Prince George's County MD Archives Wills..... William WILSON, June 22, 1813
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Source: Prince George’s County, Maryland Wills, 1808, Volume 1, Page 203.
Written: June 22, 1813
Recorded: April 8, 1817

Prince George’s County, Maryland Wills, 1808, Volume 1, page 203.
William Wilson’s Will
In the name of God, Amen.  I William Wilson of Prince George’s County in the 
state of Maryland being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, 
considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and 
being desirous to settle my affairs and be prepared to leave this world when 
it shall please God to call me do therefore make and publish this my last Will 
and testament in manner and form following, that is to say.  First and 
principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the 
earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after 
named and after my debts and funeral charges be paid I devise and bequeath as 
follows, that is to say I give and devise unto my son William H. Wilson all my 
Lands lying on the paint branch being the lands whereon my said son now lives 
the same being a tract on part of a tract of land called Red House and part of 
the tract of land called Chews folly or be the same land, or any part thereof 
called or known by any other name or names whatsoever to have and to hold all 
the said lands lying on the paint branch or contiguous or adjoining thereon 
unto my said son William H. Wilson and his heirs and assigns in fee simple. – 
Also I give and devise unto my son Joseph H. Wilson all my lands lying on the 
beaver dam branch the same being tracts or parts of tracts of land called 
Beales pasture – Bealls pasture Enlarged, Gordens Park and Mount Ariat or be 
the same lands called or known by any other name or names whatsoever to have 
and to hold all the said several tracts or parts of tracts of land lying 
adjoining or adjacent to the said beaver dam branch unto my said son Joseph H. 
Wilson and his heirs and assigns in fee simple. – Also I give and devise unto 
my son Washington Wilson the dwelling plantation whereon I now live and all 
the lands which I hold adjoining thereto except the parts thereof herein after 
excepted beoing about ten acres herein devised to my daughter Margery Hill and 
one acre herein after devised to the widow Clarke to have and to hold the said 
dwelling plantation and all the lands which I possess adjoining thereto except 
the parts herein after excepted unto my said son Washington Wilson and his 
heirs and assigns in fee simple. – Also I give and devise unto my daughter 
Margery Hill all that part of the tract of land called Baltimore which is 
contained within the lines following, that is to say beginning at a stone 
planted in a ditch being also in the first line of the said tract of land 
called Baltimore and running thence to a stone planted in a road leading 
across the said tract then from said stone by with and along the middle of the 
said road and by a Ceder tree standing in Richard Hills’ corn field at the 
root of which tree a stone is planted into the given line of the said tract 
called Baltimore then with said given line to the end thereof being the place 
of beginning of said tract then with said first line to the stone in the ditch 
aforesaid the place of beginning containing about ten acres of Land more or 
less – Also all that tract or part of tract or tracts of land which I 
purchased of James Wilson and upon which the said James Wilson now lives and 
in which have given the said James Wilson an estate for life to have and to 
hold the said part of the tract of land call Baltimore above described and the 
remainder or reversion in the lands upon which the said James Wilson now lives 
unto my said daughter Margery Hill and her heirs and assigns in fee simple. – 
Also I give and devise unto my daughter Margarey Wilson all the tract or part 
of tract of land called Poplar Thickett or be the same or any part thereof 
called or known by any other name or names whatsoever the same being the lands 
which I purchased at a sale made by the Sheriff of Prince Georges County in 
virtue of a Judgment obtained by me against Mordicai Cheney the same being the 
Land on which the said Cheney now lives to have and to hold the said land upon 
which the said Cheney resides unto my said daughter Margaret and her heirs and 
assigns in fee simple. – Also I give and devise unto Mrs. clark the widow of 
Thomas Clark one acre of ground to include the House in which she now lives to 
have and to hold the said one acre of ground unto the said Mrs. Clark during 
the term of her natural life remainder to my son Washington Wilson and his 
heirs and assigns in fee simple.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Wilson one feather bed and 
furniture.  Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Talbartt four hundred 
dollars to be paid by my Executor immediately after my decease to her the said 
Mary Talbartt or to any person authorized to receive the same. – And Whereas 
my grandson Owen Blackmore deposited with me for safe keeping the balance of a 
legacy left him by his Aunt Jane Jones the amount of which I do not recollect 
it is my will and desire that my Executors pay to the said Owen Blackmore or 
any person authorized to receive the same the balance of the said legacy 
whenever the same may be called for. – Also I give and bequeath to my grandson 
William Jones one negro boy named Ras or Erasmus and also the sum of fifty 
dollars to be paid to him by my Executors immediately after my decease.  Also 
I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Mary Jones one negro boy named Levi 
and also the sum of fifty dollars to be paid to her by my Executors 
immediately after my decease.  Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Matilda 
Sheriff one feather bed and furniture and nothing more from my Estate.  Also I 
devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Estate both Real and 
personal all ready money and condensed of debts and the same due thereon and 
all the property of every nature and kind of which I may die possessed to be 
equally divided among my sons Wiliam H. Wilson, Joseph H. Wilson , Washington 
Wilson and my daughters Margery Hill and Margaret Wilson to each of them in 
equal portion share and share alike after the cash and other legacies herein 
before bequeathed shall have been paid and delivered. – And lastly I do hereby 
constitute and appoint my son William H. Wilson and my son in law Richard Hill 
to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking and annulling all 
former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none 
other to be my last Will and testament. – In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty second day of June in the year of 
our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirteen.
William Wilson
Signed, sealed published and declared by William Wilson the above named 
testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at 
his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed 
our names as witnesses thereto.
Saml Magruder
Otho B. Beall
Arch VanHorn
Filed for probate April 8, 1817








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