Will of Mordecai Spindle, Essex County, Virginia WB 23, p. 304: dated 28 Feb 1834 Received and transcribed by Debra Osborne Spindle, OKC, from Grace = Dryden Spindle, Hustle VA. [xxx[ indicates marks made by the clerk who = copied the will into the court record where presumably the original was = unreadable. [?] indicates words that the typist (DOS) could not = decipher, and as much as possible, the spelling, punctuation and = capitalization are the same as in the court record copy. The exception = is that, in order to make reading the text easier, the typist put the = will into sections according to the "devises" used by the author. I Mordecai spindle of the County and State of Virginia being of sound = mind to make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and = form following that is to say- First, I give and bequeath to my grand children the children of my son = Silas B. Spindle dec'd namely Silas Wilton, Rebecca Sarah, John Erasmus = and Archibald Ritchie Spindle the sum of Two thousand seven hundred = dollars, also the following negroes which I delivered to my son Silas B. = Spindle in his life time to wit Spencer, Georgeanna, old Amelia, young = Amelia, Mary and Tenor with the future increase of the females from the = date hereof to them and their heirs forever. I also give to my grand = children at the death of my wife negro man Horace to them and their = heirs forever. Secondly, I will and desire that the land I own which came by my wife be kept = and used for the benefit of my estate until the first day of January = 1839 at which period I wish (xxxx) the same rented out annually by my = executors for the purpose of raising a sum sufficient to pay all the = just debts which my son Leonard owed, provided his creditors will agree = to receive payment in this way, but in the even of any one or all of = them refusing to receive payment in the way I have named above, then I = release the land aforesaid from any incumbrances on account of his said = Creditors, should any one or all of the Creditors of my said son Leonard = sue for their claims and subject the land aforesaid to their payment = before it shall have been held and used seven years for the benefit of = my estate when and in that event, I wish any number of years which may = have fallen short of seven to be made up to the same from the said land = - after the said land shall have been held and used seven years for the = benefit of my estate and rented out a time sufficient to pay the = creditors of my said son Leonard should they agree to receive payment in = the way I have directed then I lend the same to my grand children Philip = S. and Marcella Spindle the children of my son Leonard for and during = their natural lives and at their deaths I give the same to their = children and heirs forever - but in the even of my said Grand Children = dying without lawful heirs of their body then and in that event I wish = the said land to return to my estate and be equally divided among all my = children who may survive this event, or the heirs of such who may have = died leaving such to them and their heirs forever. Thirdly- I lend to my daughter Mary B. Spindle for and during her natural = life the land I bought of Edmund F. Noel together with a small piece I = purchased of Mrs. Fanny Spindle supposed to contain ten acres, = commending at a small red oak a corner to Rowzee and running a south or = southwest course to a maple a corner to the land loaned my son Leonard's = children and at her death I give the same to her children and their = heirs forever. I give to my said daughter Mary B. Spindle and her heirs = forever the following negroes named Reuben, Davy, young Ben, Judy, = Mariah, Armistead, Daingerfield, Roy and Muscoe with the future increase = of the females, reserving however to my wife during her natural life the = use and control of negro man Reuben-. I also give to my daughter Mary = the sum of seven hundred and thirty dollars and one bed and furniture to = her and her heirs forever. Fourthly,=20 I lend to my daughter Sally J. Ritchie for and during her natural = life the land I bought of Mrs. Fanny Spindle and John Spindle except a = piece already loaned my daughter Mary B. Spindle supposed to contain ten = acres or therabouts and a small piece sold Richard Rowzee supposed to = contain three fourths of an acre. The said land loaned my daughter = Sally J. Ritchie supposed to contain four hundred acres and at her death = I give the same to her heirs lawfully begotten of her body to them and = their heirs forever. I also give to my said daughter Sally seven = negroes namely Toler, Cook, John, Cornelius, Dicy, Nancy and Frances = with the future increase of the females and one feather bed and = furniture to her and her heirs forever reserving however to my beloved = wife during her natural life the use and control of negro man Toler. Fifthly, I lend to my beloved wife Sally Spindle for and during her natural = life the plantation bequeathed to me by my father which he purchased of = Philip Henshaw and a piece of land I purchased of Thos. Pitts in all one = thousand and seventy acres be the same more or less and eleven negroes = namely Bill, Kenny, Moses, Joseph, Grace, Rachel, Edy, Rinder, Lucy, = Emily and Betsy all my household furniture, two looms, my plantation = utensils, blacksmiths tools, one still, first choice, one grind stone, = two Carts, first choice, one gun, one top gig and harness, five horses, = first choice, three yoke of oxen, first choice, six cows, first choice, = twenty sheep first choice, twenty four hogs first choice and all my = hogsheads casks and tubs, also a sufficient quantity of corn, wheat and = bacon to serve the family