Mecklenburg County, VA - Will of George Marable, 1796 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Will Book #2 or #3 I George Marable of Mecklenburg County being in perfect sound memory but low in health do make constitute and confirm this my last will and testement this nineteenth day of May one thousand and even hundred and [ninety-]six and diviseth my estate as follows: 1. It is my will and desire the summer after my deceas e that allmy stock of every kind should be sold to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve months giving Bond with good security. 2. It is my will and desire that my crop of corn be sold on the above terms some timein the spring after my decease. 3. It is my will and desire that the fodder shucks together [with] oats may be sold the fall after my decease should it so happen they may not be wanting to winter the stock untill the next spring. 4. It is my will and desire that [my] crop of tobacco [and] wheat shall be held up [by] my Executors for the bests price [that] can be got agreeable to their judgement. 5. It is my will and desire that all my household and kitchen furniture with my plantation utensials on the same day of the first sale take place and on the same terms provided my beloved wife should not object to such sale in that case let this clause be void andn the household and kitchen furniture or any part thereof which she may choose revert to her during her lifetime and the remainder sold. 6. It is my will and desire that the profit arising from the griss mill owned by my Brother John and myself one half to each after every expense is paid may be held by my executors subject to the payment of all my just debts should not the above sales be sufficient. 7. It is my will and desire that my finnywood tract of land may be rented during the life time of my Mother and after her death provided my beloved wife will consent my will is then to sell it to the best advantage and the money arising from such sale be laid out in negro wenches and boys and those hired out for the support of my wife and child provided it is her wish they should be hired otherwise not. Should the land be sold I give and bequeath to my beloved wife during her widowhood the profits of such sale and should the land not be sold I then give and bequeath to her the ame with all the advantage arising therefrom during her widowhood likewise all moneys that may be left in [the] hands of my executors after the payment of all my just likewise a negro girl which came by her named Amey and her increase during her life and after the death of my beloved wife I then give and bequeath all the aforsaid estate to my only son Champion Carter Meriwether Marable during his lifetime except where he should die with issue in that case I give it then in his power to act and do as he pleases but should he die without heir I then give and bequeath to my brother John [two] thirds of the aforesaid estate to him and his heirs forever and the other one third to my brother Champion and his heirs forever except Amey and her increase having left it in the power of my beloved wife to dispoe of her as she pleases and [in] the same terms [as] I have devise[d] the legacies to my brothers. 8. It is my will and desire that my son Champion should be supported by his mother and brought up by her until she thinks proper to put him to school and it is my wish that he should have as good an Education as their narrow fortune will allow and bred to such business as seems to suit his inclination. 9. I give and bequeath to my brother John and his heirs my half of the sawmill. 10. I give and bequeath to my brother Champion my shot gun and trunk. Lastly It is my will and desire that My brother John and my brother Champion be appointed by the Worshipful Court of Mecklenburg my executors. After revoking all other will made hereafter given under my hand and seal the date and year first above written. George Marable [seal] Signed sealed and confirmed In the presence of Richard C. Williams Richard Marable Mecklenburg County July 15, 1796 [Codicil] Since the date the above was written the article repecting the griss\t mill was this day sold by me to John Marable and it is my will and desire the above should be left out and considered not part of my estate. George Marable [seal] Richard Marable At the court held for Mecklenburg County the 12th day of September 1796 This will and the codicilannexed were proved by the oath of Richard Marable a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded as to the personal estate therein devised and John Marable and Champion Marable the Exors therein named personally appeared in Court and refused to take upon themselves the Executorship thereof and on the motion of the said John Marable and Champion Marable who made oath thereto andn together with David Stokes andn Philip W. Jackson their securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of three hundred pounds conditioned as the law directs certificate was granted them for obtaining Letters of administration on the estate of the said George Marable decd. with his will and codicil annexed in due form. Teste William Baskerville C:Cw: