The will did not say anything about where John Carroll was to be buried! Here is a copy of it. CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILL COL. JOHN CARROLL - 1860 Recorded Will Book No. 2 Page 63 I John Carroll of the County of Carroll and State of Virginia do hereby make and ordain this as my last will and testament being of sound mind and disposing memory as follows. First: It is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. Second: It is my will that all my property both real and personal, Except my slaves be sold by my Executor herein after appointed. The real property for one fourth of the purchase money in cash and the balance in one two and three years equal payments the purchaser giving bond and good security and a lien retained on the land for the security of the deferred payments. My personal property to be sold on a credit of twelve months for all sums over five dollars the purchaser giving bond and good security, all sums under five dollars cash in hand. I further will that my Executors herein after named shall hire out my slaves to some careful person or persons who will use them well until such time as he shall have collected the money owing to my Estate and then it is my will that my said Slaves shall be free as well such as are being at the time of my death as those that may be born afterwards. I further will that should my said slaves prefer going to a non slave holding state that my Executor appoint some faithful agent (if he cannot perform that duty himself) to buy land for them in such state as will be of the value of all the money in the hand of my Executor except such sums as will be necessary to defray the expense of their removal and buy such personal property as will be sufficient to enable them to work the lands so bought. I further will that they shall have the benefit of and I hereby will to them equally to be divided amongst them all my money arising from the sales of my property as before directed and from collection of debts due me or arising from the hire of said slaves to be expended as here in before directed. I further will that if there be any doubt about my said slaves being entitled to there freedom at the end of such time as my Executor shall settle up and make collection as before directed then that they be free at my death and be removed from the state as by law they may be required as I have before directed. I hereby nominate and appoint my friend Hon' Andrew S. Fulton of the County of Wythe and State aforesaid as Executor of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this the 7th day of March 1860. Witness W. T. Haller (seal) J. A. Carter (seal) Jno. Carroll (seal) Virginia. Carroll County Court June Term 1860 A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of John Carroll deceased, was produced in Court, proved by the oaths of William T. Haller & John A. Carter the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded, & Andrew S. Fulton, who was nominated executor of said will, having by a writing under his hand which is ordered to be filed & recorded with the Will, renounced the Executor'ship thereof, the Court proceeded to appoint an administrator with the said Will annexed & on motion of John Early who made oath according to law & together with James Early, James B. Johnson & Michael Kinser his sureties entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of thirty thousand dollars with conditions according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining probate of said will as administrator with the said will annexed in due form of law. A copy. Teste W. H. Sutherland DC Cover: Will of John Carroll, 1860 June admitted to probate, Rules, as A. S. Fulton, John Early Curator, Bond in the penalty of $30,000, Recorded Will Book No. 2 P. 63. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Spidle" <james@spidlefamily.com> To: <VACARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 6:48 PM Subject: [VACARROL] Will of John Carroll, member VA House of Delegates > I'm looking for the will of John Carroll, d. 1860. > John was the member of the Virginia House of Delegates > responsible for introducing the bill to create Carroll > County, VA. John served in the VA House of Delegates > for the session dates 1842-44, 1846-51, 1852-53 and > 1855-56. His home was in Fairview community on Route > 58 just east of Hillsville. > > I found some information that states "his will > specified...that his body be buried in a Catholic > cemetery in Wythe County." > > I'm hoping someone in Carroll County has access to his > will and can tell me which cemetery in Wythe County he > was buried in. I'm guessing that if he lived in > Carroll but was buried in Wythe that there may be > other family members buried there as well. > > Thanks for any help that you can give me. > > ===== > R. James Spidle > http://www.SpidleFamily.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > > ==== VACARROL Mailing List ==== > Messages from this mailing list are "warranted" to be free from viruses > BUT some virus might masquerade as a mailing list message. > ALWAYS be careful with unexpected attachments to email messages. > >