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CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILL ABSTRACTS 1791-1803 @he Aduticnt Messy RUTH & SAM SPARACIO CR.WB-06/88 UVMMY C€S— - A F232 .C9 C8565 1988 1791- WN ARY | 6 Culpeper County, Virginia ? CR.WB-06/88 will abstracts. THE ANTIENT PRESS VIRGINIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS WILL BOOK CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1791 — 1803 ~ This Antient Press publication contains entries from Culpeper County Will Book D, September 19, 1791 through April 19, 1803. Transcript of the Original Book by Ruth and Sam Sparacio For information or to order a copy: email: [email protected] Website: www.antientpress.com The Antient Press Family of Ruth and Sam Sparacio Copyright 1988 Reproduction/Distribution in any format requires permission CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA Will Book D 19 September 1791 - 19 April 1803 In Obedience to an Order of Court for the selling off the Estate of JOHN ia CHRISTIAN SEPS Decd as follows in October 1788 .. items listed with value of 3 items sold .. total value of sale 53 pounds 15/6 .. Subscribed by MARY SEPS. Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Account of Sales of the Estate of JOHN C. SEPS deced was returned into Court & ordered to be recorded. ; ; The Estate of John C. Seps deced to the Administratrix. Dr. (some entries) .. paid GEORGE WHEELER per Bond; paid JNO. and SUSAN YAGER per ditto; paid ADAM GAAR per ditto .. Cr. cash received of JOSHUA LEATHER, received of RICHARD JINKINS, ditto of HENRY AYLER; ditto of JOHN STONSIFER; ditto of MARTIN BARNES; ditto of DANIEL BEEMAN; ditto of JAMES HOWSLEY, ditto of WM. CHAPMAN; ditto of GEO. UTZ; ditto of JOSHUA BARLER; ditto of JAMES COWELL, ditto of JAMES BARBOUR; ditto of JOHN GIBBS .... Agreeable to an order of the Court of Culpeper we the Subscribers having met and examined the accounts and papers of Mary Seps Administratrix of John Seps Decd find the within statement is Just as appears from the vouchers produced. Given under our hands this 16th day of September 1791. WILLIAM WALKER, MORDECAI BARBOUR, EPHRAIM RUCKER. Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Settlement of the Estate of JOHN SEPS deced with Mary Seps the Administratrix was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. pp. An Estimate of the Slaves & Personal Estate of ARMISTEAD WHITE deced .. items 3- listed and valued to total! 888 pounds 5/9 .. Certificates to the amount of 1554 4 pounds 2/9 .. (includes five negro men; two negro women each with child, and five others, three men & two women) .. Agreeable to an Order of Culpeper Court we the Subscribers have appraised the slaves and Personal Estate of Armstd. White deced as it appears within. Given under our hands this 16th day of June 1791. JOHN SLAUGHTER, JOHN S. SLAUGHTER, CADW. SLAUGHTER. Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 16th day of September 1791 This Inventory of the Estate of Armistead White deced was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. p. In Obedience to an Order of Court to us directed bearing date the twentieth day of * June 1791 We being first sworn have appraised the Estate of JAMES WILY deceased as followeth .. items listed and valued to total 92 pounds 13/0 .. ISABET¢- WILY Made by appraisers THOMAS JORDAN, ELIAS CLARK, DANIEL LORY (7). Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Inventory of the Estate of John Wiley deced was returned into Court and Ordered to be Recorded. p. Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of WILLIAM GARRARD deced being agreeable to an Order of the Court held for Culpeper County the 18th day of July _1791 made by JAMES BROWNING, JOHN MINOR & WILLIAM BROOKE sworn apprai- Sers .. items listed and valued to total 154 pounds 11/3 .. (includes four negroes appraised “2- CULPEPER COUNTY WILL BOOK D to 120 pounds 0/0) .. At a Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Inventory of the Estate of William Garrard deced was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. pp. An Amountof Sales of the Personal Estate of GEORGE YATES Deced the 20th day of 5- January 1789 on nine months Credit. (some entries) .. Dr.. Colo. SAMUEL CLAY- 7 TON total 29..16.2; to DAVID JAMESON total 13..7..0; TO MRS. MARY YATES total 7..10..6; to WILLIAM PIERCE total 1..19..0; to NATHANIEL ELKINS total 3..3..6: to KEMP CATLETT total 1..10..6; to JOHN MILLER BELL one black horse 11..0..0; to CHARLES MILES one flax wheel 0..9..6; to ROBERT LATHAM JUNR. 3..9..3; to THOMAS MARSTON 3..10..3; to DOCTR. JOEL GUSTINE 2..8..3; to RICHARD G. WIGGINTON ten books 0..15..0; to STEPHEN THRELKELD Colo. Sam. Clayton to pay 9.8..3; E. Exd. per D. JAMESON Acting Exor. David Jameson by dificiency on corn and other items. An Inventory of the slaves and personal Estate of George Yates deced .. items listed and valued to total 232 pounds 7/6; includes a negro man & two girls appraised to 135 pounds; made by appraisers JOHN MASON, STEPHEN THRELKELD, JAMES THRELKELD. At a Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Inventory and Account of Sales of the Estate of George Yates deceased was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. pp. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I JOHN MILLER BELL being in my perfect sences and 8- of sound mind and memory calling to mind the uncertainty of life do make and 9 ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following. I recom- mend my Soul to Almighty God & my worldly goods I bestow as follows. Item It is my will and desire that all my just Debts be paid. Item It is my will and desire that my Executors ALEXANDER DOWNEY & ROBERT SLAUGHTER do convey the land whereon I now live to PHILIP SLAUGHTER his heirs & assigns forever & I do hereby authorize & impower them to make such deed or deeds to the said Philip Slaughter his heirs & assigns as shall be sufficient to pass the fee simple Estate in my aforesaid land to him as aforesaid for which he is to pay four dollars per acre. Item I lend to my beloved Wife POLLY BELL two negroes a male & female her choice of all the Negroes I have dureing her life then to return & be equally divided between my children WILLIAM, HARRY, POLLY, SUSANNA & BETSEY. Item I give to my daughter Polly Bella negroe girl named Claroe to her and her heirs for ever. Item I give to my beloved Wife Polly Bell one half of all my household & kitchen furniture and one half of all my stock of horses, cattle, sheep & hoggs to her and her heirs forever. Item I lend to my beloved Wife Polly Bell during her life one sixth part of the remainder of my Estate and after her death the Negroes to return & be equally divided among my children. Item I give the remainder of my Estate to be equally divided among my children, William, Harry, Polly, Susanna & Betsey to them and their heirs for ever. Item It is my will and desire that my Executors do sett at full liberty old Malborough and old Venus. Item It is my will and desire that my Executors do educate in the best manner that the Estate will allow and when either of them come of age or marries to give them their share of the Estate & so on as every one of them comes of age or marries And lastly I do hereby appoint my Brother in Law Alexander Dawney,. FRANCIS MADDISON, ROBERT SLAUGHTER, SAMUEL SLAUGHTER & PHILIP SLAUGHTER Executors of this my last will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Twenty sixth day of July One thousand seven hundred & ninety one. CULPEPER COUNTY WILL BOOK D _¥- In presents of us RICHD. HAYNIE, John M. Bell THOMAS WRIGHT # , ZACHARIAH PETTY ¢. , JAMES SLAUGHTER. At a Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Last Will and Testament of John Miller Bell was exhibited to the Court by PHILIP & UEL two of the Executors therein named and was proved by the oaths of Richard Haynie, Thomas Wright and Zachariah Petty three of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of the said Executors Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form they having given Bond & Security according to Law, Liberty being reserved for the other Executors therein named to qualify when they shall think fitt. The Slaves of the Estate of CHRISTOPHER HOOMES deced amount by valuation to p. the sum of Eleven hundred ninety pounds which at the request and consent of the Legatees who was present was laid out in Lotts & drawn for by the parties, who agreed to stand to the said division, and those who should draw a lott which exceeded the average according to the apprais'd value to pay up to those whose lott was less than their share, the average amounting to 170 pounds, the said Lotts as below: Lott*1 drawn by NATH. SPILMAN; Lott *2 drawn by GEORGE FREEMAN; Lott *3 drawn by FANNIE FREEMAN; Lott *4 drawn by THOMAS FREEMAN; Lott #5 drawn by WILLIAM SHERRIL; Lott *6 drawn by JAMES SHARPE; Lott *7 drawn by JONAS GARNER & ISAAC ANDERSON. Legatees listed as Wm. Sherril, Thomas Freeman, James Sharpe & George Freeman. Executors JAMES PENDLETON, JOHN WIGGINTON. March 1785. Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791. This Allotment and drawing of the Estate of Christopher Hoomes deced was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. pp. An Account of Sales of the Estate of CHRISTOPHER HOOMES deced 11th March 1785 10- (some names in account) .. Sales to John Read, George Freeman, Fanny Freeman, 11 Elizabeth Freeman, William Withers, Thomas Freeman, James Sharpe, George Slaughter, Isaac Anderson, John Dillard, William Sherril, Jonas Garner, David McDonald, David Carnaggie, John Green, Armistead Green, John Matthews, John Ander- son, John Lear .. the corn & fodder divided among the Legatees and the meat given up by consent of the parties for the use of the family as also the beds. Exors. James Pen- dieton and John Wigginton. Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Account of Sales of the Estate of Christopher Hoomes deced was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. Pp. Dr. NICHS. TALIAFERRO Exor. to Estate of WILLIAM THURSTON deced .. account 1 for transactions in 1790 mentions cash paid JOSHUA WILLIS for corn; ditto to _,. JAMES SCOTT & JOHN STOCKDELL; cash paid RALPH QUARLES for a Bond given by Said Thurston to WM. BELLS Exors; cash paid DOCTR. CHARLES TAYLOR in part for his aR for attending Mr. Thurston in his illnesses; cash paid AARON FOUNTAIN; cash paid a TALIAFERRO for corn; cash paid RICHARD ANDERSON; cash paid CAPT. JOHN STOCK- a do hereby certify that this is a true statement of the acct of Nichs. Taliaferro Exor. 179] € Bate of William Thurston. Given under our hands this 19th day of September i. nH N GRINNAN, JAMES THOMAS, DANIEL GRINNAN. Thi Urt held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 his Statement of the Executorship of Nicholas Taliaferro with the Estate of William P. es | CULPEPER COUNTY WILL BOOK D Thurston deced was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. p. Agreeable to the within order of the Worshipful Court of Culpeper We the Sub- 13 scribers have examined the accounts of THOMAS SIMS Executor of THOMAS SIMS deceased and from the amount of the sales and debts he has paid for said Estate it appears he had paid four shillings and four pence more than the Estate sold and that the Prayer Book was unsold. ANTHO. HUGHES, JOHN STROTHER At a Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of September 1791 This Settlement of the Executorship of Thomas Sims Exor. of Thomas Sims was returned into Court and ordeed to be recorded. pp. I RICHARD QUINN of Culpeper County being in perfect sense.of mind & memory 13- and as touching such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give 14 and dispose of the same in the manner & form following. Item I will and desire the land whereon DAVID CAVE lives now be sold by my Exors to the best advan- tage they can in order to discharge my debts and if any overplus to return into my other other, Item I lend to my Wife NANCY QUINN all my Estate both real: and personal during her remaining my widow and no longer and at the death or marriage of said Wife I desire that the whole of my Estate be sold and my children hereafter mentioned to have necessary schooling out of the same then the remainder of my Estate to be sold and the money arising therefrom be put out on Interest till the youngest child marries or arrives to lawful age then I will and desire that the whole of the money be equally divided between my Son GARLAND QUINN, HARDIN QUINN, my daughter LUCY QUINN and the child my wife is now big with. I nominate and appoint my friends BELFIELD CAVE, JAMES WOOD and JAMES WHITE Exors of this my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand & seal this thirteenth day of Janry One thousand seven hundred & ninety one. Test: LEROY CANADAY, Richard Quinn EDWARD HERNDON, WM. GLASS Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 17th day of October 1791 This last Will and Testament of Richard Quinn decd was exhibited to the Court by Bel- field Cave and James Wood two of the Executors therein named and proved by the oaths of Leroy Canaday and Edward Herndon two of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And on the Motion of the said Executors Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form they having made oath thereto and given Bond and Security according to Law, Liberty being reserved for the other Executor therein named to qualify when he shall think fit. pp. Dr. The Estate of MARTIN NALLE Decd to WM. NALLE Exor. Account for the years 14 1787, 1788 (some entries) .. DANIEL FIELD for taxes; JOHN BROWN for Smiths 15 work; JOHN WILLIAMS his acct; paid my expenses to Maryland and advertising the land there; paid WM. MADERSON; HUMPHREY SPARKS for necessaries per acct from COLO. HILL .. Sales of personal Estate made March 31, 1791. Land whereon the deceased lived 330 pounds 0/0; a piece called DILLARDS TRACT 40 pounds; piece called the GRINDSTONE 35 pounds; by Tobacco of JOHN POPHAM; cash of JOHN BRILES: ditto of MATTHEW HAWKINS; HENRY SCOTT, PETER MARYE; HUMPHREY POPHAM; JOHN HAWKINS, MASON COLVIN.... Agreeable to an Order of Culpeper Court appointing us the Subscribers to settle the Estate of Martin Nalle decd with the Executor proceeded to business and passed the accounts as stated above. Given under our hands this 24th September 1791. H. HILL, JOHN GILLISON, 0. MINOR, JOHN TUTT. Ata Court held for Culpeper County the 17th day of October 1791