Monongalia County WV Archives Wills.....Knight, Thomas May 20, 1829
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Source: Monongalia County Wills, Familysearch.org
Written: May 20, 1829
Recorded: February 1830

Will of Thomas Knight, SR

Will dated May 20, 1829, probated during the February term 1830 in Monongalia 
County, VA, Will Book 1, pages 49 and 50.

Distribution of property:

Item 1: Testator desires that his wife, Barbara, shall have all the property she 
brought with her at the time of their marriage that may remain in
testator’s possession, also 1 coverlid, 1 hatchet, coffee mill, tea kettle, 
3 plates, 6 tea cups and saucers, 5 teaspoons, bread basket, tea cannister, old 
pot, small kettle, oven, 2 chairs, washing tub, fat tub, bucket, reel, churn, 
cow & 1 sheep during her natural life and after her decease I give the same to 
one of my children hereinafter named.

Item 2: Testator bequeaths to William Knight (son) a geography, life of Wesley, 
Vol. of Fletcher’s works, to him, his heirs forever.

Item 3: Testator bequeaths to Thomas Knight (son) 50 acres of land, the same 
land that was conveyed by deed, by Thomas Wilson, the young man’s best 
companion, the Golden Treasury, 2 sheep & 1 spider to him & his heirs forever.

Item 4: Testator bequeaths to Seth Knight, (son) all land on Paw Paw Creek, land 
that testator now lives on, about 64 acres, to him & his heirs forever; also to 
Seth (son), hand mill, framing tools, carpenter tools, slate, looking glass, 
large kettle, horse and saddle, cupboard & still yards, on condition that said 
Seth buries testator decently in Prickets graveyard at side of former wife.






Item 5: Testator bequeaths to Elizabeth Thorn (dau.), his Bible, hymn book, 
prayer book, table, desk, bed & bedding & cow, also, all the property that is to 
remain in said wife’s hand, as long as wife lives.

Item 6: As to the balance of his estate, testator bequeaths to Seth Knight, 
(son) on condition that Seth gives to Barbary (wife) annually, 15 bushels of 
corn and 5 bushels of wheat, use of meadow, part of orchard for apples & cider, 
for family use during her natural life.

Witnesses:  David Musgrave, Charles Conoway and Jeremiah Snodgrass.
  

At a court in Monongalia County during the February term 1830, the foregoing 
will and testament of Thomas Knight was produced and proven by oath of David 
Musgrave and Jeremiah Snodgrass, witnesses, and ordered to be recorded.


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