Washington Co., Virginia Will Bk 4: 317-318
Will of Mary Beatie
Dated 17 Oct. 1818 and recorded 18 Jan 1820
Transcribed by D. Powell 6/2001 from a photocopy [paragraphs added for ease of reading]

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I Mary Beatie of Washington County and State of Virginia do make this my last Will & testament in manner & form following.

I give & bequeath to my daughter Mary Clark my negro woman named Milly & all her children born after this date my beds & furniture my case of Drawers my bed curtains the one half of my cupboard furniture my saddle & a horse of the value of Sixty dollars my tea kettle wheel & washing pot.

I give & bequeath to my son William a feather bed & necessary furniture & one milch cow

I give & bequeath to my son James my cupboard

I give & bequeath to my neice Mary Beatie daughter of James Beatie my negro girl Jenny the one half of my cupboard furniture

I give & bequeath to my neice Mary Beatie daughter of David Beatie a feather bed & necessary furniture.

I order & direct the remaining part of my property not devised (except my negro man Joe & Rachel his wife) to be sold & the proceeds of the sale to be equally divided between my sons William, James & David and my Daughter Mary Clark

I give & bequeath to my son Armstrong one dollar.

I order & direct that at my death my negroe man Joe & Rachel his wife be emancipated or free from slavery and I give & bequeath to them jointly a milch cow their beds & furniture also a pot & skillet I further order & direct that my negroes Joe & Rachel remain under the care of my son David whom I request to manage their affairs for them.

I appoint my son James Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former Wills by me made ratifying and confirming this my last Will & Testament & no other. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal October 17th 1818.
Signed in presence
Thos Edmiston, Robert B. Edmiston                         her
                                        Mary X Beatie
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At a Court held for Washington County the 18th day of January 1820 in court and proved by the oath of Thomas Edmiston and Robert B. Edmiston the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of James Beatie the Executor therein named who took the oath of an executor prescribed by law & entered into & acknowledged his bone in the sum of four thousand dollars with Thomas Edmiston his security conditioned as the law directs. A Certificate is therefore granted him for the probate of the said Will in due form.