- Will of Solomon Cox made 19 Sept. 1810
In the name of God amen, I Solomon Cox of Ross County & State of Ohio considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound & perfect mind & memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make & publish this my last will & testament, in manner & form following that is to say: First it is my will and desire that immediately after my decease my Executors, hereafter named do collect all debts due & owing to me & pay all my just debts after which I will & bequeath unto my son, Solomon, one tract of land laying the State of Virginia. In the county of Grayson, & on the waters of Chestnut Creek. item l, I give to my son Enoch one hundred dollars &to my daughter, Catherine, one hundred dollars, and to my daughter, Ruth, one hundred dollars, and to Eli Bray, fifty dollars, and to the widow of my son, Samuel, ten shillings, the children of my son Samuel, hath already received one hundred eight dollars and eighty-seven cents which if their full share of my estate at present, and to the widow of my son William, ten shillings, and to the children of my son William, one hundred dollars. To my daughter Mary, ten shillings, and to the children of my daughter Mary, one hundred dollars. and to my son Joseph, one hundred dollars, and to my grandson, Nathan, fifty dollars, and to my son Jesse, one hundred dollars. And all the rest and residue of my estate of whatsoever kind it may be or wherever it may be found. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son in law, William Cox of the State of North Carolina & Randolph Co., & Eli Bray of the same State & Co., executors of my affairs, which may be to settle in the State of North Carolina and my grandson, Nathan Cox, and William Dixon, executors of this My Last Will and Testament of the State of Ohio. Revoking all other former wills by me made in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Nineteenth Day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ten. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Solomon Cox to be his last Will & Testament, in the presents of us who hereunto subscribed our names as witness in the presents of the testator, Joseph Stritch Benjamin Williams Thomas Cox The last will and testament of Solomon Cox Solomon Cox (Seal)
|