Will of Vinson Baxter, Queen Anne's County, Centreville, Maryland 1831

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VINSON BAXTER

 

Will of Vinson Baxter from Register of Wills, Queen
Anne's County, Centreville, Maryland 1831, Liber TCE
Folio No 1 page 418

In the name of God, Amen, I Vinson Baker of Queen
Ann's County in the State of Maryland being sick and
weak in body but of sound disposing mind memory and
understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty
of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my wordly affairs
and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall
please God to call me hence do therefore make and publish this my
last Will & Testament in manner and form following , that is to
say...

First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty
God & my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my
Executor hereinafter named and after my debt and funeral charges
are paid I devise and bequeath as follows.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son George Baxter the farm on
which he now resides cald (called) and known by the name of
Suffolk or by what soever name it may be cald (called) to him and
his lawful begotten heirs forever and in case of the ___ of my son
George Baxter without lawful heirs as afs (aforesaid) it is my will &
desire that the afs (aforesaid) farm shall go to my son Samuel
Baxter to him and his lawful begotten heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son William Baxter the farm that
I purchased of John Atkinson formerly the property of James
Herington to him & his lawful begotten heirs forever and in case of
the death of my son William Baxter without lawful begotten heirs of
the body, it is my will & desire that the aforesaid tract of land shall
go to my son Samuel Baxter to him and his lawful begotten heirs of
the body forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Downes my
negro Harriet; to serve till thirty five years of age - my negro
woman Deala to serve till thirty five years of age - my negro man
Sam to serve till forty years of age - my negro woman _____ to
serve till thirty five years of age, to her and her lawful heirs.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son George Baxter my negro
man Jim to serve till forty years of age - my negro woman Mary to
serve till thirty five years of age - my negro woman July to serve till
thirty five years of age.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son William Baxter my negro
boy Perry to serve till forty years of age - my negro girl Mahala to
serve till thirty five years of age - my negro boy Elbert to serve till
forty years of age.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Baxter my negro
boy George to serve till forty years of age - my negro girl Emaline
to serve till thirty five years of age - my negro girl Charlot to serve
till thirty five years of age.

Item. It is my will and desire that my negro girl Hester be free at my
deth (death).

Item. It is my will & desire that the profits arising or may arise from
my uncle Mark Bentons Estate be equally divided between my four
children, to wit, George Baxter, Mary Downes, William Baxter &
Samuel Baxter to them and their lawful begotten heirs of the body
forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son William Baxter one Bay
mare cald (called) ____ heretofore claimed by him.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Baxter one horse
worth by valuation $40.00 to be paid to him by my Executors
hereinafter named.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my three sons George Baxter,
William Baxter and Samuel Baxter the balance of my estate both
real & personal after the outstanding debts & my concerns either in
my name or that of my son George Baxter is cloased (closed) &
paid.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son George
Baxter to be sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made
ratifying and confirming this & none other to be my last Will and
Testament.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal this 13th day of July in the year of Our Lord One thousand
eighteen hundred and thirty one.

Vinson Baxter (his mark) seal

Signed sealed published & declared by Vinson Baxter the above
named Testator as and for his last Will & 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 - Hy (Henry) Jump, Greenbary Knotts, John W. Connolly

Queen Anns County

September 5, 1831

Then came George Baxter the within named Executor and made
oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the within
Instrument of writing is the true & whole last Will and Testament of
Vinson Baxter late of Queen Anns County dec'd that has
come to his hands or possession and that he does not know of any
other.

Tho. C. Earle Reg Wills for Queen Anns County

Queen Anns County

September 5, 1831

Then came Henry Jump, Greenbary Knotts, and John W. Connolly
the three subscribing witnesses to the within will and severally made
oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they did see
Vinson /Baxter the Testator therein named make his mark thereto
& seal the same that they 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 their apprehensions of sound and
disposing mind memory and understanding and that they
subscribed their respective names as witnesses to the said will in
the presence and at the request of the Testator and in the presence
of each other: and the said Henry Jump further deposed and said
that the several erasures and interlineations appearing on the face of
the said will were all made previous to the execution thereof, Viz
the word "lawful" interlined between the 19 & 20 lines 1st page,
the word "cal" fourth fifth erased from the 5 line 2d page, the word
"girl" interlined between the 28 & 29 lines 2 page, the words "I
give" erased from the 29th line of 2d page, the 11, 12 & 13th lines
erased from the 3d page & the figures "1831" erased from the 24th
line 3d page: this deponent likewise says that the will was executed
on the 13th day of July 1831.

Tho C. Earle Reg Wills Queen Ann's County