Last Will and Testament of Joseph Wiglesworth
Original will {page 1} {page 2}
[NB : The edges of this document are ragged and many words missing.
Where possible I have indicated what is missing with brackets; when not
known I have indicated with brackets and the word 'missing']
I Joseph Wiglesworth of Spotsylvania County being weak & low but of
Sound mind & memory do constitute this my last Will & Testament
revoki[ng] all others heretofore made by me in the man[ner] following
Viz
[Item 1}st. I wish all my Just debts & funeral expenses [missing] first
paid out of the sale of my crops [& peri}shable estate.
[Item] I lend to my beloved Wife Ann Wigles[wor]th the following
property to wit the whole of my tract of Land South of the road Leading
to Wallers Tavern together with the following negroes Walker Lindsay
Nelley & her child betsy, patsy Jim Sylvia Cyrus Cealy George & Eady &
all the Increase of the females, during her life or Widowhood & after
her death I give the same to my son Warren A. Wiglesworth but in case
she should marry again she is to have only one third of the Land with
the houses & half the Negroes named & my son Warren A the Ballance [sic]
& at the death of my [sa]id wife I wish my son to have all the property
heretofore lent or may be hereafter named. I also lend [o]ne half of
the Household & all the Kitchen furniture [missing] taken at appraise
Value one third part of the [missing] of my perishable Estate also my
gigg [sic]& harness.
[Item] I give unto my Daughter Kitty I. Wiglesworth [the] following
negroes to wit Fanny Mary Henry Parmelia Harry Mariah John Partrick
[sic] & Sam which said negroes I give to her & her heirs forever also
one fourt[h] part of my household furniture with one fourth Part of my
Perishable estate.
4thly, I give to my son Mansfield Wiglesworth the following Negroes to
wit Isabel, Thornton, Rose Tom Overton & Ailsey and that part of my
la[nd] which lies north of the road leading to Wall[ers] Tavern also one
fourt[h] part of my Perishable [missing] meaning in every case after my
Debts are paid [missing] residue to be divided on[e] fourt[h] part of
the house[hold] furniture.
5th. The Ballance [sic] of my Estate not heretofore given away or
loaned I wish to be divided between my sons William John Callum Joseph &
Addison Wiglesworth & in the event that my son Addison being dead his
portion to be divided between the four surviving ones or their legal
representatives I also desire my Estate to be kept together until the
crop now began is finished the discretion to be used by my Executor
hereafter to be named.
Lastly I constitute & appoint my friend & relati[ve] John Wiglesworth my
Executor to this my la[st] Will & Testament of whom I direct the court
[missing] no security for the Execution of my Will.
Witness my hand & seal this 28th day of [missing] 1827.
Joseph Wiglesworth
[His mark]
Acknowledged in presence of
/s/ Wm. B. Blaydes
/s/ Henry Duerson
/s/ Alfred Lewis
At a Court held for Spotsylvania County the 5th day of March 1827.
The last will and testament of Joseph [A. Wig]lesworth deceased was
proved by the [oa]ths of William B. Blaydes and Henry {Duer]son two of
the witnesses thereto and [is or]dered to be recorded ~ and on the
[moti]on of John Wiglesworth the executor [there]in named who made oath
thereto [and] entered into and acknowledged a bond [in] the penalty of
$16000 conditioned as the law directs Certificate is granted him for
obtaining a probate of said will in due form.
Teste
R. L. Stevenson, C. C.
Recorded liber M folio 23
Citation :
Spotsylvania Original Will File
This will was transcribed for the USGenWeb Project by Barbara Bower on 9 January 1999. Any and all commercial use of this transcription is prohibited.
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