Will of Billingsley Roberts, Montgomery Co., MD
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The will of Billingsley Roberts was received from
Montgomery County MD 22 Aug 1994.
The will and inventory of Margaret Roberts from
LDS Film # 14,232 Montgomery Co MD Wills 1802-1810
WILL OF BILLINGSLY ROBERTS
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Billingsly Roberts of Montgomery County and
State
of Maryland being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory and
understanding, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form
following. That is
to say:
First my body I recommend to the earth to be decently buried in a Christian
like and
decent manner and after my just debts are paid, I give, devise and dispose of
all the rest of my
estate both real and personal in the manner and for following, to with:
I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Roberts thirty five pounds current
money to be
lodged in the hands of John Hawkins and to his care till my son Richard returns
from Kentucky
and in case he should never return then to his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath unto my sons Richard and John Roberts all that parcel
or tract of
land lying on the north fork of Holsons (?) River containing three hundred acres
and known by
the name of Camels Choice together with all the appurtenances thereunto
belonging to be
equally divided between them and their heirs forever.
I give and bequeath unto my loving wife the plantation whereon I now live
together with
a lease since obtained of Bene Dulany Esquire formerly the property of William
Davis by a lease
with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging to her and her heirs
during the time
they are leased for.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Duley one shilling sterling
and it is my
desire she should have no more of my estate having made provision for her
already.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Sanbrage (?) one shilling sterling
and it is my
desire she should have no more of my estate having made provision for her
already.
I give and bequeath unto my loving wife one third tract of my personal
estate as also all
provisions such as corn, wheat and meat as much as shall be adjudged necessary
for her families
use till she makes a crop, to her and her heirs forever.
I give and bequeath the other two thirds of my personal estate to be
equally divided
amongst my children namely Richard Roberts, Eleanor Roberts, John Roberts, Sarah
Benton,
Cassandra Roberts, Henry Roberts, Joseph Roberts, Mary Roberts, James Roberts,
and William
Roberts to them and their heirs forever.
And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my loving wife and my son John
Roberts
executors of this my last will and testament revoking and disannulling all
former wills by me
heretofore made, confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this ninth day of November One thousand
seven
hundred and ninety.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced
and declared by Billingsly Roberts the
testator to be his last will and
testament in the presence of his
John Hawkins Billingsly B R Roberts
James Offutt of Wm mark
John Dent
Received from Montgomery County MD 22 Aug 1994
______________________________________________________________________________
MARGARET ROBERTS
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we Henry Roberts, Joseph Roberts and
Samuel
Magruder and Thomas H L Offutt of Montgomery County are held and firmly bound to
the State
of Maryland in the sum of Four Thousand Dollars to be paid to the State
aforesaid or its certain
attorney to which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind our selves
our heirs
executors and administrators firmly by this presents sealed with our seals and
dated this
nineteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and seven.
THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden
Henry
Roberts and Joseph Roberts shall well and truly perform the office of
administrators of Margaret
Roberts late of Montgomery County, deceased, according to law, and shall in all
respects
discharge the duty of them required by law as administrators aforesaid without
any injury or
damage to any person interested in the faithfull performance of the said office
then the above
obligation shall be void, it is otherwise to be in full force and virtue in
law....
Henry Roberts
(seal)
Signed sealed and delivered Joseph Roberts (seal)
in the presence of Samuel Magruder
(seal)
Solo Holland Thos H L Offutt
(seal)
INVENTORY OF MARGARET ROBERTS
INVENTORY of the personal estate of Margaret Roberts late of Montgomery
County,
deceased, appraised in Dollars and cents by us the subscribers being thereunto
lawfully
authorised and sworn this 4th day of November 1807.
