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HITE, 16 November 1829; Surety: Julius Hite Married 27 November 1829 by Joshua Fetherston Page 70 Will of Mary Bruce Lunenburg Co., VA Will Bk 10:70 Dated 17 Jul 1830; Recorded 8 Aug 1830 Submitted by JoLee Gregory Spears I, Mary Bruce of Lunenburg County & State of Virginia being sick & feeble in Body, but perfectly sound in mind and knowing the uncertainty of this mortal life do hereby make this my last will & testament in manner & form following viz 1. Item I give to my daughter Dolly Bown [Brown] one shilling to her and her heirs forever. 2. Item I give to the children of Eliza Cavisiss [Cabiness] one shilling each to them & heirs forever. 3. Item I give to my daughter Mildred C. Bruce one feather bed and furniture in fee simple, also, I lend her two negroes a boy by the name of Paul, and a girl named Vzna after her death the said Paul & Vzna to go to Samuel A. Bruce & his heirs forever 4. Item I give to my daughter Jane C. Watson one shilling to her and her heirs forever. 5. Item I give to my Daughter Martha Bruce one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever. 6. Item I give to my Daughter Harriet Fowlkes one large pine chest, also my pin cushion hoop & chain to her and her Heirs forever 7. Item I give to my son Samuel A. Bruce the following property by name Clarissa, Harry Silas Lander, Anderson and Archer also my stock of Horses, cows, Hoggs, sheep, feather beds furniture, Household & Kitchen furniture together with every estate now belonging to me not given as above Lastly I appoint my son Samuel A. Bruce Exor of this my last will & testament Signed sealed & acknowledged in presents of us the 17th July 1830. Mary Bruce H Marable Wm H C. J. Thompson In Lunenburg County Court 8 August 1830 The within written will was acknowledged by Mary Bruce to be her last Will and Testament and ordered to be recorded. Teste: Wm. H. Taylor, CLC Recorded: Will Book 10, page 70 [Files of JoLee Gregory Spears. Transcriber unknown] ---------------------------------------------------------- Page 114a Lunenburg County, VA Will book X:114A In the name of God Amen. I Susanna Wallace of Lunenburg County being of Sound mind and memory, Thanks to Almighty God for the Same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: I give and bequeath one cow to William Wallace Senr and my tract of Land and one cow to Benjamin Wallace Jenr and one chest and Lot of Puter and Earthen ware to Sally J. Wallace and one Bed to Amanda A. Wilks and one yearlen to Benjamin W. Wilks and one Bed and one Wheel and Corst(?) and Loom and all the utinsils to the Loom and seven head of cattle to Susanna J. Wilks also I give and bequeath all my Kitchen furniture to Susanna Wilks and after paying my just debts all ____ to Benjamin Wallace Senr I wish Benjamin Wallace Sr to Execute all my Business. her Sally J. Wallace Susanna X Wallace Winyfred X Wallace mark In Lunenburg County Court _____ March 1831 the within last will & testament of Susanna Wallace Dec’d was presented in Court and was proved by the oaths of two of the witnesses and thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded and the Exor named the Said Will having refused to take upon himself the Execution of the same It is ordered that the Estate of the Said Susanna Wallace Dec’d be committed? To Thomas Adams Sheriff of the County, and it is further ordered that he administers the same according to law with the Said will annexed. Teste Wm H. Taylor Submitted by Judy Penrod Purcell Will of WOODSON KNIGHT copied from the Lunenburg County Circuit Court, Will Book Number 10 (1829-1833) pages 122A, 123, and 123A. I Woodson Knight do hereby constitute this my last Will and testament as follows. First, it is my will that all my just debts be paid out of my personal estate. I direct my land, on which I reside to be divided into two parts by a line commencing at a high rock on the south side of Big Nottoway River where myself and Tarlton W. Knight corners thence pursuing the line between said Tarlton W. and myself tell it arrives opposite a large forked Red oak, which is at present a side