Powhatan County, VA - Will: John Baugh, Jr., 1817

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Will of John Baugh, Jr.
 I John Baugh of the County of Powhatan, do make and ordain 
this my last
will and testament, that is to say, after the payment of my 
funeral and all
other debts, It is my will and desire that all my estate, 
both real and
personal, of whatever description, shall belong to my dear 
and beloved wife
for and during the term of her natural life.
 ITEM:  I give and bequeath to my son John on his arriving 
to the age of
twenty-one years or on his marriage, should that event first 
happen, the sum
of five hundred dollars, provided that sum can be raised 
from my estate
without distressing my wife and youngest son Benjamin.
 ITEM:  I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin on his 
arriving to the age of
twenty-one years, or on his marriage, should that event 
first happen, the
sum of five hundred dollars, provided that sum can be raised 
from my estate
without distressing my wife.
 ITEM:  It is my will and desire that my sole executrix 
hereafter named
shall have at all times full power and authority to sell, 
exchange, or in
any other manner to dispose of my estate, real and personal, 
as she may
think will best conduce to the interest of my estate, and 
the advancement of
herself and children, as fully and as effectually as I could 
myself were I
alive.
 ITEM:  It is my will and desire that all my estate of 
whatever kind, after
the death of my wife, be equally divided between my two sons 
John and
Benjamin to them and their heirs forever; and should either 
of them die
before their mother, then to the survivor and his heirs 
forever.
 ITEM:  Should both my said children die before their 
mother, it is my will
and desire that my estate, as it shall stand at the time, be 
divided into
three equal parts, one third part to be at the disposal of 
my wife, in fee
simple: and the other two thirds I give to be equally 
divided after the
death of my said wife, between my brother Archer Bolling 
Baugh, my Sister
Nancy Eggleston, and my beloved friend Edward F. Baugh, to 
them and their
heirs forever.
 ITEM:  I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved and 
trusty wife Anna
Baugh sole executrix to this my last will and testament, 
hereby revoking all
other and former wills and testaments.  Given under my hand 
and seal this
thirty first day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and 
seventeen.
Signed, sealed, published, and   John Baugh, seal
Testament of John Baugh,
In presence of us,
Colin Clarke
H.G. Saunders
Isaac M. Cardozo

 At a Court of Monthly Sessions holden for the County of 
Powhatan on the
17th day of December 1817.  This last will and testament of 
John Baugh,
deceased, was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of 
Colin Clarke and
Isaac M. Cardozo, subscribing witnesses thereto, and 
thereupon the same was
ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Anna Baugh, the 
executrix
therein named, who took the oath prescribed by law, and 
entered into bond
with security, conditioned as the law directs, a certificate 
is granted her
for obtaining probate of the said will in due form.
     Teste, Wm. S. Dance, C.