WILL OF JOHN BARNETT - 1750 - Orange Co., VA

Orange County VA Will BK 2, p. 145
In the name of God amen I John Barnett being sick and weak and in low
condition but in proper sense mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for
the same and calling to mind the certainty & uncertainty of this life causes
me to make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner & form
following. Item I lend to my beloved wife Marran Barnett my land & plantation
whereon I now live and all my Personal Estate during her Natural life in case
she don't marry but if she marries my Desire is she should have no more than
the law allows and after hear decease my desire is that my son John Barnet
should have it and his heirs forever and in case he should die without heir my
desire is that my Daughter Anna should have it and in case she should die
without heir my desire is it should be equally divided amongst the rest of my
Daughters. Item I give and bequeath to my son James Barnet my Lost Mountain
land to him his heirs & assigns forever and in case he should die without heir
my desire is that it should be equally divided amongst my Daughters. Item I
give and bequeath to my son Ambrose Barnet one Tract of Land lying on the
branches of Smiths Run and bounded by Edward Price Zachary Gibbs John Medley
to him his heirs or assigns forever and in case he should die without heir my
desire is it should be equally divided amongst my daughters. Item my Desire
is that after my wifes decease or when she marries my Personal Estate should
be equally Divided amongst my Children only my Daughter Sarah Wats shall have
to the value of Nineteen pounds ten shillings current money less than the rest
which she has already received. Item my desire is that my Water mill should
go with the mannor house. Item my desire is that if any of my children should
marry and my wife should think fit to give them any part or parcel of my
Estate that it should be valued to the full value by those Justices of the
peace and memorandum of the same put on the county Record and Lastly I do
constitute and appoint my beloved wife Marran Barnet Executrix of this my last
will and Testament till my son James and my son Ambrose shall come to age and
then my desire is that they should joyn with her and in case my wife should
die before my sons comes to age my desire is that my son in law John Watts
should be Executor in my wifes room till my sons shall come to age and no
longer. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my seal this 1
day of April 1750. Test: Elliott Bohannon, David Harris, Zach Gibbs, Dunkin
Bohannon, Joel Yarbrough. [signed] John Barnett

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