$ cts
James abt 55 yrs old.............................. 200
Manuel abt 46 yrs old............................. 280
Rous abt 35 yrs old............................... 300
Sam abt 14 yrs old................................ 325
Mike abt 13 yrs old............................... 300
Joseph abt 11 yrs old............................. 300
Jeffry abt 8 yrs old.............................. 200
Charity abt 56 yrs old............................ 100
Teany abt 54 yrs old.............................. 100
Rachal abt 35 yrs old............................. 145
Charity abt 16 yrs old............................ 220
Hagar abt 9 yrs old............................... 120
Kitty abt 9 yrs old............................... 120
1 chestnut horse abt 11 yrs old................... 67 50
1 brown stud horse abt 11 yrs old................. 45
1 bay horse abt 10 yrs old........................ 45
1 brown ridgling abt 8 yrs old.................... 65
1 black horse abt 8 yrs old....................... 55
1 brindle cow abt 6 yrs old....................... 8
buffalow do abt 6 yrs old....................... 10
1 ditto do abt 6 yrs old....................... 10
1 red and white cow abt 12 yrs old................ 9
6 yearlings....................................... 25
6 shoats.......................................... 10
1 old waggon swingle trees with attach chanes..... 30
Amt carried forward......... 3089 50
Set old waggon geer 5 pr iron traces 4 leather
collars 4 old bridles and 2 old breach bands... 12
2 old barshear plows with swingle trees
and cleoices................................... 6
4 old do with 2 coulters and swingle trees
1 clevis....................................... 4
4 three hold harrows.............................. 4
3 old shovel ploughs.............................. 1 50
7 old weeding hoes................................ 2 25
2 mattocks........................................ 2
1 broad ax........................................ 1 50
4 narrow axes..................................... 3 50
2 hoes and 5 old wedges 1 cross cut saw........... 4 50
1 old whip saw 1 old auger and chiswel............ 1 75
4 scythes and cradles............................. 4
2 pots pot hoods and racks........................ 5
1 Duch oven 2 old pots and skillet................ 1 50
2 old press irons 1 old grind stone............... 70
1 woolen wheel 3 old linen do................... 2 50
1 churn 1 iron tea kettle......................... 2
5 old stone butter pots........................... 1 25
7 old water vessels 1 old tray.................... 55
2 old basons and 2 old dishes..................... 2
1 jug pitcher qwt bottle and straner.............. 50
6 case knives and forks with white handles
4 old ditto with one fork wood handles......... 1 25
1 old knife box 1 sugar ditto and rowling pen..... 25
17 3/4 yds of fulled cloth........................ 14 20
3 1/4 yds of course yarn double and twist......... 2
3 3/4 yds ditto cotton and yarn................. 2 50
3 1/2 yds cotton 3 remnants linen................. 2
9 scanes thread pr hillards and spike gimblet..... 1 44
Amt carried forward 3176 14
1 pr fire hand irons.............................. 1
1 loom and geer with warping boxes................ 6
1 old safe 1 punch bowl........................... 1 10
quantity pourk ditto of beef...................... 130
1 old powdering tub and 2 furkins 1 old pale...... 60
quantity of collards.............................. 2
4 barrels with out heads and 1 cag without hed.... 75
1 barrell with quantity of vinegar................ 1
2 cyder barrels and 1 keg......................... 1 50
2 fish barrels and 1 old flour do................ 50
1 tub fish........................................ 4
2 wine pipes 6 old tubs........................... 4 50
1 tin bucket and candle moulds.................... 50
1 bed bed sted and furniture...................... 0
1 bed bed sted and furniture one old do.......... 30
1 bed bed sted with furniture..................... 25
3 1/2 w thread 2 3/4 course ditto............... 2 75
1 old feather bed bed sted and furniture.......... 10
lot of old iron................................... 2
1 old sid saddle.................................. 75
quantity new feathers and tub..................... 2
2 raw cow heds.................................... 2 50
6 winsor chares 3 old green ditto................. 7 50
1 arm chare....................................... 50
1 old walnut desk and oil cloth................... 11
1 walnut table and oil cloth....................... 4
2 old square tables 1 walnut chest................ 2 75
6 green edged plates 5 plane ditto 4 blue ditto... 1
1 pewter tea pot 1 ten coffee pot................. 1
2 earthern dishes 1 delph punch bowl.............. 1
Amt carried forward 3463 34
parcel of chane tea cups and sausers............. 1 25
1 caster 2 tumblers 12 bols with medians (?)..... 2
6 silver teaspoons............................... 4
1 bread basket 1 weighter and cannister.......... 50
2 old slates 1 close brush 2 combs............... 70
1 corner cupbord................................. 4
1 iron pitch fork 1 rake with iron teeth......... 50
2 backbands 3 old harness pr traces and part of
fifth chane with tongue stay................... 2
1 cyder cask and old barrel...................... 1
1 old sane with corks and ropes.................. 1
3 old grass scythes and 2 old sneathes (?)....... 1
147 barrels corn................................. 330 75
1 cutting box.................................... 2 50
quantity of not broke flax....................... 5
quantity of blade fother......................... 15
quantity of top fother........................... 14
quantity of nubbins.............................. 3
140 oak shingles................................. 1
quantity of corne caps........................... 6
18 geese and six turkeys......................... 12 50
quantity of beans ditto of Indian peas........... 1 50
parcel of old books a small looking glass........ 1 10
1 tooth harrow 1 old tar bucket.................. 2 10
1 brass candle stand and 1 ten ditto............. 75
1 old band box................................... 10
The wearing apparrel of the deceased............. 20
quantity of oak plank............................ 3
Amt carried forward....... 3902 9
parcel cotton doubled and twist.................. 30
2 table cloth.................................... 80
15 dunghill fowles............................... 3
quantity of hay in the stacks.................... 50
1 brindle yearling............................... 3
quantity of wheat got out........................ 150
quantity of wheat straw.......................... 6
quantity of tobacco stript....................... 26
quantity of second tobacco....................... 6
quantity of flax swingled........................ 2
hay boddy........................................ 2
small quantity of salt petre pr old harnes....... 25
1 drawing knife.................................. 25
1 old jointer stalk.............................. 25
full amount............... 4151 94
We the subscribers do certify that the foregoing is a true and just
inventory of the goods
chattles and personal estate of Margaret Roberts late of Montgomery County,
deceased as far as
they have come to our sight and knowledge. Witness our hands and seals this 7th
day of Jany
1808.
