Greenbrier County, West Virginia - Will of James McCoy - 1777

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
       JAMES MCCOY 
     Feburary 17, 1777   
    Greenbrier County Virginia

In the name of God Amen:
    I James McCoy of Greenbrier in the County of Botetourt, a Colony of 
Virginia, being weak and sickly of body but of sound memory and understanding.  
Thanks be given to the Almighty Giver, and calling to mind that it appointed, 
for all men, once to die.  I do therefore of what worldly substance it hath 
pleased God to bless me with, will & ordain that it be disposed in the manner 
following, and I do hereby revoke and disannul any will or testament by me 
heretofore made.
    Im Primus, I bequeath unto my son John and to my daughters Jane, Sarah, 
Elizabeth and Mary, the sum of five Shillings each.
Item: I bequeath unto my son William, a tract of land lying in Stuarts Draught, 
to him & his heirs forever. Item: I bequeath unto my two sons James and David, 
the Plantation wherein I live in Greenbrier.  And will that it be divided 
between by a line drawn according to the course I have already marked, to them 
and their heirs forever. Lastly: My moveable estate, I bequeath unto my wife 
Jane, together with the rent of my Plantation in the Cow pasture during her 
lifetime. And at her decease, to be divided amongst her children according to 
her discretion and if she shall see necessary, I empower her to sell the said 
Plantation and use the money arising from the sale to dispose in like manner and 
if said Plantation is unsold at her decease, I will, that it be equally divided 
between my two sons James and David to them and their heirs forever.  And 
further, I will that my said wife shall have the profits on the third of the 
part of the Plantation I have in Greenbrier which I bequeathed unto my son 
David. And I do hereby appoint my said wife, Executrix, and my son, Executor, of 
this, my last will.  Signed with my hand and sealed with my seal, this 
seventeenth day of Feburary in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
and seventy seven. (77)
                                       James McCoy   (SEAL)

Acknowledged & declared to be his last in the presence of us;

Wm. Hunter Cavendish
John Williams
Charles Howard

The words to them & their heirs forevermore were interlined before signed.
    
    At a Court held for Greenbrier County, November 21st, 1780.
This instrument of writing was presented in court as and for the last will and 
testament of James McCoy Dec'd. and proven by the oath of Wm. Hunter Cavendish 
and John Williams, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to record.  On the 
motion of Jane McCoy the executrix named herein, who made oath according to law. 
Certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof, she entered into & 
acknowledged bond with Wm. Hunter Cavendish and John Williams, her security, 
with condition as the law directs.
                                  Teste:
                                       John Stuart   Clk. 
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