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Prince George's County MD Will Book Liber T No. #1; 1803-1808;
Folio 579 OVERTON CARR 08./07/1804 09/21/1804
Being Sick .."
Bequeaths to:
1. Ann Carr --wife "the best woman I ever knew or I believe that Ever Lived"
-to have for her natural life all the rest and residue of the estate
2. Eleanor Carr --daughter
Elizabeth Carr --daughter
Overton Carr --son
Jonathan Boucher Carr --son
-after widow's decease, the remainder of the estate is to be divided among them
3. Samuel Carr --who married testator's daughter Eleanor
-whereas testator has assigned to him several bonds to the amount of $400-500.00 and whereas Samuel engaged with testator' to return and pay to testator the amount of the bonds assigned, it is therefore testator's desire that the amounts of the bonds aforesaid and that in such event testator's daughter Eleanor shall share equally
with the division of the estate, that the amount of the bonds not paid then she shall have no portion of the estate but the whole shall be divided between testator's other three children
4. Negroes
-whereas testator has at times emancipated a number of his Negroes and whereas he may not have complied with strict legal form, then in all cases that every Negro emancipated or intended to be emancipated shall to ail interests and purposes be free at the times and with the terms specified by testator's executor
-whereas testator has purchased a number of Negroes which are now in his possession he desires that executor to free them legally
5. Dabney Carr --son-in-law
-named executer along w/testator's son-in-law Samuel and son Jonathan Boucher Carr
-executors instructed to sill the 'land purchase from Nicholas Lowe and also 6 lots in the City of Washington and the moneys applied to the payment of testator's debts Witnesses: William Baker
Nancy Baker
C. F. Brown
Then came: William Baker
Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1770 - 1838 (68 years)