Will of William Poston - Washington Co., VA
Will Book 5, pages 112-113
Submitted by Kim Hagy  <bla00084@mail.wvnet.edu>

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In the Name of God Amen.
     I William Poston being of sound mind & memory thanks be to god 
for the same do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament in 
manner & form following to wit, 
In the first place I will that all my just debts be paid.
2d. I give & bequeath to my wife Sarah Poston one third part of my 
estate both real & personal during her natural life or widowhood in 
whatever kind of property she may make choice of - and at the 
death or marriage of my said wife Sarah Poston, her third part 
aforesaid descend together with the other parts of my estate equally 
among my ten children hereafter named - to wit - Rachel Scott, 
John H. Poston, Judith A. McHenry, Richard Poston, Sarah C. 
Cecil,  Priscilla C. Gannaway, Asenath W. Scott, Catherine D. 
Bowen, Louisa D. Poston & Matilda G. Pearson to them and their 
heirs forever - but my will is that if any of my children die without 
heirs of their body, that the property bequeathed to them, revert to 
my other children in equal proportions, to them & their heirs 
forever - my will further is that none of the property herein 
bequeathed to be at the disposal or under the control of Isaac 
Gannaway husband to Priscilla C. Gannaway except it be by her 
free will & consent. Lastly, I nominate my sons in law Peter Scott 
& Samuel Cecil executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby 
revoking all former will or wills by me made - In Witness whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this seventeenth 
day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
                                             William Poston (L. S.)
Signed, sealed, acknowledged and 
declared in presence of
Alexander Buchanan, George
W. Hayton, Joseph Price

At a Court held for Washington County the 15th day of July 1823.
     The last Will & Testament of William Poston decd. was 
exhibited in court and proven by the oath of Alexander Buchanan 
& George W. Hayton two of the subscribed witnesses thereto and 
ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Peter Scott and 
Samuel Cecil the executors therein named who took the oath 
of an executor prescribed by law and entered into and 
acknowledged their bond with Arthur Bowen & Mitchell Scott 
their securities in the sum of ten thousand dollars conditioned as 
the law directs - A Certificate is therefore granted them for the 
probat of the said Will in due form.
                                             Teste: Jacob Lynch, D. C.