Will of Henry Grubb
Will
submitted by Vanessa Hyatt Farnsworth
I Henry Grub of Wythe County
Virginia do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following
that is to say: 1st It is my
will that all my perishable property be sold immediately after my decease and
out of the money arising there from all my just debts and funeral expenses be
discharged and paid. 2nd It
is my will and order that Dorothy my wife have the use of the Mansion House
during her life or widowhood and to be supported out of the produce of the old
plantation. 3rd It is my will
that my son John Grub have one hundred acres of my old tract of land to be laid
off in such manner as to include his house and improvement where he now lives
and to include all the low ground on Tates run below the fence of the meadow as
it now stands on the north side of said run and down the same to the patent
line. 4th It is my will that
my son Lewis have one hundred acres of land on the south side of the above
mentioned run to begin at the patent line & extend up the south side of
said run for quantity & include said Lewis’s improvement. 5th It is my will that my son
Isaac Grub have one hundred acres of my old tract aforesaid to be laid off in
the following manner ---, by a line to begin on the patent line next to Jacob
Grub’s land & to run such a course as to include the spring now occupied by
said Isaac on the south side of Tates run & continue such a course as to
include all the low ground on said run as low as the Clear Ground on the old plantation
then – such a course to the patent line on the north side as to include the
aforesaid one hundred acres. 6th
It is my will that Jacob Grub my son have one hundred acres of the foresaid
land to be laid off on the south side of the last mentioned one hundred acres
bequeath to Isaac Grub. 7th
It is my will that after the above mentioned four parcels is laid off that my
son Francis have the remainder he supporting my wife during her life or
widowhood. And it is my will and desire
that if my sons aforesaid should in any manner disagree in laying off the
adjoined different parcels of land that my executor hereafter named should
superintend the running of the aforesaid lines and see that the same be ran
according to the true intent and meaning of this my will. But it is to be understood that
notwithstanding the aforesaid division be made it is my will all my heirs male
& female shall be equally entitled to the benefits of the fruit of every
kind growing on the orchard at my old dwelling for the space of ten years.
8th It is my will that
five hundred and forty five acres of land lying on the south side of my old
survey be equally divided (quantity and quality considered) amongst my heirs
male and female and if they should not agree after the same is divided it is my
will and order they shall cast lots for choice of the same. 9th It is my will and order that
my son Francis have on bay mare called Joll provided he stays on the old
plantation & work, farm and attend the same in a proper manner supporting
his Mother as above mentioned but failing so to do is a reasonable manner then
it is my will and order that John Leftwick, John Grub and William Ward whom I
constitute & appoint to be my Executor of this my last will and testament
take and sale the said mare among my other perishable property and lastly it is
my will that the money arising from the sale of my property after the payment
of my just debts & funeral expenses be distributed in the following manner,
that is to say my son John shall have a sum equal to what he shall expend for
necessaries for my support and for any extraordinary trouble he may have with
me before or at my death and after the same is taken out at the discretion of
my other executor or executors the balance to be equally divided amongst my
other heirs and my wife. And I do hereby
make null and void all and every other will or wills and seal the twenty third
day of June one thousand eight hundred and four 1804.
Sealed and acknowledged in
presence of George Towney and John Watkins.
Wythe county April court
1807. This the last will and testament
of Henry Grubb deceased was presented in court and proved in part by the oath
of John Walters a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be continued for
further proof and at May Court 1807 was again presented in court and fully
proved by the oath of George Towney and Ather Lubseri (?) being witness to the
same and is ordered to be recorded.
Teste: John P. Matheny DC
This is found in Will Book 1 on
page 372, and a personal estate inventory of Henry Grubbs’ estate is found on
pages 382 – 384 of same book.