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1801-1814 Orange County, Virginia Will Book 4: [Antient Press]; Page 73-74
Will of ELIZABETH BELL ... I bequeath to my son, Valentine Johnson, all my estate .. desire that there be no appraisement of my estate .. desire there be no sale of my estate .. appoint my son, Valentine Johnson, executor .. this 3rd day of February 1803.
Witnesses: (signed)
W. White Elizabeth Bell
James Cave, R. Barbour.
At a court held .. 28th February 1803 .. proved .. Belfield Cave, his security .. bond in penalty of six thousand dollars.
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Contributed by: James Hughes
URL: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/orange/wills/johnwill.txt
URL title: WILL: William Johnson, 1766, Orange County, Virginia
Orange Co Will Book 2, Page 358-359
In the Name of God Amen. I William Johnson of the County of Orange being sick and weak but of sound and disposing mind & memory (Thanks be God for it) Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. In manner and form following. Imprimis. I desire that my Body may be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as to my Worldly of which it has pleased God to Bless me after my Just Debts and funeral Expences are paid I give and Devise as follow. (to wit)
I Give and devise unto my son Robert my land which I have in Culpeper County to him and his heirs forever but that he do not enjoy the same during the Widowhood of my Wife, who I desire may possess the same during her Widowhood.
Item. I give and devise the land whereon I now live in Orange County unto my son Benjamin, to him and his heirs forever, subject nevertheless to the use of my Wife during her Widowhood but in case she should marry again then my desire is that she shall have and enjoy one third part of my said land that I live on during her natural life.
Item. My Will and desire is that in case my son Robert should die without issue that then the land which I have devised to him shall go to my son William Cave Johnson and his heirs forever subject nevertheless to the limitiation above mentioned and it is also my Will and desire that in case my son Benjamin shall die without issue that then the land which I have devised to him shall go and descend to my son Valentine to him and his heirs forever but to be subject nevetheless to the limitation in favour of my wife as mentioned above. Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Wife, Elizabeth, my mill during her natural life and after her decease I give the said mill to my son William Cave Johnson to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne Rogers, one feather bed and its furniture, also my blazeface bay mare to be delivered to her as soon as conveniently can after my Death.
Item. I give to my son Robert my young bay horse which came out of my above mentioned bay mare and my riding saddle. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin one sorrel colt about two years old which came of my sorrel mare.
And I also desire that my said Wife will give each of my children (except my sons Robert and Benjamin and my daughter Anne Rogers) when they go from her to live, one riding beast. Item. All the rest and residue of my Estate I lend to my well beloved Wife, Elizabeth, during her Widowhood, and in case she should marry again or at the time of her Death, My Will and desire is that my said Estate, which I have lent my Wife, be equally divided among all my children which shall be then living or their legal representatives, except my daughter Anne Rogers, who is to make an allowance of the value of the feather bed and its furniture and mare which are to be valued when delivered to her, and the value of them to be deducted out of her said part of the lent Estate.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my two sons Robert and Benjamin, Executors to this my Last Will and Testament Hereby Revoking all other Will or Wills heretofore made by me. Witness my hand and Seal this sixteenth day of March Anno Dom MDCCLXVI.
Signed Sealed Published & declared |
By the Testator to be the Last Will | William Johnson (SS)
& Testament. In the Presence of us |
James Madison Robert During
John Cave Benj. Cave
Robert Johnson
At a Court held for Orange County on Thursday the 22nd day of May 1766. The last Will and Testament of William Johnson Decd was presented into Court by Robert Johnson Junr, one of the Executors therein named and was Proved by the oaths of Robert Johnson Senr, and Benjamin Cave, two of the Witnesses therein & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor who made oath According to Law, certificate is granted him for obtaining Probate thereof in due form he giving Security whereupon have Benjamin Head Benjamin Cave and Robert Johnson Senr entered into and acknowledged their Bond for the same in the sum of one Thousand pounds Current money. Test. Geo. Taylor, C.O.C.
