- Mary (Dyson) Maddox left her son, Samuel Maddox twenty shillings, to her son Notley Maddox, she left twenty shillings, to her son, Thomas Maddox, she left her riding horse called ?Fly?, to her daughter, Mary (Maddox) Harrell, she left one gold guinea, to her daughter, Sarah Sally (Maddox) Conn her saddle, spice mortar and a square of black silk, to her daughter, Margaret (Maddox) Wilson, one Negro fellow called Harry, one bed and furniture, and to her son, Matthew Maddox, Sr. the bulk of the estate to include the property, house, barn, building, farm tools, one Negro fellow called William, livestock and all property that remained. Mary (Dyson) Maddox also appointed Matthew Maddox, Sr. as the full and whole executor of the will.
The will was proved (probated) on the 16th day of April 1787 in a court in Culpeper County, Virginia. The will can be found on pages 229 and 230 of the Will Book, Culpeper County, Virginia at the courthouse. Matthew Maddox, Sr. appeared in the above court hearing to probate the will.
witnessed by James Withers. John Maddox and Mary Maddox were the parents of Notley Maddox, grandfather of Nancy Corley, the daughter-in-law of Dickerson Wood in 1805.
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