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1749-1759 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book B; [William Armstrong Crozier];
WALLER, WILLIAM, Gentl. Spotsylvania Co., d. Oct. 22, 1756, Page May 6, 1760.
Wit. John Wood, W. Wood, James Colquhon, Robert Marsh, John Wynill Sanders, John Beverley Roy, James Hurt, David Woodruff, Robert Goodloe, Thomas Coleman.
Ex. wife during her widowhood; brothers, John, Thomas and Benjamin Waller; Joseph Brock;
Edmund Herndon, Junr., and sons William and John Waller.
Leg. son, William Waller, lands in Spotsylvania Co., bought at different times of John Wynill Sanders, William Smither, William Warren, John Warren, Samuel Warren, Lancelot Warren, John Parish, Jeremiah White;
son, John Waller, land in Spotsylvania, given to me by my deceased father's will, John Waller, Gentl., also land adjoining that of my brother Benjamin, and Zachary Lewis, also land which I bought of Ambrose Foster, and my lots of land adjoining the town of Fredericksburg, now in the possession of my tenant William Lewis
Daughter Ann;
daughter Dorothy;
daughter Mary;
daughter Sarah;
my wife (no name given). My copper plate of my family arms and my silver seal, with the said arms engraved thereon, I desire may descend to my right heirs forever.
My brother Benjamin Waller to be guardian to my sons William and John, and to settle account of affairs with our brother Edmund Waller.
My apprentice and nephew John Waller to be immediately free.
The tract of land I bought of John Champe, Gentl. whereon the widow Parish lives, lying in this county, and the land I bought of Nicholas Horn in Caroline Co. to be sold, and my executors to make what use they can of Nicholas Horn's mortgage to me, if his land sold me falls short in raising what money I must pay for him to Col. Turner, Mr. Copeland and Mr. Mitchell. Page 445)
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1722-1749 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A, Administration Bonds; [William Armstrong Crozier]; £50 John Waller, admr. of Peirce Edge, decd., with William Waller, sec. May 7, 1740.
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1749-1759 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book B; [William Armstrong Crozier];
WALLER, JOHN, Gentl. Spotsylvania Co., d. Aug. 2, 1753, Page Oct. 1, 1754. Wit. John Semple, Thomas Collins, Larkin Chew, Harry Beverley. Ex. wife; sons, John, Thomas, William, and my son Benjamin Waller to be executor in trust. Leg. son John, five hundred acres of land in the Parish of St. John, in the Co. of King William, also 400 acres of land in Spotsylvania Co., surveyed by Nathaniel Claybourn, Surveyor, and patented in my own name Sept. 28, 1730; grandson, Pomfrett Waller; son, Thomas Waller, the land bought of Majr. William Todd, in Spotsylvania Co. adjoining the lands of Zachary Lewis, Majr. Rice Curtis, Mr. Vass, William Bradburn and Mr. Stubblefield; grandson John Waller, son of Thomas Waller; granddaughter Dorothy Quarles, daughter of my son Thomas Waller; son, William Waller, 400 acres patented in my name Feb. 21, 1726, now in Spotsylvania Co., formerly in King William Co. adjoining the lands of Zachary Lewis, and after my wife's death, all that tract of land I bought of Majr. William Todd in Spotsylvania Co., whereon I now live, and obtained a patent for Apr. 25, 1726, also my tract of land I bought of Capt. Philip Todd, in Spotsylvania, Co., patented in my own name June 3, 1726, adjoining the land I live on, and Mr. Coleman's and Mr. Shackleford's; grandson, William Waller, son of William Waller; grandson, John Waller, son of William Waller; son, Benjamin Waller; son, Edmund Waller; grandson, John Waller, son of Edmund Waller; grandson, Benjamin, son of Edmund Waller; grandson, William Edmund Waller, son of Edmund Waller; granddaughter, Mary Waller daughter of Edmund Waller; daughter, Mary Waller, now the wife of Zachary Lewis; granddaughter, Betty Lewis; granddaughter, Lucy Lewis; granddaughter, Dorothy Lewis; grandson, Waller Lewis; great-grandson, John Zachary Lewis; grandson, John Lewis, my secretare that i left at Mrs. Margaret Gordon's, in the room I used to lie in when there. Unto all the rest of my grandchildren, except my granddaughter, Mary Meriwether, and except those above mentioned, as I have given young negroes apiece in this my will, twenty shillings, to be paid six months after my decease. Wife, Dorothy. To son, William Waller, and grandson, John Waller, son of Edmund Waller, all the residue of my tract of 1,000 acres of land that I took up in my son John's name Sept. 28, 1728, and by him conveyed to me.
