Washington Co., Virginia Will Bk 22: 313-14
Will of Robert Scott
Dated 7 March 1885, recorded 28 Sept 1886
Copied Apr 2002 by C Ryburn
Abstracted June 2002 by D. Powell
Robert Scott of Washington Co., Virginia….
1. real and personal property to be sold by executor; personal property to be sold on a credit of 6 months for all sums over $5.00; cash on hand if less than $5.00. Real estate to be sold on the terms of $500 cash and balance on a credit of 1, 2 and 3 years with interest from day of sale reserving a lien on the land until paid in full.
2. just debts and funeral expenses be paid including nice tombstones over my grave and over grave of my son William E. Scott, dec’d.
3. to grandson John W. Scott son of my son William E. Scott dec’d $300 to be paid with interest at age 21. Also give him my bed, bed clothes & bedstead
4. to Charles Scott, James Scott and Burt__ Scott, children of my son William E. Scott, dec’d $100 each to be paid with interest at age 21. Money for these bequests to be set aside from proceeds of sale of land and personal property.
5. to each of my grandchildren (except children of Wm E. Scott) $25 each to be paid with interest at 21 or when they marry.
6. to granddaughter Mattie B. Shaver, daughter of my daughter Bettie Shaver $200 to be applied to her education
7. to my son John O. Scott and my daughters Sallie Rambo and Malisa Ryan $75 each to make them equal with my other children. I have already given my daughter Jane Grant and Bettie Shaver $75 each.
8. the remainder to my five children and the children of my son William Scott as follows:
to Jane Grant 1/6, to Bettie Shaver 1/6, to Sallie Rambo 1/6, to Malissa Ryan 1/6, to John O. Scott 1/6 and to the children of William Scott, decd 1/6. “Bettie Shaver is to be Charged with $54 without interest which her husband got of my money from Wyndham & Frank Robertson, and this bequest to Bettie Shaver is to be paid to her in person if alive, if not to her children in no event is it to be paid to her husband or to be in any way liable for his debts.”
“Not having heard from my son John O. Scott for a long time and not knowing whetherhe is living or dead, I direct that should it be ascertained that he is dead and left children surviving him, that the bequests to him be paid to his children and if he died leaving no children, then the bequest to him is to be paid to my other children and the children of my son William E. Scott, dec’d, the children of Wm E. Scott dec’d to receive jointly one fifth.”
9. my estate shall be distributed as soon as the proceeds of the sale of the property can be collected and the bequests to my grandchildren loaned out either by my executor or their guardians taking bond with good security until they are 21 or get married.
10. appoint my friend Wm G. G. Lowry executor
recorded in court Sept. 28, 1886