Will and Inventory of Allen Barker, 1856
In the Name of God Amen. I Allen Barker of Henry County VA being of
reasonable health and in perfect delebrate mind & memory do hereby determine
to make this my last will & testament
revoking and disannuling all other wills made by me. declaring this will to
be my last will &
testament, disposing of any property in the following manneras written. I
having sold to
Pleasant Nance forty Acres of land for value rec the lines to run as
follows. beginning on
Seukvile? road in Harris line thence Harris' line to Dan'l Taylors line.
thence Taylor's line
sufficiently to get the forty Acres thence with the road to the beginning
which land I guarantee
a good & landfull right & title to him the (symbol which I take to mean
aforesaid) Nance, his
heirs, ect, forever. 2nd I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Isbell Barker
the entire balance
of my land together with everything I possess, real & personal of my estate
for her use & for
her benefit, to have & to hold in peaceable possession during her natural
life except 1 steer &
1 bed & furniture after her death I give to my grandson John A. Nance 3rd,
after the death of my
beloved wife I desire & will that all of my children shall be legal heirs,
& that an equal
division shall be made amongst them in my estate. So that my daughter Sally
Barker, wife of
Guilliam Barker shall have her portion of land on the west side of the L.
road adjoining said
Barker land. 4 I do hereby appoint my sons James & Charles Barker my
executors to this my last
will & testament.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of witnesses this 27th Feb
1856.
Allen (his X mark) Barker (Seal)
Test.
Joseph H. Eanes
Taswell B. (his X mark) Bhilles
At a court held for Henry County 14th July 1856. The foregoing writing
purporting to be the last
will and testament of Allen Barker dec'd was produced in court by the
executors therein named,
proven by the oaths of Joseph H. Eanes and Tazwell Behelon the two
subscribing witnesses to have
been executed according to the state of Virginia and ordered to be recorded
as and for the true
last will and testament of the said decedent. And upon the motion of James
Barker and Charles
Barker the executors named in said will who made oath & with Stephen L.
Martin their security
entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $400 conditioned
according to law,
certificate is granted them to obtain letters testamentary
upon the
estate of said Allen
Barker, dec'd;
Teste: J. Griggs ck
We the undersigned commisioners appointed by the County Court of Henry at
its July term 1856 for
that purpose have proceeded this 1st day of August 1856 to appraise all the
personal estate of
Allen Barker dec'd. shown us by his executors James M. Barker & Charles A.
Barker and report
the same as follows, viz.
3 beds 3 steads & bed clothing o the same worth 21.00
2 cupboards & earthen tableware 7.75
1 pr andirons, 1 smoothing iron & 1 pr tongs 1.50
1 desk, 2 tables, 1 chest, 6 chairs & 2 stone jars 8.38
2 old saddles & 1 lot of bed clothing 14.00
1 lot of castings, 1 shovel, 1 rack, coffee mill etc 4.25
1 lot knives, forks, spoons, tinware & wooden vessels 1.75
1 ox worth $20, 1 copperworm 1.00, 1 cart 8.00 29.00
1 bay horse claimed by C. A. Barker 40.00
1 lot of plantation tools & 5 barrels & tubs & 8 head of hogs 12.00
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Commisioners:
Stephen L. Martin
Abner Martin James Wilson
James M Barker Exe
Charles A Barker Exe
Contributed by Sonia Kinback
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