Alexander Offutt
(seal)
Norman West
(seal)
Montgomery County Pct
On the 12th day of January 1808 came Henry Roberts and Joseph Roberts
administrators
of Margaret Roberts late of said county, deceased, and made oath on the Holy
Evangels of
Almighty God that the aforegoing is a true and perfect inventory of all and
singular the goods
and chattles of the said Margaret Roberts, deceased, that hath come to their
hands possession or
knowledge at the time of the making thereof and that what hath since come or
shall hereafter
come they will return an additional inventory that they know of no consealment
of any part or
parcel of the said deceased's estate by any person or persons whatsoever and
that if they should
hereafter discover any consealment or suspect any to be they will acquaint the
judges of the
Orphan's Court at the time being with such consealment or cause of suspicion
that it may be
enquired into according to law
Certified by Saml Turner,
Registrar
ADDITIONAL INVENTORY of the personal estate of Margaret Roberts late of
Montgomery County, deceased, appraised in dollars and cents by us the
subscribers being
thereto lawfully authorized and sworn this 4th day of November 1807.
To lease on 246 acres of land with 29 bushels wheat
seeded................................... 330
To do do 245 acres with 54 1/2 bushels
wheat.......................................... 400
quantity of oak shingles............................. 12
2 cider troughs...................................... 3
Amount.............. 745
We the subscribers do certify that the foregoing is a true and just
inventory and valuation
of the goods chattles and personal estate of Margaret Roberts late of Montgomery
County,
deceased, as far as they have come to our sight and knowledge. Witness our
hands and seals.
Alexander Offutt (seal)
Norman West (seal)
LDS Film # 14,232 Montgomery Co MD Wills 1802-1810
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MARGARET ROBERTS SALES
A list of sales due the estate of Margaret Roberts late of Montgomery
County, deceased
24th March 1808
James Offutt of Wm $ cts
For 1 lot of oak plank......................... 4 10
For 1 cutting box.............................. 3 15
For 1 brindle cow.............................. 10
For 1 lot of stocking thread................... 1 60
For set of loom gears.......................... 2 50
21 35
Henry Roberts
For lot of oak plank........................... 1 10
For plough swingle trees with clevis........... 1 10
For 1 three hoed harrow........................ 1
For 1 broad ax................................. 3 75
For 1 whip saw................................. 1 25
For 1 lot of scythes........................... 1 30
For 2 pr gears................................. 6 5
For 1 waggon................................... 81
For quantity of fother & corn caps............. 16
For 1 lease.................................... 672
For 1 stone pot................................ 55
For quantity for thread
For old towel.................................. 3
For 2 old reals................................ 6
Amt brought forward...... 785 19
For barrel and --?--........................... 10
For 1 iron pot................................. 2 55
For 2 old iron pots............................ 26
For 1 tea kettle and stand..................... 2 35
For 1 old safe................................. 1 53
For 1 loom..................................... 8
For warping bars and box....................... 1 70
For 1/2 doz chares............................. 12 60
For 1 desk..................................... 12 20
For 1 cubboard................................. 4 50
For 1 bed and furniture........................ 52 50
For 1 bed and furniture........................ 22
For 1 set knives and forks with box............ 2 5
For 1 troft.................................... 80
ditto........................................ 10
ditto........................................ 3 10
ditto........................................ 1
For quantity oak shingles...................... 17
For 1 brown stud............................... 45 10
For 16 barrels corn............................ 48 70
For 2 slates................................... 20
For negro James................................ 204
For 1 soap trought............................. 15
For fat tub with fat, ditto ditto............ 2
For quantity of bacon.......................... 91 45
For 1 old tub and quantity hay................. 27 01
1346 85
Linsey Beall
For 1 tooth harrow............................ 4 50
William Scott
For barshear plow swingle tree and clevis..... 5
For 1 tub..................................... 1 26
For 1 old bake................................ 25
For 1 tub 2 oak planks........................ 75
For candle moulds and stick................... 28
For 1 small table............................. 30
For 2 hides................................... 2
For 1 lease................................... 800
