Spotsylvania County Records 1721 - 1800 Being Transcriptions, from the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrators' and Guardians' Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ARMSTRONG CROZIER Baltimore SOUTHERN BOOK CO. 1955 Genealogical Book Company BALTIMORE, MARYLAND DEED BOOK F. 1761-1766 Page 234 April 4, 1764. John Waller of Spts. Co., Gent., and Ann, his wife, to John Battaley of co. afsd., Gent. œ100 curr. Lot 1, adj. town of Fredksbg., purchased by Wm. Waller, Gent., Decd., of Fielding Lewis, Gent., etc. Wm. Wood, John Vass. May 8, 1764. Page 235 May 10, 1764. Richard Coleman of Spts. Co. and Ann, his wife, to John Waller of afsd. Co. 5 shill. curr. 29 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Zachy. Lewis, Junr.; Cain Acuff, Barnard x Carter. June 4, 1764. April 26, 1764. John Waller, Clk., and Ann, his wife, to Wm. Waller of Spts. Co. and John Beverley Roy of Caroline Co. œ120 10s. curr. 241 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Richard Johnston, Owen Minor, Barnett x Carter. July 3, 1764. Page 243 June 3, 1765. George Kenner of Caroline Co. and Margaret, his wife, and John Beverley Roy of Spts. Co., and Ann, his wife, to Francis Jerdone of Louisa Co., Mercht. œ275 curr. 1194 a. in Spts. Co., which sd. tract is part of a tract devised by the last will and testament of Harry Beverley to be divided among his five daughters, to wit: Margaret, Susannah, Katherine, Judith and Agatha, etc., the sd. 1194 a. was allotted to the sd. Judith (who afterwards intermarried with the Revd. Rodham Kenner, by whom she had issue, the George Kenner, her eldest son and heir at law) and hath since departed this life, without having disposed of the same by will or otherwise, etc. Witnesses, J. Lewis, Jno. Glassell, junr.; James Lewis, Geo. Pottie, Patrick Robb, O. Towles. June 3, 1765. Page 518 COLONIAL MILITIA John Waller, the Younger, Gent., commission to be Lieutenant of a troop of Horse in Spots. Co., dated July 21, 1755, took the oath July 6, 1756. Rice Curtis, Gent., commission as Colonel of Militia of Spots. Co., dated Apr. 26, 1756, took the oath July 7, 1756. Page 519 Zachary Lewis, Gent., commission dated Nov. 12, 1761, to be Captain of a company in this County, took the oath Apr. 5, 1762. John Waller, Esq., commission dated Apr. 4, 1764, to be Captain of a company of Foot. John Beverley Roy, Gent., commission dated May 7, 1764, as a Lieutenant of a company of Foot. The above took the oaths May 7, 1764. Page 77 GUARDIANS BONDS WILL BOOK E œ3000 Ann Roy, guard. to Ann, Judy and Bettey Roy, orphs. of John Beverley Roy, with Richard Johnston and Jno. Lewis, sec. Nov. 17, 1774. œ6000 John Lewis, guard. to Hugh Roy, orph. of John Roy, with Oliver Towles and Richard Johnston, sec. Nov. 17, 1774. ADMINISTRATION BONDS WILL BOOK E œ3000 Ann Roy, admx. of John Beverley Roy, decd., with John Lewis and Richard Johnston, sec. Novr. 17, 1774. WILLS CHEW, LARKIN, d. May 11, 1728, p. Apr. 1, 1729. Wit. William Russell. Ex. son Larkin Chew. Leg. sons Thomas and John Chew; daughter Nan Johnson, wife of William Johnson; Larkin Chew Junr. son of Larkin and Hannah Chew, every part and parcel of my estate after my debts are paid; my wife Hannah Chew to have her first choice of my estate after the debts are paid, to maintain her and my mother Ruth Green, during their natural lives, afterwards to return to Larkin Chew, my natural son and executor. (Page 98) BEVERLEY, HARRY, St. George's Parish, d. Nov. 30, 1730, p. Feb. 12, 1730-1. Wit. John Gordon, John Henderson, William Chapman, Thomas Sellars. Ex. son Robert Beverley. Leg. daughter Elizabeth Stanard, the lower part of my tract of land on the River Ta, in