WILL of MICHAEL WILHOIT of the PARISH of ST. MARK'S of ORANGE COUNTY CULPEPPER ,VIRGINIA State of Virginia } County of Orange } I, MICHAEL WILHEIT, OF THE PARRISH OF ST. MARK'S, AND COUNTY OF ORANGE, VIRGINIA. BEING SICK AND WEAK IN BODY, BUT OF SOUND AND PERFECT MEMORY( THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR SAME ), DO MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN MANNER AND FORM FOLLOWING: FIRST: I RECOMMEND MY SOUL TO GOD THAT GAVE IT, TRUSTING AND SURELY BELEIVING THAT THROUGH THE MERITS OF MY BLESSED SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, TO RECEIVE FULL REMISSION AND FORGIVENESS OF ALL MY SINS. MY BODY I COMMIT TO THE EARTH TO BE DECENTLY BURIED AT THE DIRECTION OF MY EXECUTORS, HEREINAFTER NAMED. IMPRIMUS: I WILL THAT AFTER MY DECEASE, MY LOVING WIFE, MARY WILHOIT DO LIVE AND CONTINUE ON THE PLANTATION WHERE I NOW LIVE, DURING THE TERM OF HER NATURAL LIFE, AND I DO HEREWITH MOST EARNESTLY ONJOIN AND REQUIRE ALL MY CHILDREN TO LOVE, HONOR, RESPECT AND ASSIST HER AS THEIR DEAR LOVING MOTHER, AND I DO GIVE TO MY SAID LOVING WIFE, MARY, ALL MY PERSONAL ESTATE, DURING HER NATURAL LIFE AND TO MAKE SALE OF EITHER HORSES OR CATTLE SO LONG AS THE SAID WIFE SHALL LIVE AND AFTER HER DECEASE, MY WILL AND DESIRE IS THAT ALL MY PERSONAL ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST MY SIX [6] CHILDREN, HEREINAFTER NAMED. SECONDLY: I WILL THAT MY TRACT OF 289 ACRES OF LAND BE EQUALLY DIVIDED IN TWO[2] PARTS, OF WHICH MY SON, MATTHIAS WILHEIT, IS TO HAVE THE ONE PART, AND MY YOUNGEST SON, PHILLIP WILHOIT, IS TO HAVE THE OTHER PART WHEREON THE HOUSES AND PLANTATION IS, AND WHEREON I NOW LIVE, AND IT IS MY DESIRE THAT AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY LOVING WIFE, MARY, AND WHEN THE ABOVE SAID TWO SONS MATTHIAS AND AND PHILLIP WILHOIT ARE THE AGE OF 21 YEARS EACH, THAT THEN THE AFORESAID, MY TWO YOUNGER SONS DO PAY [12] POUNDS CURRENCY TO THE FOUR FOLLOWING CHILDREN, AS THEIR SHARE OF THE INHERITANCE THAT UNTO ADAM WILHEIT [3] POUNDS CURRENCY, TOBIAS WILHEIT [3] POUNDS CURRENCY, JOHN WILHEIT [3] POUNDS CURRENCY, AND UNTO MY DAUGHTER EVA, NOW MARRIED TO NICHOLAS HOLD [3] POUNDS CURRENCY. LASTLY: I MAKE AND ORDAIN MY LOVING FRIEND MICHAEL HOLD, AND MY ELDEST SON TOBIAS WILHEIT, TO BE EXECUTORS OF THIS, MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND REVOKING ALL OTHER WILLS, HERETOFORE BY ME MADE, AND IN WITNESS THAT THIS BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1742. MICHAEL WILHEIT SEAL SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF US: JOHN SNIEDER, MICHAEL HOLD, BALTHASA X BLANKENBAKER his mark AT A COURT HELD FOR ORANGE COUNTY ON THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1746, THIS WILL WAS PRESENTED INTO COURT BY TOBIAS WILLHEIT, ONE OF THE EXECUTORS NAMED THEREIN, PROVED BY THE OATHS OF MICHAEL HOLD AND BALTHASA BLANKENBAKER, TWO OF THE WITNESSES THERETO, WHO MADE OATH THAT THEY SAW JOHN SNIEDER, THE OTHER WITNESS SUBSCRIBE HIS NAME AS A WITNESS, AND ORDERED TO BE RECOURDED, AND ON THE MOTION OF SAID EXECUTOR, WHO MADE OATH ACCORDING TO LAW, CERTIFICATE IS GRANTED HIM, FOR OBTAINING LETTERS OF PROBATE THEREOF IN DUE FORM GIVING SECURITY. THE OTHER EXECUTOR APPEARING IN COURT REFUSED TO JOIN IN THE SAME, WHEREUPON, HE, WITH LUDEWIGK FISHER AND LAWRENCE CARR, HIS SECURITIES ENTERED INTO AND ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR BONDS FOR HIS DUE AND FAITHFUL ADMINISTRATION OF THE SAID DEDECENTS ESTATE. A COPY TEDST; R.R.RHMY CL. JOHN NICHOLAS, CL. CO'S WILHOIT- - - - -WILLHEIT- - - - - WILHEIT- - - - -Wilhoyte--- DIFFERENT SPELLING'S [CAME TO AMERICA IN 1720] Thelma Waddell Wisecarver 509 Mimosa Street Cleveland, North Carolina 27013 {704} 278-3546