Amelia County, VA - Will of Phillip Booth, 1797 Submitted by Gayle Austin ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** In the name of God Amen I Phillip Booth of Amelia County being sick of body but in my right mind doth make this my last will in manner following. Item I give unto my sister, Phoebe Booth, one Negro Woman named Hannah also one Negro Boy named Fountain, my Blaze faced sorrel mare & Bridle To her and her Heirs forever. My desire is for my Negro man Sam to be sold to the highest bidder to discharge my debts. Item I give unto my sister Judith Booth one Gray horse colt to her & her heirs for Ever. Item I give unto my Niece, Sarah Clarady, my Bay horse Colt to her & her heirs for Ever. I give unto my Brother, Thomas Booth, my saddle to him & his heirs for Ever. Item I give unto my Brother, Mathew Booth, my Bed & furniture to him and his heirs for Ever. My desire is that the money arising from the sale of my Negro Sam & the Bond of Henry Boles & the money Due me from Mr. William Gilliam & the money in my Brother Mathews hands after all my Just Debts are paid, if any balance is left, I Give it to my Brother, Mathew Booth To him and his heirs for Ever. I also appoint my Brother Mathew Booth & Thomas T Wills to Execute my Will A Witness my hand and seal this Twentieth Day of May one thousand seven hundred and Ninety six. In presence of Thomas T Wills her An (X) Mayes Philip Booth (SEAL) mark her Elizabeth (X) Mayes mark At a court held for Amelia County the 28th day of July 1796 This last Will and Testament of Philip Booth decd was Returned into Court and Proved by the oaths of An Mayes & Elizabeth Mayes two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded and at another court held for the said County the 23rd day of February 1797 On the motion of Matthew Booth, one of the Executors otherwise named who took the oath and entered into and acknowledged bond who together with Rice Newman and Thomas Booth, his securities in the penalty of 2000 Dollars Certificate is granted him for obtaining probate in due form. Examined Teste James Townes CC ______________________________________________________________________ Amelia County Virginia February 1806 Court A Statement of property sold by Mathew Booth Executor of the Estate of Philip Booth Deceased 1797 To sale of one Sorrel Mare 16 0 0 March one Negro man Sam 19 3 0 one Gray Colt 6 lbs and one bay Colt 5 0 0 11 0 0 one Negroe Woman Hannah 26 13 0 one iron pot small 0 4 0 one bed to Mathew Booth 4 0 0 To Cas 1 4 0 Amt of Henry Bolds Bond 60 4 0 Total 138 10 0 By Bonds with Interest There on 106 11 10 By John Fagans ditto ditto 2 8 0 Matthew Wilson Prove Accounts 2 8 0 Peter Robertson Prove of ditto 4 6 8 Francis Jones ditto 3 6 3 Eliza? Wilson ditto 4 1 5 John Thompson Receipt - 18 - Pleasants Roberts ditto 2 16 53 Charles Booth ditto 1 14 5 Robert M Bane proved account 7 6 Thomas Booth Receipt 5 6 Peterson Old audit? 2 - - Sheriff's Receipt 1 7 11 John Modeys Receipt - 4 -- Tickets Clerk of Chesterfield 4 1 9 Henry Old Receipt for land Rent 4 11 6 Rice Newman ditto for Smith a/c - 6 -- Sheriffs Receipt for Ticx - 3 -- Clerks Ticketts 1 9 3 Lucy Walthall Smith a/c proven - 8 - 142 11 11 3/4 Cash paid for Coffin 15 My Commission on the whole if the Court thinks fit 7 1 3 50 0 2 3/4 Agreeable to an order of The Worshipful Court of Amelia to us Directed we the subscribers have Examined stated and settled The acct of Mathew Booth, Exe. of Phillip Booth decd and find them as in within Stated Given under our hands and seals This 12 day of Feb 1806. Thomas T Wills (SEAL) William Walthall (SEAL) Joel Mann (SEAL)