CULPEPER COUNTY – WILL: ROBERT LINES, 1749 Contributed by: Von Mings Stachon <vonstac@comcast.net> ******************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** Will: Robert Lines, Culpeper Co, VA (1749) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the 16th day of January 1749. I Robert Lines of Culpeper County, being sick and weak in bodey but of perfet mind and memorey, thankes be to God, therefore, I make and ordain this my last will and testament and first of all I give and recommend my sole into the hands of God that gave it me and as for my bodey I recommend to the earth to be deasently burryed. Item: My will is tht my daughter Elasbeth Howall shall have one cow caled Stay and her yearling and her puter (pewter) basens (basins), one of the best and one of the worst and no more of my estate. Item: I give to my daughter Jemima Garrat one shilling and no more. Item: I give to my daughter Mary Caster (or Casher) one shilling and no more. Item: I give to my sun Robert Foote any lot whereon I now live. Item: I give to my sun John Foote one black mayre named Blane and my gun. I give to my daughter Sarah Foote five pounds ten shilling, in Bromfield Long's hands as the mayre again? that I sold him, if she lickes to tack him? again. Item: I give all the remainder of my estate not before mentitiened to be equalle devided between my loving wife Margaret Lines and my three children: Robert Foote, Sarah Foote and John Foote after my debtes and funeral expences is payed. I do apoynt my sun robert Foote and my daughter Sarah Foote my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereunto set my hand and seale. Interlined the word Sarah before sined mark. his Robert R Lines mark (witnesses) George Doggett mark Thomas X Rayns mark Brought over, further my will is if any the children cannot inheret what I have left them by the name of Foote, my will is that they shall inheret by the name of Lines. P n me (these ltrs on page above signature) his Robert R Lines mark Test: George Doggett his James X Rains mark At a Court held for the County of Culpeper Thursday, the 15th day of February 1749 This Last Will and Testament of Robert Lines was proved by the oath of George Doggett, a witness thereto And At a Court held for the County of Culpeper Friday, the 16th day of March 1749 Said Will was sworn to by the Executor Robert Foley, therein named and ordered to be recorded and Certificate is granted to the said Robert Foley for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form - Elizabeth Howell Jamison Garrett and Mary Carter co-heirs in law of the decedent, appeared in court and declared severally that they had no legal objection to the validity of this Will. Teste: Roger Dixon, Cl.Cur. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book A, 1749-1770 Culpeper Co, VA Reel 31, pages 9-10 Note: Spelling was not corrected.Paragraphing and some punctuation were added by transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original.