Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 9Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1927 |
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Page 35
... Samuel Washington and his heirs my land at Chotank in the County of Stafford containing about six hun- dred acres and also the other moiety of my land lying on Deep Run . Item . I give unto my son John Washington and his heirs my Land ...
... Samuel Washington and his heirs my land at Chotank in the County of Stafford containing about six hun- dred acres and also the other moiety of my land lying on Deep Run . Item . I give unto my son John Washington and his heirs my Land ...
Page 36
... Samuel , John and Charles . Item . - I give and bequeath unto my said wife and my four sons George , Samuel , John and Charles , all the rest of my Personal Estate to be equally divided between them which is not particularly be ...
... Samuel , John and Charles . Item . - I give and bequeath unto my said wife and my four sons George , Samuel , John and Charles , all the rest of my Personal Estate to be equally divided between them which is not particularly be ...
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... Samuel , John and Charles and their heirs share and share alike and in case my son George by the death of both or either of my sons Lawrence and Augustine should according to this my intention come to be possessed of either their lands ...
... Samuel , John and Charles and their heirs share and share alike and in case my son George by the death of both or either of my sons Lawrence and Augustine should according to this my intention come to be possessed of either their lands ...
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... Samuel should by course of law be taken away then I give to the said Samuel in lieu thereof a tract of Land in Westmoreland County where Benjamin Wicks and Thomas Finch now live by estimation seven hundred acres . Item - I bequeath to ...
... Samuel should by course of law be taken away then I give to the said Samuel in lieu thereof a tract of Land in Westmoreland County where Benjamin Wicks and Thomas Finch now live by estimation seven hundred acres . Item - I bequeath to ...
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... Samuel Meredith & Judge Edmund Winston , ) Mr. Henry's talent for speaking was not so much as suspected until the winter of 1763 , when the trial of the celebrated Cause , called the Parson's Cause took place . Judge Tyler , who seems ...
... Samuel Meredith & Judge Edmund Winston , ) Mr. Henry's talent for speaking was not so much as suspected until the winter of 1763 , when the trial of the celebrated Cause , called the Parson's Cause took place . Judge Tyler , who seems ...
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