Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Richardson, James December 20, 1795
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Source: Widow's Pension Application
Written: December 20, 1795

In the name of God Amen I William Richard-
-son of Accomack County and State of Virginia being sick
in body but of sound mind & memoriy thanks be to Al-
-mighty God for the same & calling to mind the uncertain-
-ty of life & knowing that it is appointed for all men
once to die do make constitute and ordain this to 
be my last Will and Testament in manner and 
form as follows viz Item I give and bequeath unto
my son William twenty five acres of Land at that 
end of my Land binding on perry Leatherbury 
orphan & Severus East's lines but to let it be longer on 
Perry Leatherbury than on Severus East's and I give 
and bequeath unto my eldest Son Major all the rest
of my said lands more or less to him and his heirs 
forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved 
Wife Elizabeth one bed & bolster and my chest and all
the rest of my whole estate to be sold off and the money 
equally divided between my two Sons Major & William
and now acknowledging this to be my last Will and
Testament I do hereunto set my hand and fix my seal
this twenty day of December one thousand Seven
hundred and ninety five. I also leave my friends 
Wm Gibb & Stephen Warrington Extrs to this my Will.-
                                        his
In presence of us                William x Richardson {seal}
Wm Leatherbury                          mark
     his                     her
Thos X Phillips       Susanna X White
    mark                     mark

At a court held in Accomack County December
29th 1795 The said last will and testament of William
Richardson decd was proved by the Oaths of Susanna White
and William Leatherbury Witnesses thereto and ordered 
to be Recorded. On the motion of William Gibb taking 
Oath and giving John Custis (B S) for Security who en-
-tered into and acknowledged a Bond for that purpose
Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof
in due form.-

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Teste Litt Savage C L K

State of Virginia Accomack County, Sc:
		I, Jno W Gillot, Clerk of the County
Court of the County aforesaid, in the state aforesaid, certify,
that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records
of the said court.
              In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
		  set my hand, and affixed the seal of 
  {seal}      the said Court, this the 2d day of Octo-
             -ber A D 1851, and in the 76th year of
              the Commonwealth. 
                        JWGillot CAC



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