Will of Isaac Adams, 1806 - Patrick County, Virginia Patrick County, Virginia 02 OCT 1806 In the name of God amen, Oct the second in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & six. I Isaac Adams of Patrick County State of Virginia being weak in body, but of perfect in mind & memory thanks to the Almighty God for the same, wherefore calling to mind the mortality of my body & the certainty of Death, do make & ordain this my last will & testament, that is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it first, And my body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Like manner, at the discretion of my relations & friends nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty Power of Almighty God, And as touching such wordly Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on me in this Life I give desire & dispose of the same in the following manner & for me, I in the first place I desire all my just debts to be paid, Item I give to my wife Hannah Adams my bay mair Wilks & a feather bead & furniture also for her to continue on my plantation to be maintained her life time if she see cause, Item I give my sons Joseph, Thomas & Elisha Adams all my lands, to them & their heirs for ever, to be equally divided between them also my Negro boy Nathan I give to my (these) above mentioned sons, Item I give unto my daughter Seathey Adams my negro woman Patt & her child Virgin also one feather bead & furniture to her & heirs for ever Item I give to my daughter Polly Adams my negro woman Wincey to her & her heirs, Item I give unto my son William Adams one bay mare two years old last spring the remainder of my Estate to remain on my plantation for the support of my children which shall remain on the same until they shall receive their above legacies, Item if there sh'd be any increase in my stock of horses I give to my daughter Seathey the first of the increase also if there sh'd be any increase from my negroes Patt & Wincey it sh'd be equal divided between my children except my son William Adams which is to have nothing more of my Estate than above mentioned. I do appoint my Brother William Adams Sr. & Brett Stovall Executors to this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal the day & year above written. Isaac Adams LS Signed & acknowledged In presence of W Banks, Nancy Adams, Susannah Adams, Nancy Barton I desire that my son William Adams do no longer stay on my plantation for his disobedience to me. Isaac Adams test Wm Banks, Nancy Adams, Susannah Adams, Nancy Barton Patrick November Court 1806 This will was Exhibited in open court by the executors therein named proved by the witnesses thereto subscribed to be the act & deed of the within named Isaac Adams & ordered to be recorded Teste A. Staples DC Transcribed and submitted by Daniel G. Bowling <dgbowling@worldnet.att.net> 18 APR 1999, may be freely distributed. **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************