Will: Sophia C. M. Bullitt

Will of Sophia C. M. Bullitt
PWCo Will Book I, pg. 14
Proved: 2 January 1804

As I esteem it the duty of every individual to make such arrangements of his temporal concerns as may spare the survivors those difficulties and altercations that may otherwise arise, I mean with divine assistance to specify the manner in which I design my property to be disposed of after my decease; and I appoint my esteemed friends William Barnes and John Macrae executors of this my last will and testament.

My proportion of the Kentucky land I bequeath to be equally divided between my sisters Francis Garard, Sarah Barnes, and Helen Huie excepting a small legacy of Fifty Acres to my negroe boy Frederick, which fifty acres are to be of equal quality with my sisters portion. My negroes David Antony, Joan and her son Frederick I will should be emancipated after one years servitude from the time of my death during which year I desire that they may be hired out and the money arising from said hire must be appropriated to the payment of my debts. 

The Legacy of five hundred pounds the greatest part of which is yet due me from my fathers estate I direct to be equally divided between my sisters before mentioned after the following legacies are deducted. Viz. Fifty pounds to my niece Sophia Bullitt Garard, one hundred dollars to be appropriated to the education of poor children to be delivered in the hands of my esteemed friend Elizabeth Mason ten pounds to my friend and brother Thomas James Bullitt to purchase a mourning ring which I request him to accept as a small proof of my friendship and gratitude. I bequeath the same sum for the same purpose to my friend Lewis Hue Girarden. My house and lot I bequeath to my niece Helen Scott Huie, but if the hire of the negroes during one year from the time of my death is not sufficient to indemnify my creditors it must be rented out until all my debts are paid. One of my lots in Newport I devise to my niece Ann Foster Huie and the other to my niece Mary Barnes which each party is to receive by casting lots. Five guineas which were devised to me by my father in his will I bequeath to my nephew Thomas Barnes, my wearing apparel I direct to be divided between my nieces Helen and Ann Huie, my fortepiano I leave to Mary Barnes, my proportion of negroe Jenny's hire I bequeath to be annually paid into said Jenny's own hand, my body I bequeath to the dust from whence it came and my soul I recommend to the mercy of God through the merits of a redeemer.  I desire that my negroe boy Frederick should have three years schooling and that he should afterwards be bound to a trade for which purpose I have bequeathed to him the aforementioned fifty acres of land.

I wish that the money which I bequeath to my sisters may be appropriated to their own use independent of their husbands and I direct my Executors to place the money in the hands of proper Trustees to that effect. I desire that a claim which my Brother Thomas Bullitt has on me for a hundred dollars may be paid previously to my other debts. 

This I declare to be my last will and testament, and I again recommend to the God the Universe for whose mercy I humbly hope through the mediation of a blessed saviour.

Dumfries May 27th, 1803.

Sophia C. M. Bullitt

Teste
Benjamin Wells
James Rison
Peregin Davis

At a court held for Prince William County January 2nd, 1804.

This last will and testament of Sophia C. M. Bullitt deceased was presented to the Court and being proved by the Oath of Benj. Wells was ordered to be certified. John Macrae renounced in open Court the burthen of the Executor of the said Will. 

And at a Court Continued and held for the County aforesaid February the 7th 1804

This said last will and testament of Sophia C. M. Bullitt was fully proved by the Oath of James Rison and ordered to be recorded.

Test   J. Williams   Ct. Cur.

And at a Court continued and held for said county Feby. 5th, 1805.

William Barnes an Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Sophia C. M. Bullitt decd came into Court and having proved the said Will according to Law, taken the Oath of an Executor and Executed a bond with security certificate is therefore granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Test   J. Williams   Ct. Cur.

