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Prince George's County MD Will Book Liber T No. #1; 1803-1808;
Folio 628 JAMES HADDOCK SMITH 12/22/1804 11 /04/1806
"Being in perfect health of Body
bequtaths
1. Charles Burgess Smith --son
-to have all that tract of land which testator purchased from Robert Daniel of Jefferson County, Virginia but now of the state of Kentucky, Shelby County lying on a branch called Brashear's Creek and cont. 560 acres --to his male heirs. and should
he die wiout issue, then to testator's daughter
-to have the sum of 40 pounds currant money of Maryland , I of the best feather beds
and furn,
2. Martha Nicholls --daughter
Anna Drane --daughter
Ursula White --daughter
Elizabeth Wayman --daughter
Elinor Murphy --daughter
Susanna Crabb --daughter
-to have 1 tract of land which testator purchased from Robert Daniel of Jefferson
County, Virginia but now Shelby County,, Kentucky lying on a creek called Lick Creek
cont. 750 acres to be divided equally among them share and share alike—but daughter Elizabeth and her husband being the l'L sealers on the said land have the 1st choice
-Negroes heretofore given to Martha being '`Mary" and "Jemima" shall be possessed by her without interruption
-Anna to have Negroes "Hannah" "Dyner" and "Rebecca"
-Ursula to have Negroes: "Tony" and "Sarah"
-Elizabeth to have Negroes "Priscilla" and "Mary"
-Eleanor to have Negro "Amelia.'
-Susanna to have "Charity"
-to have a tract of land which testator's son Stephen Smith purchased for testator from John Handley of the state of Virginia, but now the state of Kentucky lying on a creek called Ruff Creek and cont. 500 acres
-Eleanor to have 100 pounds current money
3. Esther Crandell --daughter
Harriet Smith -daughter
-to have all testator's Ngroes both male and female except for those hereafter named
-to have all the remainder of the estate to be divided between them
4. Charles Crabb -son in taw
-to have a bond of 100 pounds being the money testator lent to him. and it being his bond for that sum
5. Thomas Crandell
Walter Smith --son-in-taw
-named executors of the will
Witnesses: Charles Plummer
John Carter
William Hutcheson
John Hodges of Thomas
Then came: the above named subscribers to the will
Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand
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