SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE: William Moore, 1792 Bath Co., Virginia SOURCE: Bath County, Virginia Will Book 1, Page 17 CONTRIBUTOR: Merry Hanning --------------------------------------------------------------- ESTATE OF WILLIAM MOORE Know all my by these presents that we Margaret Moore John McClung & John Edde are held and firmly bound unto John Dean George Poage John White & James Robinson gentlemen Justices of the County Court of Bath now sitting in the sum of six hundred pounds to the payment whereof will and truly to be made to the said Justices and this therefore we bind ourselves and each of our heirs Exor and Adtor jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 12th day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and in the 19th year of the Commonwealth - The condition of this obligation is that the said Margaret Moore & John McClung administrators of all the goods chattles and credits of William Moore deceased do make a true and perfect inventory of and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which has or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of them the said Margaret Moore & John McClung or in the hand or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same do made & exhibit into the said Court they shall be thereto required by the said Court and such goods chattles and credits do well and truly administer according to law and further do make a just and true account of his actings and doings when therebe required by the said Court and all the rest of the said goods chattles and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administrators the same being first examined and allowed by the justices of the said Court for the time being shall deliver and pay unto each person respectively as an indebted to the same by law and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the decd and the same be proved in court and the executors obtain a certificate of the probat therefor and the said Margaret Moore & John McClung do in such case being required render and deliver up his letter of administration then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force Sealed and delivered Margaret Moore in presence of ---- John McClung John Edde At a Court held for Bath County the 12th day of Dec 1792 this bond was acknowledged by the subscribed thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste Chal Cameron Clk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bath County, Virginia Will Book 1 Page 18-19 AN INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM MOORE DECEASED One Sorrel Horse 16 1/2 hands high 6 yr old One Dark Bay Horse 16 and one inch 8 yr old One Black Do 16 hands high 7 years old One Brown Mare 16 1/2 hands high 7 yr old One Bay Mare 13 1/2 hands high 7 yr old and colt One Bay Mare 13 1/2/ hands high 5 yr old and colt One horse not sun supposed by Geo. Poage One Cow One do One do One do One do One heifer One do One do One do One do One Cow One Heifer Three Sheep Seven Calves One Rifle Gun One pot Crook Two Smoothing Irons One Duch Oven One Kettle One pot One pot Sundry iron tools Two beds and furniture One saddle TOTAL 106.19.6 We the subscribe\rs being first sworn have appraised the above mentioned property to the best of our knowledge to the respective sums thereto anexed certified under our hands this 17the of December 1792 Sworn before me Wm Sharp Geo. Poage Thos Brock Owen Kelsy Bath County January Court 1793 This Inventory and Appraisment of the estate of William Moore deceased was returned to court and ordered to be recorded Teste Chal Camerson Clk ****************************************************************** USGENWEB 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. ******************************************************************