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Prince George's County MD Will Book Liber T No. #1; 1797-1803;
Folio 405 JOSEPH POPE 01/20/1798 06/06/1798
"being weak in body
Bequeaths to;
I, Joshua Pope --son
-to have Negro girl "Sicover" "Negro man ''Gcorge
-to have 1 bed and fun., and 20 pounds eurrem money at 7 shillings 6 pence per dollar
2, Fielder Pope --son
-to have Negro girl "Nan" Negro boy "Reason"
-to have 1 bed and Ann. And $20.00 at 7 shillings 6 pence per dollar
3. Eleanor Jenkins --daughter
-to have Negro girl "Mary"
-to have 1 bed and furn,
4. Elizabeth Soper --daughter
-to have Negro woman "Lesby" and her child "Michael..
5, Drucilla Pope --daughter
-to have Negro man -Tom Boon" Negro girl "Joan--
-to have 2 cows and calves and her choice of I horse, I sow and pigs, 1/2 dozen plates and I dish, 6 knives and forks, 2 basins, I iron pot, I feather bed and furn.. and $20.00 at 7 shillings 6 pence per dollar
6. Charity Osborn --daughter
-to have Negro boy "Frank" Negro girl "Polly' --the daughter of Negro woman "Mariah"
7. Margery Jenkins --daughter
-to have Negro girl "Lucy" Negro girl "Sarah"
8. William Pope --son
-to have Negro man "Simon" Negro girl "Rachei"
9. William Pope --grandson (son of son Joseph)
-to have Negro girl "Kitty"
-to have 10 pounds current dollars at 7 shillings 0 pence per dollar
10. Joseph Pope --grandson
-to have 10 pounds current money
-to have 200 acres of land that is to say 100 acres of land to each and to be laid off adjoining to eaeh others lands out of one or both of testator's tracts of land lying in Monongalia County, Virginia and to be laid out by testator's friends Francis Wannan and Joseph Jenkins as they see most proper and so as not to render he remainder of 2 tracts inconvenient for three settlements. one of the aforesaid tracts of land was patented in testator's name and the other was purchased from Bartholomew Jenkins
11. Ann Bassett Jenkins -daughter
-to have Negro girl "Milly,"
12, Colmore Pope --son
-testator's three sons, Joshua, Fielder, and Colmore to have all the remaining land lying in "Monongalia County' Virginia share and share alike
13, Elizabeth Pope --wife
-to have all the remaining part of testator's personal estate and all the money from the sale of testator's tract of land "Holly Spring" which is to be sold at public sale to the highest bidder
-to have all of testator's tract of land called "Stoney Hill" whereon testator now dwells for her natural life and that testator's daughters Drucilla and Eleanor have a home an testator's plantation for their single lives and to have the tract at widow's decease -named executrix of the will
Witnesses: Thomas Williams
William Berry
Richard Marshall
Then came: the three above named subscribers to the will
Note: the testator signed the will with his mark
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1781 - 