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Mecklenburg County, VA, Will Book 9, page 45.
In the name of
God, Amen. I George Farrar of Mecklenburg County and State of Virginia
being sick of body but of sound mind and calling to remembrance that all
flesh must age when it shall please God to call him do make and ordain
this my last will and testament revocing all and every will by me
heretofore made, in manner and form following.
Item. I give unto
my beloved wife the tract of land whereon I now live to her during her
life and at the death of my wife to be sold upon four years wait and the
money arising from sale to be equally divided between all my children
except Sally Baugh to them and their heirs forward.
Item. My
will and desire is that my wife should have one third part of my estate
that is to say of Negroes, horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs including all
and everything I now have in possession except the present crop now made
I give unto her forward and the death of my wife my will and desire is
for it to be equally divided among all my children except Sally Baugh
and my will and desire is for her to receive the sum of eight shillings
as her full proportion of her legacy of my estate.
My will and
desire is that Thos. Farrar, Betsy Whittemore, Patsy Johnson, and the
heirs of my son Hilmond Farrar should when receiving their legacy of the
property that will be sold after wife has tacen her demise should return
eighty dollars apiece for the benefit of my children who now live with
me that is to say Ann Farrar, Judy, Beccy, Alexander and Arthur, if the
sale should amount to as much apiece after my wife has her thirds of
land of if not the (can't make out the word) to made up at the death of
my wife and
lastly I appoint my friends William and Charles
Baskerville of this last will and testament this being 7th of February
1819.
Witness
Benja Ricky
Wiley Tucker
Submitted by Carol Smith
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