William Marshall's will 1841 County of Albemarle and State of Virginia ***************************************************************** ****************************************************************** File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Karan Callaway ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Unauthorized use for commercial ventures expressly prohibited. All information submitted to this project remains - to the extent the law allows - the property of the submitter who, by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** In the name of God, I William Marshall of the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia being sensible of the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life, I proceed to make this my last will and testament in manner and firm as follows: First I commit my body to the earth and my sole to God that gave it to me. Item 2: It is my will that my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid out of my estate Item 3: It is my will that my beloved wife, Mildred Marshall, shall have the property she brought with her when I married her to dispose of as she pleases, namely one bed and sled, 2 pair of sheets, 3 quilts, 2 double wove yarn counterpanes and 1 white one and also I gave her 2 double wove yarn counterpanes and trunk and stand. Item 4: I lend to my beloved wife, Mildred Marshall, my house and home, my farming tools and the stock of provisions that is on hand, also my cows, hogs, sheep and two choice horses, also three choice negroes and a small girl, say about eight years of age, also my household and kitchen furniture, these articles above named it is my wil that my beloved wife, Mildred Marshall, shall have the entire control of so long as she is my widow, if she should marry another man she shall no longer have the use of the property, I have loaned her but it shall be divided among my children as I shall hereafter direct. Item 5: It is my will that my daughter Ginny Marshall, now Ginny Brook, pay 600 dollars for the girl I gave her, also Mildred Rhoads shall pay 400 dollars for the girl I gave her, also Brice Marshall shall pay 400 dollars for the girl I gave him and forty dollars for a horse I gave him, also Nancy Marshall, now Nancy Howard, shall pay 400 dollars for the girl I gave her, also Bluford Marshall shall pay 600 dollars for the girl I gave him and seventy five dollars I lent him in cash, also Sidney(?) Marshall, now Sidney Harris, shall pay 250 dollars for the girl I gave her. I have no intention that Sidney Harris shall pay any thing for the little girl that died, it died mine. It is my will after my death that all the property I have not given nor lent be sold to the highest bidder and after making my above named children equal that the surplus arising from that sale be equally divided between my above named children. Item 6: I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons, Brice Marshall and Bluford Marshall, executors to this my last will and testament. I witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty one, signed, sealed by the said, William Marshall, in front of us. Teste Henry Marshall William Marshall (seal) George Martin ? ? Bowcock Albemarle County Will Book 17, page 485