Greenbrier County, West Virginia - Will of William McCoy - 1850 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** The records for this work have been submitted by Randy McCoy, E-mail address: McCoyRL @compuserve.com, January, 1999. ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM MCCOY GREENBRIER COUNTY JUNE 17, 1850 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, William McCoy, of the County of Greenbrier and State of Virginia, do make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament, Hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made. After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses, I give to my beloved wife, Nancy, one black mare now on the farm and a new saddle together with all my beds, household and kitchen furniture to be at her own disposal. Also, a negro girl named Korinda during her natural life. The above is not given in case of dower, but it is my will that she take dower in all my lands. To my daughter, Elizabeth Vanosdal, I give one dollar having heretofore given to her so much as intended her to have of my estate. To my daughter, Margaret McFarland, I give one dollar having heretofore advanced to her as much as I intended her to have of my estate. To my daughter, Jane Knox, I give and bequeath the plantation on which she now lives during her natural life. To my son, James, I give one dollar having heretofore given to him what I intended him to have of my estate. To my son, Andrew, I give my interest in a survey of 275 acres made for James Patton, myself and said Andrew McCoy, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. To my daughter, Lucinda Bell, I give one dollar, having heretofore given her as much as I intended her to have of my estate. To my son, Joseph McCoy, I give a tract of land of 1,021 acres in the County of Greenbrier on Big and Little Clear Creek granted to me by the Commonwealth, Patent the 30th day of April 1846, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. To my daughter, July Ann Brown, I give and bequeath a lot of land of about four acres joining the Ocheltree Plantation on which my son Charles now lives. Also, 125 acres, my part of a tract on Little Clear Creek, patent to James Patton and me by the Commonwealth of Virginia the 31st day of December 1844; also, 100 acres, my half of a tract of two hundred acres, patent as the last above, the 29th day of April 1848, to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Also, I give my said daughter July Ann Brown, one hundred fifty dollars to be paid by my executors. Page #2 Last Will and Testament of William McCoy, June 17, 1850 Greenbrier County To my son, John P. McCoy, I give and bequeath all that part of the Plantation on which I live that lies on the north side of the road from Williamsburg to Spring Creek, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Also. a small tract or parcel joining the land of John Williams and Joseph and Frank McClung, being part of the Peebles Survey and containing about five hundred acres, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. To my son, Charles McCoy, I give and bequeath a tract of land on the waters of Sinking Creek containing one hundred and ninety acres, granted to me by the Commonwealth the 31st day of August 1836, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. To my grandchildren, Augusta Williams, Josephine Knox, Elizabeth Knox and Wileman Knox, children of my daughter, Jane Knox, I will and bequeath the Plantation on which their mother, Jane Knox, lives. After the death of their mother, Jane Knox, now being willed to her during her natural life, to them, their heirs and assigns forever. To my grandchildren, James McCoy and Eliza McCoy, children of the son Andrew McCoy by his first wife, Emaline Maze, I will and bequeath a negro girl named Floramay after the death of my wife, also being willed to her during her married life, to them, their heirs and assigns forever with her increase. To my grandson, William (Will) McCoy, son of Joseph McCoy, I give and bequeath 233 acres of land on the waters of Sinking Creek joining a survey marker for Robert Young, a survey made for James McCoy, deceased, called the Legg Place and James McCoy Junr. to him, his heirs and assigns forever. To my grandson, William Webster Brown, son of daughter July Ann Brown, I give and bequeath one third of a survey of 568 acres. That being my part, patent to me, John McCoy and Joseph McCoy, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. The residue of my estate, I will and bequeath to my wife to be entirely at her disposal. I hereby appoint John Brown and my son, John P. McCoy, executors of My Last Will and Testament, June 17, 1850. Page #3 Last Will and Testament of William McCoy, June 17, 1850 Greenbrier County TESTE: John P. McCoy William McCoy Aaron Waldo David Hanna GREENBRIER COUNTY COURT January Term 1853 A paper, proporting to be The Last Will and Testament of William McCoy, deceased, was produced in court and proven by the oath of John McCoy and David Hanna, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered it be recorded, whereupon John Brown and John P. McCoy, the executors, therein named who makes oath, these two together with John McClung and Joseph McCoy, therein securities entered into and acknowledged a bond, in the penalty of $2,000 conditioned as the said death certificate is granted the said executor for obtaining probate of said will in due form A Copy Teste Joel McPherson, Clk.