Codicil to the foregoing will, dated Aug. 15, 1754, with John Minor and John Sams as witnesses, revokes the clause devising to his son, William Waller, and his grandson, John, son of Edmund Waller, the residue of land patented Sept. 28, 1728, in the name of his son, John, and devises the said land to Leonard James Mourning Waller, son of Edmund Waller. Page 216)
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1749-1759 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book B; [William Armstrong Crozier];
WALLER, DOROTHY, Spotsylvania Co., d. Oct. 26, 1758. Wit. John Farish, John Coleman, J. Waller. Ex. son, William Waller. Leg. granddaughter, Dorothy Jemima Waller, daughter of my son Edmund Waller; son, William; sons, Thomas and Benjamin Waller; son-in-law Zachary Lewis; Ann Waller, wife of William Waller; daughter Mary, wife of Zachary Lewis. Page 427)
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1734-1742 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book C; [William Armstrong Crozier];
June 3, 1735. John Waller of Spts. Co., to his son, Wm. Waller. Deed of Gift, 274-1/2 a. in Spts. co., on ridge between Mattapony and Rivers, etc. Thos. Carr, jr., B. Waller, Edmund Waller, Thomas Robinson. July 1, 1735.
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1730-1738 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Order Book - Colonial Militia; [William Armstrong Crozier]:
Richard Phillips, Gent., Lieutenant, and Edward Herndon, Jr., Gent., Cornet, produced their commissions and took the oath, etc., as officers to a troop of horse under Captain William Waller. November 1, 1737. Page 523.)
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1738-1742 Essex County, Virginia Deed Book 22; [Antient Press]; Page 356-360
THIS INDENTURE made the Eighth & Ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two Between WILLIAM WALLER of NEWLAND in the County of SPOTSYLVANIA Gent and ANN his Wife of one part and ALEXANDER PARKER of TAPPAHANNOCK TOWN in the County of Essex of other part Witnesseth that said WILLIAM and ANN for sum of Ten pounds Fifteen shillings Currant money do sell unto said ALEXANDER his heirs and assigns all their Lott or half acre of land in the BURGH of TAPPAHANNOCK aforesaid Numbered Eighteen in the Surveyors Plan of the said BURGH and by the said Plan among the Records of Essex County (all which premises now are in the actual possession of said ALEXANDER by Virtue of anlndenture for term of one year and by Virtue of the Statute for transferring of uses into possession), In Witness whereof the said WILLIAM and ANN have to these presents set their hands & Seals
in presence of us HUMPHREY HILL, WM, WALLER
W. LONEY, A. DICKIE, ANN WALLER
ARCHD, RITCHIE, WM, HAWKINS
Be it Remebered that at a Court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 15th day of June 1742 WILLIAM LONEY, ADAM DICKIE and ARCHIBALD RITCHIE three of the witnesses to this Indenture made Oath they did see WILLIAM WALLER & ANN his Wife sign and deliver the same as their act and deed and the private Examination of said ANN appears by the Commission and return next after this Indenture accorded and then this Indenture was admitted to record
GEORGE the Second to JOSEPH BROCK, WM. JOHNSTON, JOHN CHEW and LARKIN CHEW Gentlemen Justices of SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Greeting. Whereas WILLIAM WALLER of your sd County Gent and ANNE his Wife by their Deeds of Lease & Release dated the 8th & 9th days of April hath sold unto ALEXANDER PARKER of the County of Essex one Lott in the TOWN of TAPPAHANNOCK And Whereas the said ANN is Impotent and not able to travel so far as to the Court of the County of Essex to acknowledge the said Deed therefore we, the case of said ANNE commisserating, do give unto you power to receive the acknowledgement of said ANNE (having first examined her privily and apart from her husband touching her consent) to certifie the same and return to the Justices of the County Court of Essex to the end the same may be recorded. Witness WILLIAM BEVERLEY Clk of our sd County Court of Essex the 9th day of April in the Fifteenth year of our Reign
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Sst. Persuant to the within Commission, we the Subscribers did personally go to the sd ANN WALLER and her did examine Privatly & apart from her Husband, and we do certify that said ANN was Willing and did acknowledge the said Deeds which said Deeds she was willing should be recorded in the County Court of Essex, Given under our hands and Seals this fifteenth day of April MDCCXXXXII
JOS: BROCK
WILLIAM JOHNSTON LARKIN CHEW
Be it Remembered that this Commission & Return of the private Examination of ANN WALLER was returned to Essex County Court together with the following Lease and Release on the 15th day of June 1742 and was admitted to record
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
August 22, 1743. William Smither of Essex Co., planter, to William Waller of Spts., Gentl. £9 16s. 9d. curr. 61-1/2 a. in Spts. Co. Wm. Smither, Junr., Robt. Smither, Joseph Foster, John Wynill Sanders, John x Warren. Decr. 6, 1743.
