CULPEPER COUNTY, VA - WILL OF JOHN GORE, SEPT. 3, 1766

Below is the will of my 6th great-grandfather.

Page 495.		Will of John Gore, dated 3 Sept. 1766

	John gore being in a weak and low state of health.
	Unto my grandson Reuben Gore son of my daughter Mary Gore, one cow
and calf, the cow big with calf.
	To my son John Gore, one shilling sterling money of Great Britain in lew
(sic) of his equal part of my estate it being all I intend him.
	Unto my loving wife Mary Gore during her life or widowhood all the 
remainder of my estate not already willed away but after marriage or death
then (except my land) to be equially divided between my four children and 
two grandchildren (vizt) Henry Gore, Joseph Gore, Mary Breedlove, Sarah
Oneal, Reuben Gore and Rachel Parks.  If my well beloved wife see cause
(before her death) she may appoint my son John Gore one equal part with
my other four children and two grandchildren.
	If Daniel Welsh a mulatto now in my service shall well behave during
the life of my beloved wife and never seek his freedom he be free after her
decease.
	To my son Joseph Gore after the decease of his mother my plantation
whereon I now live over and above his part already given.
	I do hereby constitute and appoint my well beloved wife Mary Gore
executrix and my son Henry Gore executor.

										John (J) Gore

Wit:
Ephriam Hubbard
Mary Hubbard

21 Dec 1769.  Exhibited to the Court by Mary Gore widow and executrix.
Proved by the oath of Ephriam Hubbard and Mary Hubbard.  Henry Gore
the other executor therein named came into Court and refused to take
the burthen of the execution thereof.

Submitted by:
Lois Borton Werline
Kansas City, MO
Lobomoon2@aol.com

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