Spotsylvania Co., that lies below the branch that is next to Col. John Robinson's bridge; daughter Mary, the residue of above tract; daughter Margaret; daughter Susanna; daughter Catharine; daughter Judith, 1000 acres adjoining the land I sold to Andrew Harrison; daughter Agatha; son Rober balance of lands notdisposed of. (Page 119) MADISON, AMBROSE, St. Mark's Parish, d. July 31, 1732, p. Tue?? day Feb. 10, 1732-3. Wit. James Barbour, Robert Martin, George Pen?? Ex. my wife; my brother John Madison; Francis Conway; Joseph Broc?? Leg. I give and bequeath unto James Coleman (???) hundred acres ?? land according to survey (???) adjoining to the said Coleman's plantation?? I give and bequeath unto (???) hundred acres of land according as it ?? laid out (???) at the great Mountains to himself and his (???); I bequeat?? unto Daniel S (???) and fifty acres of land (???) and Abraham Estridg??e line (???); I give unto David Roach one hundred acres of land, to be lai?? off some part of my land (???) Mr. George Braxton, Gentl. and othe?? according (???); I give unto my daughter Elizabeth (???) acres of lan?? adjoining to the above mentioned land (???) to begin at my upper lin?? and so run down to the lower (???) thousand acres of land at the grea?? Mountains, lying (???) now belonging to John Camm, Gentl., and my so?? James (???) heirs forever; I give unto my daughter (???) one thousan?? acres of land adjoining to her sister Elizabeth (???) little Mountain, an?? also one thousand acres of land (???) Mountains lying between the lan?? of my son James on (???) and land (???) Abraham Estridge (???); I gi?? unto my son James my lands whatsoever that I am possessed of, to hi?? and (???) forever, and that he possess the same when he shall arri?? (???)teen years of age; I lend unto my dear and well beloved wife France?? all and singular my real and personal estate not (???) bequeathe?? (Page 172) BEVERLEY, ROBERT, St. George's Parish, d. May 12, 1733, p. June ?? 1733. Wit. Elias Watt, Jerome Armon, Larkin Chew, W. Beverley. E?? my wife; cousin William Beverley and my brother Benjamin Winslo?? in case of my wife's marriage. Leg. Mentions late father, Mr. Harr?? Beverley; nephew Beverley Stanard 6000 acres of land, part of the tra?? at the mountains in Spotsylvania Co. called Octonia Land; brother-in-law?? Benjamin Winslow 300 acres of the same tract; to Anthony Head 20?? acres of the same tract to include the plantation the said Head no?? lives on; to Robert Dearing 200 acres of the Octonia Tract; my only so?? Harry Beverley, not to be sent to England, but put to school at ye co?? lege at the age of ten years, William Beverley to be his guardian; m?? three unmarried sisters, Mary, Catharine and Agatha, to live in my house at Neroland as previously; wife Ann Beverley; my five sisters; my sister Stanard's two daughters. (Page 188) ROY, JAMES, d. Apr. 16, 1741, p. May 5, 1741. Wit. Edward Herndon. John Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon. Ex. Maj. Francis Thornton. Leg. son Thomas Roy, all my land; daughter Elizabeth Gordon, now wife to John Gordon; daughters Effey, Isabella, Mary, and Sarah Roy; son David Roy. (Page 325) CURTIS, RICE, Senr., Spotsylvania Co., d. Jan. 22, 1749-50 (nuncupative will). Leg. "A direction or instruction given to me by my father, for the division or disposal of his estate after his death, this 22nd day of Jan. 1749-50. 1st. that the slaves that Mr. Philip Vincent Vass have in his possession to be settled to him and his children as was purposed when delivered, and after my mother's death, to deliver to the said Vass his desk. 2nd. that Mr. Henry Pendleton have the negro slaves that he have in his possession settled to him, together with a young negro wench about fourteen years old, to be bought for that purpose, and to deliver to him his looking glass. 