WILL: John Chaffin; Amelia Co. Virginia

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Transcribed by W. David Samuelsen for Ella Gertrude (Scott) Galloway

Amelia County, VA Will Book Vol. 12 page 463

October Court 1832

I, John Chaffin of the county of Amelia do make this my last will and
testament as follows, to wit:

My will and desire is that all my just debts be paid. I lend unto my beloved
wife Betsey Chaffin during her natural life the tract of land whereon I
live,
no wood land is to be cleared fire wood and rail timber to be got saving and
judiciously. I also lend her during the same time the one third part of the
residue of my estate in lieu of her dower in my estate. My wife Betsey
Chaffin
is to furnish my son John B. Chaffin with a room in the house and furnish
him
board washing & so long as he may live single, if he should choose to live
with her. None of the slaves is her dower are to be sold by her nealy [sic]
no
precept whatsoever during her natural ife for any debt she may contract
except
by and with the consent of my son John B. Chaffin.

Item, 2d I give unto my son John B. Chaffin all the ballance of my estate
not
loaned to my wife Betsey and at her death I give him all the property of
slaves & together with the tract of land so loaned my wife Betsy to him and
the lawful heir of his only forever, provided nevertheless that if my son
John
B. Chaffin shall depart this life leaving no lawful heir of his body leaving
no will in writing then my will and desire is that all the above property so
given or loaned, upon said contigencies, be divided as follows: if my
beloved
wife Betsey should be living at the death of my son J. B. Chaffin I give her
Clarary (the daughter of Kitty) and all her increase, also Ben, to dispose
of
as she may think proper. All the ballance of said property together with the
same be equally divided between my friend and brother in law Richard Booker
if
he be living at the death of my son J B. Chaffin if deead that part he would
have been entitled to if living, shall with the rest of the property be
divided between the children of my sister Nancy Scott and the children of my
sister Jane Jeter decd and the lawful heirs of their body.

I appoint my brother in law Richard Booker my nephew Geo. C. Scott and my
son
J. B. Chaffin my executors, they are not equired to give bond and security,
they have my entire confidence, they have the power to divided the within
property as near equal as my will requires.

I hereby revoke all former wills by me made. Signed this 28th day of May
1831.

John Chaffin.

October Court 1832

In Amelia County Court October 25th 1832

This a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Joshua Chaffin
decd., was exhibited into court, and there being no subscribing witness
thereto, John T. Sughand, Armistead T. Tusnes being sworn say that they are
well acquainted with the hand writing of the decendent and that they believe
the same to have been wholly written by him, wherefore the same was ordered
to
be recorded. It was further ordered that the letter of administration
granted
John B. Chaffin on the estate of the said John Chaffin decd be revoked and
therefore as the motive of the said John B. Chaffin one of the executors
named
in said will, who made oath thereto, and entered into and acknowledged a
bond
in the property of $30,000 conditioned according to law, within giving
security, it being as required by the testator, certificate is granted him
for
obtaining a probate of said will in due form.

Teste. J. T. Sughase