Friend of Friends Friday: Inventory of William Copin (1805)

William Copin's Additional Inventory
PWCo Will Book I, pg. 64

Pursuant to an order of Prince William County Court, we the subscribers being first sworn, before William Barnes a justice for said County, have appraised the following property belonging to the Estate of Wm. Copin decd in addition to the property formerly appraised, [which] sd property we are informed has lately been brought into this County from the County of Frederick, viz.

One Negro Man named Frank about 51 years old appraised to Forty pounds.

Given under our hands this 6th day of August One thousand eight hundred and five.

Augustine Weedon
Samuel Cole
Samuel Fielder

This is the property formerly ordered to be appraised in the County of Shannandoah.

George Coppin  {administrator

At a Court held for Prince William County Septr. 2d 1805

This additional Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Wm. Copin decd was returned to the County & ordered to be recorded.

Teste
J. Williams   Ct. Cur.

Deed: Copin to Barnes (1866)

Deed:  Copin to Barnes
PWCo Deed Book 26, pg. 334

This Deed made the seventh day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six between Pamelia A. Copin of the first part and Jane W. Barnes col'd [colored] of the second part, both of the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia. Witnesseth that in consideration of the [sum] of eighteen dollars the said Pamelia A. Copin doth grant unto the said Jane W. Barnes (col) with general warranty, a certain lot or parcel of land situated in the said county, on the north eastern border of the land of the said Pamelia A. Copin, north of a certain branch and adjoining the land of Isaac W. Dans, and containing six acres. The said Pamelia A. Copin warrants that she has the right to convey the said land to the grantee; that she has done no act to encumber the said land, that the Grantee shall have quiet possession of the said land free from all encumbrances and that the said party of the first part will execute such further assurances of the said land as may be requisite.  Witness the following signature and seal

Pamelia A. Copin {seal}


State of Virginia
County of Prince William, to wit

I R. W. Wheat a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid in the state of Virginia do certify that Pamelia A. Copin whose name is signed to the writing above bearing date on the 7th day of Aug. 1866 has acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand the 7th day of August 1866

R. W. Wheat  (j.d.)


In the Clerks Office of Prince William County Court October 12th 1866

This deed from Copin to Barnes with the certificate annexed was received in said office and admitted to record.

Teste M. B. Sinclair  Clerk

Friend of Friends Friday: Ex-Slave Buried With Honors: Eppa Barnes

Manassas Journal
8 January 1931

EX-SLAVE BURIED WITH HONORS

Eppa Barnes, colored, aged about eighty-eight, died at his home in Independent Hill in the closing hours of 1930 after an illness of several years.

The old fellow was very popular.  During his long confinement many people would call on him to cheer him up.  His wife, who survives him, is equally well known and well liked.

Back in the days "Befo' de war," Uncle Ep is stated to have been domiciled with the Copen family, well known in the anals of Prince William. The family plot in which he was buried was  a part of the old estate.

He leaves eight sons and one daughter.

The funeral which took place on New Years Day was one of the county's biggest in recent months, and there was a profusion of beautiful flowers.

Elder A. J. Garland, of Clarendon, performed the rites at Uncle Ep's home, and many who attended came from without the county.

Prince William misses its old timers who have lived right and tried to lead their sons and daughters in teh same path.

Will: James Abell (1812)

JAMES ABELL Will

Prince William County Will Book K, pg. 178

14 May 1805; proved 07 Dec 1812

I JAMES ABELL of Prince William County and State of Virginia being at this time in perfect health and sound mind thanks be to the Allmighty for the same, do hereby make ordain and publish this my last will and testament expressly hereby revoking & disannuling all others heretofore made by me.  Item I give and bequeath to my daughter JANE the feather bed she now uses & all the furniture belonging to it a cow & calf also the weaving loom & tackle a deep pewter dish & half a dozen pewter plates.  Item I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY the feather bed she now uses with all the furniture belonging to the same also her choice of a cow & calf, a deep pewter dish and half a doz. Pewter plates also a horse by the name of Frederick, a womans saddle & bridle.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter CECELIA, WILLIAM COPIN’s wife a feather bed and furniture.  Item I give and bequeath to my son WILLIAM a feather bed and furniture.

