Randolph County, W. V.- The Will of Thomas Phillips, Sr. - 1806/1810

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS PHILLIPS

RECORDED IN WILL BOOK 1, PAGE 106, RANDOLPH CO., WV


In the name of God, Amen. I, THOMAS PHILLIPS, SENIOR, of the County of Randolph and State
of Virginia, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and 
memory, blessed be God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament,
in manner and form following, that is to say, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife her
being while she remains my widow of the place, that is to say our milch cow yearly and she
is to give her back [illegible] when not giving milk. I do allow her Twenty Bushels of Grain
a year and yearly that&rsquo;s to say, Ten of Corn and five of wheat and five of Rye and
three hundred weight of pork a year and her bed and beding and as long as she lives on the
place she is to have the above support and I also give and bequeath unto my youngest son, 
MOSES PHILLIPS, my [unable to decipher] that I now possess and I also give and bequeath unto
son BENJAMIN PHILLIPS my lots in the Town of Beverly and County and State aforesaid and I 
give and bequeath unto Henry, Isaac, Joseph, John, Thomas, William, Benjamin One Dollar each
as I do allow they have got their full shear before and as for personal property I do allow
and bequeath to Moses at my death all my goods and chattles of every kind and I do revoke all
former Wills and Testaments but this present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand dated
the twelfth day of January One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six. 

His

Signed: X

Thomas Phillips (SEAL)

Mark

Signed, Sealed and declared by the above named Thomas Phillips to be his Last Will and 
Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names to Witness in the 
presents of the Testator.

Richard Kittle

Abraham Kittle, Junr.

John Sproul

It is hereby acertained by the within Testator that John Stalnaker is to have the benefit 
of his lease for five years.

I, SUSANNAH PHILLIPS, wife of Thomas Phillips, Senr., late deceased the eighth day of August,
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten doth assign my name to the within Will of my husband, it
being his Last Will and Testament and I also do agree and is fully satisfied with the within
Will. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal dated this 14th of August 1810. 

Susannah Phillips (her mark)

Signed Sealed in the present of us, Isaac Kittle, John Sproul. 
 

RANDOLPH COUNTY, August Term, 1810: This, the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Phillips, Sr., 
with the assent of Susanna Phillips endorsed thereon, was produced in Open Court, proven by 
the oaths of Richard Kittle, Abraham Kittle and John Sproul subscribing witnesses and ordered
to be recorded.