line to, me, making a corner on said oak; thence by a new line running straight through my plantation till it strikes a large Poplar tree very near my using spring, thence down said spring branch as it meanders, till it intersects the line between me and John H. Knight: the land lying east of these lines and adjoining John H. Knight, I give to my said son John H. Knight and his heirs forever: the land lying West of said lines I give to my son T. W. Knight and his heirs forever. Furthermore, I direct that the graveyard upon the lands I has (sic) devised to my son T. W. Knight where many of my kindred has (sic) been buried, and when it is my desire that my mortal remains shall be deposited, be laid off in a (words obliterated) of thirty five yards by twenty and =inclosed (sic) by my executor, the expense to be paid out of my personal estate: and said graveyard to be held in trust by my son T. W. Knight and his heirs as a burial place for my family: I direct that the residue of my estate that is all my property not herein before disposed of, be sold at public auction, and the proceeds including all debts due me shall be first as heretofore ?, applied to the payment of my debts, and after such payment, and the payment of the enclosed aforesaid: I give two hundred and forty dollars to my son Tarlton W. Knight in trust for the children of my daughter Betsy W. William to be paid to them, by an equal division, as they arrive to the age twenty one years or marry, with interest to commence Twelve months after my death: The balance of the money shall be divided into five equal parts, one part thing (sic)to be given to my son Robert Knight, one part to my daughter Sally B. Jeffress and the other part to my son T. W. Knight in Trust for the children of my daughter Betsy W. Williams to be paid them in equal division, as they become twenty one years of age or marry, with interest from the time of said division into five parts: I release to my son Thomas Knight the debt he owes me on accounts (sic) of the debt paid by me for him to the administrator of John Fowlkes dec'd. If I am indebted to any of my children who take under this my will: I direct that the Request or bequests to such child or children shall extinguish this or debts which he she or they, as the case may be, my claim as due from me: and if any legatee shall elect to claim a debt against my estate instead of a legacy that legacy shall be divided among my other children equally I hereby appoint my son Tarlton W Knight executor of this my last will & testament . Given under my hand & seal this 19 day of March 1831 Woodson Knight (seal) C. D. Smith John H. Williams Jordan W. Maxy In Lunenburg County Court 9 May 1831; the last will and testament of Woodson Knight dec'd was proved by the oaths of the Witnesses thereto subscribed and is ordered to be recorded: and on the motion of Tarlton W Knight the executor named in the said Will who having made oath according to law certificate is granted him for obtaining probat thereof in due form whereupon he entered into and acknowledged bond for that with such conditions as the law required Page 131 Christopher ANDERSON to Eliner COUCH, 11 January 1830; Surety: Thomas H. Staples Married 27 January 1830 by Silas Shelburne Page 181 Juden HIGHTOWER to Cushy HAZLEWOOD; Married 22 January 1800 by Charles Ogburn James ALLEN to Rebecca ALLEN, 26 November 1804; Surety: Jones Allen. Married 28 November 1804 by Charles Obgurn William HIGHTOWER to S. ANDREWS; Married 27 March 1810 by Charles Ogburn Stephen DANCE to Martha WILLSON, 19 April 1814; Surety: Joseph W. Rudd Married April 19, 1814 by Charles Ogburn Peter DAVES/DAVIS to Henrietta Maria Washington WINN, 1 October 1814; Surety: Thomas Gregory Married 4 October 1814 by Charles Ogburn A. ANDREWS to S. GEE; Married 28 November 1816 by Charles Ogburn Abraham ANDREWS to Nancy WALLER, 1 December 1817; Surety: Lowry Andrews. Married 16 December 1817 by Charles Ogburn Richard J. ANDREWS to M. COLE; Married 31 October 1816 by Charles Ogburn Page 182 Isaac HOLMES to Henrietta WILLSON, 9 April 1814; Surety: Joseph W. Rudd Married 1814 by Charles Ogburn