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Dec. 4, 1744. Francis Thornton, Gent., of Spts. County, to George Head of sd. County, planter. Deed of Lease. 200 a. in Spts. County, joining John Proctor and Abraham Darnell and the division line of the sd. Francis and Anthony Thornton and Humphrey Bell of London. "George Head and Elizabeth, his wife," etc. John Waller, Richard Tutt, Wm. Waller. Decr. 4, 1744.
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1745-1747 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 10; [Antient Press]; Page 2-5
Indenture 28 March 1745 between WILLIAM WALLER, Gent., of Spotsylvania County and WILLIAM LUCAS JUNR., of Orange County .. for five shillings .. sell unto Lucas .. 317 acres in Orange County .. being a pattent granted to William Waller 12 Feb 1742, bounded as follows .. Mr. Hancock Lee . . . .
No witnesses William Waller Seal
Payment of £20 received.
Release acknowledged 28 March 1745.
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1745-1747 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 10; [Antient Press]; Page 238-240
Indenture 25 July 1745 between WILLIAM WALLER of County of Spotsylvania, Gent., and ANN, his wife, and BENJAMIN CAVE, of county of Orange, Gent. In consideration of Rents .. granted to Benjamin Cave .. certain tract containing 300 acres in Parish of St. Thomas, Orange County .. to hold from 25 day of Dec. last past .. during the life of the said Ann Waller .. paying therefore for the first two years of the said Term on the 25th of Dec., 850 pounds Lawful Tobacco and Cash ..
MEMO. Capt. Benjamin Cave by agreement is to pay 425 pounds Tobacco being half of the rent for the year 1746 notwithstanding
this lease.
William Waller Seal
Ann Waller Seal
Orange County .. George the Second .. To our Trusty JOHN WALLER, JOHN CHEW and LARKIN CHEW, Gent. of the county of Spotsylvania, Greetings: Whereas WILLIAM WALLER and ANN, his wife, of the county of Spotsylvania, conveyed 300 acres to Benjamin Cave, Gent., Ann is so sickly that she cannot travel to the court of the said county .. Examine .. John Nicholas Cl Cur.
By virtue of this writ to us John Waller, John Chew and Larkin Chew, Gent., directed, we did privately go to the named Ann Waller, who on the 11th day of Aug 1745 relinquished her
dower. . . .
John Chew Seal
Larkin Chew Seal
Recorded 26 September 1745.
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
July 16, 1745. Richard x Couzens of Spts. Co., planter, and Elizabeth, his wife, to William Waller of sd. Co., Gent. £20 curr. 100 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., on Middle River of Mattapony, part of a tract granted to John Rogers and others, by patent. Jos. Brock, Nicholas Horn, Margaret x Ship. Augt. 6, 1745.
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Nov. 17, 1747. Jeremiah White of Spts. Co. and Mary, his wife, to William Waller of same county, Gent. £23 curr. 100 a. in Spts. Co. Edmund Waller, George Wythe, Benja. Davis. Feby. 2, 1747
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Wm. Smither of Spts. Co., mortgage, to Wm. Waller of same county. £6 5s. 1d. curr. Goods and chattels. Witnesses, Harry Beverley, Thomas McNiell, Johnathan Gibson. Oct. 2, 1750.
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Decr. 4, 1750. John Champe of King Geo. Co., Gent., to Wm. Waller of Spts. Co., Gent. £60 curr. 200 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. No witnesses. Dec. 4, 1750.
