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- !WILL:14 Apr 1736 King George Co, VA WILL OF JEREMIAH BRONAUGH.
In the Name of God Amen. I Jeremiah Bronough of the County of King
George in the Parish of Brunswick being in perfect healt and memory
thanks be to God therefore but calling to mind the shortness of life
and certainty of death,
do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
Impris: First, I bequeath my soul to God who gave it and my body to
Christian
burial at the discretion of my Executor hereafter mentioned.
Item: To my daughter Elizabeth Wright I give four ewes and no more
because
she has had her full share of my estate already.
Item: To my daughter Ann Chadwell I give the feather bed and
furniture that
stands in the room where I lodge myself and eight hundred pounds of
Tobacco
to be paid by my son David Bronaugh the first year after my death.
Item: To my daughter Rosamond Steward I give the feather bed and
bolster
which was last fild (sic) with a rugg and blankets.
Item: To my daughter Margaret Grant I give two thousand pounds of
Tobacco to
be paid to my son David Bronaugh the second year after my death.
Item: To my son Samuel Bronaugh I give my Negro woman named Cate and
all her
increase to him and his heirs of assigns forever.
Item: To my son Jere: Bronaugh I give my Negro woman named Jude and
all her
increase to him and his heirs or assigns forever.
Item: To my son David Bronaugh I give my Negro woman named Jean and
all her
increase to him and his heirs or assigns forever.
I also give and devise unto my son David Bronaugh my land and
plantation
whereon I now live being by estimation one hundred and fifty one
acres to
him his heirs or assigns forever. I also give my Negro Caffe and
all my
other estate not before given to my son David Bronaugh, he to pay of
(f) the
legacies before mentioned and my debts.
And my Will and Desire is that my Estate shall not be appraised nor
inventoried because my debts are vew and of small value.
I do ordain constitute and appoint my loving son David Bronaugh
Executor of
this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my
hand and seale this 14th day of April in the year of our Lord 1836.
Jeremiah Bronaugh
(seal)
Signed Sealed and Published
to be his Last Will & Testament in Presence of us...
John Coburn
William Stringfellow
John Glendining
Know all men that these presents that I Jeremiah Bronaugh of the
Parish of
Brunswick in the County of King George having formerly given to my son
Jeremiah Bronaugh my Negro womand named Judee and her increase as in
my will
above and he being dead without making anywill, I do now by this
present
writing revoke that clause of my will and I do now give and demise
the said
Negro woman named Judee and all her increase to his two children
Kathren
Bronaugh and Benjamin Bronaugh and their heirs forever, to be
equally divided
between them when the said Kathren Bronaugh shall be married or come
to the
age of twenty one years and I do order and appoint my Executor, David
Bronaugh above mentioned, to see this clause &c: schedule to my will
duly
executed. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 29th
day of February in the year of our Lord 1747/8.
Jeremiah Bronaugh (seal)
Signed Sealed & Published
to be his act and deed in Presence of
us ......
John Champe
Wm. Rowley
Anderson Doniphan
A court held for King George County on Friday, Jan. 5, 1749.
the Last Will and Testament of Jeremiah Bronaugh, deceaded, has
presented
into Court by David Bronaugh his Executor who mad ______thereto and
the same
was proved by the oaths of John Champs, Gent., and Anderson Doniphan
and
admitted to record.
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