ALBEMARLE:  WILL – JAMES HARRIS

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Albemarle County, Virginia
Will Book 3, page 324
James Harris Will	

In the name of God Amen.  I James Harris of the County of Albemarle and
Parish of Fredericksville being in common health and of perfect sound mind 
& memory thanks be to God for the same but calling to mind the uncertainty
of life and the certainty of death and knowing that it is appointed for 
all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament hereby 
revoking and disannulling all other wills and testaments heretofore by me 
made and this only to be my last will and testament.  First my will and 
desire is that all any just debts together with my funeral expenses to be 
paid out of my estate and as for such worldly goods wherewith it has been 
pleased God to bless me with dispose of them in the manner and form 
following Imprums(?) I leave unto my beloved wife Betsey Harris all my 
estate both real and personal for and remaining the term of her natural 
life or widowhood she making no waste thereof only for her own support and 
at my wifes death or marriage I give unto Betsey Mills five shillings also 
to my daughter Caty Owens five shillings current money and then the 
balance of my estate to be sold on a reasonalbe credit borth real & 
personal and the money arising from such sale to be equally divided among 
my children towit Henry Harris, William Harris, Peter Harris, James Harris
Blake Harris, Wiley Harris and the children that are then living of my
daughter Sarah Jones is to have one equal part of my estate to be divided
among them so as the whole of the children of my daughter Jones has
no more among the whole of them than are then living that  are one of 
the rest of my children hers for his own part and the children of my
daughter Mary Owings that are then living the same as my daughter
Sarah Jones’s chldren, the children of my Nancy Owens that are then
living the same as my daughter Maring Owings children and if any 
of my children before mentioned should die whithout lawful issue then
my will and sesire is that their part should be equally divided amoung
the rest of my children and grandchildren as before mentioned.  Betsey
Mills and Caty Owings excepted.  Lastly I nominate and appoint my
sons Henry Harris, William Harris, Blake Harris and David Owings executors
of this my last will and Testament Signed sealed subscribed and preserved
by the said James Harris to be his last will and testament this tenth day 
of August 1796
In presence of
Rob. Bruce                      James Harris
John Garrison
John Wood
Thomas Walton

At Albemarle July Court 1797
 This last will of James Harris deceased was produced unto court and 
proved by the oath of Thomas Walton and the affirmation of John Ward two 
of the witnesses thento and ordered to be recorded.

John Nicholas CC