GOOCHLAND CO. – WILL:  JAMES PLEASANTS, 1825

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Pleasants, James
Valentine Papers Vol. 2, p. 977

James Pleasants, of Goochland Co., will of. Gives to his son James Pleasants, the plantation on which the testator lives with all appurtenances. 
1- on condition that sd. son James pays to the testators daughter Ann S. Webster 
the sum of £1000,00 and makes her a fee simple right to a negro boy Sam son of 
Sall (commonly called Tom). 
2- that the sd. James Pleasants pays to testators daughter Paulina Pleasants 
$1000,00. 
3- that sd. James Pleasants pays to testators daughter Martha W. Pleasants 
$1000,00. 
4- the sd. James Pleasants pays to testators son Tarleton W. Pleasants $30,00. 
5- that the sd. James Pleasants pays to testators granddaughter Louisa P. Mosby 
$10,00. 
All the rest of his estate real & personal the testator gives to his sd. Son 
James Pleasants. 
Appoints son James Pleasants his executor. Wit. Francis W. Royster, Henry M. 
Lane, William H. Pleasants, Marcellus Smith. Proved by Francis W. Royster & 
Marcellus Smith. James Pleasants with Tarleton W. Pleasants as security took 
oath and qualified as executor. 
May 27, 1816. Recd. Mch. 21, 1825. D. & W. Bk. 26, p. 91. 

Children named:
James
Ann S.
Paulina
Martha W.
Tarleton W.

Children not named:
John L.
Susannah Randolph

Granddaughter named:
Louisa P. Mosby

Slaves named:
Sam son of Sall (commonly called Tom)