----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Whitley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 1:40 PM Subject: More Ward info From Book > David Wards Will > > I David Ward of Tazwell County and State of Virginia being in perfect health of both body and mind but calling to mind my advanced age, and the uncertainity of life in every person thereof, I do hereby make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following: > > I give to my wife Eleanor Ward one third part of the plantation whereon I now live. Containing about 400 acres, one third of the improvements, on said land, together with dwelling house and the other buildings and said improvements I wish to remain in the posession of my wife during the term of her natural life to be enjoyed by her without interruption or molestation and at my wifes decease my will is that the aforesaid 400 acres of land with the appurtenances to be considered as equally the property of Isaac Ward, Hiram Ward, and Addison Ward to be by them enjoyed as co-heirs to them their heirs or assign forever. I give unto my son Rees Ward a tract of land ajoining the aforesaid tract of 400 acres, which by estimation contains about 100 acres, and has been usually called Isaac Moores Ridge this tract to be divided from the 400 acre tract by a Creek above the ford next to John Burks and to run somewhere near a northwest course straight line till it intersects the line of Geo! > rge Grubb, and along Grubbs line to the line of William Ward and along the several course of the same rount to the beginning to be held by the said Rees Ward as his legal property to him, his heirs, or assigns forever. I also give my wife Elanor Ward on third part of my personal Estate after my just debts are paid and is to be considered as her absolute property and to be disposed by her at her decease by will or in whateber she may think proper. And as tot he balance of my personal Estate should anything remain after my debts are paid, I wish an equal divide to be made among my four daughters viz - Jane Ward, Nancy Ward, Phebe Ward and Matilda Ward. And whereas some of my daughters may have acquired some small personal property by their own industry since they came to full age, if that has been the case, I do not wish to consider that as any part of my personal estate, but only such as been obtained by me before my daughters came to mature age. My will also is that as two of ! > my sons are so far under age that they have not been educated as I could, my desire is, that my wife, my son Isaac and all my daughters should contribute according to their abilities to have my two youngest sons taught Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic so as to enable them to do common business. And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Eleanor Ward my whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament and shouldit not be absolutely necessary for the payment of debts I should recommend doing the business without sale or anything more than returning an inventory to court but if the payment of debts make it necessary the usual mode must be resorted to and I do hereby utterly revoke every former wil and testament. In witness thereof I have herunto put my hand and affixed my seal this twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. > > David Ward > > Signed sealed and delivered published pronounced and declared in the presence of William H Clancy, Samuel Corel, Joshua Corel > > >