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(Source:  Gaar, John Calhoun. The Garr Genealogy.  1894. Cincinatti, OH. Published by the Author.)


Will of John Adam Gaar 
Now of record in Madison C. H., Va.


In the name of God; Amen.

I, Adam Gaar, in the County of Culpeper and State of Virginia, do make this, my 
last will and testament, being in perfect mind and memory.

Imprimis. - I give unto my son Michael Gaar two negro boys - vis., Harry and 
Bob - valued at ninety-five pounds, to him and his heirs forever.

Item. - I give unto my son Lewis a negro boy named Andrew, valued at fifty 
pounds, thirty pounds cash, to him and his heirs forever.

Item. - I give to my son Benjamin two negro boys named John and Gilbert, 
valued at eighty-eight pounds, one shilling; likewise that tract of land where he now lives 
upon, and has in possession at my decease.  I likewise give my iron stove, bet and bet-
clothes, my wearing apparel, my Dutch Bible and Sermon Book, cow, iron pot, five hogs, 
and all my household furniture, to him and his heirs forever.

Item. - I give to my daughter Molly Fisher two negro wenches, named Fanny and 
Franky, valued at seventy-nine pounds, ten shillings, to her and her heirs forever.

Item. - I give to my daughter Betty Fisher two negroes, Toby and Moll, valued at 
one hundred and two pounds, ten schillings, to her and her heirs forever.

Item. - I give to my daughter Rosannah Dicken two negroes, Sam and Nanny, 
valued at eighty pounds, to her and her heirs forever.

Item. - It is my will that everything exclusive of what has been before mentioned 
- vis., negroes and land - at my decease shall be divided amongst the surviving children; 
that is to say, that those children who have more in value, in negroes of the above-
mentioned valued negroes and cash, must at the division at or after my death pay up to 
such children cash or property, as can be agreed upon by themselves, to make all their 
legacies equal; only, as before mentioned, and land and household furniture I give my son 
Benjamin exclusive of an equal part of the negroes and land at my decease.

It is my desire that my son Benjamin Gaar and John Hume shall act and perform 
as Executors and Administrators to this my estate, according at the laws of this country 
shall direct, with justice to every party concerned; whereby, in behalf of this, my last will 
and testament, I do by these presents disannul and reject all other writings to the intended 
purpose of this writing, as witness my hand and seal on the eleventh day of January, in 
the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety.
	(Interlined before assigned.)
									ADAM GAAR [seal]
	Teste:
		Lawrence Gaar
		Adam Gaar

At a meeting held for the County of Madison,  on Thursday, the 24th day of 
October, 1793, this last will and testament of Adam Gaar, deceased, was proved by oaths 
of Lawrence Gaar and Abram Gaar, witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.

And on the motion of Benjamin Gaar and John Hume, the Executors therein 
named, who made oath thereto, and together with John Smith and Jasper Haynes, their 
securities, entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of £1,000, 
conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate in due 
form of the said Dect. Estate.
					Teste:
						John Walker Jr., C.M.C.

	A copy - Teste:
			N.W. Crisler, Clerk.



Note. - John Adam Gaar did not change his residence.  His will was recorded in Culpeper in January, 
1790, but later that in the same year Madison Co., was struck off from Culpepper, so his will was probated 
in Madison Co.              J.C.G.