Will: Chapman Copin (1878)

Will of Chapman Copin
PWCo. Will Book T, pg. 209
Proved: 7 June 1880

In the name of God Amen, I CHAPMAN COPIN of Prince William County and State of Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make this to be my last will and testament as follows, viz.

I give and bequeath all of my personal and real estate of whatever manner, kind and discription after the payment of my funeral expenses and all just debts to my wife ANNIE COPIN to hold as a support during her natural life, and at her death to descend to my son CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS and his heirs forever. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son the said CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other and former wills and testaments by me heretofore made. 

I request that the Court in which my son the said CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS may qualify as my said Executor, shall not require him to give any security as such Executor.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of September in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and Seventy eight.

CHAPMAN COPIN  {seal}

Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testator CHAPMAN COPIN, as and for his last will and testament, and in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.

JNO. G. TAYLOR
M. N. LYNN
LEWIS E. JONES

In Prince Wm. County Court June 7th 1880

The last will and testament of CHAPMAN COPIN decd. was this day presented to the Court, and the Signatures thereto ____ proved by the Oaths of JNO. G. TAYLOR and L. E. JONES subscribing witnesses thereto and was ordered to be recorded as the true last Will and Testament of CHAPMAN COPIN decd.  And then upon CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS the Executor named in the said Will qualified as executor of said COPIN in accordance with said will requiring no security in a bond in the penalty of $600, conditioned according to law which bond is ordered to be recorded, certificate is granted the said COPIN alias HOPKINS for obtaining a probate of said will in due form.

Teste,  S. A. DAVIS   Clk.

Fourth of July Celebration: Brentsville (1866)

Alexandria Gazette (Virginia)
10 July 1866

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION

The Washington Chronicle has an account of a celebration of the 4th of July at Brentsville, Prince William county, Va.  This account says, there was a "goodly number in attendance," but it is immediately added -- "as the meagre delegations from distant neighborhoods came in," &c. A meeting was organized at the Court-House by the appointment of J. P. Baldwin, of Prince William, president, and Major M. S. Hopkins secretary. Letters were then read from Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, and Lysander Hill, of Alexandria. Speeches were made by A. Chester, if Il., J. S. Towler of Tenn., and L. Sherwood of Texas. Resolutions expressive of the political sentiments of those present were passed, a flag raising had, a collection partaken of, &c.

Wedding Wednesday: Mr. and Mrs. [Charles] Love Married Fifty Years

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

8 June 1917

MR. AND MRS. LOVE MARRIED FIFTY YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Love are to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow at their home, 1210 Euclid street northwest. Mr. and Mrs. Love were married June 9, 1867, in Stafford county, Va. Mr. Love was born and raised in Dumfries, Va. Mrs. Love was formerly Miss Ellen M. Coakley of Stafford, Va., a daughter of Daniel and Susan Coakley.

The couple have nine children living, four sons and five daughters. They are Lucien Love of Fairland, Va.; Charles H. Love, jr., of this city; J. J. Love of Colesville, Va.; Luther Lee Love of this city; Mrs. H. Hopkins of Fairland, Va.; Mrs. Irene Plaskett of Alexandria, Va.; Mrs. D. Z. Ayers of Mount Vernon, Va.; and Mrs. E. Thompson and Miss Mary Love of this city. They have fourteen grandchildren.

Mr. Love, who is a Confederate veteran, served with Company A of the 49th Virginia Infantry.

Sunday's Obituary: Hopkins / Muschett / Risen

Alexandria Daily Advertiser (VA)
2 February 1807

Departed this life, at Dumfries, on the 30th ultimo, Mr. C. H. MUSCHETT, merchant, of that place, in the 26th year of his age, after a short but severe illness.  He has left a number of connections and acquaintances to deplore his loss.




Daily National Intelligencer (DC)
14 July 1824

DIED, on the 6th inst. at the residence of John Gibson, Esq. in Dumfries, Va., Mr. CHARLES EDWARD MUSCHETT, of a pulmonary affection.




Alexandria Gazette (VA)
8 February 1875

January 25th, near Independent Hill, Prince William county, in the 21st year of her age, Mrs. FRANKLIN RISEN.

January 28th, near Independent Hill, Prince William county, at the residence of Mr. C. Corbin, Miss BETSY HOPKINS.

Military Monday: Last Draft Boys to Go Into Training

Manassas Journal

July 26, 1919

LAST DRAFT BOYS TO GO IN TRAINING

Thirty-two White Men Left on Wednesday for Camp Lee – Colored to Leave Shortly

Prince William county sent thirty-two white men to Camp Lee on Wednesday, and on July 29^th twelve colored men will depart for Camp Meade, Md.  On August 1^st thirty more colored registrants will go to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S.C.  Following are the names of those called:

The following men from this county left for Camp Lee Wednesday, July 24:

John F. Simpson, Hoadley

William C. Davis, Wellington

Oase Baggott, Nokesvilile

John W. Sutherland, Dumfries

Charles E. King, Nokesville

Randolph S. Brawner, Dumfries

James Watson, Dumfries

James M. Younts, Cherry Hill

Earl Lynn, Independent Hill

Virgil A. Hopkins, Greenwich

Robert C. Smith, Woolsey

Richard H. Lee, Gainesville

Leroy P. Whetzel, Nokesville

Laclair M. Marsteller, Bristow

Chas. B. Yates, Manassas

Roy E. Mills, Hoadley

Lawrence B. Harrison, Cherry Hill

William A. Wood, Gainesville

William Clampitt, Hoadley

Henry H. Payne, Thoroughfare

Green O. Smith, Woolsey

John W. Hopkins, Nokesville

___ Bryant, Dumfries

Jackson Raynes, Nokesville

Walter W. Keys, Brentsville

Currell Hansboro, Greenwich

George B. Rison, Dumfries

Harry Tyler, Bristow

Okleyhoma Taylor, Greenwich

Elwood A. Bland, Minniville

The following colored registrants have been called to appear at the Clerk’s Office, Manassas, Va., on July 29^th, at 2 p. m., to be entrained on the same afternoon at 5:05 for Camp Meade, Maryland:

John Black, Gaffney, S.C.

Richard Green, Haymarket

William C. Nickens, Manassas

Joseph Green, Washington, DC

Tim Dorsey Lee, Neabsco

Robert McKenney, Haymarket

William E. Davis, Manassas

Abrom Williams, Neabsco

Jackson Davis, Dumfries

Winston King, Quantico

Robert D. Elliott, Catharpin

John Berry, Dumfries

List of colored registrants to go to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S.C., on Aug. 1:

Lee M. Scott, Haymarket

Cecil W. Wilkerson, Manassas

Edward H. Corum, Waterfall

Lewis Saunders, Dumfries

Ollie Davis, Quantico

Walter M. Alexander, Bristow

Robert N. Washington, Bristow

Percy G. Brooks, Manassas

George T. Berry, Gainesville

Randolph Nickens, Thoroughfare

Bard Smith, Dumfries

Edward D. Hamilton, Manassas

Eugene W. Williams, Manassas

Russell Green, Nokesville

George W. Tapscott, Bristow

Irvin Redd, Dumfries

Jake Fisher, Jr., Neabsco

Albert Kemp, Washington, DC

George C. Horton, Manassas

Archy Crawford, Neabsco

William Green, Nokesville

John C. Chapman, Manassas

Remus L. Boxley, Woodbridge

Hildred Crawford, Neabsco

Chas. E. Harris, Gainesville

Frank E. Saunders, Manassas

James C. Pendleton, Marshall

Willie L. Meredith, Manassas

Ray Hogan, Haymarket

Alex Robinson, Gainesville