Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-08

W telns nor uNl ! ever see tncm, unti MI IL.
abroad on the Russian Mission. lie lcii an open
writing desk ON table in his diningroom. In which
there was some paper lvlt for my use In this desk
saw them III hiy absence, aud in this desk they
were found after his death In December, 1881 ,
think about the 18th, on my return from the &C.
neral Court he sent TO the house AT which the
stage stopped, after had gone 10 bed, 10 enquire
II | was there. In the morning before dav, one of
ms negroes was standing by the road side waiting
for the STAGE, with n nate from Mr.. Il. To me-. In
this note, he expressed some dissatisfaction at my
not com ny 10 his house the night before, and he
asked me to give him any information possessed
as to the disposition which " ~. Allen had made
OF his estate. As >oonaS | could, answered his
note, and informed him of the provisions OF Mr..
Aliens will as far as was informed. He answer
ed the note by return mail In one or the other oi
these notes, he requested me to bring IN, will the
first time came to hi, house, saying that he had
revoked or thai Inc intended to revoke il, | do not
remember which.
On the 3lst OF December, 1891, a gentleman
Al Halifax Court House sent 10 me a note, stating
that he wrote at q instance OF tho STAGE driver,
who stated that in the morning, one of Mr.. RS ne
croes told hid that his master had sent him 10 tell
him that he was too i'll to write, and ask him 10
sud messenger from Halifax Court House, To
request nc to visit Him soon as possibly could.
II was late in the day when | received tn
note bat Immediately left home, ind took with
me the will-tha is, the package under Mr.. Ale.
anler's rnorlopr. There wls snow on the ground.
and WIS unable 10 oct To NJ. r. that night.
pot there the next morning about 10 or ~ u clock
When got there, he was IN bed, and oac % his
negroes was SITTING in his dining room makn.s
clothes lie saw me from the window, and came
aud opened the door, telling me ina Whisper that
al ,rI, LAT 4
begging me to make no noise. took my seal, and
remained for a considerable time, when Mr. lii
slla llnndlcv came in. In some time after, think
hot earlier than about O'Clock, Mr.. Il. calno out.
II expressed some surprise at my leaving home
in such bad weather, and told him the ,taer dr-
yer had sent message tn me to inform me that hc
wished Ia sec me as soon aS possible. lie SAID
was m>takc--hat he had sent no such message
but he was glad of the mistake as i, had procur-
cd Inn my company. In little time he began
10 talk with Mr. Ilundlcy about a contract which
he had made with him Il few days before, fora tract
OF land. Their conversation took upH great deal
OF time. aud after they had agreed about The terms,
Nh. Il. commenced writing the agreement. The
conversation between them continued so loge is To
delay tic writing, and the agreement was not COM
plelcl until about night. Preparation was then
made for dinner, which we ate, | think no, earlier
than O'Clock. lJundlcv then went home, and
MIR. X. tied me into the chamber with him. Soon
after told him he had asked me TO bring him ms
will; and banded to him the package under Mr.
AlcNandcrS envelope Just as had received il in
1922, except that Mr. Acyandcr's seal had been
broken, and the envelope sealed bv with wa
fer thought he seemed somewhat surprised but
he Immediately opened the envelopes, and threw
them on the table He then cut his signature from
the will in his hand, and appeared to be, and |
have no doubt was, reading li.-ilc then said 10
nc You know what my feelings in regard 10
my slaves have been, but they have behaved 81
badly IN my absence that they arc entirely ching
ed. He then read to me the parts Of the viii.
do moi pretend that remember the precise words
of the will as read by him, but distinctly rcmem-
Der that he read a clause by which he emancipa.
ted all his slaves and that the sum Of SS 900 was
gwen 10 his executor for removing them from the
State. remember, too, that he read clause
making provisions for Essex Ilcuv johnny and
Juba, and ms other house servants, by giving them
annually certain clothing and provisions. lie
read clause, too bv which he directed hi. cxccu.
tor to sell his lower quarter Bush, Forest aud land
above the Ferry, and to pay the proceeds To Mr.
Meade and Nj. kcv, to be used b, them ior better
ing the condition of his slaves. | remember he
read IA clause by which he gave to DIR. The. bud
ley his increstn Mrs. Corbin's estate, and codi-
I'll ny WHICH NJ revoked IIldl D'tllltSt. Ana he
also read To from the will Il note in which it Is
stated that Nh. Blrksdalc knew the reason ofthe
revocation. He did not read any clause by which
any thing was given to me, and do not remem-
Der that my name was mentioned in what he read
III any other way than rs tho executor. We co
tnued up to "A late hour-ccrtainlv after 3 clock
told Inn that should return home in the morn
lng, probably before hc GOT up,--took leave of him
and went to bed. In the course of the night he
Of 1882, and asked mr to take care of it. This
will retained in my possession IN il delivered il
To Mr.. Robertson, the Clerk of Charlotte. At
Mr.. RS death the seals were unhrokrn, and de-
trrnined not to open it until Judge Tucker should
be present, aud think | wrote TO him To that eff
feet. Before received answer to my letter
Mr.. Marshall wrote to me that Judge Tucker had
written To HIM that he supposed thai Mr. Marshall
myself were his brothers executor, and that he
should not come to Charlotte then. in the pre-
sonce Of DR.. Avcto,t of Halifax, opened the will.
Judge Tucker, however, did come to Charlotte in
a few DAYS, and he and authorized Mr.. Cardwcll
to 90 10 Philadelphia for Mr.. Rs trunks and box-
es, and agreed that when they arrived, they
should be examined by Mr.. Marshall and myself,
by Mr.. b. Tucker and myself Before the
trunks and boycs reached Charlotte received Il
letter from Judge Coaltrr, asking me not To be
prcclpltaic IN offering the will for probate, and
suggested that it ought to be deposited in the
Clerks Office that all persons Interested in it might
examine and take copies. In consequence of this,
carried the will the first time that | went to
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