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Facts and Events
Will Transcript
- 28 Jul 1830 -- Will Book 10, page 122: Will of Robert Snodgrass.
- In the name of God Amen. I Robert Snodgrass of the County of Berkeley and State of Virginia, Knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, and feeling myself now in a sound state of mind and capable with satisfaction to myself of disposing of my property, do publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills of a prior date.
- 1st It is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and to this affect I earnestly desire my executor to avail himself of my earliest funds to pay off and satisfy my creditors.
- 2dly I give and bequeath to Sarah Ann Snodgrass in addition to the sum of two thousand ($2000) dollars already advanced to her, all the right, title and interest which I have in the lands of Samuel Hedges dec'd which I purchased of William B. Hedges and Hezekiah Hedges assignees of Bailey T. Hedges, and I further give and bequeath to her the further sum of two hundred dollars in Cash.
- 3dly I give and devise to my daughter Elizabeth Hedges in addition to the sum of seven hundred and twenty two dollars ($722) already advanced to her, all my lands in the County of Morgan to her and her heirs forever and I further give & bequeath to my said daughter Elizabeth the further sum of eighteen hundred and twenty eight dollars to be paid to her by my executor in good solvent paper, the one half of said sum to be paid as aforesaid in one year and the balance in two years after my death. But my executor is authorised at his discretion to pay the said legacy sooner and in cash if the situation of my estate will allow him to do so.
- 4th I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary T. Evans, in addition to the sum of twelve hundred and two dollars already advanced to her, the futher sum of one thousand and ninety eight dollars to be paid to her by my executor in cash the one half in one year & the residue in two years after my death, But as before stated in reference to the legacy to my daughter Elizabeth, my executor is authorised and indeed desired to pay the above mentioned legacy to my daughter Mary earlier if the situation of my estate will allow him to do so.
- 5thly I give and bequeath to my wife Catherine Snodgrass, during the term of her natural life, the profits and dividends of my bank stock and canal stock, also during the said period of her natural life, the one third of my personal property, & negroes and also the one third of the rents and profits of all my lands & houses in the county of Berkeley and in as much as I have given her during her life, the full enjoyment of the whole of my interest in my Bank & Canal Stock, supposing that such interest in addition to the above bequests will be equivalent to the one third of my whole estate, should my wife Catherine amend the provision of my will & claim her legal distribution rights, it is my wish that each of my daughters above mentioned shall have deducted from their legacies the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars, and in that event that my bank stock & canal stock (excepting my wifes interest therein) be equally divided & distributed among all my children and should my wife accept the provision made by this will for her, it is my desire & she is hereby invested with full power at her death of making by will such a disposition of that portion of my personal estate left to her during life among my children as she shall deem most proper & judicious.
- 6th It is my will that the bond which I hold on Jefferson Evans my son in law be given up to my daughter Mary to be by her cancelled or otherwise disposed of at her pleasure.
- 7th I devise to Hezekiah Hedges in trust and for the use and benefit of Robert Reed, an orphan Child raised by me, a tract or parcel of land, of fifty acres, subject to the limitation hereinafter expressed, to be taken from a tract of 166 acres purchased by me of Thomas Hammond Executor of James Hammond dec'd & part of a tract of 85 acres which I located & patented myself. The said tract to commence nine rods below Tunis fords, thence down the meanders of Back Creek to a corner near the mouth of a deep gulley, corner to the tract of 166 acres bought of Hammond, thence along a line of marked trees north 72 W 74 poles to a white oak on a hill thence pursuing the calls of the two tracts above refered to until the quantity of 50 acres are taken off. But should the said Robert Reed die without leaving a legitimate child or children, then in that event the said tract to revert to my heirs at Law. It is understood that this tract of 50 acres is to be subject likewise to the claim given by me to my wife to the one third of the profits of all my lands in the County of Berkeley.
- 8th I devise and bequeath to my son Joseph Snodgrass all the rest and residue or my real and personal estate of every kind, wheresoever found or situated, not otherwise disposed of by this will.
- 9thly whereas I have a number of small claims under five dollars due to me by persons of poor circumstances in the neighborhood, it is my desire that my executor shall exercise his discretion as to the collection of those claims taking care not to exact strict justices when the collection of such small claims will operate with any hardship or oppression.
- 10thly should it happen that any of my daughters should receive any additional advancements after the date of this will, which sums shall appear charged on my Books in my hand writing or for which receipts shall be given, then several sums are to be first deducted from the Legacies left to them in the previous sections of this will before their legacies are given to them by my executor.
- 11th Lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son in law Robert V. Snodgrass the executor of this my last will & Testament.
- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 28th day of July 1830.
- [Signed] R. Snodgrass
- In presence of
- Chas. Jas. Faulkner
- Benj. Comegys acknowledged this 28th day of July 1830
- Mich'l Rooney signed June 29th 1830 [? July 29th]
- At a court held for Berkeley County at the Court House of the said County on Monday the 13th day of December 1830. This Last Will and testament of Robert Snodgrass deceased, was produced in Court and proven by the Oaths of Charles J. Faulkner and Michael Rooney two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of Robert V. Snodgrass the executor therein named who made oath thereto according to Law, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, giving security, whereupon he, with security, entered into and acknowledged bond conditioned as the law directs
- Teste John Strother C.B.C.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.
