Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Matthews, Margaret L. Ramsey, 1906 

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Margaret L. RAMSEY MATTHEWS, 
        will, 5 Jun 1905, pr. 15 Feb 1907 

[margin notes] 

Margaret L. 
 Matthews 
 - Will - 

Copy made & 
 delivered to 
Wm. Jos. Matthews 
 Feby 16/07 

          Know All Men by These Presents, that I mrs. Margaret L. Matthews 
being of sound mind doth make this as my last will and testament, revoking any 
and all wills heretofore made by me, to wit: 

1st.  After my just debts are paid, I give to my son R.E. Matthews the sum of 
one dollar as his portion of my estate to him & his heirs forever. 

2nd.  I give to my son, J.B. Mathews, the sum of one dollar as his portion of 
my estate to him & his heirs forever. 

3rd.  I give to my daughter Dianna [sic; Nannie] Lee Lancaster the sum of one 
hundred dollars to her & her heirs forever as her portion of my estate. 

4.  I give to my daughter Margaret Catherine Underwood, the sum of One hundred 
dollars to her & her heirs forever as her portion of my estate. 

I give to my son, William Joseph Mathews the balance of my estate to him & his 
heirs forever. 

6.  I hereby appoint my son William Joseph Mathews as the executor of this my 
last will & testament and doth request the Honorable Court that no security be 
exacted from him for the performance of this trust. 

      As Witness my hand & seal this 5th day of June, 1905. 

Witness,                                          Margaret L. Matthews  (SEAL) 
        Geo. W. Butts. 
        Mills Rogers. 

 Virginia: 
        In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Nansemond County 
        on Friday the 15th day of February, 1907. 

 The last will and testament of Margaret L. Matthews, late of this County, 
deceased, was this day produced before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of 
Nansemond County and proved according to law by the oaths of George W. Butts 
and Mills Rogers, the two subscribing witnesses thereto, and is ordered to be 
recorded. 

        And on the motion of William Joseph Matthews, who is name[d] in said 
last will and testament as the Executor of the estate of said Margaret L. 
Matthews, deceased, who made oath according to law, entered into and 
acknowledged a bond in the penalty of Twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars, 
conditioned according to law (but without security, the said last will and 
testament directing that no security be required of him) certificate is 
granted him for obtaining a probate of said last will and testament in due 
form. 

        And it is ordered that said bond be recorded. 

                                    Teste: R.R. Smith, Clerk, 
                                           By S.M. Lawrence, D.C. 

Nansemond Co. Will Book 6 (1900 - 1909), pp. 553-54 

*Additional information: 

Margaret L. (RAMSEY; Mrs. Edwin Joseph "Joe") MATTHEWS, 
b. Apr 1835, near Exit, d. 29 Nov 1906, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
funeral 2 Dec 1906, Suffolk Christian Church, 
interred in the family cemetery, near Exit, Nansemond Co. 

Site not known (Dec 2025) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project. 

Her obits ("Virginian-Pilot," Dec. 1 & 4, 1906, p. 7) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320m4ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 12, 1905, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m320j7ob.txt 

Her daughter "Nannie" Mary Lee (MATTHEWS; Mrs. Joseph Oliver) LANCASTER 
   is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

Her son Robert Edward MATTHEWS & son-in-law Morgan Lee UNDERWOOD, Sr., are 
   buried in Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck. 

Her son John Bunyon MATTHEWS, Sr., is buried with his in-laws in a MATTHEWS 
   [JOHNSON] family cemetery, Archers Mill & Old Myrtle Rds. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-44), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Her daughter "Maggie" Margaret Catherine (MATTHEWS) UNDERWOOD 2m. Henry Casper 
   FARLEY; her remains are entombed in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO. 

Her son William Joseph MATTHEWS also is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 


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