3rd. that fifty pounds be raised by the profits of the estate and that sum laid out for two young negro girls to be settled on my son Rice Curtis. 4th. that my negroes Cate and Little, with their present and further increase, be equally divided among my three youngest daughters, division to be as they come to age or marry, if I think fit or otherwise at my death. Lastly, all the remainder to myself after my mother's death, both real and personal. The above is what I desire to be done by my son or who he shall leave for that purpose. Day and year above written." Sig. "Rice Curtis, Senr." "I do hereby certify that I resign all my right and title to the administration of my decd. husband's estate, as witness my hand this 5th day of Nov. 1753." X mark of Elizabeth Curtis. Rice Curtis, Adms. with the will annexed of Rice Curtis, Gentl. decd. with William Waller, his security, bond dated and recorded, Nov. 6, 1753. (Page 171) WALLER, JOHN, Gentl. Spotsylvania Co., d. Aug. 2, 1753, p. 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 Nathnniel 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) CHEW, JOHN, St. George's Parish, d. May 11, 1755, p. July 6, 1756. Wit. Francis Cammack; Jas. Marye. Ex. Joseph Brock. Leg. sons, Robert and John; daughter Mary Beverley Brock; daughter Hannah Chew; Mr. Harry Beverley, guardian to my son, John Chew; Joseph Brock, guardian to my daughter Hannah Chew. (Page 295) 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) WALLER, WILLIAM, Gentl. Spotsylvania Co., d. Oct. 22, 1756, p. 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 Farish, Jeremiah White; son, John Waller, land in Spotsylvania, given to me by my deceased father's will, John Waller, Ge??tl., 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'?? 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) THOMAS, OWEN, Spotsylvania Co., d. Nov. 8, 1759, p. May 6, 1760 Wit. Joseph Brock, William Waller, John Hawkins. Ex. wife, Mildred son Owen Thomas; William Smith; Thomas Minor and James Stevens to oversee my executors. Leg. wife, Mildred Thomas; son, Owen; sons James and Robert; daughter Agatha Thomas. Mentions land bought of James Jackson. (Page 453) CARR, WILLIAM, Gentl. Spotsylvania Co., d. Aug. 2, 1760, p. Nov. 4, 1760. Wit. A. Foster, William Ellis, John Gordon. Ex. wife, Susannah Carr, Edward Herndon, Joseph Brock. Leg. wife, Susannah, land bought of Thomas Ship and John Quarles; son Thomas; son William, land in Louisa Co., daughter Ann Carr, land adjoining Nicholas Crenshaw; daughter Elizabeth; daughter Phoebe; son, Walter Chiles Carr, land in Louisa Co., son, Charles Brooks Carr; daughter Agnes Brooks Carr; son-in-law Mordacai Hord; son, Charles Carr; daughters Susannah, Sarah and Mary. Codicil to the foregoing will, dated Aug. 12, 1760. LEWIS, ZACHARY, Spotsylvania Co., d. July 7, 1764, p. Feb. 4, 1765. Wit. Lewis Shackleford, Mary Shackleford, John Waller. Ex. sons, John, Zachary, Waller, Benjamin, and my wife's brother, Mr. John Waller. Leg. son, John, land in Spotsylvania Co., adjoining where I now live; son, Zachary, lands purchased of Joseph Thomas, Robert Turner and Anthony Golson; son, Waller; son, Benjamin; to sons John, Zachary, Waller and Benjamin, 900 acres of land and grist mill lying in Orange Co., which I purchased of Graves and J. Sneed, also my lands and tenements lying in Culpeper Co., at the Great Mountains; wife, Mary; daughters, Meriwether; Betty Littlepage; Lucy Ford; Dorothea Smith; son-in-law, James Littlepage. (Page 163) STANARD, BEVERLEY, St. George Parish, d. Feb. 