WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILL BOOK 3 Will of Martin Hagey Washington County, VA Will Book 3:257-259 In the name of God amen. I Martin Hagey of Washington County in the State of Virginia, being aged, but of sound mind & disposing will and memory thanks be to God therefor do make this my last will & Testament in writing in manner form follows, that is to say first of all I recommend by soul unto God to be in mercy by him received through the merits of my redeemer Jesus Christ, and by body I order to be buried in a Christian & decent manner, as for touching those worldly goods wherewith God has been pleased to bless me without give devise & bequeath in manner and form following that is to say. Imprimis and first it is my will that my beloved wife Mary Elizabeth shall have her seat & live in my present dwelling house, and have the east side & the rooms below and above stairs for her use as full as I held them in my lifetime, during her natural life or widowhood & further I give & bequeath unto her one full third part of my Personal Estate, and one full third part of the rent & income of my plantation whereon I now live, to be yearly paid or delivered unto her as herein after shall be directed. Item I give and bequeath unto my youngest son David Hagey the following described part of the plantation whereon I now live to hold to him his heirs & assigns forever with all & singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging to wit Beginning at two white oaks in a line of Christopher Acklins land a corner which I have made for a division of said plantation whereon I now live & running thence N 17 degrees W232 poles to a white oak N55 degrees E246 poles to a chestnut tree S60 degrees E110 poles to a __ oak S2 degrees W117 poles to a w oak S38 degrees W 86 poles to a hickory S41 degrees W92 poles to a white oak N41 degrees W31 1/2 poles to two white oaks & S65 degrees W150 poles to the place of beginning containing three hundred & eighty nine acres be the same more of less. But always with this restriction that my aforementioned beloved wife shall have her seat in the house as herefore directed & that he pay for the same unto my other heirs the sum of four hundred pounds Virginia currency in installments of fifty pounds yearly the first payment to be made in one year after the decease of my said beloved wife Mary Elizabeth & to be continued yearly & every year until the whole is paid and pay my wife one third of the rent or income during her natural life. Item I give & bequeath unto my son Jacob Hagey the other part of the plantation whereon I now live, bounded as followeth Beginning at the aforementioned two white oaks and running thence S17 degrees E36 poles to a white oak S7 degrees W 105 poles to a small oak S61 degrees W94 poles to a hickory N11 degrees E67 poles to a Black oak N71 degrees E150 poles to a poplar stump N2 degrees E71 poles to a buckeye ___ & maple N30 W88 poles to a hickory S41 degrees W392 poles to a white oak N41 degrees W31 1/2 to a double white oak & S65 degrees W150 poles to the place of beginning containing one hundred & ninety eight acres be the same more or less to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever and it is further my Will that if any ground now pending at law, between me and Andrew Davison be gained in my favour that then the same be annexed to the above described tract & held by my said son Jacob as aforesaid. He my said son Jacob paying for said land to my other heirs the sum of three hundred pounds Virginia currency, in installments of fifty pounds yearly the first payment to be made in twelve months after my decease & so on yearly until the whole sum be paid. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Hagey the whole two tracts of land the one deeded to be by James Crow for two hundred & thirty acres and the other deeded to me by Philip Kestner for fifty two acres to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever. He paying therefor unto my other heirs the sum of one hundred pounds, in yearly installments of twenty pounds Virginia currency yearly & every year until the whole is paid the first payment thereof to be made in one year after my decease. Item I give & bequeath all the residue of my personal estate & the monies my aforesaid sons are to pay for their lands unto my other children to my sons John Hagey, George Hagey, Henry Hagey, Michael Hagey, & my daughters Elizabeth the wife of George Pool, Margaret the wife of Michael Wilfong, Catherine the wife of John Morrell, Barbara Hagey & Hannah Hagey to be divided amongst and lastly I appoint my son John Hagey & my Friend James Vance joint executors of this my last Will & Testament, nevertheless allowing & confirming what the acting or surviving of them may lawfully do therein. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the 27th day of June AD 1811. Signed, sealed, published and declared Martin Hagey (seal) by Martin Hagey before us who in his presence & at his request and in the presence of each other have signed our names as Witnesses. The words of the 2nd page and pay my wife one third of the rent or income during her natural life" being wrote & partly underlined before the executing hereof. Wm Jones George Campbell Benjm Spryker At a Court held for Washington County the 18th day of February 1812. This last Will & Testament of Martin Hagey Decd was exhibited unto Court & proven by the oaths of Wm Jones & George Campbell two of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And at a Court held for said County the 17th day of March 1812. On the motion of John Hagey & James Vance the executors therein named who took the oath of an executor prescribed by law & entered into and acknowledged their bond with William ___, Thomas Jameson & Adam Fudge securities in the amount of two thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs. A Certificate is therefore granted them for the proving of the said Will in due form Teste D Campbell File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Greg Warmuth