McLaurin-VA-Will-1845

William McLaurine - Will

The will of William McLaurine was probated 7 Apr 1845 in Powatan County VA and says in part;

Item 5, I give to grandson William, son of son Lewis, a negro man named Richard.

Item 6, I give to grandson George, son of son Lewis, a negro boy named Reuben.

Item 7, I give to my granddaughter Harriet W. McLaurine, who intermarried with Alexander M. Hewlett of Alabama, one negro boy John and negro man Alexander and a young woman Fanny, but do not give the negro woman Mary which my son Lewis, father of Harriet received from the estate of (blank) ELLIS at the time of Lewis' intermariage with the mother of said Harriet.

Item 8, It is my will that my negro woman Nanny, who has been a faithful servant, may select among my children which one of them she may prefer to live with and to such child, I give her forever.

Item 9, I give to my son Lewis the tract of land on which I reside and all the appurtenances thereto, with all my negroes and estate, not herein bequested, to him and his heirs forever.
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I am going to send this and continue reading this material as I know there is more. I have been very specific as to age groups such as man, woman, boy, girl, young woman. I'm sure you are aware that the data is pitifully brief. I can only hope that it can be of some use to someone. One of those someones could very well be a cousin and I LOVE to find cousins!

Patricia L. Childs, in sunny Las Vegas NV, searching for parents and siblings of Henry C. McLaughlin b. 1836 TN

Contributed by: (Pat Childs)  pchilds@cris.com