Last Will and Testament of Raphael Morgan, St Mary's County, Maryland SMC EJM #1, pp.250-253, Aug 9, 1833 Names & places in will, in order: Raphael Morgan, George W. Morgan, Charles Morgan, John Lowry, Saint Johns, Arrow Point, Linsted, Joseph Morgan, Rousby (Black), Ignatius Morgan, Linsted and Green, Thomas Shirecliff, Perigrine Bond, Clement Mattingly, Luster?, William Denision, Randolph Gray, James Thomas Morgan Raley, St Joseph's the Forest, Two Brothers, The Hazzard, Benedict Spalding, Josephs Simms, William S. Morgan, Emily Forest, Wilfred Gatton, Bill, son of Moses and Becky (Black), William R. Morgan, Charles Morgan, Capt Edward Mattingly, George son of Benny (Black), Elizabeth Morgan, John Ll. Morgan, Dorothy Morgan, Caroline Morgan, Hard Fortune, Ford's Discovery, Tradesman's Lot, Mary Morgan, Bernard Spalding, James A. Morgan, George, Ann, Mary & Jane, children of Moses and Becky (black) , Bob, son of Henry (black) Thomas A. Morgan, Henry Spalding, Thomas Spalding, George McWilliams, and Silvester Spalding. In the name of God Amen. I Raphael Morgan of Saint Mary's County in the state of Maryland being sick and weak of body but 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 worldly affairs, and thereby be better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence, do thereby 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 Executor herein after named or mentioned and after my debts and funeral charges are paid. I devise and bequeath as follows: Item: I give and devise unto my son GEORGE W. MORGAN the land wherein my son CHARLES MORGAN now lives purchased by me of a certain John Lowry and known by the name of Saint Johns and part of a tract of land called Arrow Point and part of another tract called Lindsted except that part herein after devised to my son JOSEPH MORGAN lying on the south side of the run leading from the main Chapel road westerly till it falls into the main branch to him the said GEORGE W. MORGAN his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath unto my said son GEORGE W. MORGAN a Negro Boy called Rousby to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and devise unto my son JOSEPH MORGAN all that tract or parcel of land called Lindsted and Green or by what ever name it may be called whereon my son IGNATIUS MORGAN now lives deeded to me by the heirs of Thomas Shircliff and also that part of Saint Johns lying on the south side of the run where Perigrine Bond had a mill and also that part of the land I purchased at the sale of Clement Mattinglys heirs lying on the northwest side of the main swamp and adjoining the above lands and called part of [Luster?] containing eighteen acres to him the said JOSEPH MORGAN and his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and devise unto my son IGNATIUS MORGAN all that tract of land wherein Wm. Denison now lives known by the name of Lindsted and Addition purchased by me of Randolph Gray and it is my will and desire that my son Ignatius shall have all the land which I own adjoining thereto on the east side of the main road leading from Saint Joseph's Chapel to the head of Saint Clements Bay that is to say the road aforesaid to be the division line between his the said IGNATIUS MORGAN'S land and the land herein before devised to my son GEORGE W. MORGAN to him the said IGNATIUS MORGAN his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and devise to my Grandson JAMES THOMAS MORGAN RALEY all that tract and parcel of land lying on the south side of the road leading from my house to Saint Joseph's Chapel called and known by the names of part of Saint Joseph's The Forest, part of Two Brothers and the Hazzard being the tract I purchased of the late Benedict Spalding containing one hundred acres, be the same more or less also a small parcel of land belonging to the tract of land purchased by me or Joseph Simms and Wife also lying on the south side at said road, also a small piece of land lying on the south side of the said road, running and bonding with the said road. About two hundred yards from WILLIAM S. MORGAN'S gate that stands on said road to two white oaks which stands on the top of the hill and to run thence with a straight line southwest to the land owned by Mrs. Emily Forest, the said small piece of land being a part of the land purchased by me from Wilfred Gatton to him the said JAMES THOMAS MORGAN RALEY and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; also I give and bequeath to the said JAMES THOMAS MORGAN RALEY one Negro boy called Bill the son of Moses and Becky to him the said JAMES THOMAS MORGAN RALEY his heirs and assigns forever but if my said grandson JAMES T.M. RALEY should die before he arrives to the age of twenty one years it is my will and desire that the said Negro boy Bill shall become the property of my grandson WILLIAM R. MORGAN son of CHARLES MORGAN to him the said WILLIAM R. MORGAN his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and devise to my son WM S. MORGAN, all that tract or parcel of land purchased by me of Joseph Simms and wife, which formally belonged to the late Capt. Edward Mattingly, except so much thereof as lyes on the south side of the road that leads from my house to Saint Joseph's Chapel and herein before bequeathed to my grandson JAMES T. MORGAN RALEY, to him the said WM. S. MORGAN his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and devise to my said son WM. S. MORGAN a piece of woodland adjoining the land above given to him and lying on the east side thereof or so much of said woodland as lyes within the following courses; beginning at a bounded Pair tree, and running easterly till it intersects an old field, and from there with a straight line drawn northwesterly till it intersects the farm; containing ten acres more or less; also a small piece of land being part of the land I purchased of Wilfred Gatton and adjoining the above mentioned land beginning at a burnt red oak; and running a straight course across the swamp to a chestnut spring; and thence up to the road leading to Saint Joseph's Chapel containing thirty acres more or less, to him, the said WM S. MORGAN, his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath to my said son WM. S. MORGAN the Negro boy called George, the son of Benny, to him the said WM. S. MORGAN and his heirs forever. Item: I give and devise unto