Last Will and Testament of Miles Wills

Believing my Mental faculties to be as perfect as they have ever
been And being blessed with a tranquil State of mind I make my
Last Will and Testament as follows: 

1st. I Give my land to my Daughter Martha and her husband Josiah
Gray during their Lives and to the Survivor for life and the fee
simple of the Land dependant upon these particular Estates herein
created I give to my Grandson Miles Wills Gray and his Heirs But
should he die without issue living at His death in that event I
Give the fee simple of my Land with a reservation of the
particular Estate Given to my Daughter Martha and her husband to
my Grandson Davis Gray and his Heirs and should Davis Gray die
without Issue Living at his Death, in that case I Give the Fee
simple of my Land with a reservation of the Estates herein Given
to my Daughter Martha and Her husband to my Grandaughters Milly
Everitt & Sally Wills Everitt and their Heirs Severally. 

2d. I Give my Negro Boy Jim to my Grandaughter Sally Everitt
forever. 

3d. I Give my Negro Boy Moses to my Grandaughter Milly Everitt
forever. 

4th. I Give my Negro Boy Will to my Grandson Davis Gray forever,
but should my Title to this Negro be defective I Desire that my
Executor pay to Davis Gray Twenty pounds of current Money out of
the residuary part of my Estate of which I authorise Him to sell
as much as may be necessary for this purpose. 

5th. I Give my Slaves Lydia and her child and her future increase
to my Grandaughter Polly Godwin Gray forever. This Slave Lydia
was formerly lent by me to my daughter Sally, Wife of James Gray.

6th. The Residue of my Estate I appropriate to the payment of any
Debts and the expences attending the Execution of this my Last
Will and Testament, and if after a payment thereof there should
remain a surplus, I Give it to my Daughter Martha and her husband
Josiah Gray during their Lives and after their deaths I desire
that it may be equally Divided between my four Grandchildren,
Miles Wills Gray, Sally Wills Everitt, Milly Everitt and Davis
Gray or their legal representatives as the Case may be. And
lastly I make Josiah Gray Executor of this my Last Will and
Testament. IN EVIDENCE whereof, I hereto sign my name and affix
my Seal this 25th day of February in the Year of Christ 1796. 

Signed sealed and published               Miles Wills (Seal)
by the Testator as his Last 
Will and Testament before us 
who attest the same in his 
presence at his request 
Merit M. Robinson 
Thomas West                                                      

John Casey


At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 1st Day of October
1798. This Will was presented in Court by Josiah Gray the Excutor
therein named who made Oath thereto according to Law and the same
being proved by the Oaths of Merit M. Robinson and John Casey two
of the Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded. And on the
Motion of the said Executor and who together with Josiah Wills
and Nathaniel Gray his Securities entered into and Acknowledged
their Bond in the penalty ten Thousand Dollars with condition as
the Law Directs Certificate is granted Him for obtaining a probat
thereof in due form.
                                     Teste F. Young Clk.

Will Book 11, page 135, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

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