Powhatan County, VA - Will: Richard Eggleston, Sr., 1781 ************************************************************************ 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 ************************************************************************ Submitted by Janet Hunt Will and Last Testament of Richard Eggleston, Transcribed by Karen Salisbury Will of Richard Eggleston, Sr. 10 March 1781, Proven 19 July 1781, Powhatan County, VA In the name of God Amen. I Richard Eggleston Sen'r of the County of Powhatan being at this time in prefect sense and good disposing memory and knowing the great uncertainty of life, after disannulling all other wills heretofore made, Do constitute and make this my last will and Testament in the manner and form following. ITEM: I give unto my son Richard Eggleston, all the lands I possess in Amelia County with great Bob & his wife Betty with her present child born lately, to him and his heirs forever. Likewise the one half of all the stock of cattle & all the hogs, cart &c. Likewise my still. ITEM: I give unto my son Joseph Eggleston, the one half of my Cellar Creek Land in the county of Prince Edward to him and his heirs forever. Likewise long Bob & his wife Hanah & child Dick to him and his heirs forever a feather bed & furniture, Mr. Davils' Sermon & a book a call to the unconverted, a saddle & six leather chairs, my saddle & my black walnut chest. ITEM: I give unto my son John Eggleston my Font Mill Plantation to him and his heirs forever. Likewise I give him one eyed James and his wife Kagas (?) Harry & Dorcas, with her future increase forever, my Desk & book case, my largest Walnut table, a side ditto, ten head cattle & six oxen, my ox cart, riding chair, half doz'n leather chairs, two compass ditto, one feather bed & furniture, my great Bible, eight volumes Spectators, my Razor case, looking glass, the second volume of Baileys Dictionary, three volumes Theron & Aspasio. ITEM: I give unto my son Clough Eggleston, as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years, the other half of my Cellar Creek land, but should he die underage, my will and desire is that my son Edmond Eggleston have it & should he die under age my desire is that William Trent Eggleston possess it them & their heirs forever. Likewise I give my son Clough great James, Nanny & Dorcas's child Nanny as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years, if he dies under age my will and desire is that the Negroes be given to Edmond and William Trent Eggleston them & their heirs forever. Likewise I give my son Clough my Oscar mare & the filly got by John Smith's horse, a feather bed & furniture, five volumes good quality, two volumes Doctor Watts Sermons, Buchanan's Dictionary, my two Razors & strop a table and six leather chairs. ITEM: I give to my son George Eggleston as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years, the four hundred acres of land I bought of Peter T. Trent in Cumberland County but should he die under age my desire is that my son Edmond have it and should he die under age my desire is that William Trent Eggleston have it, them and their heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my son Edmond Eggleston as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years Terry, Will, Essex & Dorcas's youngest child, or rather her girl Lety, but if he dies under age my desire is that William Trent Eggleston have them & should he die under age my desire is that my son George possess them, them & their heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my son William Trent Eggleston Abner, Simon & Robin, Dorcas's son Jeffery as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years & should he die under age my will and desire is that George and Edmond Eggleston have them equally divided. I likewise give William Trent Mr. Baxter's exposition notes on the new Testament all the volumes of Sir Charles Grandison as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years, & should he die under age I give them to Edmond Eggleston. ITEM: I lend to my daughter Mary Gay Avey & all her increase with Dorcas's boy Will to her during life & should she have a child that lives to come of age or marry, I give the said Negroes forever. ITEM: I give to my daughters Rebeckah & Elizabeth Eggleston all the remainder of my slaves not before mentioned to be valued and equally divided between them only letting my daughter Rebeckah have Phillis she to be valued with the rest. Likewise my will & desire is that if either of them die under the age of eighteen years that the surviving sister possess them whole & should they both die my desire is that Edmond & Wm. Trent Eggleston have them equally divided between them. ITEM: I give them each of my Daughters a feather bed & furniture and each a mare & saddle & I give Rebeckah a dressing table & trunk. ITEM: I give my Daughter Baugh a mourning ring. ITEM: I give all the remainder of my Estate of what nature or quality soever to my two youngest sons Edmond & William Trent Eggleston as soon as they arrive to the age of twenty one years, & should either of them die under age my desire is the survivor possess the whole & should they both die my desire is that Joseph, Clough & George possess it equally my desire is that all the books not given to equally divided between my two youngest sons, under the same clause of any other estate. My will and desire is that if either of my children should lose their negro or Negroes before they come of age that then I desire that the appraised value of such Negro or Negroes be made good by all my children to keep them as near equal as possible, and should their arise any dispute among my children, my will & desire is that my worthy friend cal'd William Fleming decide such disputes & that they abide by his determination. I constitute and appoint my sons Richard John Eggleston and my son in law John Baugh, the whole & sole exr's of this my last will & testament given under my hand & seal this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1781. /s/ Richard Eggleston Sen'r, his seal Signed sealed & witnessed by David Owen William Gay Court 19 July 1781. The last will and testament of Richard Eggleston deceased was presented to court by Richard Eggleston John Baugh and John Eggleston Executors therein named, and proved by the oaths of David Owen and William Gay witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executors who made oath according to law and entered into Bond with William Gay and Goodrich Crumpt their securites in the penalty of one million of pounds Probate thereof was granted them in due form. It is ordered that Robert Smith, David Owen, George Owen and Hughes Woodson or any three of them do appraise the slaves (if any) and personal Estate of Richard Eggleston within this County and reprot the same.