Upshur County WV Archives Wills.....Hyre, Peter January 8, 1852 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com April 29, 2010, 3:59 am Source: Calendar Of Wills In West Virginia, No. 49. Upshur County (buckhannon) Written: January 8, 1852 Recorded: February 1852 HYRE, PETER, Upshur County, Va., 8 Jan. 1852; Feb. term, 1852. Wife, ELIZABETH, sons ELMORE HYRE, JOHN HYRE, TURNER HYRE, STEWART HYRE, HENRY HYRE, TAYLOR HYRE, daus. RUHANNAH SIMMONS, MINNIE [HYRE]. Son Elmore Hyre, ex. Testator bequeaths to wife ELIZABETH, "sorrel mare and young black horse," 4 cows, 15 sheep, 7 hogs, 2 yoke of oxen, farming equipment to carry on farm, all household furniture "except a good bed to each of the girls" use of farm for widowhood; to dau. RHUHANNAH SIMMONS, prior gifts consisting of cow, calf, 3 sheep, one side saddle, bed clothes, valued at $38; to son ELMORE HYRE, horse and saddle valued at $100 and 100 a. tract on Beaver Run where sd. Elmore resides, ex. to make deed with provision that he pay $70, prior pints, having amounted to $30, pmt. to be made to "Turner and the rest of the boys younger than he when they are of age"; to son JOHN HYRE, prior gift of horse arid saddle and cow valued at $100, and also 100 a. tract on Left Hand Fork of Bulls Run where sd. John now resides with provision that he pay $100 as in afsd. bequest; to son TURNER HYRE, prior gift of one young bay mare and saddle; to son STEWARD HYRE, "my dun mare's youngest colt"; to HENRY and TAYLOR, "colts or horses equal to Turner and Steward"; to dau. MINNIE, "sorrells youngest colt"; remainder of realty and personalty to "wife ELIZABETH. Teste., Pascal P. Young, Benjamin Gould, William S. Bready. Bk, A, pp. 4, 5. Additional Comments: ABBREVIATIONS a. acre afsd aforesaid Bk. Book dau(s). daughter(s) ex(s). executor(s) pmt(s). payment(s) pp. pages sd. said teste. testated File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/upshur/wills/hyre32nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb