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JAMES CARTER, husband of HANNAH(2) b: 1710
Frederick Co., VA: dated November 18, 1758
transcribed from Carter Cousins vol I, Marie Eberle and Margaret Henley
Will Book 2, pages 328-330
In the name of God Amen the Eighteeth day of November Anno Domini 1758, I James Carter of the county Frederick of the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak of Body but prefect mind and memory thanks to Almighty God therefore and calling to mind my mortallity knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye to make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the Dust to be Decantly Enterr d at the Direction of my Executors not Doubting but at the resurrection I shall receive the same and again by the mighty power of God, and for such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me I give Bequeath and Dispose of the same in manner and Form Following first I order that all my just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid by my executors Imperis I give and Bequeath to my well Beloved wife Hannah and my three Daughters Ann, Ruth, and Hannah all my movable Estate to be amoung them Equally Divided Every one. Ten shillings which I hereby give and Bequeath to my eldest daughter Jane which shall be paid to her by my Executors and the above mentioned to remain in the Hands of my well Beloved wife in order to hereby support and Bring up my children until they come of age and to be divided among them at her Descration. In conjunction with my Other Executors Imprimis I give and Bequeath to my friend John McMachan and his Heirs forever a certain fifty acres of Land more or less lying on the southeast side of the road leading from Winchester to Belhaven Imprimis I give and Bequeath to my son James Carter all the remainder of this Tract of land where on I now dwell to him and his Heirs forever, note that the same is to be at the Disposal and for the use of my Wife Hannah till he come of age. Item I order that my son James shall give to my two sons William and John Twenty Pounds Each when they arrive at the age of Twenty-one years. Lastly I constitute and appoint my Trusting Friends Benjamin Blackburn and John McMachan together with my Beloved wife Hannah as my sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and do hereby authorize and appoint the said Executors as gaurdians over my children viz: that my three sons James William and John and my three Daughters Ann, Ruth and Hannah and do constitute and appoint this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and Disallowing all other Testaments and Wills theretofore made by me.
James Catrer
Published and propounded as the last wil l and Testament of . In the presence of
George Hollongsworth
John Frost
Isabella McMahan
As a court held for Frederick County on Wednesday the 6th day of December 1758 This last will and Testament of James Carter Deceased was Presented into the Court by Hannah Carter, Benjamin Blackburn and John McMachan as the Executors where in named, who made oath thereto according to the Law and the said will being Proved by the oath of George Hollingsworth and Isabella McMahan witness thereto is admitted to the record.
J. Woods Clk
