Person:William Leach (26)

Last Will and Testament of William Brooks Leach

Will of WILLIAM B. LEACH, gives to sons JOSEPH LEACH and JOHN LEACH their full proportions except $1.00 which he bequeaths to his sons TALBOTT LEACH's heirs and WILLIAM LEACH's heirs, each. The tract of land on which he now lives, containing 349 acres, is to be divided, and the east side he gives to son Talbott Leach, the east side of the dividing line as runs by STEPHEN STATELER’s, and the west portion to son William Leach, to whom he also gives a bay yearling colt called Lafayette, one cow and calf, sow and pigs, and featherbed and furniture, and schooling sufficient to do common farming. To son Talbott Leach, also a cow and calf, sow and pigs, and bed and furniture, he having heretofore received a horse beast. To daughter ELLEN LEACH, one mare called Leach, a cow and a calf, sow and pigs, ewe and lamb, and bed and furniture. To step-daughter SUSAN HOWARD, one second-rate cow and calf, one yearling colt, one bed and furniture, and ewe and lamb. All the balance of the worldly estate to daughters POLLY PEAK, NANCY LEACH, SALLY ILER, ELLEN LEACH, and MARINDA COX, to be equally divided. Appoints sons Joseph Leach and John Leach as Executors. October 9, 1834. OLIVER C. PATE, NATHANIEL HOWARD and JAMES WISE, witnesses. Codicil: "for certain reasons have changed my mind," as to the tract of land he now lives on, he gives Talbott Leach the east end of the line, and the west end of the 347 acres to son William Leach's heirs. January 26,1844. STEPHEN STATELER and GEORGE W. AUSTIN, witnesses. Probated March 7, 1853. John W. Leach qualified, and entered into bond of $200 with ALFRED TAYLOR and MARTIN COLEMAN as his sureties.