20, 1765, p. July 1, 1765. Wit. O. Towles, Bar. Yates, Junr., John Chew. Ex. wife, Elizabeth Beverley Stanard; son William, when he arrives to the age of eighteen years. Leg. wife, Elizabeth Beverley Stanard; son William; son Larkin, my tract of land in this county, called Standford, whereon Ephriam Beazley, my Overseer, now lives. Land in Middlesex Co., to be sold, and the money applied towards purchasing a tract of land for the child my wife now goes with. In case the child should die, then the money arising from the sale of the Middlesex Co. land be divided among my wife and all my children, to wit: William Stanard, Larkin Stanard, Elizabeth Stanard, Mary Stanard and Sarah Stanard. I desire that my sons William and Larkin may be put to schools and continue at them until they are liberally and genteely educated. (Page 207) CHEW, LARKIN, Spotsylvania Co., d. Mar. 27, 1770, Executors Bond dated Sept. 21, 1770. Wit. Robert Stubblefield, John Dawson, W. Dawson, Mildred Farish, Larkin Chew, Junr. Ex. sons-in-law Mordacai Buckner and Oliver Towles. Leg. my body to be interred by my deceased father on the land I gave Beverley Stanard, Gentl. Wife, Mary Chew; grandson, Larkin Smith, that part of my tract of land purchased of Bushrod Fauntleroy and others, down to the lower corner of the land whereon Dorothy Foster, widow, now lives, including the small tract I purchased of John Waller, Junr. Joseph Brock and Rice Curtis. In the event of my dying, without issue, then to all the children my daughter, Mary Towles, may leave alive at her death. Grandsons, William Stanard and Larkin Smith; all my grandchildren, meaning those to be born as well as those now alive, of my said two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. Land in Orange Co., also remainder of my tract of land adjoining Benjamin Johnson in this county, part of which I have sold to William Pemberton, and whereas I have become purchaser of a piece of land in which William Hudson, Blacksmith, had the equitable and Joseph Hawkins, of this county, decd. the legal title therein, which piece of land I have promised the said Hudson again, providing he pay the debt due from him to me, my executors to refer any dispute or controversies, should any arise, to the determination of my friends Col. Fielding Lewis, Mr. Roger Dixon and Mr. Thomas Fox, who are gentlemen in my opinion of great probity and integrity. A codicil to the above will dated Apr. 6, 1770, and witnessed by Robert Stubblefield, W. Dawson and Larkin Chew, Junr., mentions grand-children (no names given) and my daughters Elizabeth and Mary; mentions William Dawson, who has lived with me some years as Overseer, a suit of mourning for his fidelity and kindness to me during my illness. (Page 431) MINOR, SARAH, widow, Spotsylvania Co., d. Sept. 25, 1772. Executors Bond dated Nov. 19, 1772. Wit. John Waller, Rebecca Ellis, Ann Waller. Ex. sons John and Garritt Minor. Leg. sons John, Thomas, Garritt, Dabney, Vivian, Peter; daughters Mary Herndon, Elizabeth Lewis; sister Agnes Waller; brother-in-law John Waller. (Page 22) PENN, JOHN, Spotsylvania Co., d. May 13, 1771. Executors Bond dated Nov. 19, 1772. Wit. William Scott, Jesse Smith, William Perry. Ex. my wife Mary and son John, friend Joseph Brock. Leg. son George, 100 acres of land including the plantation whereon I now live; son John, 100 acres of land; son Thomas, 70 acres of land whereon he now lives; son William; my wife Mary; grandchildren Elizabeth, Martha, William, George and Sarah May; daughter Elizabeth May; daughter Mary Pritchett; daughter Rachel Pettit; granddaughter Susannah Pettit; grandson James Pritchett; mentions "my seven children" John, Thomas, George, William, Mildred, Sally