The Last Will and Testament of John Going, 1801 In the Name of God amen I John Going, Sen., of the County and State of Virginia being sick & weak in body but of sound mind & memory and calling to mind that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following Viz. First I recommend my Soul unto the hands (of) Almighty God who (gave it) not in the least doubting I shall receive the same at the great day of the Resurrection & as to the worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give as follows: Items I give & bequeath unto my well beloved daughter Nancy Goin one Sorrel Horse Coult, one Cow & Calf also one feather bed & furniture to her and her heirs for ever. Items I give & bequeath unto my well beloved daughter Sussanna Goin one Roan Mare one Cow & Calf also one feather bed & furniture to her & her heirs forever. Items I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Simeon Goin one cow & calf & one feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs for ever. Items I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Zedikiah Goin one cow & calf also one feather bed & furniture to him & his heirs for ever. Items I give & bequeath to my well beloved son John Goin one cow & calf & one feather bed & furniture to him & his heirs for ever. Items I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Iasiah (sic) Goin one feather bed & furniture to him & his heirs for ever. Items I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Zacheriah Goin one feather bed & furniture to him & his heirs for ever. Items I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Littleberry Goin one feather bed and furniture to him & his heirs for ever.. Items I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Clabourn Goin one feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs for ever. Items I lend unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth Goin during her natural life all my stock of all kind my household & kitchen furniture together with all my land & plantations whereon I now live & after her decease my will and desire is that all my land lying in the Countys of Henry and Patrick be sold & the money arising from the said sale to be equally divided amongst all my children that be then living that is to say Zephiniah Goin Nancy Goan Susanna Goin Zedikiah Goin Simeon Goin John Goin Isaah Goin Zacheriah Goin Clabourn Goin Littleberry Goan Elizabeth Minor wife of Hezekiah Minor to them and their heirs for ever & I do hereby appoint my Friend John Stone & John Cox, Jr. my executors of this my last will & testament revoking and disannulling all wills heretofore by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 17th Day of March One thousand eight hundred and one. his John X Goin Seal mark Signed Sealed Published and Declared for the Said John Goin's last Will & Testament In the Presence of John Cox Thibias Stone her Mary X Stone mark _________________________________________________________________________________ Probate of the Will of John Going, Jr. At the Court held for Henry County on the 25th Day of May 1801 The within Last Will & Testament of John Going dec'd was exhibited in Court and proved by the Oaths of the witnesses thereto to be published & declared as for the sd John Going Last Will & Testament & the same was Ordered to be Recorded and afterward to wit. at a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for the said County on the 27th Day of July 1801, the Executors in the within Will mentioned refusing to take upon themselves the Executorship of the same. On the Motion of Elizabeth Going widow & relict of the said John Going dec'd Administration with the will annexed (?) is granted her who made Oath & with John Cox & Henry Clark her Securitys entered unto Bond & acknowledged the same therefore Certificate was granted her for obtaining Administration thereof in due form. Teste John Cox, Atty _________________________________________________________________________________ Transcribed from a copy of Original by Lloyd D. Minor, 09 Sep 1997. [The use of the old conventions sd for said, & for the word and, Exor. for executor(s), and Exorship for Executorship, were usually spelled out for clarity the above abstraction. Capitalized words were not always shown as such, as the use of upper case letters did not always denote Capitaliztion rather they were sometimes simply a technique of pensmanship. Finally, the names Minor, Miner, Goin, Going, Going, Iasaih, Isaah, Susanna, and Sussanna are repeated above exactly as given in the original hand.] Submitted by Lou Minor **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************