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- Thomas BELT, made 26 Sept. 1822, pr. [9?] Dec. 1823, Washington Co., MD, Wills, C:242.
In the name of God, Amen, I Thomas Belt of Hagers Town in the state of Maryland, being sick and weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory & understanding, considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me home, do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say
First & principally, I commit my soul unto the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named. I give and devise unto my nephew Thomas Walter Belt, the plantation on which I formerly [resided] now under lease to Barton Bea[ ], known by the name of part of [Song] Meadow Enlarged & Turkey Buzzard adjoining lands of William O. Sprigg, Otho [H] Williams and others, to him the said Thomas Walter his heirs and assigns forever: also I give & bequeath to my said nephew Thomas Walter all my plate.
Item. I give and devise unto my brother [James] Belt of Prince Georges County, Md., all that lot and part of a lot with the improvements thereon situate in South Potomac Street formerly owned by David [Harry] and now under lease to Mrs. Sarah Harry, to the 1st April 1825, to him the said James, his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and devise to the said James, a meadow lot adjoining the above described property immediately opposite to the dwelling of Joseph [Boyd] to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item. It is my will & I hereby direct my executor hereinafter named to sell and dispose of my stone house & lot situate in West Washington Street Hagers Town formerly owned by the Hagers Town Bank & now under lease to W. William [Price], and the proceeds thereof to be equally divided between my brothers Josiah, Levin & Loyd their heirs and assigns forever.
Item. It is my will & I hereby direct that my servant Tom be emancipated and that he have the use of the house in which he now resides with the acre of land adjoining it during his natural life.
Item. I devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate both real & personal after paying my just debts and funeral expences to be equally divided between my friend Daniel Sprigg and my niece Mrs. Schroeder daughter of my late brother Jeremiah, their heirs and assigns forever.
And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint Daniel Sprigg to be sole executor of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, 1822. Thomas Belt
Signed Sealed, published and declared by Thomas Belt the above named testator [ ] for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. Wm. [O] Sprigg, Henry H. Gaither, D. G. Gott
[_ on the ninth] of December 1823 came Daniel Sprigg and made oath that the aforegoing is the true and only will of Thomas Belt, late of said county, deceased, that hath ever {come} to his hands and possession and that {he} doth not know of any other. At the same time came Henry H. Gaither and David G. Gott two of the three subscribing witnesses to said will and made oath that they did see the testator therein named sign and seal this will that they heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and Testament, that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehension of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and that they subscribed their names to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and that they saw the other subscribing witness do the same. Certified by Geo. Smoot, Reg.
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1767-1769 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 316. At the request of Tobias Belt the following Bill of Sale was recorded October 31, 1768
Indenture made October 19, 1768; Tobias Belt in consideration of 50 pounds sterling money of Great Britain paid by George Hamilton has sold three Negroes; Silvey, Morando and Fanny. Signed George Hamilton in the presence of Walter Evans, Thomas Belt s/o George {no such person as George Belt, this is probably Tobias Belt's son Thomas}
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1772-1774 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 3 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 96. At the request of Thomas Belt s/o Tobias the following Deed was recorded October 24, 1772
Indenture made October 15, 1772; William Goe, planter in consideration of 420 pounds 10 shillings and 6 pence sterling money paid by Thomas Belt s/o Tobias has sold part of a tract called "Ample Grange" containing 33 ½ acres and bounded by the 2nd line of the 150 acres laid out of the original tract for the heirs of Charles Boyd on a division made March 20, 1762 by John Frederick Augustus Priggs agreeable to the testament and last will of John Boyd, deceased, and the southeast corner of the 100 acres laid out upon the division for William Goe, Sr.; also part of a tract called "Ample Grange" containing 100 acres. Signed William Goe in the presence of and acknowledged before Joseph Sprigg, Richard Duckett, Jr. and at the same time Dorcas Goe w/o William Goe relinquished her right of dower
1772-1774 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 3 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 98. At the request of Thomas Belt s/o Tobias the following Deed was recorded October 24, 1772
Indenture made October 15, 1772; Sarah Bateman in consideration of 20 pounds sterling paid by Thomas Belt s/o Tobias has sold all her right of dower in a tract called "Ample Grange" which land was this day conveyed by William Goe to Thomas Belt s/o Tobias. Signed Sarah Bateman in the presence of and acknowledged before Joseph Sprigg, Richard Duckett, Jr.
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1772-1774 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 3 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 424. At the request of Thomas Boyd the following Deed was recorded March 28, 1774
Indenture made December 14, 1773; Thomas Belt son of Tobias, planter in consideration of 400 pounds 10 shillings sterling money paid by Thomas Boyd, planter has sold part of a tract called "Ample Grange" containing 33 ½ acres beginning on the 2nd line of the 150 acres laid out for the heirs of Charles Boyd on a division made March 20, 1762 by John Frederick Augustus Priggs agreeable to the testament and last will of John Boyd, deceased and bounded by the southeast corner of the 100 acres laid out upon said division for William Goe, Sr., out of the said tract; also another adjoining part of "Ample Grange"containing 100 acres. Signed Thomas Belt in the presence of and acknowledged before Alexander Symmer, David Craufurd and at the same time Elizabeth Lawson Belt wife of Thomas Belt relinquished her right of dower
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1774-1780 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber CC 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 658. At the request of Thomas Henry Hall the following Deed was recorded August 27, 1779
Indenture made April 16, 1779; Thomas Belt son of Tobias, farmer of Frederick County, Maryland and Elizabeth Lawson Belt his wife in one of the daughters of Thomas Bowie late of PGCo, deceased in consideration of 10,000 pounds currency paid by Thomas Henry Hall, Gentleman of Anne Arundel County Maryland has sold one moiety or one half part of the following tracts devised by Thomas Bowie to his son Daniel Bowie in fee which on the death of him descended to the sisters of the said Daniel Bowie and the aforesaid Elizabeth Belt and Barbara Hall wife of the said Thomas Henry Hall, vizt; the resurvey on "Concord" and part of "Ryley's Lott" containing 439 acres; "Tyler's Discovery" containing 104 acres; and "Cattail Meadows" containing 6 acres, with all lands contiguous to each other. Signed Thomas Belt, Elizabeth Lawson Belt in the presence of and acknowledged before Thomas Boyd, Osborn Sprigg and at the same time Elizabeth Belt wife of Thomas Belt relinquished her right of dower
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1793-1794 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber JRM 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 14. At the request of Mary Belt the following Indenture was recorded May 3, 1793
Indenture made April 20, 1793; Thomas Belt, farmer of Washington County, Maryland in consideration of 5 shillings sterling paid by Mary Belt, widow of Tobias Belt of PGCo has sold part of a tract called "Chelsea" containing 185 acres 3 rods and 14 perches and beginning near John Lamar's plantation and bounded by Mr. Thomas Mullican's land. Signed Thomas Belt in the presence of and acknowledged before Alexander Clagett, Adam Ott, (JP's of Washington County, Maryland and certified by Elie Williams, clerk) and at the same time Elizabeth Lawson Belt w/o Thomas Belt relinquished her right of dower
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1740 - 1823 (83 years)