809 84
Joseph Roberts
For 2 old ploughs............................. 1 10
For 1 small barshear plough................... 1 5
For 2 narrow axes............................. 2 5
For 1 matock hoe.............................. 1 55
For 1 sith and cradle......................... 1 10
For hind gear of waggon....................... 3
For 12 geese.................................. 6
For 2 earling (yearling ?).................... 11 50
For 1 sow and 3 pigs.......................... 4 50
For 1 black gelding........................... 70
Amt brought forward...... 101 85
For 1 pr press iron........................... 1
For 1 dutch oven and hooks.................... 1
For 1 lot of pewter........................... 2 50
For 1 dining table............................ 6
For 1 bed bedsted and furniture............... 45 25
For negro Manuel.............................. 311
For negro Tony................................ 113
For quantity of wheat 263.40 at $1 ?.......... 263 40
845
For amount of sundry articles unsold.......... 12 59
857 59
Batten Brashears
For 1 barshare plough and swingletrees........ 3 15
For 1 sider cask.............................. 1 5
For 5 chares.................................. 5 25
For 1 walnut chest............................ 3 10
12 55
Absolam Lewis
For 1 barshear plough......................... 1 80
For old water vessels and fat tub............. 87
2 67
Thomas Scott Junr
For 1 three hoe'd harrow...................... 80
For 1 bed..................................... 12 5
For 1/2 doz plaits............................ 51
13 36
Kinsey Gettings
For 1 three hoe'd harrow...................... 90
ditto ditto ............................. 76
For 1 drawing knife........................... 41
For 1 matock hoe.............................. 1 55
For 1 sith and cradle......................... 2 5
For lot of old iron........................... 3 5
For 3 turkeys at 1 dollar 5 cts............... 3 15
For 1 lot of books............................ 1 1
12 88
Samuel Brashears
For 2 old ploughs............................. 60
For 4 hogs at 4 dollars each.................. 16
For 1 white sow............................... 7
23 60
William Benton
For 2 narrow axes............................. 1 96
For 1 lot of corn............................. 21 56
For 1 lot of corn............................. 21 49
For negro Charity............................. 151
196 1
John Roberts
For 1 cross cut saw........................... 8
For negro Sam................................. 450
458
James Roberts
For -?- auger and croes (?)................... 85
For 5 iron wedges............................. 1 80
For 7 weeding hoes............................ 2 10
For 4 barrels................................. 3 5
For 2 wine and 1 barrel....................... 3
For 1 hay body................................ 1 5
For set of old gears.......................... 4 5
For 1 stove pot............................... 35
For pr and irons.............................. 1 35
For brass candle stand........................ 1 80
ditto ditto cards and cannester............. 61
For 1 pot and hooks........................... 1 5
For 2 water vessels & tin bucket.............. 55
For 1 pewter tea pot.......................... 1 55
For 1 vinegar barrel.......................... 70
For flax seed and barrel...................... 2
For 1 lot of corn............................. 21 7
For negro Jeffry.............................. 271
For negro Hagar............................... 273
For negro Rachal.............................. 200
790 93
Benjamin Ray
For 1 sythe blade............................. 1 25
For pitch fork and jointer.................... 50
1 75
Colemore Offutt
For pr sheep shears........................... 50
William Roberts
For 1 syth and cradle......................... 1
For 1 barrel and flax seed.................... 1 22
For brown redglen (?)......................... 120
For 1 bay horse............................... 58
For negro Raws................................ 304
For negro Mick................................ 450
934 22
William Howard
For 1 skillet................................. 60
Archibald Offutt
For 2 pr harnes............................... 25
Allen Simpson
For 1 read cow................................ 17
ditto ditto red and white.................. 19 05
For 1` black ditto and calf................... 16 05
52 10
Benjamin Perry
For 3 earlings................................ 19
For sugar box and -?-......................... 69
19 69
Normal Anderson
For 1 earling................................. 6 15
For one long wheel............................ 2
ditto ditto................................ 1
ditto ditto................................ 50
For quantity cloth............................ 1 95
For 1 barrel and feathers..................... 2 94
14 54
Lilbern Brashears
For 1 stone jar............................... 55
For ditto.................................... 30
For the wearing apparell of the deceased...... 10
