SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Micajah Holliman, 24 Dec 1788 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Will: Micajah Holliman, Nottoway Parish, Southampton Co, VA (1788) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the twenty fourth day of December 1788, I Micajah Holliman of the County of Southampton and Parish of Nottoway, being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be to almighty God, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner & form following. That is to say: Principally & first of all I give & recommend my soul in the hands of God that gave it & for my body, I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors. Imprimis: My will and desire is that my Executors hereafter named do sell my plantation where I formerly lie & as so much thereof as shall lye on the north side of Pasture Neck branch together with a new survey containing 170 acres, the whole being 370 more or less, for the best price that can be had by giving a 12 month credit taking bond & sufficient security in order to discharge my just debts. In case that should not be sufficient, my will & desire is that my Executors dispose of such other part of my estate as they shall think most advantageous with the approbation of my wife. Item: After my just debts & expences are paid, I lend the use of my whole estate not heretofore mentioned with their increase to my loving wife Mary untill my son Arthur Holliman arrives to the age of 21 years at which time I give to my son Arthur all that tract or parcel of land lying on the south side of the Barbacue Swamp containing by estimation 400 acres more or less to him and his heirs forever. I also give to my son Arthur at his arrival to the age of 21 years 1/3 part of my estate at that time being in the hands of my wife, with their increase, the value thereof to assertain'd by persons appointed by the county court of Southampton to him & his heirs forever. If my son Arthur shoud depart this life before he arives to the age of 21 years or without living issue, my will & desire is that his part so deceas'd should go to my son Exum. Item: I give to my son Exum Holliman the land & plantation whereon I now live lying on the north side of Barbacue after the death of my wife containing by estimation 400 acres more or less to him & his heirs forever. I also give to my son Exum when he shall arrive to the age of 21 years one half of the estate then in the hands of my wife with their increase from the date hereof if my son Exum shoud depart this life before he arrives to the age of 21 years or without living issue, my will and desire that his part to decease & shoud go to my son Arthur. Item: My will & desire is that the remainder of my estate with their increase after the death of my wife be equally divided between my sons Arthur & Exum the survivors of them to their heirs forever. Item: My will and desire is that if possible that my two sons Arthur & Exum can get a sufficient learning by boarding with my (word left out?)that they should not be remov'd. Item: And lastly, I constitute and appoint my friends Jesse Williamson, Samuel Kello & William Urguhart my whole & sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament in whose hands I also commit the care of my children for their education revoking disanuling and making void all & every former Will heretofore by me made. IN WITNESS whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix'd my seal the day & year first above written. M. Halliman (seal) Sign'd, seal'd & declar'd to be my Last Will & Testament in presence of: Absolom Williamson Benjamin White Jr At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of June 1794 This will was prov'd by the oaths Absolom Williamson & Benjamin White, the witnesses thereto and continued for the Executors to qualify. And At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 10th day of July 1794 The Executors named in the Will refusing to qualify the Will is ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of John Uguhart who mdade oath according to law, a Certificate is granted him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the estate of Micajah Halliman dec'd with this Will annexed giving security whereupon &c. Sam Kello, Cl. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, pages 635-636 Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Von Mings Stachon vonstac@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________