Washington Co. Virginia Will Bk 12: 94-96
Will of Beattie Ryburn
dated 30 April 1851; recorded 26 May 1851
abstracted by Diana Powell 5/98
I Beattie Ryburn of the County of Washington, state of Virginia….
- beloved wife Mary to have, hold and enjoy one third of plantation on which I now live (containing 260 acres) during her life and after her death to descend (conditions mentioned below) to son William M. Ryburn and his heirs.
- also wife to have Negro man Wayne and after her death to be sold and the proceeds equally divided between four daughters, Jane Byars, Martha Ann, Amanda C. and Sarah E. B. Ryburn.
- also to wife two of best horses and four of best milch cows and 1/3 of household and kitchen furniture; the remaining 2/3 to daughters Martha Ann, Amanda C. and Sarah E.B. Ryburn.
- son William M. Ryburn to have plantation on which I now live, being in 2 tracts and containing together about 260 acres (except 1/3 devised to wife during her life) upon condition he shall pay $500 to each of my four daughters, Jane Byars, Martha Ann, Amanda C. and Sarah E.B. Ryburn for a total of $2,000, one half to be paid in three years after my decease and the other half in five years after my decease.
- son William Ryburn also may elect to take locust cove tract including his hundred acre tract in same cove, in lieu of the lands in the head of Crabtree cove including the top of the rich mountain and joining my hundred acre survey in white rock cove, and if he should not choose to take my locust cove tract of land in lieu of his survey on the rich mountain and head of Crabtree cove, in that event I direct that my locust cove tract containing about 100 acres, be sold and equally divided among the 4 daughters, but if he should choose to take locust cove survey in lieu of his lands above described, in that event I direct that his survey as above described together with my white oak cove tract containing about 100 acres be sold, the proceeds equally divided among the 4 daughters.
- son William M. Ryburn to have 1/3 of all the live stock, consisting of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, farming utensils, property of every description not otherwise devised; the other 2/3 to be sold with proceeds paying all just debts, funeral expenses and the lawful and necessary expenses of executing this will. Any proceeds remaining to be equally divided among the four daughters.
- directs executors to make two daughters Amanda C. and Sarah E.B. Ryburn equal advancements with my other 2 daughters before an equal distribution takes place.
- appoints son William M. Ryburn and son in law John Byars executors
signed 30 April 1851 (signed) Beattie Ryburn
witnessed by R.B. Edmondson, Robert Clark, and James O. Ryburn
26 May 1851 - will exhibited and recorded in court and proved by oath of above 3 witnesses. William M. Ryburn and John Byars refused to execute will. Robert B. Edmondson granted certificate to administer will with bond of $6,000. Securities: William C. Edmondson and Robert Clark.
Teste John G. Kreger DC