10 85
Norman West
For 1 churn.................................. 55
For 1 set of casters......................... 1 10
1 65
Erasmus Benton
For remnant Irish linen...................... 2 10
For quantity of cloth........................ 23 11
Negro Joe.................................... 457
For negro Kitty.............................. 215
For 1/2 doz silver tea spoons................ 6
703 21
James Wade
For 2 yds cloth.............................. 2 50
2 50
George Heater Junr
For looking glass and brush.................. 67
For bread basket water....................... 55
For pr Hillards.............................. 2
3 22
William Wade
For 1 old lock............................... 25
Thos Watkins
For 1 bed bed stead and furniture............ 31 75
William Hurley
For 1 old chare.............................. 72
For 1 lot of corn............................ 21 7
For 1 lot of corn............................ 21 42
43 21
Archibald Trail
For 1 barrels corn........................... 21 7
For 1 lot of corn............................ 21 35
42 42
George Heater Senr
For 1 lot of corn............................ 21 7
For 1 lot of corn............................ 21 7
42 14
Thos Offutt Junr
For quantity of flax......................... 8 91
Henry Lodge
For 1 lot of neals........................... 25
William Roberts of Kentucky
For negro Charity............................ 350
William M Offutt
For 1 fifth chain and traces................. 1 10
Amt brought forward.... 1346 85
For 1 tin coffee pot......................... 39
For 1 square walnut table.................... 1
For 1 stone pitcher.......................... 31
For 1/2 doz earthern pots and dishes......... 85
For 2 pun bowles and chiny................... 2 30
1351 70
For 35 of tow thread at 15................... 5 25
1356 95
A list of property on sold
2 old pot racks.............................. 1 50
1 old sain and corks......................... 1
1 keg........................................ 50
3 w" thread.................................. 1 50
2 old table cloths........................... 80
Quantity of second tobacco................... 6
3 old tubs................................... 75
4 dunghill fowls............................. 54
For amt carried to Joseph Roberts act........ 12 59
James Offutt (of William).................... 21 35
Henry Roberts................................ 1356 95
Kinsey Beall................................. 4 5
William Scott................................ 809 84
Joseph Roberts............................... 857 59
Barton Brashears............................. 12 55
Absolam Lewis................................ 2 67
Thomas Scott Junr............................ 13 36
Kinsey Gittings.............................. 12 88
Samuel Brashears............................. 23 60
William Benton............................... 196 1
John Roberts................................. 458
James Roberts................................ 790 93
Benjamin Ray................................. 1 75
Colmore Offutt............................... 50
William Roberts.............................. 934 22
William Howard............................... 60
Archibald Offutt............................. 25
Allen Simpson................................ 52 10
Benjamin Perry............................... 19 69
Varnal Anderson.............................. 14 54
Lilburn Brashears............................ 10 85
Norman West.................................. 1 65
Erasmus Benton............................... 703 21
James Wade................................... 2 50
George Hetter Junr........................... 3 22
William Wade................................. 25
Thomas Watkins............................... 31 75
William Hurley............................... 43 21
Archibald Trail.............................. 42 42
George Hetter Senr........................... 42 14
Thomas Offutt Junr........................... 8 91
Henry Lodge.................................. 25
William Roberts of Kentucky.................. 350
William M Offutt............................. 1 10
6824 98
Montgomery County Pct, on the 15th day of June 1809 then came Henry Roberts
and
Joseph Roberts administrators of Margaret Roberts late of said County, deceased,
and severally
made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that the aforegoing is a true and
perfect list of
sales.
Certified by Solo Holland Register
LDS Film # 14,232 Montgomery Co MD Wills 1802-1810
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I am sending the will of Billingsley Roberts and also of his wife
Margaret. The first wife and mother of his chidren was Betty Manen.
They were married 2 Nov 1758 in Baltimore. That info came from GRS
Files. It is unknown the surname of Margaret Roberts, but it could
possibly be Campbell, but not proven. The Sarah Benton mentioned in the
will of Billingsley Roberts is my 4 gr grandmother. Ellen in Tucson