George Cammack Will, 1824/1826, Spotsylvania County, Virginia File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gwen Hurst gwnj@shentel.net USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ================================================================== I George Cammack of Spotsylvania County & State of Virginia do make my last will & testament as follows to wit. after the payment of all my Just debts & funeral expences I give & bequeath my estate as follows. Item. I give to my son Robert & his heirs forever twenty five acres bounded as follows to wit. Beginning at a pine sapling & small dogwood standing a little below the bars that lead into my field thence a straight line to Doctor Melfords line & with his line to Brents mill pond & then by the said mill pond & by my other out lines to the beginning and after the death of his mother I give to my said son Robert & his heirs forever two negroes named Delphia & Major. Item. In addition to what I have heretofore given my son George I give to him & to his heirs forever two negroes named Mat & Thornton & a feather bed & furniture. Item. I give to my son Lomax one feather bed & furniture in addition to what I have given him. Item. I give to my daughter Nancy Durrett negroes Dina & Amy & their future increase, these negroes are given to my said Daughter & her heirs forever in addition to what I have hereto fore given her. Item. I give to my daughter Mary Durrett & her heirs forever in addition to what I have hereto fore given her a negro named Beverley. Item. I lend to my daughter Catherine Davis during her life the negroes that I have already loaned to her named Lucy, Charity, Rachael, Mary & John & their future increase of the females & I also lend her after the death of her mother a negro named Anthony and after the death of my said daughter Catharine I give the above said negroes & the increase of the females to the Children of my said daughter to be equally divided amongst them if any there be but if there should be none living then the said negroes & their increase are to be equally dived amongst all my other children to them & to their heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Durrett & his heirs forever the residue of the tract of land that I bought of Henry Towles after taking off that part of the tract herein before given to my son Robert & I also give my said son Durrett & his heirs forever negroes Peter, Simon, Patty, Abram, Clary, Willis, Danniel, Dabney, Henry, Joshua & Ben & their future increase of the females & after the death of his mother I give to my said son Durrett & his heirs forever all the estate both real & personal of every nature or kind that by & after clause of this will I shall loan to his mother for life except negro Anthony that is loaned to my Daughter Catharine & Delphia & negro that are given to my son Robert. Item. I give to my grandson George T. Cammack son of Durrett, & his heirs forever one negro girl named Fanny & her future increase. Item. I give to my beloved wife Catharine two negroes & their future increase named Sally & Judy to be disposed of by her at will & pleasure -- and I lend to my said wife during her natural life the land I own on the south side of Glady run being the old tract I now live on & the one called Sneeds together with negroes Frederick, Ben, Harry, Delphia, Anthony, Jane & Major my stock of house horses mules Cattle sheep & hogs household & Kitchen furniture plantation utensils & every speces of other property not herein before disposed of -- and lastly I appoint my sons Robert & Durrett executors of this my last will & testament & request that the Court will not require security of them. In witness hereunto put my hand & seal this 7th day of June 1824. Signed sealed and his acknowledged In the George x Cammack (seal) presents of mark William Todd William Stewart James Stewart Alexander Herndon At a court held for Spotsylvania County the 6 day of March 1826. The last will & testament of George Cammack deceased was proved by the oaths of William Todd, William Steuart, James Stuart and Alexander Herndon witnesses thereto & is ordered to be recorded, and Robert Cammack one of these executors named in the said will carried into Court & renounced the executorship and on the motion of Durrett Cammack the other executor therein named who made oath thereto & entered into & acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $25000 conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat [sic] of the said will in due form. Teste R. L. Stevenson, C. C. (transcribed from the original copy) ------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gwen Hurst Gwen_gwnj@shentel.net