CULPEPER COUNTY – WILL: ZACERIAH PUTMAN, 1753 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: Zaceriah Putman, St.Marks Parish, Culpeper Co, VA (1753) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Zaceriah Putan of the Parish of St.Marks in the County of Culpeper in Virginia, being very sick & week in body but of sound mind and memory knowing the uncertainty of this life, do constitute this to be my last will & testament, viz: revoking by these presents all other Will or Wills by me heretofore made.  First, I bequeath my soul to almighty God through Jesus Christ in & through whose merits I hope for eternal life and my body to go to the earth as it was, to be buried in such decent manner as my Executors shall think fit. Item: I give & bequeath unto my son John a blaze face horse to him & saddle forever. Item: I give & bequeath unto my dear beloved wife, the rest of my estate after my decease to be equally divided between ____(faded out) and my four sons, viz: John, Daniel, James & Henry. Item: I give & bequeath unto Mary Putman one shilling. Item: I give & bequeath unto Thomas Putman one shilling. Item: And furthermore I leave all my children to doe (do) for themselves at the age of sixteen, after my decease. Lastly, I appoint my loving wife Margaret Putman & John Fox Executors of this my Last Will and Testament this 20th day of March 1753.                                                      his                                               Zacriah  P  Putman                                                      mark Delivered in presence of: Thomas Marshall         her Margaret  X  Griffin         mark John Putman                    At a Court held for the County of Culpeper                      Thursday, the 20th day of September 1753 This Last Will and Testament of Zachariah Putman, dec'd, was exhibited into court by Margaret Putman and John Fox, the Executors therein named, proved by the oath of Margaret Griffin, a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded, the same being sworn to by the said Executors, A certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form, they giving security according to law.                                                       Teste:                                                       Roger Dixon, Cl.Cur. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book A, 1749-1770 Culpeper Co, VA Reel 31, pages 82-83 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. Viz & vizt are abbreviations for videlicet which means "that is to say, namely". The "P" in Zacariah's name is his mark and not his middle initial.