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Will
Will Transcript
- The Will of Samuel Vance
- In the name of God Amen I Samuel Vance of Washington County in the Commonwealth of Virginia being in perfect health both of mind and memory blessed be God for his mercies; but calling to mind the mortality of my body and that I was born to die; Do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament. That is to say, principally and first of all I do recommend my soul to Almighty God who gave it and my body to the earth, to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the descretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the last day I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching my worldly affairs wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with this life I shall dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
- Item, I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Sarah Vance two hundred pounds cash and all the movables in the house money excepted. I also give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Margaret Lusk the sum of Fifty pounds cash.
- I also give and bequeath unto my beloved son David Vance the sum of Fifty pounds cash.
- I also give and bequeath unto my well beloved daughter Elizabeth Blackburn the sum of Fifteen pounds cash and the remainder of my estate after my debts are paid to be equally divided between my nine children.
- And also the land I now live on I leave and bequeath to my well beloved sons Samuel Vance and George Blackburn whole and sole executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other Testament wills legacies Bequests Executors by me any way before named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thriy first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven and seventy eight. .
- Signed Sealed Published pronouced & declared by the said.
- (Signed) Samuel Vance seal.
- Samuel Vance his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who his Presence & in the Presences of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names-----.
- Arthur Blackburn.
- John Blackburn.
- John (his mark) Cusick.
- At a Court held for Wash. Co the 18th day of August 1778 This last Will & Testament of Samuel Vance deceased was exhibited in Court approved by the oathe of John Blackburn & John Cusisk ordered to be recorded. Test John Campbell Clk Court" Dated 31 Mar 1778 Names wife, Sarah, daus. Margaret Lusk & Elizabeth Blackburn, sons, David & Samuel "My nine children"-not all named.
Will Abstract
- His estate to wife Sarah and his children, Margaret Lusk, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Samuel Vance.
- Executors: Samuel Vance, George Blackburn.
- Witnesses: Arthur Blackburn, John Blackburn, John Cusick.
- Probated August 18, 1778.
- [Source: Washington County, Virginia Will Book, page 64, listed in Summers, Vol. 2, pg. 1344].
About Samuel Vance
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lised&id=I448
Name: SAMUEL VANCE SR.
- Surname: VANCE
- Given Name: SAMUEL
- Suffix: SR.
- Sex: M
- Birth: 1716 in Ireland
- Death: 1778 in Washington County,Virginia
- Burial: Sinking Springs Cemetery, Abingdon, Washington Co., Va. 1
- Will: 31 Mar 1778
- Probate: 18 Aug 1778 Washington County,Virginia
- Note:
They lived near Zane's Iron Works in Frederick Co., Va. before they moved to Washington Co. , Va. in 1776.
The inscription on Samuel and Sarah's large tombstone was "To the memory of Samuel Vance with Sarah Colvill Vance his wife both from Ireland early in life. We have travelled far and wide to come into this ground. We will abide until the trumps last sound." The executors of his will were Samuel Vance and George Blackburn. The witnesses were Arthur Blackburn, John Blackburn, and John Cusick. In the court held for Washington Co., Va. on March 17, 1779, four men were ordered to appraise his estate. This seems to conflict with the probate date.
- Father: Living VANCE
- Marriage 1 SARAH COLVILLE b: 1715 in Ireland
- Married: BEF 1736
- Children
- MARGARET VANCE b: ABT 1740
- Robert VANCE b: 1736 in Frederick County,Virginia
- Elizabeth G. VANCE
- Samuel VANCE Jr b: 1749
- Joseph VANCE
- John VANCE
Sources:
Repository:
Name: Tx. State Genealogy Library
Title: Vance Family Association Newsletter
Publication: Oct. 1992, Vol. 8, #4
Page: p. 115
Title: Will Book 1, Washington Co., Va.
Page: p. 64
Repository:
Name: www.heritagequestonline.com
Title: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800
Author: Summers, Lewis Preston
Publication: 1929, Abingdon, Va.
Page: p. 1344
Repository:
Name: www.heritagequestonline.com
Title: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800
Author: Summers, Lewis Preston
Publication: 1929, Abingdon, Va.
References
- ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R)AFN: QW26-G2. (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 VANCE 1737 1650.FTW.
Date of Import: Aug 28, 2004
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Vance1.FTW.
Date of Import: Aug 28, 2004
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;)
Database online.
Record for Samuel Vance _FOOT: Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.), Database online.
- Find A Grave.
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