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1778-1801 Orange County, Virginia Will Book 3: [Antient Press]; Page 512-513
Will of WILLIAM BELL ... my will and desire is that my estate be appraised .. that it be kept together this year ..
to my beloved wife, Elizabeth Bell ..
my son, John Bell ..
to my son in law, William Golding .
appoint my son, John Bell and my son in law, William Golding, executors .. this 17th
day of February 1800. In the presence of (signed)
Edmd. Henshaw Wm. Bell
Johnson Watts, John Hay.
At a court held .. 28th April 1800 .. John Wright, William Wright & Richard C. Webb & Edmund Henshaw, their securities .. bond in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars.
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1738-1740 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 110
Order, 22 June 1738, that the Sheriff take Elizabeth Davis (now the wife of Wm. Bell) in custody till she give security ror her appearance at the next Court , there to shew cause why she should not give counter security to John Rucker and John Davis for the administration of t he estate of John Davis, deceased.
Executed by D. Bryne, Sub-Sheriff. Wrn. Bell security.
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1745-1747 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 10; [Antient Press]; Page 267-269
Indenture 26 Feb 1745 between WILLIAM DAVIS and CATHERINE, his wife, of Louisa County, WILLIAM BULLARD and ELIZABETH, his wife, of Orange County, Planters, of one part, and ZACHARY TAYLOR, Gent., of othcr part .. lease and release .. 100 acres in Orange County on branches of Pamunkey River, land wherein William Bell now lives .. bounded .. Joseph Morton .. George Taylor .. Erasmus Taylor. Payment of fifty pounds.
William Davis
Recorded Orange County William Bell
27 February 1745/6. Elizabeth Bell
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James Hughes 2005-10-27 16:26:56
Spotsylvania County Records , Page 495
Augt. 14, 1797. Wm. Forston of Spots. Co. to Elizabeth Johnson of same County, widow. 440 curr. Seven slaves, cattle, horses, etc., etc. O. Towles, Hugh Roy, George Durrett. Septr. 5, 1797.
Augt. 15, 1797. Elizabeth x Johnson (widow) of Spots. Co. to Wm. Fortson and Mildred, his wife; Lucy Fortson, John Fortson, Wm. Fortson, Marshall Fortson, James Fortson, Richard Fortson, John Durrett and Frances, his wife, children of sd. Wm. Fortson and Mildred, his wife, and grandchildren of the sd. Elizabeth Johnson. Deed of Gift. Slaves, etc., as conveyed to the sd. Elizabeth Johnson by Wm. Fortson in preceding deed, etc., etc. Witnesses, O. Towles, Hugh Roy, George Durrett. Septr. 5, 1797.
Augt. 14, 1797. Elizabeth x Johnson of Spots. Co. (widow). Deed of Gift to John Durrett of Caroline Co. 1 slave. Witnesses, O. Towles, Hugh Roy, George Durrett. Septr. 5, 1797.
Jany. 24, 1797. Christopher Crawford of Spots. Co. to John Partlow. 100 curr. Mortg. Horses, colt, oxen, cattle, etc., etc. Witnesses, Thomas Minor, Lewis Partlow, Elijah Partlow. Septr. 5, 1797.
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http://home.amaonline.com/genealogy/nrogers/d50.htm#P131
Elizabeth Cave was the 5th child of Benjamin Cave and Hannah Bledsoe. She was of a distinquished and influential family who were among the first settlers from England in the Colony of Virginia. Her father was a member of the Episcopal Church, a vertryman of St. Mark's Parish from 1731 to 1740 when St. Thomas Parish was cut off from St. Mark's and then transferred his membeship to the parish of St. Thomas. He was a representative of Orange County Virginia in the House of Burgesses in 1756. He acquired under the old English patents for a large land estate. He accumulated considerable personal property wheich, after his death in 1762 was satisfactorily divided by his will between his wife and 8 children.
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1747-1751 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 11, Part 1; [Antient Press]; Page 22-23
Indenture 24 Nov 1747 between WILLIAM JOHNSON and ELIZABETH, his wife, county of Orange, and BRADLEY KIMBROW, of Louisa County .. sells 150 acres in Orange County .. £26 . .
Witnesses: William Johnson
Stafford Lighthorse
Benjamin Cave, John Noel
Recorded Orange County 26th November 1747
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1721 - 1803 (~ 82 years)