Prince Edward County, VA - Will Book 1 (partial) ************************************************************************ 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. ************************************************************************ WILL OF JOHN WRIGHT, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA Will Book 1, Page 218 Dated - 18 March 1775 Legatees: Wife - ANN WRIGHT Sons - DAVID WRIGHT WILLIAM WRIGHT OBEDIAH WRIGHT PRYOR WRIGHT JAMES WRIGHT Daughters - ELIZABETH WRIGHT MARY WILLIAMSON Grandsons - THOMAS WRIGHT DAVID COLEMAN Granddaughters - CHLOE WRIGHT ANN COLEMAN Executors - DAVID WRIGHT and JAMES WRIGHT, "my truly & well beloved sons" Signed - JOHN (his mark) WRIGHT Witnesses - CHARLES PATTESON HARRIS PRYOR LANDIS PATTESON Note: The will lists a number of "Negroes and their increase" as bequests to the legatees - Woman, DINAH, her child MOLLEY Man, DICK, FANN? (girl) Man, PETER, alias PRIMAS BEN, RACHAL, HANNAH, BRISTO Woman, KISiAH Girl, DILCE Woman, JUDAH Girl, JINCY Girl, Sue Submitted by: Bobbie Williamson-Dabbs Ledbetter