and Francis. (Page 27) CURTIS, RICE, Spotsylvania Co., d. Aug. 8, 1763, p. Apr. 21, 1774. Wit. Larkin Chew, George Stubblefield, Thomas Powe, John Standly, Ambrose Smith. Ex. Joseph and Edward Herndon. Leg. daughter Jane Curtis, all my right, title and interest which I now have, or hereafter shall or may have in two tracts of land, one lying in Louisa Co., and the other in King William Co., which said lands I purchased of John Waller, Junr. and Elizabeth, his wife, and William Carter and Frances, his wife, it being the land the said Waller and Carter held in right of their wives, under the will of John Benger, Gentl. decd. as by said will proved and recorded in the County Court of King William Co. and by Bond duly executed and bearing date May 27, 1763, from said John Waller, Junr. and William Carter; also I give one negro girl named Jenny, which was given her by her grandfather Rice Curtis, Gentl. decd. children Mary Vass, Martha Pendleton, Rice Curtis, Elizabeth Waller, Frances Carter and Jane Curtis. (Page 63) WALLER, JOHN, Berkeley Parish, d. Feb. 6, 1776, p. Apr. 18, 1776. Wit. Thomas Minor, James Mason, Peter Mason. Ex. sons, Thomas and Pomfrett Waller, nephew John Lewis, son-in-law James Bullock. Leg. wife (no name given), the land whereon I now live; son Thomas Waller, the land after my wife's death; daughter Mary Waller; granddaughter, Agnes Waller; daughter Agnes Johnson; granddaughter Agnes Carr Johnson; grandson William Goodloe Johnson; daughter Ann Bullock; daughter Dorothy Goodloe; son Pomfrett Waller; son-in-law James Bullock; my nephew John Lewis. My executors to sell the tract of 200 acres of land in Orange Co., which I bought of Mr. John Guttridge, and also to sell my tract of land and plantation lying on the Mattapony River in King William Co. To son Pomfrett Waller, the two lots of land containing 200 acres that I purchased from Col. Bernard Moore's lottery. (Page 153) MINOR, THOMAS, Spotsylvania Co., d. Apr. 9, 1776, p. Dec. 19, 1776. Wit. Ann Smith, John Jesse, James Redd. Ex. wife, Alice Minor and James Tutt. Leg. son John; daughter Agatha, wife to Mordacai Redd; daughter Lucy, wife to James Crane; son Owen; son Thomas, land leading from Lewis' Bridge to Fredericksburg, and from said bridge to Caroline C. H., whereon are two plantations known by the names of "Pharess" and "Gravilly Run," also my land in Spots. Co; daughters, Ann, Clary and Elizabeth Minor; to wife lands in Spots. Co. (Page 175) JONES, JAMES, Spotsylvania Co., d. Feb. 25, 1776, Executors Bond dated May 21, 1778. Wit. Jesse Haydon, Mary Haydon, Jarvis Haydon. Ex. son Richard Jones. Leg. my son Nicholas and his son James Jones; son Richard; grandson Gabriel Jones; daughter Ann Waggoner; daughter Jane Collings; daughter Mary Haydon; daughter Elizabeth Davis; granddaughter Elizabeth Merrey; my son James Jones' children; my daughter Polly Smith; my daughter Isabell Head. (Page 203) CHEW, ROBERT, Spotsylvania Co., d. Apr. 28, 1778, p. Sept. 17, 1778. Wit. Thomas Powell, Joseph Brock, Thomas McGee. Ex. my sons, John, Robert Beverley and Harry. Leg. son John, land lying on N. side of Glady Run, including the mill; daughter Elizabeth; sons Robert Beverley and Henry, rest of the tract of land whereon I now live, and above the piney branch to be equally divided between them; son Joseph, 400 acres of land on S. side of Glady Run, according to the bounds of a purchase made by Dr. Foster of Robert Coleman; to my wife Mary, during her life, my plantation with the land below Piney branch, and after her death, to my son John; my children, John, Robert Beverley, Harry, Joseph and Elizabeth; my executors to sell 3036 acres of land, lying