William Blacksmith
In section 35 of the will of General James Taylor, which was
written on December 28, 1844, he made the following provisions for his slaves.
"It is my will that WILLIAM BLACKSMITH and his wife, and their two children, ROBERT and FLORIDA, are to have one hundred acres out of said tract. (tract above Alexandria, surveyed and patented to John Clark)
The land willed to my respective servants; they are to hold for and during their natural lives, and at their deaths, to their children; if they have no children, the same is to revert back to my heirs."