SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Margarett (POND) JOHNSON, 8 Dec 1898
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[margin note] Ex. 

Mrs. Margarett JOHNSON's Will 
In the name of God Amen. 
I Margarett JOHNSON of the County of Southampton, & State of Virginia, being 
in sound mind and disposing memory do make, constitute and ordain this 
writing, as and for my last will and testament, in the manner and form 
following to wit. 
After my death it is my will and desire that my executor hereafter named, 
shall sell to the best advantage the plantation whereon I now reside, being 
the same given me by my husband in his last will, & make a deed to the 
purchaser for the same, 
also sell my chattel estate, not otherwise disposed of and collect all due me, 
and out of the money arising from such sale & collection, after the payment of 
all my debts, distribute in the following manner. 
Item 1st _ It is my will and desire that my executor retain in his hands 
twenty-five dollars to be applied to Keepind [sic; erroneous "d" underlined] 
the grave yard well fenced and otherwise cared for. 
Item 2nd. Also fifty dollars to be retained by same either for the support of 
the pastor of Johnson's Grove Church, or for repairs of the house of worship. 
Item 3rd. I, give & bequeath to Japan Foreign Mission Station twenty five 
dollars. 
Item 5th. [sic] I give to Laura L BRADSHAW's four children, Flora, Carrie, 
Mary, & Zachra, five dollars each 
Item 6th  I, give to Jeptha W JOHNSON one hundred dollars, 
Item 7th  I give to Nancy R WORRELL, or her bodily heirs (& not to come into 
the hands of her husband) one hundred dollars. 
Item 8th  I give to Margarett J BULLS twenty dollars. 
Item 9th  I give to Thomas R POND one hundred dollars. 
Item 10th  I give to William H POND one hundred dollars. 
Item 11th  I give to Geo. W. POND one hundred dollars. 
Item 12th  I give to Jeremiah POND one hundred dollars. 
Item 13th  should I live to consume my estate from sickness, or otherwise, so 
there is not enough to pay to each of the objects & persons the amounts 
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herein named they are to be reduced according to the amounts named, 
and should my effects sell for more than enough to pay the amounts named, then 
the surplus is to be divided in the same proportion to the amounts given. 
Item 14th  It is my desire & Will at the sale of the Land named, that that 
portion of the grave yard enclosed shall be forever exempted. 
Lastly  I hereby nominate and appoint my friend Jeptha W JOHNSON, as my sole 
executor, to carry into effect this my last will and testament, 
hereby revoking all other wills heretofore made by me, 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 8.th 
day of December (1898) eighteen hundred & ninety-eight. 
                                        Margarett  JOHNSON     (Seal) 
Signed sealed & 
acknowledged in the 
presence of 
   E.J. RAIFORD 
   W.G. RAIFORD 

Virginia 
       Southampton County Court  October term 1901. 
A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Margarett JOHNSON 
deced. was produced in Court, and proved by the oaths of E.J. RAIFORD and W.G. 
RAIFORD, the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, 
And on the motion of Jeptha W. JOHNSON, the executor therein named, who made 
oath according to law, and together with Thomas R. POND and Geo W POND as his 
securities, who ["made" struck through] Justified on oath as to their 
sufficiency, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of 
twenty-five hundred dollars, conditioned as the law directs, which bond is 
ordered to be recorded, 
Certificate is granted the said Jeptha W. JOHNSON, for obtaining a probate of 
the said will in due form, 
and on the motion of the said executor  Allen BEALE  John D. DAVIS and J.W. 
CAMP are appointed appraisers who being duly qualified will appraise the 
estate of the said decedent, and return the same under their hands, as the law 
directs. 
                                  Test  B.F. MCLEMORE  C.C. 


Southampton Co., VA, Will Book 22 (1899-1924), pp. 38-39 
Library of Virginia, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 381 
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine]


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