my three daughters ELISABETH MORGAN wife of John LI. Morgan, DOROTHY MORGAN , and CAROLINE MORGAN all the following tracts and parcels of land to wit one tract or parcel of land called Hard Fortune containing one hundred and six acres also another tract of land called Ford's Discovery containing one hundred and eight acres also twenty acres lying on the road leading from Patuxent to Saint Joseph's Chapel being part of a tract of land called Tradesman's Lot being the land purchased by me of Wilfred Gatton except two small pieces herein before devised to JAMES THOMAS MORGAN RALEY and WM. S. MORGAN to them the said ELISABETH MORGAN wife of John LI. Morgan, DOROTHY MORGAN and CAROLINE MORGAN to be equally divided among them and to their heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and devise unto my loving wife, MARY MORGAN all that plantation whereon I now live purchased by me of Bernard Spalding for and during her natural life a life estate except so much thereof as is hereafter bequeathed to my son JAMES A. MORGAN. I give and bequeath to my said wife MARY the following Negros to wit, Moses and his wife Becky and their four children namely George, Ann, Mary, and Jane; also one Negro boy Bob the son of Henry; to her; her heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath to my loving wife MARY a pair of large looking glasses, a portrait sent me by my son THOMAS A. MORGAN, the side board and desk; for and during her natural life. Item: I give and devise unto my son JAMES A. MORGAN all that part of the plantation whereon I now live, purchased by me of Bernard Spalding, which Henry Spalding willed to his son Bernard Spalding to him the said JAMES A. MORGAN his heirs and assigns forever, and it be my will and desire that from and after the decease of my wife MARY the land herein before devised to her by me shall become the property of my son JAMES A. MORGAN to him and his heirs and assigns forever and I also give to him the said JAMES A. MORGAN the pair of looking glasses, the portrait, the side board and desk herein before bequeathed to my loving wife. At her death, to him the said JAMES A. MORGAN his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and devise unto my son CHARLES MORGAN all the land formerly belonging to the late Clement Mattingly and purchased by me at the sale of the same, except for the part thereof called part Lindsted containing 18 acres herein before devised to my son JOSEPH MORGAN, to him the said CHARLES MORGAN, his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided among my three daughters ELISABETH MORGAN wife of John LI. Morgan, DOROTHY MORGAN , and CAROLINE MORGAN to them their heirs and assigns forever in equal portions share and share alike. Item: I give and bequeath unto my two daughters DOROTHY MORGAN and CAROLINE MORGAN and also my son RAPHAEL MORGAN during their single lives a home in my now dwelling plantation herein before devised to my son JAMES A. MORGAN and my beloved wife MARY MORGAN and it is my will that they the said DOROTHY MORGAN, CAROLINE MORGAN, and RAPHAEL MORGAN shall live with my son JAMES A. MORGAN or with my wife MARY MORGAN as of their family and whereas I have in this my last will and testament devised and bequeathed to my beloved wife MARY MORGAN certain and sundry property therein specified it is therefore my will and desire that the said property is intended by me to go in lieu of her dower in all my estate bothe real and personal and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons JAMES A. MORGAN and GEORGE W. MORGAN to be sole 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. I testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seat this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Signed, Sealed, Published and declared, by Raphael Morgan Senior The above named testator Raphael Morgan (His Mark) 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. Tho. Spaulding Geo. McWilliams There was a codicil to the will on 9 Aug 1833 as follows: "Whereas I Raphael Morgan of Saint Mary's County have made and duly executed my last will and testament in writing bearing date the 9th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, which said last will and testament, and Every clause, bequeath and devise therein contained, I do hereby ( codify?) and confirm Saving and Excepting such clauses, bequests, and devises herein mentioned as and by me herein after revoked and made void and being desirous to alter such parts thereof and making additions thereto, do therefore make this my codicil which I will and direct shall be taken and held as a part of my said will and testament in manner and form following that is to say. . . and whereas in my said will I did give and devise unto my son CHARLES MORGAN all the lands I purchased out of the Estate of the late Clement Mattingly except the part called part of Lindsted which I therein devised to my son JOSEPH MORGAN; now I do revoke the said devise and give and devise unto him the said CHARLES all the lands aforesaid except fifty acres of woodland adjoining the lands therein devised to IGNATIUS MORGAN beginning at a bounded white oake and running so as to make the fifty acres of woodland aforesaid which he the said CHARLES MORGAN is to lay off to the said IGNATIUS MORGAN and this to be taken by the said CHARLES MORGAN in lieu of the devise made in said will and no more; and whereas in my said will I did give and devise unto my son IGNATIUS MORGAN certain lands therein specified I do now give and devise unto him the said IGNATIUS: in Addition thereto fifty acres of woodland therein devised to my son CHARLES MORGAN; to the said IGNATIUS MORGAN, his heirs and assigns forever; I also give and bequeath unto my son IGNATIUS MORGAN one Negro man named Tom to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife MARY MORGAN four milch cows, one yoke of oxen, and one ox calf, and two horses, all of the best on the farm also one bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever. In testimony thereof, etc. etc. Witnesses: Tho. Spaulding 9 Aug, 1833 Geo. McWillliams Silvester Spaulding ======================================================================================== File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by J. P. Morgan glasiii@aol.com. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations.