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1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, page 389
RICHARD FOOTE (Will) of Stafford County Date: 24 February 1779
Bro: William Foote - the whole of my Estate both real and personal
Signed: Richard Foote
Witness: William Alexander, Law'r. Washington
Proved: 24 April 1780, by o. of Lawrence Washington. William Foote granted Cert. for obt. probate.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Chesapeake-1781 (same Richard Fooke?)
Battle of the Chesapeake, also called the Battle of the Virginia Capes or the Battle of the Capes, (5 September 1781), critical naval battle in the Chesapeake Bay (off the coast of Maryland and Virginia) and stragegic French victory in the American Revolution. It prevented the British from reinforcing or evacuating the army of Charles Cornwallis the following month at the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the last major land battle of the war and the defeat that led the British to sue for peace.
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FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS, INVENTORIES AND ACCOUNTS 1759 - 1800: {John K. Gott}
Pages 1-4: GEORGE FOOTE (Will) ... of the parish of Hamilton ...
Date: 31 May 1759
Wife: Mary Foote - during her life the plantation
whereon I now live
Son: William - plantation after death of wife
Son: Richard - if William should have no heirs, plantation
Son: Gilson - if Richard should have no heirs, plantation
Son: Henry - 100 a. adjoining land already given him
Son: George - 365 a. whereon he now lives
Son: Gilson - 648 a. commonly known as Cullins's - part of which said land lying in Prince William and other part in Fauquier
Son: Richard - 556 a. on Champes run & Cedar run
Son: William - to have the 556 a. if Richard leaves no heirs, and then to son Gilson
Wife: Mary - during her life - lent four Negroes to descend to sons: Richard & William and heirs, but should they not have heirs to Daus: Elizabeth, Frances and Behethelem
Son: Henry - Negroes: Sarah & son Ely and all cattle and hogs raised on place.
Son: George:- Negro man and girl, all cattle on plantation and one-half hoggs
Son: Gilson - Negro man & woman - 2 cows & calves, one heifer and a steer and one- half hoggs at my son George's and 2 young sows from my home plantation
Dau.: Elizabeth - Negro man and £50
Dau.: Frances - Negro man and £50
Dau.: Behethelon - Negro wench and child
Son : Richard - Negro boy & girl, to William in case of default of heirs
Son : William - 2 Negro girls, or to Richard or to Gilson
Wife, 3 Daus. and two youngest Sons: Mary, Elizabeth, Frances and Behethelon, Richard & William - all cattle, horses, mares & hoggs to be divided equally between them
Wife, 3 Daus., Sons: Gilson, Richard & William - all household furniture & sheep to be equally divided
Sons: Richard & William's slaves to be left until they are 19 (the sons) and that Richard let William live on his land till the decease of his mother, Mary
Sons: Richard & William to be educated as mother sees fit
Signed: George Foote
Wit.: Bereton Jones, William (X) Fletcher, John (X) Burditt, George (X) Russell
Exors: Wife, George and Gilson Foote,
Richard and Wm. Foote
Proved: 28 June 1759, by o. of Brereton Jones, William Fletcher, John Burditt and George Russell. Gilson Foote appointed Executor, John Ashby & Bereton Jones his securities.
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1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, page 85
RICHARD FOOTE, Dr. in Acct. with Mary Foote,
Gdn. of Said Richard.
Date: 2 August 1764
Details: Board and clothing from December 1760 to 1764, £2.1.1
Ret.: 23 August 1764
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1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, pages 223-226:.
RICHARD FOOTE IN ACC'T. WITH GILSON FOOTE, GUARDIAN
Details: 1766, Oct. 6: To rent pd your brother William Foote.. To cash pd. Mr. Tylers Estate. 2 Dec. To cash pd Mary Bruton for spinning & knitting 2 pr. stockings. 1767, 8 Feb: To Cash pd. Phillip Spiller for Taylors work;. To buckskin bought of Rich'd Luttrel. 22 July: To Cash pd. Rich'd Webb for working 1 month with the carpenters at the Tob'o. house; To Cash pd Joseph Minter for your board; To Cash pd Mr. Bailey Washington 1 Tob'o house, 1 corn house & prize. 5 Aug.: To Cash pd Mary Smith for 1 pr stockings; To Cash pd. Thomas Chapman for a felt hat; To Cash pd John Riddle for 1 pr. shoes; To Cash pd Dan'l. Payne for 1 pr. shoes; To Cash pd. Eliz. Wood for knitting 1 pr. stockings. 28 Nov.: To Cash pd Phillip Spiller for his wife making 4 shirts; To Cash pd Wm. Alexander for soleing 1 pr shoes; To Cash pd William Foote for timber sufficient to make 2200 boards for building your Tob'o house & cornhouse; Cash pd Mr. John Matthews School master; For sundry areares in Francis Moores Rents; Paid Mr. John Matthews School master 1 Spelling book 1s. 4d.; Cash expended in Gitting you a board to go to Col'o. Henry Lee's Matter; Cash pd Aaron Fletcher; Cash pd Phillip Spiller; Cash pd Sarah Fletcher for mending your shirts. 30 Nov.: Paid Mrs. Eliz. Wilkerson for your board six months; Paid Eliz. wood; Paid Perron a Taylor for 2 pr. Breeches; Cash of Mrs. Mary Tyler your Guardian for your part of your Fathers Estate.
Ret.: At a Court held for Fauquier County the 22d day
of Nov. 1773. This account was returned and made Oath to by Hannah Foote Administratrix of Gilson Foote dec'd. Guardian of the within named Richard Foote as a true copy taken from the Books of the said Gilson Foote and ordered to be recorded,
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1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, pages 226-228:
Dr. RICHARD FOOTE & WILLIAM FOOTE, INFANTS IN ACCOUNT WITH GILSON FOOTE GUARDIAN
Details: 1766, 25 Oct. 1767, 30 June: To casft pd John Nelson for smiths work. 7 Aug.: To Cash pd William Hogain for Smith work.
Ret.: 22 November 1773, by Hannah Foote, Adm'x. of Gilson Foote dec'd, Guardian of the within named Richard Foote and William Foote
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