Robert Snodgrass Jr. [WV252], b. 16 Mar 1773, Berkeley Co VA;
d. 30 Nov 1830, Berkeley Co VA; W.D. 28 Jul 1830, W.P. 13 Dec 1830
m. 3 Feb 1806, Berkeley Co VA, "Kitty" Catherine Thomas Evans,
b. 9 Jul 1791; d. Nov 1834, Berkeley Co VA;
d/o Joseph Thomas Evans
SOURCES
3 Feb 1806, Robert Snodgrass m. Kitty Evans; suretor Jas. Faulkner
(bond 3b 10). "Genealogies of West Virginia Families, from
the West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, 1901-1905"
(Genealogical Publ. Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1992),
p. 213-214: Marriage Records of Berkeley County
28 Jul 1830 Berkeley Co VA Will Bk 10, p. 122:
Will of Robert Snodgrass names wife Catherine; (dau)
Sarah Ann Snodgrass; dau. Elizabeth Hedges; dau.
Mary T. Evans; son-in-law Jefferson Evans; "to
Hezekiah Hedges in trust and for the use and benefit of
Robert Reed, an orphan Child raised by me"; son
Joseph Snodgrass; son in law Robert V. Snodgrass executor.
1830 Berkeley Co VA, p. 245: Robert Snodgrass
1m 15-20, 1m 20-30, 1m 50-60; 1f 20-30, 1f 30-40.
obituary 2 Dec 1830, Martinsburg Gazette, vol. 31, #49,
page 3, col. 4: Died, on Tuesday morning, Capt. Robert
Snodgrass, of this county, aged about 57 years. The
deceased was a highly respectable farmer, and for the
last twenty years, one of the acting Magistrates of the
Berkeley court. In every situation he bore the character
of an honest, upright man.
1 Nov 1834 Berkeley Co VA, Re-recorded Will Book 2, page 346
(original will book destroyed by Federal troops during
the Civil War, will later re-recorded):
Will of Catherine Thomas Snodgrass: names son
Joseph E. Snodgrass; nephew, Robert Reed; daughters:
Sarah Ann Snodgrass, Elizabeth Hedges & Mary T. Evans
wife of Jefferson Evans; three granddaughters:
Catherine Elizabeth Snodgrass, Catherine Virginia Hedges
and Catherine Mary Evans; son-in-law Hezekiah Hedges
to be executor. Witnesses: William Pendleton &
James Robinson. Recorded originally in Book 2, page 353.
Probated 8 Dec 1834.
obituary 13 Nov 1834, Martinsburg Gazette, vol. 35, #38,
page 3, col. 1: Catharine T. Snodgrass, Widow of
R. Snodgrass, died age 44.
Bible Record #40
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14 Sep 1826 -- Martinsburg Gazette, vol. 27, #37, page 3, col. 5:
Virginia - Berkeley County Court, to wit: September Term, 1826 --
James Verdier and Mary his wife, late Mary Snodgrass, Plaintiffs,
against Stephen Snodgrass, Jane Reed, James Reed, John Reed,
Elizabeth Reed, Sarah White, late Sarah Reed, Robert Reed, Maria Reed
and Priscilla Reed, children of Wallace Reed and Catharine his wife,
Robert Evans and Isaac Evans, children of Ann Evans, dec'd,
Maria Louise Shepherd, Andrew Thompson Shepherd, Helen Mary
Shepherd, James Verdier Shepherd, William Shepherd and
Ann Elizabeth Shepherd, children of Susan Shepherd, dec'd,
who was a daughter of Sarah Verdier, dec'd, Richard Chapman and
Maria his wife, late Maria Verdier, daughter of Sarah Verdier, dec'd,
Robert Snodgrass, William Snodgrass, Edward R. Forman and
Priscilla his wife, late Priscilla Snodgrass, the said Stephen,
Catharine, Ann, Sarah, Robert, William and Priscilla
being the children of Robert Snodgrass, sen. dec'd.,
Defendants, In Chancery.
The defendants Jane Reed, James Reed and John Reed, not
having entered their appearance, and given security according to
the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing
to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of
this state -- It is ordered, that the said defendants, Jane Reed,
James Reed and John Reed, do appear here on the second Monday in
November next, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a
copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Martinsburg
Gazette, and be posted at the door of the Court House of this
county.
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1830 Berkeley Co Census
page 245:
William Snodgrass [s/o Robert & Susannah; wife Ann Fryatt]
2m 15-20, 1m 20-30, 1m 50-60, 2f 10-15, 1f 20-30, 1f 50-60.
page 245:
Robert Snodgrass
1m 15-20, 1m 20-30, 1m 50-60, 1f 20-30, 1f 30-40.
[s/o Robert & Susannah; Rob't abt 57 yr old - Cath. abt 40; m. 1806]
Stephen Snodgrass
1m 60-70, 2f 15-20, 1f 50-60. [s/o Robert & Susannah; wife Elizabeth Verdier]
page 247:
Robert V. Snodgrass 1m 30-40, 2f 0-5, 1f 5-10, 1f 20-30.
[s/o Stephen; m. Sarah Ann Snodgrass d/o Robert & Catherine]
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