Nathaniel Dickenson, II

Will

Louisa County, Virginia Will Book 1, pages 30-31 WILL OF NATHANIEL DICKENSON SENR.

• IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Nathaniel Dickenson Senr. of the county of Louisa & Parish of St. Martins being thro the abundant mercy & goodness of God, tho weak of body yet of a Sound & perfect understanding & memory for which thanks be to Almighty God for it,
• First calling to mind that it is Apointed for all Men once to Die I do Recommend my Soul into hands of the Almighty who first gave it me & my body to the earth from whence it was taken, where the Worms Destroy it, but in my Sight I shall See God, whom I shall for my Self behold & not for another.
• I do make & Constitute this my Last Will & Testament & it is my Desire that what estate it hath pleased the Almighty to bless me with in this world I do give & dispose of in the manner & form as followeth Viz:
• Item I give to my Loving Wife Mary the Plantation whereon I now Live During Natural Life with her Due part of the Rest of my Estate.
• Item I give & bequeath unto my son Nathaniel Dickenson one third part of the Tract of Land whereon I now Live Beginning on the River at the First Little branch above his Plantation Running thence to the back line so as to leave one third of the sd Tract of Land above him & he taking of the sd Tract of Land above him & he taking of ye Back Line & the River the sd Land I Give to him his heirs & assigns for ever, he not taking the Orchard & Dwelling House.
• Item I give unto my son Griffith Dickenson the manner Plantation with the 1/3 of my Land adjoining thereto, after the Decease of my Wife Mary to his heirs and assigns for ever.
• Item I give unto my son William the upper 1/3 of my land with the Mill to him his heirs and assigns forever. *Item I give my daughter Elizabeth three negros to Wit, James, Gregory & & her heirs for ever.
• It is my Will & desire after all my debts and funeral charges are complyd with, that the Remainder of my estate what so ever to be found, be Equally Divided Between my nine children
• to wit Nathaniel Dickenson, Griffith Dickenson, William Dickenson, John Dickenson, Sarah Snelson, Elizabeth Dickenson, Rachell Dickenson, [Mourning] Barksdale, and Agness Dickenson
• to them I give the sd. estate to their heirs & assigns lor ever If it should please God, that any of my above named children should die without heirs, that their or theirs part Divided amoungst the Surviving ones.
• I do hereby acknowledge this my last Will & Testament, disallowing all former Wills & Do if ever to appear.
• I Do appoint & it is my Will & Desire that Nathaniel Dickenson & William Dickenson be my Executors of this my Last Will & Testament In Witness where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23rd Day of August 1753.
• Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of:
• John Moss his Richmond Terrell Nathaniel N. Dickenson James Sims mark AT A COURT held for Louisa County on Tuesday the DCDCVth day of September MDCCLIII. This Will was this day proved in open Court the oaths of all the parties thereto; and by the Court admitted to Record and is Recorded.
• Teste Thos Perkins Depty. ce
• Louisa County, Virginia Will Book 1 - Pages 30 & 31
• [His sons Nathaniel and William were probably named as executors in the will because his son Griffith was living in Halifax Co.]