JOHN FLEHARTY'S WILL
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I JOHN FLEHARTY OF THE COUNTY OF WOOD AND STATE OF VIRGINIA BEING VERY SICK AND WEAK IN BODY, BUT PERFECT IN MIND AND MEMORY THANKS BE Gps/EN ONTO GOD, CALLING INTO MIND THE MORTALITY OF MY BODY AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, THAT IS TO SAY PRINCIPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY SOULE UNTO THE HAND OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT IT, AND MY BODY I RECOMMEND TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN A DECENT CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS NOTHING DOUBTING BUT AT THE GENERAL RESURRECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD. AND AS TOUCHING SUCH WOULD BY ESTATE WHERE WITH IT HATH PLEASED GOD TO BESTOW ME IN THIS LIFE, I GIVE DEMISE AND DISPOSE OF THE. SAME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND FORM, FIRST I GIVE AND BEQUEATH MY WELL BELOVED DAUGHTER "HANNAH" 20 POUNDS OF LAWFUL MONEY OF VIRGINIA TO BE RAISED AND LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE TO MY ELDEST SON "JOSHUA" 5 SHILLINGS TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE MY SON "JACOB" 5 SHILLINGS TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER "ELIZABETH" THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES FLEHARTY 1 WHITE COW THAT BELONGS TO MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE TO MY SON "JAMES" i SHILLING TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTER "RUTH" 8 POUNDS TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTER "MARTHA" AND MY SON "ABRAHAM" AND MY DAUGHTER "MICHAL: NICHOL" ALL THE REST OF MY ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST THEM THREE, I ALSO DO CONSTITUTE MAKE AND ORDAIN MARTHA FLEHARTY AND ABRAHAM OF THEIR GUARDIANS THE SOUL EXECUTORUX OF THIS MY LAST WIL AND TESTAMENT ALL .AND SINGULAR MY LANDS MESSAGES AND TENNEMENTS, BY THEM FREELY TO BE PROSPERED AND ENJOYED AND I DO HEREBY UTTERLY DISALLOW REVOAK AND DISANNUL ALL AND EVERY OTHER FORMER TESTAMENT WILLS LEGAUES BEQUESTS AND EXECUTORS BY ME IN ANYWISEBEFORE NAMED WILLED AND BEQUEATHED. RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THIS AND NO OTHER TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 19TH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1801.
AT A COURT HELD FOR WOOD COUNTY OCTOBER 5, 1801 THIS WILL WAS PROVED BY HEZEKIAH BURKY, ALEX PORTER, AND HENRY ALEXANDER AND ORDERED TO BE RECORDED TEXT JOHN STOKELY. CLK
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I JOHN FLEHARTY OF THE COUNTY OF WOOD AND STATE OF VIRGINIA BEING VERY SICK AND WEAK IN BODY, BUT PERFECT IN MIND AND MEMORY THANKS BE Gps/EN ONTO GOD, CALLING INTO MIND THE MORTALITY OF MY BODY AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, THAT IS TO SAY PRINCIPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY SOULE UNTO THE HAND OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT IT, AND MY BODY I RECOMMEND TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN A DECENT CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS NOTHING DOUBTING BUT AT THE GENERAL RESURRECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD. AND AS TOUCHING SUCH WOULD BY ESTATE WHERE WITH IT HATH PLEASED GOD TO BESTOW ME IN THIS LIFE, I GIVE DEMISE AND DISPOSE OF THE. SAME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND FORM, FIRST I GIVE AND BEQUEATH MY WELL BELOVED DAUGHTER "HANNAH" 20 POUNDS OF LAWFUL MONEY OF VIRGINIA TO BE RAISED AND LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE TO MY ELDEST SON "JOSHUA" 5 SHILLINGS TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE MY SON "JACOB" 5 SHILLINGS TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER "ELIZABETH" THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES FLEHARTY 1 WHITE COW THAT BELONGS TO MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE TO MY SON "JAMES" i SHILLING TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTER "RUTH" 8 POUNDS TO BE LEVIED OUT OF MY ESTATE, ALSO I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTER "MARTHA" AND MY SON "ABRAHAM" AND MY DAUGHTER "MICHAL: NICHOL" ALL THE REST OF MY ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST THEM THREE, I ALSO DO CONSTITUTE MAKE AND ORDAIN MARTHA FLEHARTY AND ABRAHAM OF THEIR GUARDIANS THE SOUL EXECUTORUX OF THIS MY LAST WIL AND TESTAMENT ALL .AND SINGULAR MY LANDS MESSAGES AND TENNEMENTS, BY THEM FREELY TO BE PROSPERED AND ENJOYED AND I DO HEREBY UTTERLY DISALLOW REVOAK AND DISANNUL ALL AND EVERY OTHER FORMER TESTAMENT WILLS LEGAUES BEQUESTS AND EXECUTORS BY ME IN ANYWISEBEFORE NAMED WILLED AND BEQUEATHED. RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THIS AND NO OTHER TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 19TH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1801.
AT A COURT HELD FOR WOOD COUNTY OCTOBER 5, 1801 THIS WILL WAS PROVED BY HEZEKIAH BURKY, ALEX PORTER, AND HENRY ALEXANDER AND ORDERED TO BE RECORDED TEXT JOHN STOKELY. CLK