Berkeley County, West Virginia   Will of Christopher Weaver, 1783, 1788

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This file was submitted by Laurence Weaver, Jr.

Will of Christopher Weaver, 1783, 1788

In the name of God Amen I Christopher Weaver living on       
Sleepy Creek in Berkeley County and colony of Virginia       
Yeoman being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and      
memory thanks be to God calling into mind    the mortality      
of my body do make this my last will and testimate in manner      
following I recommend my Soul into the Land of Almighty God      
that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be      
buried in a decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my      
Executor and as such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased      
God to help me in this life I give and devise and dispose of      
the Same in the following manner and form first I give and      
bequeath to Elizabeth Weaver my dearly beloved wife the      
third of my land during her life time and all my moveable      
Estate after all my Just debts and funeral be paid Also I      
give to my well beloved sons John Weaver and William Weaver      
and Henry Weaver and daughters Mary and Dolly and Elizabeth      
an equal part at my wife's Decease and if John Weaver is not      
satisfied to be paid five Shillings Sterling out of the      
Estate  Also I give to my beloved son Christopher the tract      
of land which I now live on to him his heirs and aligns for      
ever Likewise constitute Elizabeth Weaver my wife and Chris-     
topher Weaver and William Rankin make and ordain any Sale      
Executors of this my last will and testament I do hereby      
utterly disallow and make all former testament Wills Lega-     
cies and Executors Ratifying and confirming this and no      
other to be my last Will and testament and in witness wher-     
eof I have hereto set my hand seal this twenty eight day of      
March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and      
eighty three.  Signed sealed and declared as my last will      
and testament                       
Christopher Weaver (LS) in presence of William Rankin Mathias 
Swain & William Hixson(?) At a court held for Berkeley County the 
15th day of April 1788       
this last will and testament of Christopher Weaver deceased       
was proved by the oaths of William Rankin and William Hixon      
two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Examine              
Testr.                      
M.V. Hunter ClCt 
(The above will was hand copied from the original hand-written      
will at the County Court House, Martinsburg, West Virginia,      
by the compiler - law jr. Because of the age of the paper,      
it could not be removed from the book to be photocopied.)

Copyright 1997 Laurence Weaver, Jr.  Laurence has submitted this file 
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