Person:Samuel Ewing (10)

Will Abstract

Ewing, Samuel. Will probated May 23, 1786.

Names wife Mary; brothers John and James; sister Margaret Porter (wife of Robert Porter); and a nephew, Alexander Ewing.

["A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831, compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 48]

Will Transcript

3 Jun 1783 Montgomery Co., VA

The Will of Samuel Ewing, Montgomery County, Virginia, Will Book B page 81:

Montgomery County in the State of Virginia In the name of God Amen yeoman. I Samuel Ewing being of a rite mind and Disposing will I will and do ordain this my last will and Testament I First desire that my land on Cumberland River in State of North Carolina containing nineteen hundred and twenty Acres also my land at Kantuckey containing two hundred Acres two hundred on Clinch be sold to pay my Debts and Funeral Charges and the balance to be Equally Divided between the Legatees that will follow. I do as follows Give unto my Loving Wife Mary Ewing the tract of Land where on I now live during her Life. Also I leave unto my loving wife my Negroe fellow Pippin and my Negroe wench Nane for ever. I also lend my Negroe fellow Jeb and my Negroe wench Cats unto my loving wife Six years after my Decease. I also leave all my House hole goods and Stocks unto my wife During her Life I also leave unto my wife the crop that is now in the ground forever I also leave unto my Brother John Ewing Son Alexander Ewing Junr my silver watch or her value which I allow To be five pounds Starling I also desire that my Brother James Ewing may be maintained as long as he Shall live with my wife and in case she should disseace before him my Brother Jas Ewing it is my dessire that he Shall also be maintained as long as he lives, and after the decease of my loving wife. I leave unto Robert Porter son of my Sister Margaret Porter the half of my land is to be the lower end him the said Robert Porter to pay unto Betty Porter and Fanny Purnal Forty pounds a piece when of Age. I also leave unto my sister Margaret Porter Son Samuel Porter the other half of my land after the decease of my wife him the said Samuel Porter to Margaret Porter and Sarah his Sisters Forty pounds a peace when of Age. I also leave unto my Sister Margaret Porters Daughter Elender Porter my Negroe fellow Jeb at the expiration of Six years after my Decease forever. I also leave unto my Sister Margaret Porters Daughter Rebecah Porter my Negroe wench Cats Six years after my Decease forever. I also leave it that my stock and house hole goods I left to my loving wife During her life after her decease may be sold and equally divided between the legatees I also ordain and declare this my last will and Testament and lastly. I do hereby Constitute ordain and appoint my loving wife Mary Ewing and James White both of Montgomery County my Executors where unto I have set my and seal this third day of June one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three.

Samuel Ewing [seal]

Signed Sealed in the presents of

Menitree Jones

his

Georg x Birde

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his

William x Birde

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At a court held for Montgomery County the 23rd of May 1786. The within last Will and Testament of Samuel Ewing decd was proved by the oaths of Manitree Jones George Birde and William Birde the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded.

Test Abram Trigg CMC.

Will Probateed 23 May 1786 Montgomery Co., VA