Item I give & bequeath to my daughters JANE & MARY all the provisions which may be in the house at the time of my death as also all the grain of every kind in the house or a growing and all the stock which may be up a fattening at the time of my decease, and all the residue of my estate not allready disposed of after my just debts & funeral expenses are paid shall be divided amongst my children as follows, one fourth part shall be given to my daughter JANE, one other fourth part shall be given to my daughter MARY & the other two fourths shall be divided in three parts, and one third of said two fourths shall be given to my daughter ELIZABETH wife of JOHN SINCOCKS, one third of two fourths shall be given to CECELIA wife of WILLIAM COPIN, and the other third of two fourths shall be given to my son WILLIAM ABELL.  Lastly I constitute & appoint my good & worthy friend STEPHEN HOWISON whole & sole executor of this my last will & testament & as I am clear of debt I request that he be not obliged to give security upon his administration & my further will & desire is that my executor if he thinks proper may not sell my estate only to have it appraised & divided amongst my children – agreeable to the appraisement & in such proportions as I have before directed them to receive it & if any dispute as to choice in any of the property not specifically disposed of let them draw lotts.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fourteenth day of May eighteen hundred and five.

JAMES ABELL  {seal}

Signed sealed and acknowledged in presence of us

WM. BARNES

WILLIAM SMITH

THOMAS CHAPMAN

At a Court held for Prince William County Dec. 7^th 1812

This last will and testament of JAMES ABELL decd. was presented to the Court by STEPHEN HOWISON JUNR. and being proved by the oaths of WILLIAM BARNES and WILLIAM SMITH is ordered to be recorded.  And it appearing to the Court by the oath of WILLIAM ABELL that the STEPHEN HOWISON mentioned in the said will as Exor. was intended for STEPHEN HOWISON JUNR.  Therefore the said STEPHEN HOWISON JUNR. came into Court and having took the oath of an Executor certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.  The Court having dispensed with security it appearing by the last will and testament of said JAMES ABELL that his Executor should give none.

Teste, J. WILLIAIMS

Will: Elizabeth Brazier (1797)

ELIZABETH BRAZIER Will

Prince William County Will Book H, pg. 194

29 Jun 1795; proved 3 Apr 1797

In the name of God Amen I ELIZABETH BRAZIER of the county of Prince William and commonwealth of Virginia being of sound mind and memory, but aged and infirm, do make this my last will & testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

Imprimis I commit my soul to God from whom I received it, and my body to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executors hoping in a joyful resurrection through the mediation of our blessed savior.  With respect to the property I leave behind me I bequeath it in the following manner.

I give and bequeath to WILLIAM BARNES Esq. Of the Town of Dumfries as trustee for my daughter SARAH HARRISON CANNON, and her heirs, not to be subject to the will or controul of her husband JOHN CANNON, but for her entire and separate use, a negro man slave called BEN, left to me by my mother MARY FOWKE, and I do request and injoin my said trustee WILLIAM BARNES Esq. To hire out the said slave BEN after my decease from year to year for the use of my said daughter and to account with her annually for the same; I also give and bequeath to WILLIAM BARNES Esq. Of the Town of Dumfries as Trustee for my said daughter SARAH HARRISON CANNON, and her heirs, not to be subject to the will or controul of her husband JOHN CANNON, but for her entire and separate use, all the horses, cattle, household furniture and wearing apparel, which I may leave at the time of my death, and I do request and injoin the said WILLIAM BARNES Esq. To dispose of the said stock or furniture, and place the same out at interest for the benefit of my said daughter and her heirs and account with her annually for the same; and it is my will, that if my daughter SARAH HARRISON CANNON, shall survive her husband JOHN CANNON, then the whole of the bequests as before mentioned made to her and her heirs shall be immediately vetted in her, and the above mentioned WILLIAM BARNES be entirely discharged from the same, he accounting properly for any monies arising from the same that may be in his hands.