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1742-1751 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Septr. 3, 1751. William Brock and Larkin Chew, Gentlemen, of Spts. Co., to Moseley Battaley and Wm. Waller, Gentlemen, Churchwardens of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. 44 curr. 16,384 super final feet, a square of 128 feet on each side lately laid off for a church yard at Mattapony, including the said Church, etc., etc. No witnesses. Septr. 3, 1751.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Oct. 2, 1752. Edmund Waller of Spts. Co. to Wm. Waller of Spts. Co., Gent. Sd. Wm. Waller having become security to Benjamin Waller of Williamsburg, Esqr., on a certain Bond, he is secured by a deed for 5 negro slaves, and goods and chattels, etc. John Waller, John Temple, Johnathan Gibson. Nov. 8, 1752.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Robert x Marsh of Spts. Co. to Wm. Waller, for his being security in a suit of Peter Copland and others in Caroline Co. vs. sd. Marsh, pending in Spts. Co. Court. Goods and Chattels Conveyed. Dated, Nov. 6, 1752. Witnesses, John Carter, Jonathan Gibson. June 5, 1753.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Sept. 3, 1753. Ambrose Foster of Spts. Co. to Wm. Waller, Gent., of the eo. afsd. £11 2s. 9d. curr. 120 a. in Spts. Co. Witnesses, J o. Brock, Edwd. Herndon, Junr.; Robt. Chew. April 2, 1754.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Feby. 23, 1754. Thomas White and Betty, his wife, of Spts. Co., to John Thornton and Wm. Waller, Gent., Church Wardens of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. 640 lbs. tob. "144 sq. poles, being a square of 12 poles on each side, being lately laid of for a church yard at the New Church at East North East, including the sd. Church, which stands in the centre thereof," etc., in trust for the Par. James Lea, John Sandidge, Richard Poindexter. March 6, 1754.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
August 6, 1754. William Johnston of Caroline Co., Gent., to William Waller of Spts. Co., Gent. 10 10s. 31 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. John Minor, George. Frazer, Jo. Brock. Augt. 6, 1754.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Augt. 6, 1754. Wm. Waller of Spts. Co., Gent., to his god-daughter, Betty Johnston, daughter of William Johnston of Caroline Co., Gent., Deed of Gift. 171 a. in Spts. Co. Witnesses, John Minor, George Frazer, Jo. Brock. Augt. 6, 1754.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
June 2, 1755. Wm. Waller of Spts. Co., Gent., to Samuel Brown of co. afsd., planter. £12 18s. curr. 92 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., part of a tract devised sd. Waller, by the will of his father, Jno. Waller, Gent., Decd., etc. Nicho. Horn, William Smith, Thos. x Graves. June 3, 1755.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Oct. 21, 1755. William Smither of Spts. Co. and Ann, his wife, to Wm. Waller of co. afsd., Gent. £35 curr. 69 acres. John Semple, Ed. Herndon, junr.; Jo. Brock, John Waller. Dec. 2, 1755.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Nov. 15, 1753. Nicholas Horn of Caroline Co. to Col. Wm. Waller and David Allen of Spts. Co. £100 ster. 3 negroes. Mortgage. Witnesses, John Semple, Michael Yates, Wm. Wood. Recd. March 1, 1756.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
John Word of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to Wm. Waller of same county. £10 curr. Mortgage. Goods and chattels, horses and cattle, etc. Witnesses, Richd. Tutt, junr.; Wm. Wood. Dated, Jany. 13, 1756. Recd. March 3, 1756.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Feby. 20, 1756. William Waller of Spts. Co. to William Lewis of Fredericksburg. Deed of Lease. House and lots in Fredksbg. £15 curr. yearly. Jos. Brock, Wm. Carr, Wm. Wood. Mar. 3, 1756.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
June 5, 1758. William Waller of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to Robert Marsh of Par. and County afsd. Deed of Lease. 100 acres. William Wood. June 6, 1758.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
July 3, 1758. William Waller of Spts. Co., Gent., to John Page of same co. £30 curr. 100 a. in Caroline and Spts. Counties. No witnesses. July 4, 1758.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
July 4, 1758. Joseph Herndon and Philadelphia, his wife, of Spts. Co., to William Waller of same Co., Gent. £20 curr. Lot No. 3 in Spts. Co., adj. Fredksbg. No witnesses.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
George Woodroof of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to Wm. Waller of sd. Co., Gent. £100 curr. Mortgage. Tract of land in Spts. Co., goods, chattels, etc. Dated July 31, 1758. W. Taliaferro, Wm. Wood. Feby. 7, 1759.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Bond of George Woodroof of Spts. Co. to Wm. Waller of same Co., Gent. £200 curr. As the sd. Waller has become security to Wm. Spiller of King William Co. for the sd. Woodroof and Wm. Woodroof, etc. Dated Feby. 5, 1759. Test, Wm. Wood. Recd. Feby. 7, 1759
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Jany. 11, 1759. Wm. Woodroof of Spts. Co. to George Woodroof of same Co. Mortgage. £30 curr. Goods and chattels. Witnesses, Edmund Waller, Jack Waller, Ben. Waller, junr., Jno. Waller. Feby. 7, 1759.
