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Will of William Ewing
Date Written: 24 Feb 1810
Proven and Recorded: 23 Apr 1810
Will Book 3 Page 220
Bedford County, Virginia
In the Name of God Amen. I William Ewing of Bedford County & state of Virginia do make, order and declare this Instrument written with my own hand to be my last Will and Testament revoking all other__. Imprimis, all my debts & funeral expenses to be punctually and spedially paid except the Legacies coming to heirs of Caleb Ewing decd now residing in the state of Kentucky. To my dearly and well beloved wife Anna Ewing & to Mitchell Ewing my brothers son whome I raised, I give and bequeath my whole estate in real & personal and every part thereof to them & their heirs, The latter forever paying to the legatees of Caleb Ewing in the state of Kentucky that is to say Polly & Betsy twelve months after distribution shall take place of my estate one hundred Dollars each. Also at the end of that date One hundred more to each of them with there Farthers estate papers bonds Vc that may be coming to them __Nothing in the above sections is to be construde as to prohibit my well beloved wife from the entire and full benefit of my negro man Sam so long as she is my widow __Also all my books of Law and religious books of every kind I give & bequeath to Mitchell Ewing. It is also my will that Elizabeth, Shurly & Elenor should have a conveyance made of 150 acres of Land. I let them have on Holsten nob bounded on the East by the lines marked, contained in the bond given them. I give and bequeath to my nephew Mitchell Ewing all that tract of Land he now lives on situate on the branches Otter river bounded by Deardoff, Hardy, and my own lines, 400 acres. And lastly I do hereby constitute my trusty friends Isaac Oty, Mitchell Ewing & Anna Ewing my lawful Executors of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my and affixed my seal the 24th day of Feby in the year of our Lord 1810.
Wm Ewing {Seal}
Baptist Hardy, Samuel Beard, Joseph Milam
At a court held for Bedford County at the Courthouse the 23rd of April 1810, This last Will and Testament of William Ewing decd was exhibited in Court and proven by the oaths of Baptist Hardy & Samuel Beard witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Mitchell Ewing one of the Executors therein named, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, liberty being reserved the other Executor & Executrix to join in the probate thereof when they shall think fit. Teste J. Steptoe C.B.C.
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