on S. side of Glady Run, according to the bounds of a purchase made by Dr. Foster of Edward Herndon. (Page 231) WALLER, AGNES, widow, Spotsylvania Co., d. May 29, 1777, Executors Bond dated Mar. 18, 1779. Wit. Pomfrett Waller, Martha Waller. Ex. son Thomas Waller; nephew John Lewis. Leg. my four daughters, Mary Overton, Elizabeth Eggleston, Sarah Rodes, and Dorothy Goodloe. Codicil dated Sept. 27, 1778, directs that share of her daughter Dorothy Goodloe shall after her, said Dorothy's, death, revert to the granddaughter, Agnes Carr Goodloe. (Page 288) PAGE, MANN, of "Mansfield," Spotsylvania Co., d. Nov. 7, 1780, Executors Bond dated Apr. 19, 1781. Ex. three sons, John, Mann and Robert, and my son-in-law Benjamin Harrison. Leg. wife, Ann Corbin Page; son John, lands in Gloucester, also my part of the Dismal Swamp, also my tract of land known by the name of "Frying Pan" or "Copper Mine" in the Northern-neck, now in the possession of the Hon. Robert Carter, of Nomomy; son Warren, all my lands in Spotsylvania Co. and land in the Northern-neck, known by the name of "Bull Run;" son Robert Carter Page, all my land in Hanover and King William counties, excepting the lots laid off for a town, which I desire sold; son Matthew, one square in the town. As it hath pleased God to deprive me of my daughter Judith Burwell, I give to the executors of Lewis Burwell five hundred and seventy pounds, current money, to be divided between his two daughters Judith and Alice. Daughter Elizabeth Page; daughter Lucy Baylor; son George Page, eight lots in Fredericksburg, which I purchased of Col. Fielding Lewis; two hundred pounds to be paid the Free School of Abbingdon, as my mother's gift; my stock in trade to my two youngest sons. My executors above named to be guardians to my two sons Gwin and Matthew until they attain the age of twenty-one. (Page 387) CARTER, JOHN, Spotsylvania Co., d. May 9, 1778, Executors Bond dated Dec. 18, 1783. Wit. M. Buckner, Richard Loury. Ex. sons, William and John Carter, Thomas Colson, Joseph Brock. Leg. wife Hannah; son Robert, one hundred pounds for education; son John in trust for the use of my granddaughter Sarah Kenyon Thomas, two negroes; son-in-law Rice Curtis and Frances, his wife, during their lives 300 acres of land whereon they now live, after their death to be equally divided among all their children; stock and household furniture to be divided among my five younger children; all the rest of my estate to be equally divided among all my children, except that if my daughter Martha should die without issue, her portion to be divided among the other children. Codicil, Oct. 13, 1783, witnesses Edward Herndon and John Mitchell, recites, "whereas since making the within will, my daughter Elizabeth Matilda has been born, she shall be considered and have an equal share in the division of my estate with my five younger children." (Page 560) PAGE, ANN CORBIN, Admx. Bond dated June 7, 1785, Thomas Hughes Admr. Leg. Mentions four youngest children, who have had little o?? their father's estate; grandson Mann; legacies to Betty Harrison, Lucy Baylor, my granddaughter Betty Page; to Gwyn, to Matthew, Betty Kerbey; to Lucy. (Page 668) WALLER, THOMAS, Spotsylvania Co., d. Feb. 9, 1787, Executors Bond dated Apr. 4, 1787. Wit. Jona. Clark, Pomfret Waller, Thomas Minor. Ex. son, Carr Waller; sons-in-law, Joseph Woodfolk, and Sharp Smith. Leg. my wife; sons Carr, Dabney, Pomfret and John Waller; daughter Ann and her heirs; daughters Agnes, Sarah, Dorothy, Elizabeth. (Page 832) Feb. 4, 1822, Dabney Waller, with Thomas Minor, his security, was granted certificate for obtaining Letters of Administration on the estate of Thomas Waller, decd.