Wills with Garvin County Ties - James Barnet, Jr.

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                Wills with Garvin County Ties 



                        James Barnet Jr.                                     



Notes for James Barnett, Jr.:

Last Will and Testament of James Barnett,Jr.  Book III, page 322, Scott Co., VA.



I, James Barnett of County of Scott and the State of Virginia, do make this my last Will and

Testament in names and form following that is to say:



First: It is my will that my funeral shall be conducted in a plain common way without

unnecessary parade or expenses and that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid

out of my effects or those of my heirs that gets effects.



Second: I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth the plantation

or part thereof where we now live bounded as follows to wit: beginning on top of 

the Big Ridge corner of the land that I deeded to my son, Eli Barnett, southward

with said lines poles to his southwest corner; then eastward crossing the branch

poles to a corner of the land that I deeded to William Barnett, (should be 

James William Barnett) my son and James Pierson, my son-in-law, then northward

with said poles to T. E. Reynolds line and my old line as it runs to a sugar tree 

and as was B. B. Taylor's line in his lifetime, then northwardly including all

land on the north side of the Big Ridge poles to the beginning containing one

hundred acres or less during her natural life.



Third: I also will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth: 1. To have and

to hold forever and that as the death of my said wife all the land that I give

to my wife is to be divided between my daughters, Phoebe and my granddaughter,

Mary, Peggy's girl as follows: Phoebe is to have all the land south side of the

Big Ridge on top of said ridge, as described in Mrs. Barnett dour; and all the

north side of the Big Ridge to Mary Barnett is to have from the line on top of

said Big Ridge down on the north side as described in Mrs. Barnett's dour.



Forth: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, all my household

and kitchen furniture to have to hold forever and last, I hereby constitute

and appoint Thomas Page my executor of this my last Will and Testament

this 11th day of November, 1886, signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us.

                                                         Signed: James Barnett

Witnesses: Isaac W. Wolf, Jacob Slone



Virginia Scott County Court, 10 September 1889

The last Will and Testament of James Barnett, deceased was proved in Court by the oaths of

Isaac W. Wolf and Jacob Slone, the subscribing witnesses thereto the same is thereforth

confirmed and ordered to recorded.