botetourt