WILL OF JOHN SANDRIDGE

            PROBATED 21 FEBRUARY 1803, AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA


         In the name of God Amen the sixth day of December in the year
     of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & ninety-six I John
     Sandidge of the Co. of Amherst being in health of body and of
     perfect mind and memory Thanks be to God therefore calling to
     mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed
     for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my last will and
     testament in manner and form following Viz principally and first
     of all I give my Soul to God that gave it trusting that through
     the mercy and merits of Jesus Christ my Blessed Savior to receive
     full pardon of all my Sins committed in this life and be received
     into eternal life and my Body I give to the Earth to be Buried in
     Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my
     Executors hereafter named, and as touching such worldly Estate as
     it has pleased God to bless me with. I give and dispose of it in
     the following manner
         Item vz I give to my daughter Mary Sandidge one Negro girl
     named Matilda to her and her heirs forever also one feather Bed
     and Furniture one cow & calf three hundred weight of Pork & 3
     barrels of corn to be raised out of my Estate.
         Item I give to my Daughter Rachel Sandidge one Feather Bed
     and Furniture one cow & calf and 3 barrels of corn and 300 weight
     of Pork to be raised out of my Estate.
         Item I give to my Daughter Amy Sandidge one feather Bed and
     furniture one cow and calf three Barrels of corn & 300 weight of
     Pork to be raised out of my Estate.
         Item I give to my son Waller Sandidge one feather bed and
     furniture one cow and calf three Barrels of corn  and 300 weight
     of Pork to be raised out of my Estate also my Gun & Shott Powder
         Item my two tracts of land the one that I bought of John
     Roberts one hundred and eighty acres and the Tuck Mountain Survey
     to be sold together and the land I bought of Nebon Crawford and
     Blankston Mountain Survey to be sold together and all the rest of
     my Estate both real and personal to be sold in the like manner of
     the last above mentioned to the highest Bidder agreeable to law
     and the money arising from such Sale to be equally Divided
     amongst my Children that is to say William Sandidge, Pulliam
     Sandidge, Dolly Higgenbotham, Mary Sandidge, Ann Higgenbotham,
     Larkin Sandidge, Benjamin Sandidge, Betsy Carter, Annis
     Childress, Delphia Carter, Rachel Sandidge, Amy Sandidge & Waller
     Sandidge.
         Item My Will is that if any of my above named children should
     die without lawful heir that their divisible part of my Estate
     shall be equally divided amongst my surviving children.  It is my
     will that the part of Ann Higgenbotham of my Estate shall be
     equally Divided amongst her children Viz Dolly Higgenbotham,
     Fanny Higgenbotham, Agey Higgenbotham, Warner Higgenbotham, Betsy
     Higgenbotham & Ann Higgenbotham to be paid to them as they come
     of lawful age by my Executors

         Item Also it is my will that the divisible part of my Estate
     given to my daughter Delphia Carter Dec'd to be equally divided 
     between her son Larkin Gatewood Carter and my daughter Rachel
     Sandidge his part to be paid him by my Executors when he comes of
     lawful age Finally I appoint my three sons that is to say William
     Sandidge, Larkin Sandidge, and Waller Sandidge Executors of this
     my last Will and Testament.

                               John Sandidge


     Signed Sealed & published & pronounced the day and date above
     written in the presence of Benjamin Coleman.

Submitted by John R. (Randy) Martin (Contributed November 24, 1997)
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