Wills: Dr. William Irvine, 1796: Lynchburg, VA Campbell County, Virginia Will Book 1, pp. 297-301 Will Dated 10 Feb 1796 Will Probated 7 April 1796 I, William Irvine, Practitioner of Physics in the town of Lynchburg, county of Campbell and state of Virginia, being sick of Body but sound in mind, make this my last will & Testament. First: that all my just debts and necessary expenses be paid out of my Estate. Secondly: I exonerate Thomas Humphreys from the payment of any amount which may appear on my Books against him. It is further my will & desire that a forty pound Bond given me by the said Humphreys payable in the year 179eight should be given up to him. It is my Will that Inventory of my Medicines, also my Shop and household furniture, cloths, Library, etc. be made out as Speedily as possible, and that my books be regularly posted and that pains be taken to collect & secure the balances therein due. Whereas I have a brother named James & sister named Jane who are now resident in the county of Westmoreland in the state of Pennsylvania & have two other brothers & sisters named Alexander & Baptis, Margaret & Elizabeth who proposes to come from Ireland in the course of the next year & to join my brother James & sister Jane and whereas I have already advanced somewhere about seven hundred and fifty dollars to my brother James & sister Jane, it is my will that my said brother and sister be called upon by my executors for as exact a statement as possible of the money so advanced. To this amount it is my will that all the proceeds of my estate over and beyond the payment of my Debts, etc. be added and considered as forming one general fund for the common benefit of my aforesaid brothers & sisters (viz); James, Alexander, Baptis, Jane, Margaret, Elizabeth to be divided amongst them in equal shares respectively. I appoint as my Executors Doctor James Graham of New London [Virginia] & Samuel Irvine [no relationship given] of Lynchburg, giving them full power to dispose of all my effects on Terms most advantageous for my Estate, given under my hand & seal this 10th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Signed: Wm. Irvine Codicil: I leave unto Doctor James Graham my bookcase. I leave unto Thomas Humphreys my Masonic apron and sash, given under my hand and seal this 10th day of February 179 six. Signed: Wm. Irvine At a court held for Campbell County April 7, 1796 the within last will and Testament of William Irvine, deceased, together with the codicil thereon endorsed were proven by the oath of Samuel Irvine & Thomas Dillon, two of the witnesses whose names are there unto subscribed & ordered to be recorded & on the motion of James Graham & Samuel Irvine, the executors in the said will named, who made oath thereto as Law requires, certificate is granted them for obtaining probate thereof in due form giving security, whereupon they together with James Penn and Thomas W. Cocke, their securities, entered into and acknowledged their bond in the sum of seven thousand dollars, conditioned as the Law Directs for the said Executors due and faithful administration of the said decedents Estate and Performance of his will. Teste: Robert Alexander NOTE: There were other Irvines living in the area but I do not know if there was a connection to the above Dr. William Irvine. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Maxine Crabtree IvyTree29@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 cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.