Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Jeffries, Achilles, 1794 
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Wills: Achilles Jeffries, Greensville Co, VA (1794)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Achilles Jeffries of Greensville County being sick 
and weak 
of body but of sound memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and 
testament in 
manner following, viz:

Imprimis: My will and desire is that all my land in Mecklenburg shall be sold to 
pay my 
just debts.

Item: I give to my son John Mason Jeffries my negro boy named Lewis, and to him 
and his 
heirs and assigns.

Item: I give to my son William Swepson Jeffries my negro boy Isaac and to him 
and his heirs and assigns.

Item: I give to my daughter Rebeka Mason Jeffries my negro girl named Letty, and 
to her 
heirs and assigns.

Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Jeffries my negro girl named Violet and to her 
and her 
heirs and assigns.

Item: I give unto my daughter Ann Swepson (or Sivepson?) Jeffries my negro girl 
named 
Pleasant and to her and her heirs and assigns.

Item: I lend to my beloved wife Mary Jeffries all the residue of my estate 
during her 
natural life, subject to a division as my children comes of age, or marries, at 
which 
time either of these cases first happens, I desire that my Executors divide the 
estate 
and give on her their proportion still the residue to continue in her possession 
and 
to be delivered to each of my children as they arrive to age or married, and 
case the 
money arising from the sale of the above mentioned land in Mecklenburg should 
not be 
sufficient to discharge my just debts, I desire that my Executors dispose of 
such part 
of the remaining estate as they shall suppose to be to most advantage to the 
said estate.

And I do appoint my beloved wife Mary Jeffries with my friend John Turner, and 
my son 
in law Michael Wall my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament revoking all 
others 
by me heretofore made and when the said Michael Wall doth arrive to the age of 
twenty 
years, I desire that the said Michael Wall shall take the whole Executorship 
into his 
hands if the others Executors refuses to give it up.

AS WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of 
May 1794.

                                                      Achilles Jeffries (LS)
Signed, sealed & delivered
in presence of us:

David Rrosser
Aaron Allen
Betty Rosser

               At a Court held for the County of Greensville
                             on July 1794

This Will was proved according to law by the oath of Davis Rosser, a witness 
thereto and 
ordered to be recorded.  And on the 
motion of Mary Jeffries, the Executrix therein named, 
who made oath thereto according to law and together with Joseph Williams and 
John Goodwyn 
her securities entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of two thousand 
pounds 
conditioned as the law directs, Certificate was granted her for obtaining a 
Probat thereof 
in due form (liberty being reserved for the Executors to join in the said Probat 
when they 
may think fit).

              At a Court held for the County of Greensville
                             on April 1797

This Will was proved by the oath of Betty Rosser, a witness thereto and ordered 
to be 
Certified? (looks like "certified" and not "recorded".)

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 1, 1781-1806
Greensville Co, VA
Reel 7, pages 256-257

Note: Spelling was 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".