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In the name God Amen. I William Drumright of Mecklenburg County and state of
Virginia being of sound mind and (word indistinct) memory for which I thank
Good, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die and as for such
worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath the
same in manner and form following (sig)
Item 1st.. my will and desire is
that all my just debts and funeral expenses be honestly and punctually paid.
Item 2nd.. I loan to my living wife Sally Drumright and my daughter
Elizabeth Drumright all my estate both real and personally (that is left after
my just debts and funeral expenses ae honestly paid) during my wife's life if my
daughter Elizabeth chooses not to live with my loving wife then and in that case
she my daughter Elizabeth may have a further bed and furniture and cow and calf.
Item 3rd..at the death of my wife my will and desire is that all my
personal estate that I have loaned my wife and my daughter Elizabeth to be
equally divided among my following children namely Frances Arnold, wife of
Joseph Arnold; Sally Morris, wife of (name indistinct) Morris; Lucy Morris, wife
of Henry Morris, William Drumright and heirs…William I give my shot gun at my
death, Ephriam Drumright and Elizabeth Drumright which I give to him and their
heirs forever.
Item 4th.. what property I have let my son James
Drumright have I give the same to him and his heirs forever.
Item 5th..
what property I have let my daughter Nancy Taylor formerly the wife of Goodin
Taylor I give to her and her heirs forever.
Item 6th.. what property I
have let my daughter Patsy Hunt formerly the wife of Goodin Hunt I give to her
and her heirs forever.
Item 7th.. at my loving wife's death I give the
tract of land I now live on to Ephriam Drumright to him and his heirs forever.
Item 8..what property I have let my daughter RebeckahWaller, formerly
the wife of Starling Waller I give the same to her and her heirs forever.
Item 9th.. and lastly I (2 words indistinct) and appoint my sons William
Drumright, Ephriam Drumright to this my last will and testament (above is
written in: (word indistinct) and disannulling all other wills and testaments)
heretofore made by me. Given….(end of collected text).
Submitted 9 July 2000 by Ed Waller
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