Richmond-Northumberland-Halifax County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Tune, Mark September 21, 1717
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Source: Richmond County Will Book 4, Pages 30-31
Written: September 21, 1717
Recorded: June 4, 1718

Transcribed July 22, 2010 by Gloria J. Tune

Richmond County Will Book 4, pages 30-31

"In the Name of God Amen.  I Mark Tune of the Parrish of North Farnham in the
County of Richmond being very sick and weak of Body but of perfect Sence and
Memory Do Bequeath my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to Earth from whence
it was taken to be Buried in good Christian Burial at the Discretion of Exect.
hereafter Named.

First I will that my Debts and funerall charges be paid and Discharged.

Item:  I give and bequeath all and every of my Land and Tenements whatsoever to
be Equally Divided between my Loving Sons, Wm. Tune, Mark Tune, Tho. Tune and
James Tune to be Equally Divided between my Sons as aforesaid and their heirs
Lawfully begotten of their Body for Ever and its further my Will and Desire that
if any one of my Sons aforesaid Dies leaving no Issue, then the surviving sons
and their heirs shall Inherit same by an Equal Devision as aforesaid.  And in
case my aforesaid Sons all Die and Leaving no issue that then it is my Will that
the Lands aforesaid to be Equally Divided between my two Daughters Ann and
Elizabeth Tune and their heirs for Ever.

Item:  I give and bequeath unto my Loving Daughter Ann Tune my New feather bed
and furniture and if she Dies before she comes of age it is my Will instead that
Loving Son James Tune have the Bed and furniture as aforesaid.

Item:  I give and bequeath fo my Daughter Elizabeth Tune one feather bed and
furniture, one Iron pott about seven galls. and the great Table and furthermore
if my said Daughter Dies before she comes of Age I give the aforesaid & bequeath
to my Loving Son Tho: Tune and his heirs for Ever.

Item:  It is my Will and Desire that my Loving friends James and Barbary Tomson
may take my two Daughters Ann and Elizabeth Tune to their government till they
come to the age of Sixteen, and the aforesaid feather bed and furniture that I
give to my Daughter Ann and two cows and the female Increase to my Daughters and
the Male increase to the said James Tomson, And the Rest of my Plantation that
Tho: Rawlins now lives on as long as it Rented by my Executor; and when my
Daughters come to Age of Sixteen as aforesaid then their cows 10th(?) the
females increase and the Bed and furniture to be Delivered up to them.

Item:  I give and bequeath to Loving Son Lewis Tune one feather bed, boulster
and one small white Rugg that belongs to the Bed and half a dozen of Puter Plates.

Item:  I give and bequeath all and every the Remainder of my Personally Estate
whatsoever to be Equally Devided between my five sons John, Wm., Mark, Thomas
and James Tune.

Item:  It is my Will that my Loving Son John Tune Do Live on the Plantation
whereon I now Live and Keep his four Brothers in Christian Manor till they come
to the age of Eighteen and then to Deliver up to them their Estate.

I Constitute and Appoint my well beloved Son John Tune to be my only Executor of
this my Last Will and Testament, revoking Disanulling and making void all former
Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made
ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament and
in Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this Twentieth first
of September A. D. 1717.

Mark Tune    seal

Sealed, Published, Declared
his Last Will and Testament
Presents of us                                      
John I. H. Harris
Hugh Harris                           
Tho:Dew                                                                        
                         
At a Court held for Richmond County the
Fourth Day of June 1718
This Will was proved in open Court by the Oaths of John Harris, Hugh Harris &
Thomas Dew Witnesses
thereto, and admitted to Record.
                                                                  
Teste M. Beckwith Clerk Current"




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