In the name of God Amen.
I Jeremiah Claxton of the County of Fauquier and State of
Virginia being
sick and weak of body but of sound & perfect memory blessed be God
for the
same do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner &
form
following. I desire all my Just Debts be
paid. I give and bequeath to my son Pope
Claxton and his heirs my Negro a named Griffin
my Negro boy named Henry and a Negro Boy named David which boy he has
Already
Received. Item I give and bequeath to my
son John Peyton Claxton and his heirs my Negro woman named Milley and
her Two
children Reuben and Dick with their Future Increase[,] one feather bed
with
common Furniture[,] my Gun & Sadle & ten pounds Cash. Item I give and bequeath to my son James
Claxton and his heirs my Negro woman named Jane a Negro called Davy a
Negro
Girl called Sall an infant Negro boy the child of Jane yet unnamed with
the
future Increase of Jane and Sall & a feather bed with Common
Furniture.
Item I give and bequeath to my Son William Claxton my Negro Man named
Simon and
two Negro Girls named Hannah and Nancy
with their Future Increase and one Feather Bed with Common furniture to
him
& his heirs. Item I give &
bequeath to my Grandson Richard Claxton a Negro boy named Moses. Item I desire that my Land may be sold either
on a credit or for ready money whichever my Executor may Think most
advantageous for my children and the money arising from Such Sale
equally
divided among my four sons Pope, John Peyton, James & William or
Such of
them as may be then living. If my son
John Peyton should have any means of keeping a beast I desire that he
may
[have] his Choice whether to take again the Mare I bought of him or to
let her
remain as part of my estate and receive of my Executor the price
which I
was to give for her with Interest According to our Agreement and as the
price
of every thing is likely to experience a considerable fall I devise
that my
Land may not be sold until it will bring its Worth or nearly So in The
Opinion
of My Executor living in this State.
I desire all the Rest of my estate may be sold and the
money
arising therefrom after paying all my Just Debts and the necessary
expences may
be equally Divided between my above named Sons vz. Pope, John Peyton,
James
& William or Such of them as may be then living.
I have a Loving Desire that my friend and
Brother in Law Job Garvey of the Sate of Kentucky and my Sister
Elizabeth
Garvey if Living at the time of my Death and Willing to do so Should
take my
Youngest Son William into their care with his part of my estate So that
they
may not be losers by it and Do the Best they can with his fortune to
give him a
good English education. I do not desire
an appraisement of my estate but that my Executor may take the
Inventory of it
and Lastly I Do Appoint my son Pope Claxton my Good friend William
Stone and my
Above named Brotherinlaw Job Garvey Executors of this my Last Will and
Testament the said Garvey to act in the Case of my Son Popes moving
with my
younger Children to the State of Kentucky and Carries their fortunes
with
them. I[n] Witness of the Above I have
hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of September in the
year of
our Lord 1808.
Signed Sealed &
Acknowledged before us vz
Peter Grant
Jeremiah
Claxton [Seal]
Thos. Tyler
James Stigler Sr.
Robert Embry
At a court held for Fauquier County the 26th
day
of December 1808 This Will was proved by the oath of Thomas Tyler and
Robert
Embry and ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of Pope Claxton who
made
oath and together with Wm Stone John Hilley, William Skinker Jr.and
Robert Embry his Securities entered into and Acknowledged Bond in the
penalty
of Ten thousand Dollars conditioned
as the Law directs Certificate is
Granted him for Obtaining a Probate Hearing in Due form.
Teste
H.
R. Campbell C.C.