LOUDOUN COUNTY – WILL OF WILLIAM DULIN ~ 1812

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Will of William Dulin 
signed 8 May 1812 
found in Loudoun Co., VA Will K153 1812 

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In the name of God Amen I Wm. Dulin of Loudoun County and State of Virginia do 
make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner following that is 
to say. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife, Mary Dulin four Hundred Acres 
of land for and during her life, it being a part of two Tracts containing five 
Hundred and fifty acres whereon I now Reside in which I wish to include so much 
only of the Tract purchased of Woolards Heirs as Shall take in the Spring and 
Houses on that part and Make a convenient division between the Land I thus 
Devise to her and the One Hundred and fifty acres hereafter devised to my Son 
Edward, also I give to my wife during her life, Negroes, Moses and his wife, 
Nelly and their children John and Lewis, Nancy, and ?, Tom and little Moses, her 
choice of Six horses and a waggon and her choice of Ten head of Cattle, choice 
of Twelve hogs and ten sows and pigs choice of fifteen Sheep, and also all 
household and Kitchen furniture and as many of the farming utensils as may be 
necessary for carrying on the Farm, also a sufficiency of the pigs and Years 
crops for the comfortable support of herself and Family to use and dispose of as 
She may think proper. The slaves I have given to my Wife during life Shall at 
her death be equally divided among my Legatees, all the rest of Slaves to be 
valued, and all my other property to be sold and after paying my Debts to be 
divided with the Slaves directed to be appraised unto three equal parts, One 
third to my son Edward, one third to my Daughter Hannah, and one third to my two 
grand Children Wm. and Mary Wren.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Edward the plantation he now lives on also 
one hundred and fifty acres, the Residence of the Tract I now live on.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Smith the plantation She now 
lives on and that Sandford Wren lives on which together with her part of all the 
Slaves shall at her death be Equally divided among all her lawful children 
except her son George Smith, he to have no part thereof, he having been already 
fully provided for by his fathers last will.

Item I give and bequeath unto my two grand Children Wm. and Mary Wren, the four 
Hundred acres of Land which I have given unto my wife during her life at her 
death to be equally divided between them and it is my will and desire that if 
either of them die without lawfull children then all the property hereby Devised 
to them shall belong to the Survivor, but should both of them die childless, 
then it is my will that the property devised to them be equally divided between 
my Son Edward and my Daughter Hannah and their Heirs. I hereby constitute and 
appoint my Beloved Wife Mary Dulin my Executrix and my Brother John Dulin my 
Executor to this my last will, I also Hereby constitute and appoint my wife 
Guardian to my two Grand Children Wm. and Mary Wren, and should she die before 
they arrive at age, then it is my Will that my Brother John Dulin become their 
guardian and that he take them under his care and protection, and that he take 
into his possession all the property devised to them which he will carefully 
keep for their use and benefit until they arrive at age, unless my Grand 
Daughter Mary Wren should sooner marry on which event it is my will that she be 
put in possession of her part thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand this twenty eighth day of May eighteen hundred and Twelve hereby 
revoking all former wills and testaments.

Signed and acknowledged 
William Dulin 

in the presence of 
Wm. Minn 
George Weagley 
Wm. A. Summers