- 5 Mar 1741/1742: Will dated 21 September 1741 Will proved 5 March 1741/2 Hanover Parish, King George Co. VA. I Rowland Thornton...son Francis Thornton land in Spotsylvania County as also land lying in King George County...loving wife Elizabeth the following Negroes Frank, Robin, Peter, Casor & Bess...the use of my two Negroes Joe & Jemmy during her life & after her decease...Daughter Elizabeth have Negroe Jemmy and Daughter Alcey have Negro Joe. I also give my loving wife her first choice of thirty head of cattle...together with all my stock of hogs as also all my household goods both in Virginia & England...Daughter Elizabeth Negroes Tom, Kate, little Bess, Stephen, Sias, Hannibal, Judy, Grace, Moll alias Poll, Ben, Ralph & Phillis...30 pounds Sterling, feather bed, a Black horse called Button, a mare called Phenix and her next choice of eight head of cattle after her mother. I also give (her) Negro Jemmy after my wife's Decease...Daughter Alcey the following fourteen Negro's Casser, Flor, Frank, Nan, Milly, Ester, Bristol, Sibby, Jeffery, Harry, Titus, Mariah, Davy & Jenny...her choice of eight head of the remaining part of my cattle with one good feather bed & furniture. I also give to my daughter Alcey Negro Joe after my wife's decease...son Francis the Remaining part of my Negroes not herein Bequeath'd and fifty pounds sterling together with the remaining part of my cattle and also my new gun, pistolls, holsters, scimeter a new trooping saddle...21 September 1741. (signed). Proved 5 March 1741. King George Co., VA, Will Book A-1, pp 147-9.
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