Will of Isaac BOWIE (1832):  Charles County, MD

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          Isaac Bowie ~ Will

In the name of God Amen Isaac Bowie of Charles County 
and State of Maryland being weak in body but of sound 
and perfect mind and memory considering the uncertainty
of life and the certainty of death (blessed be the Almighty 
God for the same) do make and publish this last will and 
testament in manner and form following to wit:
First I give and bequeath to my dear beloved wife Elizabeth 
Bowie all my property both real and personal during her life and 
one Negro boy named Lewis to dispose of as she may think proper.

Item- And after her death I give and bequeath unto my four daughters 
Sophia Murdock, Louisa Bowie, Pammy Aleavia Bowie, and
Margaret Bowie all my land and premises, three feather beds, 
two horses, three milk cows, and one Negro girl named Eliza.
At the death or marriage of my three single daughters, Louisa
Bowie, Pammy Aleavia Bowie, and Margaret E. Bowie my 
will and desire is that all the land that I may die (unreadable) 
shall be sold and the profits therefrom arising to be equally 
divided between my nine children, Rachel Bowie, Maria Bowie,
Sophia Murdock, Louisa Bowie, Ethelbert (Thelbert) Bowie, 
Aquilla Bowie, Plinny Bowie, Pammy Aleavia Bowie, and 
Margaret Elanor Bowie. All my property not yet mentioned 
or willed I desire att the death of my beloved wife Elizabeth 
Bowie to be sold and the profits therefrom arising to be equally 
divided between Rachael Bowie, Maria Bowie, Ethelbert (Thelbert)
Bowie, Aquilla Bowie and Plinny Bowie to them and their heirs
forever.

Hereby revoking all former wills by me made in witness whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and seal the sixteenth day of August
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Signed, Sealed , Published and declared by the above named
Isaac Bowie to be his last will and testament in the presence
of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
in the presence of the testator.
                                               Isaac Bowie [seal]
Jno. B. Lawson
Meclaire? Lloyd
Leonard Farill


On the back of the afore going will it is thus written Charles County
(Set) February 26, 1833, Then came John B. Lawson one of the witnesses
to the afore going will and made oath on the Holy Evangel of Almighty
God that he did see the Testator therein named sign and seal this will
and that he heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his
last will and testament that at the time of his so doing he was to the
best of his apprehensions of sound and disposing mind memory and
understanding and that together with Meclaire? Lloyd and Leonard Farill
respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the
presence and at the request of the Testator.
                    Seal H. Brawner, Reg. Of Wills

Obtained from Md. State Archives Microfilm WK 246-247-1
Liber WDM #15, Folio 500 (Pages 500-502)