Will of John Norris dated 16 JUN 1773, recorded 19 FEB 1778 (Lancaster Co, VA WB 20:117).
Names
- wife Judith (use of land and negroes William, James, Tom, Abraham, Tab & her children, riding mare and saddle, during her widowhood;
- Son George Norris (negro man Charles and 1/2 the grist mill held in partnership with Mr. James Gordon, and upon death of wife Judith the plantation and slaves Tom, Robert and Sary;
- Son William, after death or marriage of wife Judith, slaves William, Abraham, Tab, Susannah and Betty;
- Daughter Judith Edwards, after mother’s death or marriage, household furniture she has already retained and negroes James and Lucy, and for lack of heirs slave Lucy to go to granddaughter Mary Pollard;
- Son-in-law Thomas Pollard and “his wife Mary Ann Pollard”, certain debts provided his brother James Pollard does not trouble the estate, otherwise to grandchildren Robert Pollard and Judith Pollard.
Executors: wife Judith Norris and sons George and William Norris
Witnesses: John Miller, Joseph McAdam, Jr., Edwin Conway