Lastly, I appoint my friends Col. JOHN HOOE and WILLIAM BARNES Esq. Of Dumfries my executors.  Given under my hand and seal this the 29^th day of June 1795.

ELIZABETH [her mark] BRAZIER  {seal}

Signed, sealed and acknowledged before us

THOMAS BLACKBURN

CHRISTIAN BLACKBURN

At a court held for Prince William County the 3^rd day of April 1797.

This last will and testament of ELIZABETH BRAZIER decd. was presented to the Court and being proved by the oaths of THOMAS BLACKBURN and CHRISTIAN BLACKBURN was ordered to be recorded.

Teste

JOHN WILLIAMS  Ct Cur

Military Monday: Chosen for Service (Drafted)

Manassas Journal
August 31, 1917

CHOSEN FOR SERVICE

The following is a list of persons who claimed no exemption, who have been duly and legally called for the military service of the United States, and who have not been exempted or discharged:

858	Chas. F. Milstead, Occoquan
331	Dan Harris, Bristow
492	Owen J. Thomas, Neabsco
715	Arthur W. Leith, Manassas
349	John Reedy, Bristow
102	Harry R. Buckley, Haym'k't
875	Arthur L. Colbert, Manassas
714	J. W. Willcoxon, Manassas
808	W. M. Johnson, Jr., Manassas
285	Parker Williams, Nokesville
563	William C. Hinton, Quantico
146	Harry W. Polen, Catharpin
843	T. J. Runaldue, Manassas
229	A. L. Lawler, Nokesville
410	Bernard Barnes, Independent Hill
299	E. C. Blackwell, Nokesville
58	Moss Jacobs, Thoroughfare
19	Raymond Duncan, Haym'k't
4	Robert George, Hickory Grove
115	R. D. Rector, Haymarket
832	L. M. Senseney, Manassas
872	John L. Hynson, Manassas
929	Sussex H. Smith, Manassas
91	C. C. Mayhugh, Gainesville
838	Carlyle B. Buck, Manassas
861	Martin O. Smith, Manassas
17	Richard Green, Haymarket
802	B. C. Williams, Manassas
378	David L. Whetzel, Bristow
619	Wm. Lucas, Featherstone
344	Killey Riley, Bristow
202	John W. Ellis, Nokesville*
164	L. J. Hoffman, Catharpin
883	Percy S. Haydon, Manassas
566	Samuel L. Sisson, Quantico
124	Mont. J. Peters, Haymarket
744	Ernest T. Evans, Manassas
---	E. S. Bullock, Wallingfod, Pa.
76 T	hos. H. Phillips, Bristow
945	Frank Green, Did not register until after July 10, and No. 945 was assigned to him by the adjutant general by letter Aug. 16-- the eleventh number drawn in the county

* Enlisted Columbus, O., barracks

Exemption claims filed by Jacob Edward Lee Cooper (280), Nokesville, and John Thomas Norman (838), Independent Hill, on the first call, have been allowed.  The following exemption claims, marked "under consideration" in the last report, have been denied:

933	Ernest E. Smith (col.), Wellington
792	Ashton W. Brooks (col.), Manassas
103	George W. Martin, Haym't
856	Wm. C. Powell, Manassas
168	Maurice L. Payne (col.), Catharpin

Wedding Wednesday: Notices Outside of PWCo

Baltimore Patriot (Baltimore, MD) - November 11, 1815 - On Tuesday evening the 14th instant, at Locust Grove, Prince William county, Va. by the Rev. Mr. Mathews, Mr. George Sweeney, of Washington City, to Miss Mary S. C. Hooe, daughter of the late Bernard Hooe, junior, Esq. of the former place.

Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) - June 1, 1821 - MARRIED, On Sunday the 20th inst. at Waterloo, the seat of Nedham L. Washington, Esq. of King George county, Va. by the Rev. Mr. Thornton, Otho W. Callis, Esq. of Prince George's county, Md. to Miss Jane Ashton Alexander, fourth daughter of Colonel Gerrard Alexander, of Prince William county, Va.

Daily National Intelligencer - March 18, 1826 - At the Thoroughfare, Prince William county, Va., on Thursday, the 9th ist., by the Rev. Mr. Barnes, John S. Chapman, Esq. of Frankfort, Ky., to Miss Matilda L. A. Chapman, eldest daughter of George Chapman, Esq.

United States Telegraph (Washington, DC) - April 29, 1828 - Married, in Stafford County, Va. at the residence of Captain H. Eustace, on Thursday evening, the 17th April, by the Rev. Mr. Weems, George William Fitzhugh, Esq. Merchant of Brentsville, Prince William County, to Miss Sarah S. B. Henry, daughter of the late Edward Henry, Esq. of Northumberland County, Virginia.

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) - March 5, 1834 - MARRIED, on Thursday evening, 27th ultimo, at Mount Pleasant, Prince William County, Va., by the Rev. Mr. Berkley, Howison Hooe, Esq. of Prince William County, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Daniel McLean, deceased, of Alexandria D.C.

On Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Jessee E. Weems, Mr. John Fountain, to Miss Mary Patterson, daughter of Jessee Rossin, Esq., all of Prince William County, Virginia.

Will: Maryann Harrison

Will of Maryann Harrison

PWCo Will Book I, pg. 8-9

Dated 4 November 1803; Admitted: 2 January 1804

In the name of God Amen I Maryann Harrison do make and ordain this my last will and testament.  I desire all my just debts to be paid.  I bequeath to my granddaughter Maryann Hereford my negro boy David and I desire that the same boy may by my Executor hereafter named be found out to have such trade as my said Executor may think his genuine and ability best adapted to and that when he acquires his trade he may be delivered to my said Granddaughter.

I bequeath to my daughter Maryann Dade the use of all my other slaves for three years subject to the payment of thirty six pounds to my son Matthew Harrison for a chair given her and in case my said daughter Maryann Dade should survive three year or leave issue then I bequeath to my said daughter or her issue as the case may be all my other slaves as afsd.  My son in law Dade is a man of merit if his conduct to me requires an apology for making this limitation and as such I say nothing but the needy circumstances of my daughter Catharine of the easy circumstances in which he would induce me to make the limitation.  In case my daughter Maryann Dade should die without issue before the expiration of three years I desire that all my slaves except the said David be sold to such masters as they may choose provided they will give as much as the appraisement and the monies arising there from paid to my daughter Ann Catharine Hereford.  I have lately purchased a lottery ticket in case the same should draw a prize I desire that my Executor will dispose of the proceeds among my two daughters in such manner and proportion as his discretion may direct him.  The residue of my estate I bequeath to my daughter Ann Catharine Hereford.  I appoint and constitute my son Mathew Harrison my Executor of this last will and testament expecting he will charge no commission of nothing more than for monies advanced for necessary expenses.  I request my son, Mathew to purchase a pair of ear rings and present them to my granddaughter Maria Harrison as a small remembrance of my impressions of her affectionate and dutiful conduct towards me.  In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 4^th November in the year of our Lord 1803.

Mary Ann {X} Harrison {Seal}

In presence of the subscribers and

Attested by them at the request

Of the Testator. Harrison

Mary ___ Hegges (?)

Wm. Barnes

At a court held for Prince William County January 2^nd, 1804.

This last will and testament of Maryann Harrison dec'd was presented to the Court by Mathew Harrison the Executor therein named who made oath thereto according to law and being proved by the oaths of Mathew Harrison and William Barnes was ordered to be recorded.  And the said executor having performed what is usual in such cases certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Teste, John Williams