George Eskridge

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• Possessions: 19 Feb 1745, Westmoreland Co, Virginia

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LAWS OF VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY 1745--19th GEORGE II.

CHAP. XXVIII.
An act, to enable George Eskridge, to sell part of a tract of land, not exceeding three hundred and fifty acres, to raise money for the payment of his proportionable part of the debts of his Grandfather.

I. WHEREAS George Eskridge, late of the county of Westmoreland, gentleman, deceased, was, in his life time, seised and possessed of divers tracts of land, a large number of slaves, and a considerable personal estate; and being so seised and possessed, made his last will and testament, in writing, bearing date the twenty seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and thirty five, whereby, among other specific devises and legacies, he gave and devised unto his son William Eskridge, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, a tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the parish of Cople, in the said county of Westmoreland, containing seven hundred acres, or thereabouts, and also ten slaves, to be annexed to, and go and descend with the said land, in tail; and all the rest and residue of his estate, after the payment of his debts, he gave to be equally divided amongst his children then living, as in the said will is more fully contained;

II. And whereas the said testator, at the time of his death, was considerably indebted to several persons in Great-Britain, and this colony, much more than the value of his personal estate amounted to, all which hath been long since administred and spent in the payment of his said debts; and the several devisees and legatees have been compelled to pay large sums of money, in proportion to the respective devises and legacies to them given in the said will, and particularly the said William Eskridge, one of the devisees, did not only pay several sums of money in part of his proportion of the said debts, but also suffered some part of the slaves so annexed to the tract of land to him given, as aforesaid, to be taken in execution, and sold for payment thereof; and for the payment of some other part of the said debts, the said William Eskridge took up money, upon interest.

III. And whereas the said William Eskridge is since dead, leaving issue George Eskridge, his eldest son, and heir at law, since whose death, the said George Eskridge, the grandson, hath been also compelled to pay, and engage to pay other sums of money, in part of his proportion of the debts of the said testator; and actions and suits are now daily brought, to subject the remaining part of the estate of the said testator, in the hands of his devisees, and their representatives, to the payment of debts due from him, the said George Eskridge, the grandson; his proportion of which, together with what sums have been paid, and engaged to be paid, by his said father William Eskridge, and himself, will amount to the full value of the slaves so annexed to the tract of land, given to the said William Eskridge, as aforesaid; which said slaves are liable to be taken in execution for the payment thereof:

IV. And whereas the said tract of land will become of little or no value to the said George Eskridge, the grandson, and unimprovable in case the said slaves shall be taken in execution, and sold, for payment of the said debts; and the said George Eskridge, the grandson, is willing that part of the said tract of land should be disposed of, for payment of the said debts, so that the said slaves may be reserved for the improvement and cultivation of the residue of the said land, and go and descend with the same:

V. And whereas notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the several parish churches where the said tract of land doth lie, that application would be made, by the said George Eskridge, the grandson, to this General Assembly, for leave to sell and dispose of the said tract of land, or some part thereof, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: Therefore, for enabling the said George Eskridge to pay his proportionable part of the debts of his said grandfather, and to the end the slaves so as aforesaid annexed to the said land, may be preserved to the said George Eskridge, the grandson, and the heirs of his body, in cultivating the remaining part thereof;

VI. May it please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said George Eskridge, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said George Eskridge, the grandson, and in case of his death his executors or administrators, and he and they are hereby severally impowered, to sell, to any person or persons who shall be willing to purchase the same, any part of the said tract of seven hundred acres of land, not exceeding three hundred and fifty acres; and that the said George Eskridge, the grandson, or in case of his death, his executors or administrators, shall and may, and he and they are further impowered, to make and execute all deeds and conveyances, necessary in the law, for assuring unto any purchaser or purchasers, a good estate, in fee simple, in the part of the said tract of land so to be sold: And such purchaser and purchasers, by virtue of such deeds and conveyances, shall, for ever after, peaceably and quietly hold and enjoy the said lands so respectively by them purchased, to them, and their heirs, for ever; and the money paid by such purchaser or purchasers, shall be applied towards the payment and discharge of the said George Eskridge, the grandson, his proportionable part of the debts of the said testator, and reimbursing him what money hath already been advanced by him, or his said father William Eskridge.

VII. And be it further enacted, That the remaining part of the said slaves unsold, together with all their future increase, shall continue annexed to, and go an descend with the residue of the said tract of land, in fee tail, according to the limitations in the will of the said testator.

VIII. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, and unto all and every other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, their heirs and successors, other than the persons claiming under the last will and testament of the said George Eskridge, deceased, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, all such right, title, interest, claim, and demand whatsoever, of, in, and to any part of the said land herein before described, as they, or any of them had, should, or might have had, if this act had never been made.

IX. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained

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