FRANCIS RENOE Will
Prince William County Will Book H, pg. 224
18 Oct 1794; proved 2 Oct 1797
In the Name of God amen I FRANCIS RENOE of Prince William
County and State of Virginia reflecting on the uncertainty of life and the
necessity of having my estate divided among children by will to prevent
disputes among them after my death being at the signing & dealing of this
present writing of sound mind and memory thanks be to God to whose infinet
mercy & goodness I recommend my soul & my body to the earth to be
buried in a christian like manner and as for what worldly property it hath
pleased God to bless me with I dispose of in the following manner.
Item I give and bequeath to my son ENOCH RENO all that tract
or parcel of land which I purchased of JOHN TAPLEY to him and his heirs
forever.
Item I give to my son ENOCH RENO a negro boy by the name of
FREDERICK which he now hath in possession to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son FRANCIS a Negro fellow
named DICK which he now hath in possession a negro boy by the name of BEN.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter LIDIE MORE one negro
fellow named PAGE to her and her heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my sons GEORGE and BAYLIS RENO
the tract of land on which I now live to them and their heirs for ever. George to have the part which lieth on the
north side of Phillimons & Baylis to have that part which lieth on the
sough side of the said run. I also give
my son a negro wench & her child which he now hath in possession CELIA
& RACHEL & a negro boy by the name of LIGE. And I also give my son Baylis a negro boy
named PAGE also a Negro boy named SEMORE a fether bed & furniture & a
cow & calf to the said George & Bayliss & their heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter NANCY WHITLEDGE a
negro wench named POLL to her and her heirs of her body for ever & it is my
will that the said ROBERT WHITLEDGE shall not by any means consider the said
negro as his property or any of her increas & the whole of them to desend
to my daughter NANCY children in an equal proportion.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter FANNEY TACKET a
negro wench named WINNEY to her and the heirs of her body for ever & on the
same terms with her sister Nancy’s gift.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter MILLEY JAMISON two
Negroes the one named RACHEL & the other named BEN to her and her heirs of
her body for ever & on the same condition with Elder sister Nancy’s gift.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter DOLLEY RENO a negro
woman named NELL she and her increase to her and her heirs for ever also a
negro woman named CARSHABA she and her increas to have and her heirs for ever a
feather bed with furniture a cow and calf & a sow and pigs.
Item I give & bequeath to my daughter JANE RENO a negro
woman & her increas named SIB to her & her heirs for ever also a negro
wench named DELPH she and her increas to her and her heirs for ever a feather
bed with furniture a cow & calf a sow & pigs.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter SUSANA CROSBY a
negro woman named SUE she and her increas to her and her heirs for ever also a
negro woman by the name of VILET she and her increas to her and her heirs for
ever one feather bed with furniture a cow and calf a sow and pigs.
It is my will that BOB & JAMES & EATH shall be sold
or hired to them that they like & what stock household furniture and
remains of & the money arising from the same after deducting the legacies
and paying all just debts and charges to be equally divided among my children.
Thereby revoke all former wills and declear this to be my
last will and testament written on one sheat of paper in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of October in the year of one
thousand seven hundred ninety four.
I hereby appoint my son ENOCH RENO & my son BAYLIS RENO
executors to this my last will and testament.
FRANCIS RENO {seal}
Francis Reno acknowledged the before written to be his last
will & testament & his hand and seal affixed to the same in presence of
ISAAC FARROW
GEORGE TACKETT
DANIEL OREAR
ROBERT SUTTRELL
WM. BAYLIS
At a Court held for Prince William County the 2nd
Day of October 1797.
This last will and testament of FRANCIS RENOE Senr. Decd.
was presented to the Court by ENOCH RENO & BAYLISS RENOE the executors
therein named who made oath thereto according to law and the said will being
proved by the oaths of GEORGE TACKETT, DANIEL OREAR and WM. BAYLIS is ordered
to be recorded and the said Executors having performed what is usual in such
cases certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste
JOHN WILLIAMS Ct.
Cur.
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