GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA - JOHN WOODALL, 1747 WILL

Submitted by Terry Tharpe.


In the name of God Amen I John Woodall of the County of Goochland,
calling to mind that all Flesh must die & at present being much
afflicted with Sickness tho of perfect sence & Memory doe make &ordain
this my last Will & Testament that is today(sic).  Imprimis I give &
bequeath my Soul into the hand of God that gave it & my Body to the Dust
to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors and for the
Wordly body I am posesed with in this World I give & dispose of as
Followeth.
Imprimis, I give & bequeath unto John Woodall one hundred & fifty Acres
of land Whereon he lives to him my said son John of his Heirs forever.
Imprimis, I give & bequeath unto my Son Wm Woodall one hundred and fifty
Acres of Land whereon he now lives bounded by a strate line devided
between them to himself my Son William & his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath all my Estate unto my Sons Jno Woodall & Wm Woodall,
and my Daughter Sarah Priar  & appoint James Johnson, to devide it
between them as Equal as he can without praising or Inventarin in three
parts.  I appt. my Sons John Woodall & Wm Woodall Executor to this my
last Will & Testamt. in Testimony whereof I set to my hand and Seal this
9th Day of Septem. Annodomini, one thousand seven hundred & forty seven.

Signed Sealed &
delivered                                                 John (his
mark) Woodall (seal)
In presents of us.
James Johnson
Isum(sic) Johnson, Benj. (his mark) B. Hencocke.

Memorand
That this is a true copy of my Last Will, December the 15th 1750 I have
lived to dispose of all my Estate my self.                        

                   
John Woodall (seal)
James Johnson, Isum(sic) Johnson

At a Court held for Goochland County Mar. 19, 1750 James & Isum(sic)
Johnson Proved this Writing to be the Last Will & Testament of Jno
Woodall dec. which was thereupon admitted to Record.

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