Prince Edward Co., VA Will of John Porter (Sr.), 1781 In the name of God Amen, I John porter of Prince Edward County in Virginia being in perfect sense and memory, calling to mind my mortality, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament. First I give my soul to God who gave it; and my body to the earth in hopes of a glorious Reformation. As to my worldly estate, I dispose of it in manner following. First I will that all just debts due by me be paid. I give & bequeath to my dear wife Ann Porter one negro fellow named Mick during her natural life, & at her death said fellow to be sold, & the price to be equally divided among all my children, and my negro wench named Bett to be sold at my decease & the price to be equally divided between my wife & all my children, and I bequeath to my son John Porter one hundred & fifty acres of land, part of the tract I now live on joining my son William's line, running the whole length of his line across the creek. The remainder of my land I give to my two sons Oliver and Francis to be equally divided as they can accommodate matters. But my dear wife Ann is to have her third of the land & the benefit of the dwelling house during her natural life & her third of all my stock of every kind & her third of of all my household goods & furniture with a chest, saddle and bridle off the whole with use of the office houses. The other two thirds of my stock and household furniture to be equally divided among my unmarried children. I give to my daughter Ann, one horse saddle & bridle of the whole. My cash I allow to be equally divided between my wife & my unmarried children. I give to Susanna Carson two cows, and her son William Carson Porter one cow off the whole personal estate. I do hereby revoke all former wills by me, declaring this only as my last Will & Testament. And I do hereby constitute & appoint my dear wife Ann Porter my son William Porter & my son Francis Porter executors of this my last Will & Testament. As witness my hand and seal this eighteenth day of January one thousand seven hundred & eighty one. Witness present Rich Sankey Thomas Baldwin John Porter (Seal) Thos. Carson At a Court held for Prince Edward June 1781 this last Will & Testament of John Porter dec. was presented in Court and proved by Rich Sankey, Thos Baldwin, Thos Carson witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. On Motion of Anne Porter & William Porter two of the Executors therein named who gave bond and .... File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. T. Lamkin USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.