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Last Will and Testament of George Tankersley

Will Book 1, Page 93                   King George County, Virginia Records

In the name of God Amen.  I George Tankersley of the Parish of Hanover &
County of King George being sick & weak of body but of perfect sense & memory
do make and ordain this to be my Last Will & Testament in manner
following................................................... Imprimis I give &
devise all my Estate of what sort so ever to be equally divided amongst my
children, viz:  Dorcas, Rueben, George, Mary, Sarah, Richard & John.  But if
any of my said children should die then it is my will & desire that their
parts should be divided among my children that shall then survive.  Item 
Igive my beloved wife Mary Tankersley one third part of all my Negroes &
Personal Estate.  Item.  It is my will that after the decease of my wife that
the said Negroes be equally [(divided) this word is missing in the will] among
my children that shall be then Living.  Item.  I give my chair & Horses to my
Wife..............  Item.  It is my Will & desire that after my Estate is
apraised[sic] that it may not be sold but equally divided among my children by
my Executors.  Lastly.  I constitute & apoint [sic] William Fox, Reuben
Tankersley, George Tankersley & my beloved wife, Mary Tankersley Executors &
Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament revoking all other wills by me
heretofore made.  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed my
seal this first day of July one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Eight.

Signed Sealed & published in the   {               George Tankersley (Seal)
presence of                        {
Robt. (his mark) Johnston          {
Lewis (his mark) Jones             {  At a Court held for King George County
                                   {  the 7th day of September 1758.
                                   { The within last Will & Testament of 
                                     George Tankersley deceased was presented 
                                     into Court by Mary Tankersley Executrix & 
                                     William Fox one of the Executors therein 
                                     named who made oath thereto according to 
                                     Law & the same was proved by the Oaths of 
                                     the witnesses thereto subscribed & 
                                     ordered to be recorded & is hereby 
                                     recorded. 
                                                                               
                                                          Test.
                                               Rob. Armistead Cl (?)[?= Court]


Note:  In transcribing a will, I have opted not to use the abbreviations used
in the recorded will either because the abbreviation may not make sense to
someone reading my transcription or the abbreviations were superscripted.  An
example of a superscripted abbreviation would be a letter with either a period
or some other letter or symbol  beneath the superscript letter, for instance
"sd.", the d would be superscript with a period underneath or "Testamt.", the
t would be superscript with a period underneath.   These two words are "said"
and "testament."  If I thought the abbreviation would make  sense to someone
reading my transcription or if I could not translate the abbreviation, then I
did the best I could to copy it exactly.  Other than translating the
abbreviations, I have tried to transcribe the document exactly as recorded. If
I could not transcribe it then I placed a (?) to so indicate. 


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