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WILL OF RANDOLPH MILLER 1721 LANCASTER CO VA Will Book 10 page 347
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Randolph Miller, of the county of Lancaster in the Colony of Virginia being ..in years and indisposed in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks to Almighty God, do make this my last will and testament, dated the 31st day of Jany, Anno Dom: 1720/21, that is to say first of all I bequeath my soul to God and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian manner after the directions of my Exors after named and my estate disposed of in manner following: Viz: I will and bequeath all that parsol of land and the appurtenances that lyeth between the line of land that was my son John Miller's when alive, and Edwin Conway, and the great road to Edwin Conway and his heirs forever, provided he give up or causes to be give up a bond that my son Wm Miller passed to him when alive. Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson John Miller, son of William Miller, a Negro boy named Bob which I now have to him andhis heirs forever after the death of my wife. Item: I give and bequeath the plantation whereon I now live with appurtances & after the death of my wife....to William Miller the son of John Miller, and the heirs of his body and if any of them dies without issue then the survivor shall have all to his heirs of his body....and if both die without issue then it shall go to Henry Miller the son of John Miller and his heirs foreverand the other to another grandson, viz: Randolph Mott, the son of my daughter Katherine. My will is also this: Thos. Chattin & John Mott my two sons in law, to have the care of the aforesaid plantation & my two grandsons aforesaid to whom the land is first given and the Negro boy given to John after the death of my wife, my wish is Randolph Mott shall have his land to him and his heirs....just before him. Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson Peter Miller, the son of Peter Miller a Negro boy named Anthony, to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to his brothers Stephen & Geo Miller each of them five hundred lbs of Tob (tobacco?) apiece, when of age. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter in law Margaret Miller a Negro man named Kitt during the term of one year from the date hereof and after to her daughter Jean Miller for the term of two years, that is to say they shall have the tobacco he makes and her mother aforesaid the corn and other like priviledges, and my will is that afterward her brother John Miller shall have him & his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my grandaughter Anne Miller a bed and furniture at the death of my wife or the day of marriage of sd. Anne. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Katherine Mott a Negro lad called DIck to her and her heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Chatton a Negro girl called hagar to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my two grandaughters Katherine and Mary Miller, daughters of John Miller, an Negro girl named .... to them and their heirs forever and they shall equal profit in the ...... of said negro. My willis also that their brother Henry Miller and their sister Sarah miller have both of them two hundred lbs of Tob. at the death of my wife. Item : I give and bequeath the use and occupation of all the rest of my personal estate & also three Negroes a man called Robin and another called Dempsy& a woman Ambo to Katherine my well beloved wife during her life and afterward to be appraised and their value as well as the rest of my estate to be divided between my children and the issue of my other children and that of the children belonging to .....have but one part among them all and I do hereby ...to my beloved wife aforesaid and my afore's sons in law Jno Mott and Tho Chatton joint excrs. of this my last will and testament hereby ...this and revoking all others in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my seal the day and year above written. Signed Randolph K Miller (seal)
Test: Geo Murdock
Jno (X) Hogan
Eliz (X) Jones
For more info on this Miller family of VA please check out my website by Googling "Betty's Boneyard", or my Ancestry.com online family tree "Moseley, Miller, Guerrant, Woodson, Heath, Watkins & other related families of Va"
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