Pittsylvania County, VA - Will of Overton Pugh, 1871

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In the name of the lord amen.  I Overton Pugh being of sound mind and
disposing memory do hereby make and ordain this my last will and
testament in the following manner and form.  I leave in the hands of
my son,  Columbus Coleman Pugh as trustee for Martha Ann McDowell one
hundred acres of the tract of land on which I reside the line to
commence on the line from a chestnut to a pine and run parallel with a
line from a pine to a locust crossing Reed Creek this lot will adjoin
Wm O. Worsham.  I leave in the hands of my son Richard K. Pugh as
trustee for my daughter Mary M. Simpson one hundred and ten acres of
the said tract of land the line to commence on the line from a
chestnut to a pine and run parallel with the line of the above
mentioned lot of Martha Ann McDowell across Reed creek to the line
from a locust to the beginning.
I give and bequeath to my son Richard K. Pugh and his heirs one
hundred and ten acres of the said tract of land on which I live to
commence on the line from a chestnut to a pine and run parallel with
the lot of Mary Ann Simpson crossing Reed Creek to the line from a
locust to a kin or stump the last lines run on a plot made by J. D.
Dawson August 25 1832 for Robert Davis and Thomas Adams.  The balance
of the tract of  land on which I live I loan to my wife Matilda Pugh
for and during the period of her life and at her death I give and
bequeath the same to my son Columbus C. Pugh and his heirs.  I give to
my wife Matilda Pugh all the balance of my property of every kind and
character except the five dollars herinafter given to the children of
Sarah J. Inley and the bond of forty five dollars on my son Wm T. Pugh
herinafter given to him and my said wife shall pay all the debts I may
have out of the property given her.  I give to the children of my
deceased daughter Sarah J. Inley five dollars to be equally divided
between them.  I give to my son Wm T. Pugh the bond of forty five
dollars which I hold against him.  In witness whereof I have herinto
set my hand and seal this 16th day of Sept. 1871.
Signed and sealed in the presence of:
Wm. H. Waller
Charles P. Dalton
Overton Pugh (seal)


At a county court held for the county of Pittsylvania on the 18th day
of December 1871.  The last will and testament of Overton Pugh Dec.
dated the 16th of September 1871 was provided by Wm. H. Waller a
person being witness and ordered to be recorded.


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