Will Book O (partial) - Halifax County, VA Will Book 0 1752-1773 Halifax Co., VA Page 24 #163 JOHN BOYD Accounts Current To John & Margaret Armstrong Pd Thomas Nash, William Lee, John Lawson, Clement Read, Cost of suit vs Logan, Quit Rents 945 acres of land, Theophilus Lacy, Cost of suit vs. Robert Wilkes, Leonard Claiborne, George Boyd, Thomas Erskine, Cost of suite vs. Alexander Bouldin, Thomas Douglass, Thomas Day, Adam Winters, David Caldwell for Byrd, Quit Rents 448 acres in North Caroline 8 years, to balance due for land in North Carolina, Margaret Armstrongs legacy, Isabel Wades legacy, Mary Boyd ditto, Gordon & Boyd, David Caldwell, Margaret Armstrongs part of the moveable estate after deducting legacies at 40 pounds each & part of the stock per the will. To Isabel Wade for her 7th part of the estate excluding the Quit rents charges, Mary Boyd, ditto, Margaret Armstrong her 7th part, George Boyd, ditto, William Boyd, ditto, John Boyd, ditto, James Boyd, ditto, Andrew Boyd, ditto, David Boyd, ditto. Total: 328.1.3. By John Rogers, James Dorchester, Evan Evans, Patrick Boyd, Wm. Douglass, Thos. Douglass, Robert Wade, Junr., John Smith, Luke Smith, Richard Barber, Ralph Griffin, Charles Smith, Saml. Harris, Peter Torian, James Muliken, James Mc Coy, Robert Boyd, Daniel Wills, Jno. McMichael, Jacob Astin, George Moore, Jos. Johnson, Edward Finny, Owen Franklin, Wm. Sizemore, Josiah Dixon, Wm. Logan, Frances Graham, Nath. Terry, Issac Gray, James Boyd, Wm. Wilson, Henry Reynolds, Abraham Rogers, James Anderson, Peter Akin, Richard Griffin, Levy overpaid by Richard Echols, deducting five negros. Total: 328.1.3. We have not done anything in relation to the lands mentioned in will of John Boyd, deceased, to be sold as we are not satisfied whether the title of said lands belongs to said Boyds estate or not. Dated: 13 September 1762 Signed: William Stokes, Robt. Wade, Jun., John Gordan Returned: 17 January 1763 Will of John ADAMS, on file in Book O, page 270, Halifax County, VA In the name of God amen the 11 day of October 1760 I John Addams of Halifax being sick in body but of good and sound memory thanks be to God ..[at this point, the page appears to have just broken and a piece of it crumbled away]...constitute, ordain and declaire (sic) this to be my last will and testament in manner and forme (sic) following touching and annulling by these presence (sic) all and every Testament and Testaments will & wills heretofore by me made and declared either by Word or Wrighting (sic) and this to be taken only for my last Will and Testaments and none other - & first being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past most Humbly Desire forgiveness for the same I give and commit my soul unto almighty God my Saviour & Redeemer in Whom and by the merits of Jesus Christ I want to be saved and to have full and remission and forgiveness of all my sins and that my soul with my Body at a General day of the Resurrection shall rise again with joy and through the merits of Christ death and ...[illegible] ...and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for his Elect and Chosen and by body to be buried in a decent manner and now for the settling of Temporal Estates such goods Chattels as it hath pleased God to bestow ...[illegible]...I do order give and dispose the same in manner and form following after my Lawfull (sic) debts is paid Item I Give & Bequeath to my sone (sic) John Addams one Negro boy named Ben & 300 acres of Land joyning (sic) my sone (sic) William that I bought of Peter Hebie I give George Adams on hundred acres the said tract on the North Side of the Creek. Item I give and bequeath to my son Joshua Addams a Negro boy named Peter and the land and Plantation on Sandy Creek whereon I did Dwell. Item I give and Bequeath to Daughter Elizabeth Addams one Negro Girl Sarah. Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Addams one Negro Girl named Fillis. Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Martha one Negro girl named Hannah and Negro (?) Jonah (?) I desire shall be sold and what she fetches to be Equally divided amongst all my Children and all my moveable estate to be devided (sic) by three good house keepers amongst all my Children Before signed I leave all my estate to my Wife Elener Addams during her widowhood and after her marriage all to return to my children as I have before mentioned. I leave my wife my whole and sole Executor. Witness my hand and seal this 2nd day of March 1769. John Addams, L.S., sealed and acknowledged in presence of Benjamin Dickson, Joshua Powell, Mark Milner, Edward Cornwil It was acknowledged in Court by Joshua Powell and Benjamin Dickson who also volunteered to serve as sureties for Eleanor's administration of the estate. === File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mildred Wright Fournier fournier@hankins.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.