ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Elizabeth WOODLEY, 1 Jun 1799 ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 277 [...] [margin note] Eliz.a WOODLEY's} Will } In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth WOODLEY of Isle of Wight County & State of Virginia being sick in body but of perfect sound mind and memory & Knowing that it is appointed for all men and women once to die I do make & Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth Viz.t 1.st Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John WOODLEY one Negro [page break] [p.] 278 Woman Sue to her and her heirs forever- 2.d Item I give and bequeath to my Brother Samuel WOODLEY my Negro boy Ned & one bed and Furniture to him and his heirs forever- Lewis and Jacob to her and her heirs forever- 3.d Item I give & bequeath unto Willis WOODLEY Jun.r Son of Andrew WOODLEY my man Joe, but in case he dies before he arrives to Lawfull age I then give him to my Brother Andrew WOODLEY to him and his heirs forever- 4.th Item I give to my Brother Andrew WOODLEY my Girl Cloe and Dressing Draws on his paying all my Just Debts & Expenses to him & his heirs forever- 5.th I give & bequeath unto Betsey BLUNT my Small Trunk and my Muslin & silk and fine cloathes to be equally Divided between the s.d Betsey BLUNT & Polly BLUNT Daughters of William BLUNT to them &c - And I do hereby Constitute ordain and appoint my Brother Andrew WOODLEY my whole and sole Executor to this my Last Will and Testament and Renouncing all other Wills heretofore made by me given from under my hand & Seal this first day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine - Signed Sealed & Delivered} Elizabeth WOODLEY In Presence of us ...... } [seal not represented] Abel GARRISON } his } James X GARRISON } At a Court held for Isle of Wight County mark } the 6th: day of October 1800. her } This Will was presented in Court by Andrew WOODLEY Margaret X GARRISON} the Executor therein named who made oath thereto mark } according to Law, and the same being proved by the oaths of James GARRISON and Margaret GARRISON two of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded_ and on the motion of the said Executor who together with John GIBBS his Security entered into and Acknowledged their bond in the Penalty of five thousand Dollars with Condition as the Law directs Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat there of in due form - [page end] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Will Book 11 (1794-1802), pp. 277-78 Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 27 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________