CULPEPER COUNTY – WILLS: SUSANNAH COLE, 1761 Contributed by: Von Mings Stachon ******************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** Will: Susannah Cole, St.Mark Parish, Culpeper Co, VA (1761) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Susannah Cole of the Parish of St.Mark in the County of Culpeper, being sick & weak in body but of mind and memory as sound & perfect as usual do make, ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following: My soul I do with all humility recommend to almighty God trusting that through the merits of my redeemer I shall obtain pardon & remission of my sins & enjoy everlasting felicity and my body I commit to the earth therein to be decently interr'd at the discretion of my executor herein after named and the worldly estate with which it hath pleased God to bless me, I dispose of in the following manner. Item: I give & bequeath to my son Richard Cole half the still & half utensils thereto belonging to him & his heirs. Item: I give to my son John Cole the lot of land I now live on, one bed & furniture, one mare, one square bottle, also half the still with half the utensils thereto belonging, and also fifteen gallons of brandy, to him & his heirs. My son John is to pay the doctor only his part. Item: I give to my daughters Judith & Susannah Cole one bed & furniture, also two cows to them & their heirs. Item: I give to my daughters Ann and Sarah Ann Cole bed & furniture, also two heiffers and to my daughters the whole duly (duty?) man to them & their heirs. Item: I give my daughter Alice Morgan one iron pot now at her home to her by me. Item: I give to my grandaughter M____Cole one cow called Cherry, one small dish, one small bason to her & her heirs. Item: My will & desire is that the remainder of my estate be equally divided between my sons Richard & John Cole and my daughters Martha Reynolds, Judith Cole, Susannah Cole, Ann Cole & Sarah Ann Cole to them & their heirs. Item: I nominate and appoint Thomas Slaughter to be my Executor to this my Will. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 16th day September in the year of our Lord 1761.                                                     his                                               Susanna X Cole  (LS)                                                     mark (witnesses) Elizabeth Wood John Johnson Henry Barnes                         At a Court held for the County of Culpeper                           Friday, the 20th day of November 1761 This Last Will and Tetament of Susanna Cole, dec'd, was exhibited to the court by Thomas Slaughter, gentleman, the Executor therein named and was proved by the oaths of John Johnson & Henry Barnes, two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded, at the same time the said Executor refused to take the burthen of the execution thereof, and on the motion of John Cole, Certificate is granted him for obtaining Letters of Administration of the said decedent's estate with the Will annexed, he having taken the oath & entered into bond with security as the law directs.                                                       Teste:                                                       Roger Dixon, Cl.Cur. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book A, 1749-1770 Culpeper Co, VA Reel 31, pages 269-271 Note: Spelling errors were not corrected.  Paragraphing and some punctuation were added by transcriber for ease in reading.  There are no paragraphs in the original. ********************************** Estate: Susanna Cole, Culpeper Co, VA (1761)  (partial) Coles    ) Inventory)   We, the subscribers being first sworn, hath praised the              estate of Suanna Cole, dec'd, in current money given              under our hands this 9th day of December 1761.              To 1 quart pott 3/1, 3 chair frames 4/                  £ 0  7  0              To 2 old wheels 7/6, 1 bed 90/, 1 ditto 90/               9  6  6              To 1 bed £5, 1 dish 8/, 1 bason 5/                        5  5  0              To 1 pair of money scales 5/, a parcel of tools 17/6      1  2  6              To 1 candle mold                                          0  1  0              To 5 head of cattle £7/10, 1 mare 6/                     13 10  0              To 1 candle stick & snuffers 1/3, 1 prord? 5/             0  6  3              To 1 still                                               15  0  0              To 20 hoggs 50/, 1 pot & hooks 1/6, 1 dito 7/6            3  5  0              To 1 pot & hooks 1/, 1 frying pan 2/6                     0  3  6              To 1 spice mortar & pesttle 2/, 1 pale & 2 piggins 3/     0  5  0              To 1 griddle 2/1, a parcell of pewter 20/                 1  2  0              To 1 box iron & heaters                                   0  3  6              To 1 horse £4, 1 grind stone 2/6, 2 juggs 5/              4  7  6              To hoes, axes, wedges, & plows                            0  6  0              To a pair of fracos? tracos?                              0  3  0 (end of page)                                                Teste:                                                Roger Dixon, Cl.Cur.(assumed) Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book A, 1749-1770 Culpeper Co, VA Reel 31, page 271 Note: The court clerk: Roger Dixon's name, was added based on the fact that all Culpeper County documents are processed by him in this time frame. Numbers may not add properly due to my inability to decipher some of them. This partial document is entered in hopes it may be of interest to those researching the Cole name.