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1791-1803 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book D; [Sparacio]; Page 52-54
N THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I REUBIN LONG of County of Culpeper & Parish of St Marks being weak in body but of perfect sense mind and memory .. do think fit to make this my last Will and Testament .. Imprimis it is my will and desire that my just Debts and funeral expences be paid out of that part of my Estate which I lend to my beloved Wife.
Item I give to my Son GABRIEL LONG all that I formerly lent him which he has in his possession to him & his heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Son EVAN LONG all that tract of land I formerly lent him and is in his possession to him & his heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Son ANDERSON LONG all that I formerly lent him and now in his possession to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Son NIMROD LONG three young negroes namely Joe, Dinah & Alse, also first choice of two feather beds with their furniture as also my desk and large table, also one sorrel colt to wit the youngest I now have, and also first choice to two cows and calves after the decease of my loving Wife, I also give him all the land and plantation whereon I now live to him & his heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Daughter FANNY RICHARDSON wife of DANIEL RICHARDSON all that I formerly lent her and has in her possion, also one negro girl Fanny to her and her heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Daughter PEGGY KAY Wife of ROBERT KAY all that I formerly lent her & now in her possion to her and her heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Daughter POLLY HARRISON NASH Wife of JOHN NASH all that tract I formerly lent her and in her possion to her and her heirs for ever.
Item I give the whole residue and remainder of my Estate both real and personal to wit the land and plantation whereon I now live, also all my household and kitchen furniture and plantation tools and stock of every kind Except such of my stock and furniture as I have already mentioned, also the following negroes, Jonathan, George, Frank, Billy, Easter, Phillis, Hannah, Siliney, Sharlotte, Edie, Winney, Siley & Abil, also all my outstanding debts
I lend to my beloved Wife MARY LONG during her natural life and if she shall see cause to lend any part of the aforesaid estate or the increase thereof to any of her children I leave that to her discretion, and after the decs. of my sd wife my desire is that all the said Estate Except as is before Excepted and disposed of together with the increase thereof to be equally divided between my seven children as above namely Gabriel, Evan, Anderson, Nimrod, Fanny, Peggy & Polly Harrison to them and their heirs for ever, and provided my son Nimrod should die before he enters into wedlock, my desire is that his estate as above mentioned be equally divided between the remain six as above named to them and their heirs for ever.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Mary Long Executrix and my beloved son Gabriel Long, my beloved Son in Law Robert Kay and my beloved Friend ROBERT COLEMAN JUNR. Executors of this my last Will and Testament In Wit-
ness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one.
Presents of THOMAS LINCESE. Reuben Long
GEORGE BAYSE. FRANS APPERSON
At a Court held for Culpeper County 18th dav of June 1792
This last Will and Testament of Reuben Long exhibited to the Court and was proved by the oaths of Thomas Lindsey &Francis Apperson two of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And at a Court held for the said County the 16th day of July 1792 Gabriel Long, Robert Kay and Robert Coleman Junr. the Executors named in the said Will came into Court and refused to take upon themselves the burthen of the Execution thereof And on the motion of Nimrod Long Letters of Administration with the Will annexed is granted him he having made Oath thereto and given Bond and security ac-
cording to Law.
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1775-1778 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book H; [Antient Press]; Page 530-532
THIS INDENTURE made the 4th October 1777 Between DANIEL RICHARDSON and FANNY his Wife of County of Culpeper of one part and GERRAD BANKS of County of Stafford Witnesseth that said Daniel Richardson and Fanny his Wife for sum Six hundred and fifty pounds current money have granted unto said Gerrard Banks his heirs land in County of Culpeper containing One hundred ninety acres lying between the lines of THORNTON and BUCKNER and is that part of the tract of WILLIAM PANNILL Deceased set apart to his son JOHN PANNELL by order of Culpeper Court pursuant to said William Pannills Will which said Tract hath become the property of said Daniel Richardson .. .
Presence GEORGE NEWMAN, STEPHEN THRELDKELD, Daniel Richardson
ROBERT KAY, GEORGE THRELKELD Fanny Richardson
The Commonwealth of Virginia to NATHANIEL PENDLETON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS and SAMUEL CLAYTON Gent Greetings Whereas Daniel Richardson and Fanny his Wife have sold land in Culpeper County unto Gerrard Banks and whereas said Fanny cannot conveniently travel to our County Court of Culpeper to make acknowledgement of said conveyance we do give unto you power to examine her privily and apart from her husband whether she be willing the same should be recorded in our said Court and when you have received her acknowledgement that you certify us thereof in our said Court. Witness JOHN JAMESON Clk of our said Court the 4th day of October in the second year or the Commonwealth.
By virtue of the within Commission we the Subscribers personally went to Fanny Richrdson and received her acknowledgement privily and apart from her husband and she declared that she did the same freely and was willing the same should be recorded in Court of Culpeper this 4th day of Octr. 1777.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS SAMUEL CLAYTON
At a Court held for Culpeper County 20th October 1777
This Indenture with a Commission thereto annexed and Certificate thereon is ordered to be recorded.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Aft 1754 - Aft 1777 (> 23 years)