JANE REID I give and bequeath to my beloved sister MARGARET D. RICHARDSON, and to the heir of her body my negro girl named MARY, but, if my said sister MARGARET D. RICHARDSON should die without bearing heirs of her body then and in that case, I give and bequeath the said negro girl MARY to my dear nephew, ROBERT R. JAMES, son of WILLIAM and MARY JAMES. My negro man TONEY and my female slaves, DOLL, PEGGY and JANE AGNESS, must be hired out the year next after my decease and the proceeds of their heir be placed in the hand of the guardian, to be here in after appointed of the several bequests here in made to my said nephew ROBER R. JAMES. At the expiration of the year for which the above named four negro slaves shall hae been hired as above directed they shall be appraised page 96 by three disinterested person selected by the executor of this will here in after appointed and shall become the property of my brother JAMES REID with following conditions viz He shall add to the amount of the aforesaid appraisement all the money due and belonging to mea the time of my death, the aggregate amount there formed he shall duly pay in the proportions following To my beloved niece, MARY JANE REID, daughter of WILLIAM REID one full fifth part. To my beloved brother JOHN REID one hundred dollars, over and above one fifth To my beloved nephew HENRY RICHARD son of MARGARET D. RICHARDSON one hundred dollars lies than one fifth part, and to my beloved nephew ROBERT R. JAMES aforesaid one full fifth part. I give and bequeath my cattle to my nephew following viz ALEXANDER H. REID son of WILLIAM REID, ROBERT R. JAMES a foresaid, and HUGH I. REID son of JAMES REID, to be equally apportioned among them, by three persons selected by my executors. I give and bequeath my hogs household and kitchen furniture and any other property & to me belonging & not included in any of the above bequest to my beloved sister MARGARET D. RICHARDSON And I here by nominate and appoint my beloved beloved brother WILLIAM REID executor to this my last will and testament and also guardian of Page 97 All and singular the bequest to him before made to my nephew ROBERT R. JAMES 27 Jan 1833 JANE REID signed and sealed in presence of WILLIAM WINANS, WILEY W. RICHARDSON probated for record 19th Oct 1833 A. S. RANDOLPH J. P. ************************************************************* I made a mistake when copying the list of deceased. Charlotte Graves was not the deceased by a witness to a will. Since it has so many Graves mentioned you may want it anyway. I am asking that people I share these with do not send them on to other, in the whole, or put them on the internet, as I am working on a book including these wills. Virginia. Page 132 JAMES RAOUL Do this day of in the year of 1835 All such property as I may be possessed of at the time of my death whether it be in possession remainder or reversion, be the same either of a personal mixed or real nature in equal shares until my nephews ARMON BORING, ZENON BORING, EDWARD BORING, Neices AZALOR CASTON wife [of] LABONS CASTON HENERETTA GRAVES, wife of ALFRED B. GRAVES and granddaughter HENRIETTA daughter of CARMELITTE GRAVES wife of RICHARD DEXON GRAVES deceased. The above bequest is to be so construed as not to create joint tenancy or tenancy in common, but as giving Page 133 To each of the parties as separate and several property. Fourthly, I wish my executors to put out at interest the shares bequeathed to HENRIETTA GRAVES daughter of CARMELLITTE GRAVES until such time as she shall marry or arrive at the age when the law has designated as the age of majority, when the shares with the accumulated interest shall be paid over to her Fifthly in case the said HENRIETTA GRAVES daughter of CARMELLITE GRAVES, shall decease before she marries or attains the age of legal majority, then and on such event her share together what interest shall have accumulated, shall be distributed in equal parts in severalty, between her Uncle and Aunt ARMOURN BOING, ZENON BOING, EDWARD BONING, AZALIE CASTON, wife of LABAN G. CASTON, and HENRIETTA GRAVES wife of ALFORD B. GRAVES. Sixthly, it is my desire that if any or either of the above mentioned parties, ARMOR BOING, ZENON BOING, EDWARD BOING, AZALER CASTON, and HENRIETTA GRAVES such party or parties having legitimate issue, shall die before my death, then the share or shares of the party so dying shall go to their issue. But if the party or parties so dying shall have left no issue or children then the share or shares of the party or parties thus departing shall be de- Page 134 -tributed in equal parts in severalty between the survivors, or in case more than one shall have died then between the survivors and the issue of the deceased party, or in case there shall be no survivors, then between the heirs of the deceased the heirs of one party receiving the share which the party himself would have received. Seventhly, it is my wish that the salary or pension arising out of an agreement entered into between myself of the one part, and EMILLIE? R. RHEA, JOHN RHEA, HENRIETTA E. WILLIAMS, and JOHN C. WILLIAMS of the other part in the Sate of Louisiana Parish of East Feleciana, before THOMAS W. SCOTT, Parish Judge of said Parish, on the twenty seventh day of April 1833 be collected by my executors if any part of the same shall be unpaid at my death and be considered a part of my personal property and divided between the parties and in the manner above mentioned. Eigthly I do hereby nominate and appoint GABRIEL CASTON and JAMES I. GRAVES my Executors ----- J. RAOUL In the day and year above written in the presence of PHILLIP HUFF, MILES STOUT & ELDRED N. COLEMAN, [there was no date or month given] 135 attested in the presence of the testator by us: PHILLIP HUFF, MILES STOUT, ELDRED N. COLEMAN JAMES RAOUL ----do ordain and append this my codicil to the fore going will and testament of so altering and modifying it that will more fully meet my wishes. 1st I declare it to be my intention that the shares of property bequeathed to AZALIE CASTON, wife of LABON G. CASTON, and HENRIETTA GRAVES wife of ALFRED B. GRANVES shall be disbursed by their respective husbands, in purchasing a negro woman if there should be money enough for their respective wifes. If there should not be enough to buy a negress, then buy a girl if enough, if not let the surpluss go in to their wives hands. 2nd I déclassé it to my intention, that in case GENRIETTA GRAVES daughter of CARMELLITE GRAVES shall die before she marries or arrives at the page 136 age of majority then the share bequeathed to her in my forgoing last Will & testament shall go to and be distributed among the heirs for her mothers side. 3. I declared it to be my intention that all the money that I may have given to AZALER CASTON wife of LABON G. CASTON, or HENRIETTA GRAVES wife of ALFRED B. GRAVES or to their respective husbands shall go with the shares bequeathed to said AZALER or HENRIETTA in purchasing Negroes as specified in the first article of this my codicil. I wanting that all the money I may have advanced to them, shall be disbursed together with the shares bequeathed to their wives for their special benefit 4. I want to be buried in a coffin made of plain plank without any internal or living or garniture whatever. Further I do not want any one called in to witness my interment. ---- 11 May 1835 In the presence of JAS. J. GRAVES, MARTHA W. GRAVES, CHARLOTTE F. GRAVES, J. RAOUL, Attested in the presence of the testator by JAMES J. GRAVES. MARTHA W. GRAVES Page 137 CHARLOTTE F. GRAVES Proved by the testimony MILES STOUT one of the subscribing witnesses and ordered to record August Court 1835 A. J. RANDOLPH Judge of Probate The codicil proved by the testimony of JAMES J. GRAVES. A. J. RANDOLPH Judge of Probate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gin Hathaway" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] 1833/1835 Wills I have extracted > Virginia > Would very much appreciate Jane Reid's will and Charlotte Graves' will. > Thank you very much - Gin Hathaway > [email protected] > >