Will of Samuel BUGG

Dec. 24, 1775; Proved March 10 1777, Mecklenburg Co, VA, WB 1, p. 220-221 (not final proof)

In the name of God Amen. I Samuel Bugg of Mecklenburg county being sick in body but in perfect mind & memory do give and disperse of all my worldly goods in the following manner and form . First I lend my daughter Sarah Hix a Negro wench named Hannah and one feather bed & furniture to her proper use and no other and at her death to be given to her Children. I also give to my son Sherwood Bugg one Negro man named Dick & one feather bed & furniture. Also I give to my son Samuel Bugg one Negro man named Pompey & one feather bed and furniture. Also I give to my son Jacob Bugg one negro Boy named Bosson & one feather bed and furniture. Also I give to my son Edmund Bugg one Negro boy named Frank and one feather bed & furniture. Also I give to my son Anselm Bugg one Negro boy named Moses & one feather bed and furniture. Also I give to my daughter Lucy Bugg one Negro girl named Denah & one feather bed [WB 2, page 221] bed and furniture. Also I desire that my estate shall all be kept together (except what I now lend my daughter Sarah Hix) for the support and maintenance of my wife Martha Bugg and my six youngest children above mentioned until my son Sherwood Bugg comes to the age of twenty one years or my wife Martha Bugg should marry and then I desire that all my personal estate that I have not dispersed of to be equally divided between all my Children above mentioned and at the same time for my lands to be sold and the money equally divided between my five sons above mentioned and after the division of my estate I desire for my wife Martha Bugg to be maintained out of my children's estates (begotten of her) as long as she lives a widow and if either of my children should loose one of their negros that I have now given them before the division of my estate they shall be allowed the value there of the said negros I likewise constitute make and ordain Amos Hix, Jacob Bugg, Bennett Woods, & Sherwood Bugg my sole executors of this my last will and Testament. In Witness which I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Twenty-forth day of December one thousand seven hundred & seven five.

Signed & sealed
Samuel Bugg {seal}

in the presence of
Jacob Bugg
Thomas Langley
Joel Chandler
Samuel Leigh

At a Court held for Mecklenburg County the 10th day of March 1777.

This will was proved by the oaths of Thomas Langley and Joel Chandler Witnesses there to & Ordered to be
recorded. And on the motion of Amos Hix & Jacob Bugg two of the execs therein named who made oath thereto
and together with George Baskerville and Thomas Langley their securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of two thousand pounds conditioned as the law directs Certificate was granted them for obtaining a probal of the said Will in due form, Liberty being reserved for the other Exor's named in the said Will to join in the probate when they shall think fit

Teste
John Brown CK Court

Division of the Estate of Samuel Bugg

Mecklenburg County WB 2 p. 90
Made March 12, 1783, Recorded Feb. 10 1785

Pursuant to an Order of the Court of Mecklenburg County
We the subscribers therein mentioned have divided the following negroes and Beds (to each)

Culley to Sarah Hix - 90
Grace and Silvia to Sherwood Bugg - 70
Dina to Samuel Bugg - 85
Joe Amy and Jack to Jacob Bugg - 60
Stephen and Hannah to Edmund Bugg - 85
Jane & Fincy to Anselm Bugg - 100

Also

1 Feather Bed to Sherwood Bugg - 9
1 Feather Bed to Samuel Bugg - 9
1 Feather Bed to Jacob Bugg - 9
1 Feather Bed to Edmund Bugg - 8
1 Feather Bed to Anselm Bugg - 9

Certified under our Hands & seals this 12th day of March 1783
John Speed {seal}
_________ {seal}
_________ {seal}
_________

Inventory and Appraisal of the estate of Samuel Bugg
Mecklenburg County WB 1 p. 245-247
Mecklenburg County December ____ 1777 _______ to an order
This Court we the subscribers being first _________ hath appraised
The estate of Samuel Bugg decd. in current money. Viz.

One Negro Man Stephen		175
One Ditto Culley		200
One Ditto Jo		20
One Negro Women Jane		140
One Ditto Grace		40
One Ditto Amey		15
One Negro Girl Dinah		70
One Negro Child ____ y		80
One Negro Boy Jo		65
One Ditto Jack		45
One Negro Man Pompy		210
One Ditto Dick		210
One Negro Boy Boson	Legacys	155
One Ditto Frank		100
One Ditto Moses		80
One Horse		15
One Mare		10
One Horse Colt		30
41 Cattle		100
60 Hogs		30
33 Sheep		24	15
1 Feather Bed and Furniture		12
1 Ditto		12
1 Ditto		10
1 Ditto		10
1 Ditto		8
1 Ditto		5
1 Mans saddle		7
1 Womans Ditto		10
3 old Saddles		1	10
1 Desk		10
2 Tables		8
1 Ditto		1	10
1 Ditto			10
1 Buchett on the new Testament	2
1 Large Bible			15
__ parcel of old Books		3
1 pr money scales			10
1 pr hand irons		1	5
1 pr Tongs and shovel			8
4 China Bowls		12	15
1 Dozen ____ Cups and saucers	1	5
18 Stone plates			18
1 Dozen Stone Cups and saucers		3
1 Sugar dish			1
1 Milk pot			1
7 Iron Candle sticks			4
1 pr snuffers			1
1 pr salts			2
1 Popper _____				6
1 Cannister			1
1 Glass can			9	6
1 Pint Tumbler			6
1 Stone Pitcher			1	6
1 old Cast		1
2 old Chevle			16
11 stone jugs		1	2
2 Bottles			2
3 Butter Pots		1
1 Flax wheel		2
1 Ditto			16
1 Wooling wheel			6
1 pr cotton Cards		1	10
2 pr old Cards		1
3 Iron pots and one Dutch oven	6	16
1 Skillet			6
1 Tea Kettle & one Coffee Pot	1	10
__ ____ _______			10
18 Knives and forks			10
1 Cutter _____		9	6
3 Pewter Basons		1	10
11 Ditto Dishes		1	5
11 Ditto plates			16	6
6 Ditto Spoons			11
1 Grid Iron			1	3
1 large Copper bottle			12	10
1 pr sheep Shears			2	6
1 Wire Riddle			19
1 Loom and warping Bars		1
4 P____ and one Tubb		1	1	6
9 Chairs		1	7
7 Ditt			10
1 Old Slate			1	6
7 Axes		3	7
5 Grubbing Hoes		1	12
1 Cross cut saw		2	5
1 hand Ditto		0	15
9 hoes		3
1 Trow			2
3 Plow hoes			15
3 Plain stocks and 4 Irons			10
14 Beef hooks		1	12
4 Augers			8
2 Chizzels and a gouge			3	9
1 Howel			5
1 Drawing knife			3
1 Adze			5
1 pr stockyards		1
1 Flax Hatchet		2	10
1 gun		2	5
1 Hone			5
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		₤. 1939	7

Executors
Jacob Bugg
Amos Hix

Appr.
John Speed
James Hix
Joel Chandler

This Appraisement was returned into Meckbg. County Court the 8th day of December 1777 & ordered to be recorded.
Test
John Brown C Clerk

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Submitted by David Clark Dorsey

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