Chesterfield County, Virginia, Wills:  Will of Henry Randolph - 1769

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Will of Henry Randolph - 1769
(Will Book 2, page 6, Chesterfield Co.VA.)

In the Name of God Amen, I Henry Randolph of Chesterfield County do
make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following.
Imprimis. I give & devise to my Son John & his Heirs forever that part
of my Land called the old Plantation containing by Estimation one
Thousand Acres being the Land whereon I now live.
ITEM. I give and devise unto my Son William and his Heirs forever that
part of my Land distinguished by the name of Rich N___.
ITEM. I give and devise all my Lands in Amelia to be equally divided
between my two Sons Peter & Thomas & their Heirs forever.
ITEM. I give and devise all my Slaves & Personal Estate to be equally
divided amongst all my Children & their Several Heirs forever.
ITEM. My desire is that all my Lands in the County of Chesterfield
except what I have already devised to my Son John & William be Sold 
either altogether or in parcels & at such Credits as my Executors 
herein after named shall think proper & this Money arising thereby &
the profits of my Estate after maintaining my family & paying my Debts
be applyed to the payment of the Legacies herein after mentioned.
ITEM. I give and devise to my two Sons Robert & Richard the Sum of Two
Hundred Pounds each to be paid out of the Sale of my Lands & the 
profits of my Estate.
ITEM. My Will and desire is that all the Lands devised to my Sons John,
William, Peter, & Thomas, & my Slaves & personal Estate be kept in the
possession of my Executors untill my Debts & the Legacies to my two
Sons Robert & Richard Shall be raised. I also desire that my unmarried
Children be maintained out of the profits of my Estate in such manner 
as my Executors Shall think fit.
LASTLY I constitute & appoint my Wife, my Son John, Major Peter 
Poythress, John Gilliam Sen. & John Gilliam Jun. Executors of this my
last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.
WITNESS my hand and Seal the Seventeenth Day of June One Thousand Seven
Hundred & Sixty Nine.

Henry Randolph   (LS)

Signed, Sealed Published & Delivered by the Testator as his last Will
& Testament in presence of us who Signed the Same as Witness in his
presence & at his Request}
Henry Featherstone
William Dyson
John(his l mark)Ratlief

Submitted by Russell L. Lawrence
ruslaw@bellatlantic.net
February 2000