BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA - DeLOACH WILLS, 1747, 1750 From: Javan Michael DeLoach for the USGenWeb Digital Library Here are a couple of wills that were transcribed by Lynn McCartney . She posted them on the DeLoach Mail List, and gave me permission to post them elsewhere: WILL OF WILLIAM DELOACH Transcriber Notes: The following is the will of William DeLoach. I have transcribed it as accurately as possible, with no changes to grammar, spelling, or punctuation. I did take the liberty of paragraphing the "Items" for readability. Insertions in [ ] are mine as well. In the Name of God amen I William Deloach Sen.[Senior?] of the County of Brunswick in Virginia being in Perfect Health and strength of body and also perfect in mind and Memory thanks be to God for it but calling to mind the uncertainty of Transitory Life do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows First I give my soul to Almighty God my creator trusting that through the merits of my every Blessed Redeemer I shall at the Last Day Receive a joyfull and Happy Resurrection and my body I desire may be decently Buried at the Discretion of my hereafter named Executor as to all the Temporal Estate that God has Blessed me with in this world my will and desire is that the same be disposed of as follows. Imprimis my Will and Desire is that my loving wife Eleanor have and enjoy the Plantation whereon I now live together with the Lands thereunto belonging being five hundred acres for the term of her Natural Life during which term my desire is that she have and enjoy the said Land without any trouble or Molestation and after the end of her Natural Life my will and desire is that the said Land as aforesaid be given to my Loving son Francis Deloach & I hereby give the said Land to my foresaid son Francis Deloach & to the Heirs of her [his?] body Lawfully begotten forever Item I give and bequeath to my foresaid Loving son Francis Deloach four hundred acres of Land lying in the County of Northampton in North Carolina on the south side of a swamp known by the Name of Wild Catt and do hereby give the said four hundred acres of Land to him my foresaid son Francis Deloach and to his Heirs and assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my foresaid Loving wife Eleanor two negroes, to wit, Izabell and a negro girl named Phillis and do give the said negroes to my foresaid wife to be at her own ordering and disposing forever Also my will and desire is that my foresaid Loving wife have and enjoy the command profit and labour of my negro boy Jack age about thirteen years during the term of her Natural Life and after her decease my will and desire is that the said negro Jack be hereby given to my foresaid son Francis Deloach and to his Heirs and assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my foresaid Loving son Francis Deloach Four negroes, to wit, a negro boy named Ceaser a negro Girl named Jenny and a negro girl named Hannah also one Negro boy Named Davy all which said Negroes I give and bequeath to my said son Francis Deloach and to his heirs and assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my Loving Daughter Martha now the wife of Harmon Hill two negroes, to wit, one negro boy named Jemmy and one Negro Girl Named Cate and do give the said Negroes to my forementioned Daughter Martha and to her Heirs or assigns forever also I give my said Daughter Martha a Chest Lock and Key being the same that is now known by being called my Chest Item I give and bequeath to my Loving Daughter Anne now wife of William Hill three negroes, to wit, one Negro woman Named Sarah and one negro boy named Dick and one Negro Girl named Amy and do give the said negroes to my forementioned Daughter Anne and to her heirs or assigns forever Also I give my foresaid Daughter Anne two Cows and Calves to her and her heirs and assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my Loving Granddaughter Cela [Celia] Hill the Daughter [of] William Hill and my foresaid Daughter Anne one Cow and Calf to her my said Granddaughter and to her Heirs and assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my Loving Son William Deloach two negroes, to wit, one negro woman named Judah and one Negro Girl named Sarah and do give the said negroes to my forementioned son William Deloach and to his heirs and assigns forever and whereas I have already given my foresaid son William Deloach Lands and negroes in times past Equal in value or surmounting the value of what I have herein bequeathed to any one of my other Children and in fore time delivered the same to him I therefore think that I have given him the said William my foresaid son fully his share and to the intent he may not think himself forgotten now or neglected I have also added the foresaid two negroes and desire that he may have no further Claim to any part of my Estate and of this my Last Will and Testament I nominate Constitute ordain and appoint my forementioned Loving wife Eleanor and my foresaid Loving son Francis Deloach as my true and Lawfull Executors and after my Just Debts Legacies and Funeral Expenses is paid & discharged my will and desire is that all my Household Goods and Stock of all kinds be Equally divided between my said Executrix and Executor and hereby Revoking all other or former will or wills by me heretofore made do hereby acknowledge this my last will and Testament as Witness my hand this twenty fifth day of March one Thousand seven hundred forty six. Signed sealed declared pronounced and acknowledged in presence Signum of us William Deloach/LS Hardy Hart At a Court held for Brunswick Man Dew Daughtrey County March 3, 1747 This Will was Alexander Southerland presented in Court by the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to Law and the same was proved by the oaths of Hardy Hart and Man Dew Daughtery two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of the said Executors Certificate was granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form they having given Security according to Law. Teste Ster:Clack Cler Cur ===================== WILL OF ELEANOR COLLINS DELOACH Transcriber Notes: The following is the will of Eleanor Collins DeLoach, widow of William. I have transcribed it verbatim, with no changes to grammar, punctuation, spelling. I have created paragraphs for "Items" for easier readability. In the name of God Amen the thirty first of September 1748. I Eleanor Deloach widow of Brunswick County Virginia being in perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God Therefore calling unto mind therefore the mortallity of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all People to Die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at the discrestion of my Executor not doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it pleased almighty God to bless me with in this Life I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and Form. Imprimis I give and bequeath a young negro Girl Child unto my Grand Daughter Celia Philips and the said negro being called Hagor and if the said Celia Philips should die without Heir I give the said negro unto her Sister Anne Hill and her Heirs forever Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Francis Deloach one negro wench named, to wit, Isabell and the said negro wench to him and his Heirs forever Item I give and bequeath unto my Grand Son Thomas Deloach Son of Francis Deloach a negro Girl Child named, to wit, Phillis and the said negro Girl to him and his Heirs forever Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne Hill Wife of William Hill my Rideing Horse named prince and my Side Saddle after my deceased Item I give and bequeath unto my Son William Deloach twenty Shillings current money laying in my Executor's Hands after my Decease Item I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Eleanor Deloach Daughter of William Deloach fifteen Shillings current money to buy her a Ring after my Decease Item I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Eleanor Hill Daughter of Hermon Hill fifteen Shillings current money to buy her a Ring after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne Hill my Trunk, Lock and Key and all my wearing apparrel and a large Bottle that always stand in the said Trunk and I Likewise Constitute ordain and appoint my loving Son Francis Deloach my whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Giving and bequeathing unto him the said Francis Deloach all other part whatsoever of my Estate that is not mentioned unto him and his Heirs forever and I do hereby utterly revoke and disannull all and every former Testaments me in any ways before named and my will and desire is that my Estate shall no ways be valued and appraised and I do hereby ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written 1748. her Signed Sealed published and Eleanor E. Deloach (LS) pronounced and Declared by Signum the said Eleanor Deloach Widow as her last Will and Testament Signum Jacob X Little his Nathan Stansell Jnø. Simpson At a Court held for Brunswick County the 26 Day of September 1750. This will was presented in Court by Francis Deloach the Executor therein named who made Oath thereto according to Law and the same was proved by the Oath of Nathan Stansell a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executor Certifiate was granted him for obtaining a probat thereof in due form he having given Bond and Security as the Law in such Cases Directs. Teste Sten:Clack Cler:Cur [not sure about this signature]