until another crop can be made upon condition = that she educate and support my two youngest sons Paul and James = Spindle; at her death I wish all the personal property loaned for [xx[ life with = the increase of the female slaves and stock be equally divided between = my sons Paul and James Spindle in kind or otherways as my executors may = think most to conduct to their interest. I also will and desire that = the tract of land loaned my wife for life containing one thousand and = seventy acres and six poles by a plat survey may be Richard Rowzee be = divided between my sons Paul and James Spindle as follows to commence at = a gate near John Thomas' and run thence N41/2 W102 poles to a branch = thence up and with the meanders of said branch 163 1/4 poles to an oak = stump near a gate thence N461/2 W137 poles to a red oak near a branch = thence N21 W9 poles, thence N58 W 43 poles to a red oak on the road = leading to Loretto thereby cutting off to Lot W1 on which the house = stands four hundred and sixty eight acres, and to lot W2 six hundred and = two acres as may be seen by reference to .... Said plat. In the event = of the death of either of my sons Paul or James before they attain the = age of twenty one years or marry I wish the Survivor to have choices of = the two lots above named directed to be divided between them. Sixthly, Whatever may remain of any crops of corn wheat fodder and bacon = after supporting my wife and family the year of my decease until she can = make a crop I wish applied to the payment of my debts and any balance = which may remain after paying the same I will and desire may be equally = divided between my following children namely Mary B., Sally J., Mordecai = L., Fanny N., Paul and James Spindle to them and their heirs forever. Seventhly, I give to my son Mordecai L. Spindle and his heirs two thousand = five hundred dollars and ten negroes namely Bartlett, Washington, = Lindsay, William, Cate, Charles, John and Henry and Sarah, reserving = however to my beloved wife Sally Spindle during her natural life the use = and control of negro man Bartlet. Eighthly, I give to my daughter Fanny N. Spindle and to her heirs forever two = thousand five hundred dollars also six negroes named Augustine, Dorcas, = Suckey, Dick, Nelly and Major. Ninthly, All the rest and residue of my estate not already devised I will = and desire shall be equally divided among my following children namely = Mary B., Sally J., Mordecai L., Fanny N., Paul and James Spindle to them = and their heirs forever. Tenthly, I lend to my beloved wife Sally Spindle during her life negro man = Horace and at her death I give the same to the children of my son Silas = B. Spindle dec'd to them and their heirs forever. Lastly, I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Sally Spindle executive = and my son Mordecai L. Spindle Executor to this my last will and = Testament. =20 In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my = seal this 28th day of February 1834. = = Mordecai Spindle {seal} signed Sealed and delv'd in presence of Richard Rowzee Walter Bowie - Barbee Spindle A Codicil to this my last will and Testament Whereas by the ninth devise of this my last will and Testament all my = property was not specifically devised in this my last will and Testament = is directed to be divided among all my children namely Mary B., Sally = J., Mordecai L., Fanny N., Paul and James Spindle, I hereby revoke so = much of [x] said devise as embraces the stock which may remain on my = plantation after my wife shall have rec'd the number and kind loaned her = for life and in lieu thereof I will and desire that the stocks of = different kinds thus remaining be equally divided between my son = Mordecai L. and my daughter Fanny N. Spindle to them and their heirs = forever. In Witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and = affixed my seal this 28th day of February 1834. =20 Mordecai Spindle {seal} Signed Sealed and=20 delv'd in presence of=20 the words "Three yokes of oxen first choice six cows first choice" in the 10th line 2nd page inter- lined before signing Richard Rowzee Walter Bowie Barbee Spindle At an Intervening court begun and held for Essex County at the = Courthouse in Tappahannock on the 15th day of December 1834-This Last = Will and Testament of Mordecai Spindle dec'd being produced in Court was = offered for proof. Whereupon the same was proved by the oaths of = Richard Rowzee and Barbee Spindle two of the subscribing witnesses to = the same and ordered to be recorded. Teste James Roy Micou, Jr. Clk At a Court of Quarterly session begun and held for Essex County at the = Courthouse in Tappahannock on the 18th day of May 1835. The Codicil annexed to this last Will and Testament of Mordecai Spindle = dec'd being proved by the oaths of Barbee Spindle and Richard Rowzee two = of the subscribing Witnesses to the same was ordered to be recorded. Teste James Roy Micou Jr., Clk. At an Intervening Court begun and held for Essex County at the = Courthouse in Tappahannock on the 17th day of October 1836. On the motion of Sally Spindle the nominal Executrix in this last Will = and Testament of Mordecai Spindle dec'd a [?] was granted her in order = to her obtaining probate of the said Will in the form of law she having = first taken the oath in such case required by law and with William F. = Gaines Barbee Spindle and Mordecai L. Spindle her security entered into = a bond in the penalty of seventy thousand dollars made payable to the = sitting Justices [xxxxx] which said bond being constrained as the law = directs was acknowledged by the obligars and ordered to be recorded. 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