John Nance

In the name of God, Amen. I John Nance being feeble in body & much affected with disease, but of sound mind & memory make this my last will & testament. In the first place I desire my just debts of which there are but few to be paid. 2nd I give to my wife Martha A. Nance to have during her lifetime the land upon which we live amounting to three hundred and fifty ? and acres including the building and every appurtenance properly belonging to the same. I also give to my said wife the present crop, the plantation utensils of every sort. I also give to my said wife, the household and kitchen furniture of every kind. I likewise give to my wife to have in like measure during her life time the following slaves to wit Lewis, Dennis, Kanawaha, Squire, Fanny, Maria, and Harriett. 3rd I give to my son Thadeus C. Nance my Difficult Creek Plantation and the sum of thirty dollars. 4th I give to my daughter Celia Ann Burnett half the Roberts tract of land and one hundred dollars.- the last to be paid her after the death of her mother & to come from the dower estate. 5th I give to my son Spotswood A. Nance the sum of one hundred dollars. 6th I give to my son Edwin T. Nance half the Roberts tract of land and a negro boy Amnion. 7th I give to my son Albert T. Nance half of the ? Headen tract of land, a negro boy name ?Home Squire" & a bed & furniture. 8th I give to my son Benjamin E. Nance half the Headen tract of land a negro boy named Peter and the Sum of fifty dollars 9th I give to my son Thorp H. Nance a negro named Aaron. 10t I give to my son John F. Nance a negro boy named Billy & the sum of fifty dollars which last is to be appropriated to his schooling. 11th I give to my daughter Eliza Jane Nance a negro girl named Rose and the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. 12th I give to my daughter Sarah Margaret Nance the sum of four hundred dollars or a negro girl worth that much must be bought for her as she prefers. Also a bed and furniture and a side saddle. 13th I give to my daughter Martha Nance the sum of four hundred dollars or a negro girl worth that much as she prefers. I also give my sd. Daughter a bed and furniture and a side saddle. 14th I give to my daughter Emeline Frances Nance the sum of four hundred dollars or a negro girl worth that much must be bought for her as she prefers. I also give my said daughter Emeline Frances the sum of fifty dollars to be expended in her schooling. To her I also give a bed and furniture and a side saddle. 15th It is my desire that after the death of my wife, the land we live on shall belong equally to my sons Thorp H. and John F. Nance and that they have no other interest in the dower estate. 16th It is also my desire, that the negros left to my wife during her lifetime shall after her death belongcequally to all my children except Celia Ann Burnett and Edwin T. Nance and Thorp H. and John F. Nance. 17th It is my wish that none of my sons now under age shall have their legacy until they come to age and in like manner none of my daughters now under age shall have theirs until they come of age or marry. 18th It is my wish that the following slaves to wit will, Milly, Old Prissy, Harvey, and Anthony and the Roberts crop and all the stock there and plantation utensils be sold. 19th I give to my son Thaddeus C. Nance in trust for the benefit of my daughter Mary Katherine Wade And her children a negro girl named Eliza now in her possession. I also require that her portion of the dower estate be held and managed by Thaddeus C. Nance for her benefit and that of her children. 20th I appoint my sons Thaddeus C. Nance and Albert T. Nance my executors. Witness my hand and seal This 3rd day of Octo. 1846. Signed in the presence of John Nance (Seal) Daniel Tompkins Joseph Whitten John Fields

Codicil 2nd Upon careful reflection I desire this the 7 of Octo 1846 the following changes in my will recently made and witnessed by my friends Daniel Tompkins , Joseph Whitten and John Fields to wit My sons Thorp H. and John F. Nance are not to have the land they live on after the death of their mother. Since at a fair evaluation of the said land theirs would be a larger portion of my estate than in justice to the other of my children could be allowed them. I therefore desire that my said sons Thorp H. and John F. have from my estate in addition to what is named in my will for them the land excepted each one hundred dollars and that each have a fifty dollar ? saddle. And I desire that after the death of my wife the land we live on as is to be the case with negros left my said wife her lifetime belong equally to my following children to wit Thaddeus C., Spotswood A., Albert T., Benjamin E., Thorp H. and John F. Nance and to Thaddeus Nance in trust for Mary Katherine Wade and her children ?, Lucy Elizabeth Wade, Eliza Jane, Sarah Margaret, Martha Estes and Emeline Frances Nance. It is my further wish that ? Lucy Elizabeth Wade have the sum of ten dollars from the estate. It is my further wish that Edwin T. Nance and Celia Ann Burnett have each from the dower estate and after the death of their mother the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars since they have been ? all other interest in that portion of my estate. Testd Daniel Tompkins John Nance Joseph Whitten

Codecil 1st PS The horses mentioned in the gift to Thorp H. and John F. Nance have been clothed out by my direction and after reflecting on the value of the land they are to get upon the death of their mother. Testd Daniel Tompkins John Nance Joseph Whitten John Fields

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