RICHMOND, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Robert Omberson, 19 Sep 1804
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Will: Robert Omberson, City of Richmond, VA (1804)

I Robert Omberson of the City of Richmond do make and ordain the following as
my last will and testament, that is to say, I do hereby devise and bequeath
unto my beloved wife Polly during her life all the estate both real and
personal whereof I may die seized or possess do or have right or title unto
and after the death of my said wife, I do give devise and bequeath all my said
estate to my four children: Fanny, Polly, Arana and William and to the
survivor or survivors of them and to their heirs forever equally to be
divided.

And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said beloved wife Polly and
George William Smith to be Executrix and Executors of this my last will and
testament, hereby revoking all other testaments and Wills by me made.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this
19th day of September 1804.
                                                         (LS)

                         At a Monthly Court of Hustings 
                  & Held for the City of Richmond at the Courthouse on
                          Monday the 8th day of October 1804

This instrument of writing purporting to be the nuncupative Will of Robert
Omberson and was this day presented in court.  Whereupon Enge William Smith,
gentleman, being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God
defivseth? and saith that during the illness which saith preceded the death of
the said Robert Omberson, he was called upon to write the last will and
testament of the said decedent that the Will not presentd in court was written
by this deponent that after writing the said Will he read it to the said
Robert Omberson who approved of the same but was unable to execute it and
further that he was perfectly in his senses at the time John Allen and John
Craddock being also first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God
depose and say that during the last illness of the aforesaid Robert Omberson,
dec'd, they were present when the aforesaid Will was written by George W.
Smith Esq. at the request of the said Omberson that they saw the said Will
read to the said decedent who approved of the same but was unable to execute
it and also that he was perfectly in his senses at the time. Whereupon the
same is received as the Last Will and Testament of the said Robert Omberson,
deceased and ordered to be recorded.

And                        At another Quarterly Court of Hustings 
                  & Held for the City of Richmond at the Courthouse on
                          Monday the 14th day of January 1805

On the motion of Mary Omberson in the said Will named who made oath thereto
according to law and with William Black and William G. Allen, her securities
entered into and acknowledged, their bond in the penalty of one thousand seven
hundred dollars, conditioned as the law requires; Certificate is granted her
for obtaining Leters of Administration on the Estate of the said decedent with
the Will aforesaid annexed in due form.
                                                 Teste:
                                                 Adam Craig, CC
Examined.

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1804-1806
Hustings Deeds
Reel 3, pages 144-145

Note: Spelling errors were not corrected.  Paragraphing and some punctuation
were added by transcriber for ease in reading.  There are no paragraphs in the
original. John Allen is listed as being present at time of writing of Will,
but William G. Allen is later shown - that is how it is written.


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