Pleasants County, West Virginia - Will of Moses Williamson


MOSES WILLIAMSON SR.

IN the Name of God Amen the 8th day of april in the yeare of our lord
1789 I Moses Williamson Senr. of the State of Virginia and Ohio County
wearas being Sick and weak in body but of Perfect Mind and Memory thanks
be given unto god therefore Calling unto Mind the Mortality of My body
and Knowing that it is apointed for all men once to dy to Make and ordain
this my last will and Testament that is to Say princapaly and first of
all I give and Recomend my Soul into the hands of god that gave it and
for My body I Ricomand it to the Earth to be Buried in a Cristian Like
and desent Maner at the descration of My Executors Nothing doutting but
at the General Resurection I Shall Recieve the Same again by the Mighty
Power of god and Tuching Such worly Estate whearewith it hath pleased
god to bless me  in this life I give devise and dipose of the Same in
the following Manner and forme Imprimes I leave and bequeeth to Jeanny
my Dearely beloved wife and the one half of my posesion that I injoy
Goods and Chattles while She lives and the other half tobe my Son Johns
and at his death the Land wheare I live to fall to John and the other
half of the Land to be made over to My Son Thomas and The rest of My
Children I leave at their mothers death four dollors Each of them to be
enjoied and I do Leave to my grand Child Jane Williamson Two Cows and my
Son Thomas I leave the Farm and Tacklings at my death and I do theareby
uterly Disalow Revoake and disanull All and Every other former
Testaments wills and Legaces Bequeths and Excutors by me in any ways
before this Time Names willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming
this and No other to be My last will & Testament in witness whearof I
have heareunto Set My hand and Seal the day and yeare above writen
Signed Sealed published and pronounced and decleared by the Said Moses
Williamson as his last will and Testament in the Presents of us the
Subscribers

Test
Moses Williamson      seal
David Shepard
Dixon Huston
John VanC(B)ruskish

    A Copy from the orignial Will which was Provin in Court by David
Shepard and John Van C(B)ruskish Two of the Subscribing witneses at
february Term 1792 & ordred to be
Recorded                                            Test   Moses
Chapline, Clk

Ohio County, Virginia,
Book 1, p 19, 20
(It is not known if he wrote this will or if it was written for him)


Submitted by Anita Palmer.