Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-28

lever narish of Nansemond County, being oil
! good and perfect mind and memory, thanks De
/ given unto God for the same, being deslrous 10
SSettIe things in order, do therefore hereby make
! This INV last viii and Testament in manner and
fnrm4following-vizt. First and principally,
| recommend my soul unto Almighty God, my
Heavenly Father, hoping that shall be saved
! by the precious death and merits oil my blessed
! Savior, Jesus Christ, and my body to We earth
1 from whence it came, to be buried IN deacent
Christian like manner at We discretion OF my
/ Exo'rs hereafter named, and as tonchlng
ksuch worldly Esta' wherewith it hath pleased
Almighty God to bestow upon me IN tins lie,
do hereby devise and dispose in the following
manner and form: Item-I give and oequeath
all nv land or lands in Virginia, and all the rents
and profits of the same to the following use and
uses the rents thereof now by lease or otherwise
NAV be converted hereafter TO the use OF Free
School or Schools in the lower parish of Nanse.
mond formerly so called, being the parish i
have so long lived in among such friendly neigh-
bors and that there may be two School houses
contin'd in the same places already ixt which
have built SO that one School house will bye very
convenient for ys children of the one side Ben
nets Creeke and the other on ye other side
thereof, w'ch will compleat that part oil the
D'ish as formerly have done, and by that
means. with Gods blessing, the most or all the
children in those parts will be educated from
the Globe down to the extent of that part OF
the parish lying on the South side Of Nansemond
river, w'ch formerly was called the lower parish
of Nausemond Item-It is my will and desire
that none of the tenants bye in debt for rent,
for that will be means to ruin the tenants and
the school master also but that the yearly rent
be yearly paid in something or other to the
value to and for the school masters use OF
order &C. Item-It is my will and desire that
what swamp land is not leased or wherein I've
reserved priVeeage for timber OF the like may
be for supply of vacant plantations OF mine,
,-lal T. hnr ffpf n
timber fencing wood for building and int
proyements upon the same. Item--lt is my
desire in granting leaves, care may be taken Vt
We tenants may not sell, give, vast or destroy
any timber or wood thereupOn otherwise than
for the necessary use OF building or PREPARATION
upon the same. Item--What Books have or
shall give for the use of the schoo! or schools
may be i'll ye school house under lock and Key
in q desk &c. In u desk in each houses as /
have provided, that when children have read
their books they may there lie ready for other
children also. Itenl--l give unto the lower
parish Church, formerly 50 sailed my great
Bible, Bishop Halls works in large folio, and u
sermon book with divine contemplations by the
same author; also Bishop Wishus' book in folio
entitled the summon and substance of Christian
religion, marked j. Y, as help to ministers
there officiating, and no other use. Item
give unto the said p'ish Church, formerly so
called, the pulpit cloth and cushion, also ye
silver Flaggon and silver cbalce & silver plate,
&c. Item-I give unto my worthy friends, the
worShipful Court of NanSemond County, tenn
shillings if they are pleased to accept the same,
to drink for sake, to be paid by my Exo'rs forth
with. Iten--1 give tony friends, Gent. OF the
vestry, living this side the river, u treat at my
house where lived at and my law books rs help
at their meetings. 1tem-As to my relations be-
yond sea or elsewhere not included i'll this will,
unto any or each of them or their heirs that
may come send for my estate or any part
thereof, give unto each aud any of them twelve
pence piece, with interest TO cut them off,
for know not witch of them might have the
best right thereunto, and it might make dis
tur6ancc amongst them. ltem-I give to my
son in law Thomas Watson, my best suit of
clothes and best hat Item-I give to daughter
in law Sarah Costin, my stone mortar and piS
tie which he. father brought out of England,
my best brass kettle, my largest iron pott and
pot hooks, and my pewter t1aggOn. Item-I
give unto my son in law, James Caustin, my
next best suit of clothes. Iten,-l give to my
son in law, Joseph Wright, my wearing cloake.
Item--I give unto Mary Wright daughter of.
Joseph Wright, suit of my wife's best clothes
his sister, Mary Hays, having had from mo n
suit of my wife's best clothes, just before she
went up IN the woods to live. Item-I give un,
TO Joseph Wright DR.. son of Joseph Wright,
my long table and greatest chest and my writ
ing desk. Item-I give unto Mr.. Nicholas
Jones, Minister, two cows-not old. Itcm-G
SOW, besides what the law gives al freedomc.
Item-I give unto Edmund Shea a cow, a heif-
err and SOW, besides what the law 81 IS at free.
dom. Item-I give unto my tenant. now upon
my land, half the debt now due unit me, and
! where there is cattle, the said tenan, 10 have
COW besides. Item-I give unto 1aluca Man
ing, aud unto her sister Ruth, the red COW that
uscth there. Iten-I give unto my negro, Bes5,
4 my lining spinning wheel, and the hnckle. Item
II give unto my negroes, Dick and Cesar, my
old cloathes and coarse shirts. Item Il give
unto the lower parish, formerly so called, where
III SO long have lived in, tenn pounds 10 cash,
beiHg,in my chest, to buy books for the poorer
sort of Inhabitants in the sumo part of the par
fish, as the whole duty of man; also for procur-
ling of teStRments, psalters and nrimners for
my several schools. before mentioned, and be
MN ediately paid by ex 'oFS unto such trusty
fpersons as the gent vestrymen, living this side
Nansemond river thinks next for procuring the
Ssarne, and at the recyst Of those books the said
gent as to distribute as they think meet as at2d
/ Item-Itis my will and desire that my negroes
be hired out in the said lower parish for con.
venicucy of pay in the same, there being no DC
cason to sell any OF them, my este not being in
debt, and there heing females among them,
may with Gods blessing, may be standing