WILL & ESTATE SETTLEMENT OF CONRAD WHEAT Submitted by Robert C. Haefner. --------------------------- Record of Wills, Ohio County, West Virginia Ohio County Courthouse, County Clerks Office Book 1, Page 6 In the name of God Amen This fourteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred & Eighty one I Conrad Wheat of Virginia & County of Ohio-Gentlemen being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be to god Therefore calling in mind the mortallity of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make this my Last will & Testament that is to say Principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul to the hands of God that Gave it. & for my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Like & Decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors Conrad Wheat & Jacob Wheat nothing doubting but at the Generall Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God & as touching such worldy Effects wherewith it has Pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give desire & dispose of the same in the Following Manner & form-----(Imprimmis)-----It is my will & I do order that in the first Place all my Just debts & Funerall Charges be paid & Satisfied--- Item I Give & bequeath unto my two Sons Conrod Wheat & Jacob Wheat my Real Estate of Land & Cash with all the Utensils thereunto Belonging------------I also desire my two Sons Conrod wheat & Jacob wheat to give unto Margarett Wheat my beloved wife the third part of my Land during her Life & after her death to return back to my two sons Conrod & Jacob Wheat to be divided Equally between them---------------. As for my Personall Estate I desire that it shall be Equally divided amongst my whole Children Except the share of my Daughter Molly whom I desire shall be Given unto her son Martin Coons & to be deposited in the hands of Mr Ebenezer Zane untill the said Martin Coons shall Arrive of Age to Receive it----(Margarett Hellibrand) my daughter has already received her share therefore no division is to be made for her-------------- Should any of my Children die before my Estate Should be Divided their Shares I desire to fall on my two Sons Conrod & Jacob Wheat ---- ---- ---- ---- and as for the rest of my Estate I do give unto my two Beloved Sons Conrod & Jacob Wheat to be Divided Equally between them both: Land. Horses. & Cows & Every Individual thing about the Plantation for Ever & Ever ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & Every Other Former testament, wills Legacys & Executors by me in any ways before this date Named willed & bequeath'd. Ratifying & Confirming this & no Other to be my Last will & Testament- In Witness hereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & Seal this fourteenth day of March One thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty One Signed Sealed Published pronounced & Declared by the said Conrad wheat as Conrad Wheat His Last will & Testament in the Presence of us-------------- James Lane Alexr Frazer--- Ebenezer Zane the above will, was Proved in Open Court & Ordered to be Recorded Test David McClure ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohio County Courthouse, County Clerks Office State of West Virginia Estate Settlement Record, Vol. 1, P. 11 An Inventory of the Goods and Chattles of the late Conrod Wheat, Appraised May 19th - 1781. by Conrod Stroup, Jacob Reager, & James Clark. s d 1 Black Stallion Ð20..0..0 1 Black mare Colt 5..0..0 1 Gray mare Colt 5..0..0 1 Gray horse 16..0..0 1 Gray horse Colt 15..0..0 1 Sorrell horse 10..10..0 1 Gray mare 10..0..0 1 Cow Ð4..10..0, one Black Hiefer Ð4..10..0 9..0..0 1 Red Steer 1..15..0, 1 Cow 4..0..0, one Cow 4..0..0 9..15..0 1 Cow 5..0..0, one Cow & Calf 4..15..0 9..15..0 1 Cow & Calf 6..0..0, one Cow & Calf 5..0..0 11..0..0 1 Cow 5..0..0, one Cow 5..0..0, one Hiefer 3..0..0 13..0..0 1 Hiefer 15/0, one small Steer 20/0 1..15..0 1 Hiefer Calf 15/0, one Bull Calf 10/0 1..5..0 10 Sheep Ð9..0..0, hoggs Ð3..5..0 12..5..0 1 Trammell 4..6, one Iron Kittle 3..0..0 3..4..6 1 Iron Pott 1..10..0, 1 Frying pan 5/0 1..15..0 1 Iron Pott 6..0, one Iron pott 2..6 8..6 1 Spinning Wheel 6..0, 1 Spinning Wheel 6..0 12..0 25 lb Wool 1..17..6, one Waggon 8..0..0 9..17..6 4 Augurs 6..0, 2 Spike Gimbletts 1..10 7..10 2 Adges 10..0, 2 Axes 8..0, 1 Frow 3..0 1..1..0 4 Chisels 3..0, 1 Hammer & Anvill 4..0 7..0 1 Howell & Hammer 3..0, 1 Handsaw & drawing knife 10..0 13..0 1 Foreplain 2..6, 1 Hammer, Pick, etc. 4..6 7..0 1 Scythe 2..6, a Quantity of Old Iron 10..0 12..6 1 Log Chain 10..0, 2 pair Hems 7..6 17..6 2 pair Faaces & hems 1..0..0, Stretching Chains 5/0 1..5..0 Plow Irons, Tackling, etc. 1..10..0 3 hoes 4..6, 1 Saddle 5..0 9..6 Ð100..12..10 We the underneath Subscribers doth hereby Certify that the within appraisment Bill is Just and true??? Given under our hands Conrod Stroup Jacob Reager Appraisers James Clark (A True Copy) Test. David M.Clure Clerk <>