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1751-1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book E; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Feby. 3, 1759. Joseph Hannis of province of North Carolina, Gent., to Wm. Waller of Spts. Co., Va., Gent. Whereas a decree of the Court of Chancery, April 13, 1758, in a suit pending between Joseph Hannis, Pltf., vs. Wm. Waller and Ann, his wife, and Harry Beverley, Gent., Defds., etc., mentions Slaves and Sale and lease of lands, etc.; also principal of a debt due from Joseph Hannis, Decd. (father of the sd. Joseph, party to these presents), to Robert Beverley, Decd., father to the sd. Harry, a party to these presents, etc., of £181 8s. 4d. Ster. Joseph Hannis, party to these presents, agrees to sell certain slaves to sd. Waller. £501 10s. 6d. Curr., etc., etc. Witnesses, James Mills, Jno. Waller, Wm. Wood. Feby. 6, 1759.
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1761-1766 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book F; [William Armstrong Crozier];
June 6, 1761. Jos. Brock and Edward Herndon, execrs. of the last will and testament of Wm. Waller, late of Spts. Co., Decd., to Benjamin Grymes of Spts. £50 curr. Whereas by his last will and testament, dat. Oct. 4, 1756, the sd. Wm. Waller, Decd., directed the sale of a certain tract of land, and dying Jany. 10, 1760, the sd. Execrs. proceed to sell and convey to sd. Grymes "200 a. in Spts. Co., whereon the widow Parrish lives." Witnesses, Ch. Robinson, Ludwell Grymes, A. Foster. Augt. 3, 1761.
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1761-1766 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book F; [William Armstrong Crozier];
May 27, 1761. A letter of Benj. Waller, referring to a mortgage referred to in the will of his brother, Colo. Wm. Waller, which was owing the sd. Wm. from their brother, Edmund Waller, etc. Mentions "younger children of the sd. Edmund," etc. Witnesses, John Waller, John Waller, junr. March 1, 1762.
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1761-1766 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book F; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Octr. 5, 1765. Thomas Waller of King Wm. Co., acting Executor of last will and testament of Thomas Waller, Gent., late of the sd. Co., Decd., to Oliver Towles, Junr., Atto-at-Law, of Spts. Co. Whereas, Thomas Waller, by his last will and testament, dated Septr. 19, 1764, did among other things devise that part of a tract of land in Spts. Co. (adj. lands that formerly belonged to his brother William Waller, Zachary Lewis and Vincent Vass) to his son John Waller and the remainder to be sold, as by the sd. will of record in King Wm. County, etc. Sd. Thomas Waller, as executor, conveys to sd. Towles, 312 a. in Spts. Co. for £90 10s. 10d. curr. Witnesses, John Waller, K. W.; William Steers, Cain Acuff. Octr. 7, 1765.
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1766-1771 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book G; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Dec. 7, 1767. John Waller of Spts. Co. and Mary Ann, his wife, and Elizabeth Waller, widow of Thomas Waller, of King William Co. to Joseph Duerson of Spts. Co. Whereas, the sd. Thos. Waller, late husband of the sd. Elizabeth and late father of the sd. John Waller, being seized of a tract of land in Spts. Co. by his last will and testament dated Septr. 19, 1764, devised to his said son, John Waller, that tract of land whereon sd. John did then and now doth live, adj. the lands formerly belonging to his brother, Wm. Waller, Zachary Lewis, and Phillip Vincent Vass, etc. Witnesseth, sd. John Waller and Mary Ann, his wife, for the sum of £65 12s. 9-1/2d. curr., convey to sd. Duerson, 199 a. in Spts. Co. Witnesses, Jas. Wigglesworth, Fras. Meriweather, James Edwards, Augustine Edwards. Deer. 7, 1767.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1714 - 1760 (~ 45 years)
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