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Subject: Jacob Holtzclaw, Sr. 15 Jan 1759
Author: Barbara Price
Date: 22 Jul 2006 2:35 AM GMT
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WILL OF JACOB HOLTZCLAW
"In the Name of God Amen. I Jacob Holtzclaw of the Parish of Hamilton& County of Prince William, being of Perfect sense and memory do make& ordain this my Last Will & Testament as followeth.
Imprimis. I Give & bequeathe to my son Joseph Holtzclaw three hundredand seventy five acres of land more or less being the land I bought ofWarner Toward. To him & his Heirs Lawfully begotten of his Bodyforever & in default of such Heirs to faill to my son Jacob Holtzclaw& his Heirs forever Lawfully Begotten of his Body.
Item. I Give & bequeathe unto my Son Jacob Holtzclaw and his Heirsforever Lawfully Begotten of his Body all that tract of Land onLicking Run & containing Two hundred acres more or less being the Landwhereon I now live including forty acres I bought of Harman Kemper &also that forty acres bought of Harmon Button, being all the landjoining the said Tract.
Item. I Give and Bequeathe to my son Jacob Holtzclaw all that Tract ofLand whick I bought of Thomas Barton in Prince William Countycontaining one Hundred & fifty Acres more or less, to him & his Heirsforever Lawfully begotten of his Body, only reserving to my son JosephHoltzclaw the liberty of taking as much timber off of the said hundredand fifty acres of Land as he shall have occasion for in building aDwelling House for himself.
Item. I Give & bequeathe to my son Harman and his Heirs foreverLawfully Begotten of his Body two Hundred acres of land more or lessbeing the Land I bought of Thos Hone (?) whereon the said Harman nowlives.
Also I give & Bequeath to my son Harman Holtzclaw and his Heirsforever one Hundred acres of Land, being part of a Tract of Landcontaining three hundred & thirty seven acres and lying on theBranches of Hunger Run in Prince William County and hereafter given tomy grandsons Henry & Joseph Holtsclaw.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Daughter Eve Wiley the Wife of AllenWiley and her Heirs Lawfully begotten of her body Three Hundred Acresof Land lying in Loudon County on Gooss Creek Granted to me by Patentin the year one thousand seven Hundred & Fifty. But if my saidDaughter Eve should Die without Heirs Lawfully Begotten of her Body orin Defualt of such Heirs the said Land to fall to my son JacobHoltzclaw and his Heris forever Lawfully Begotten of his Body.
Item. I Give and Bequeathe to my Daughter Alice Katherine Hitt thewife of Henry Hitt three hundred acres of Land where the said HenryHitt now lives being Part of a Tract of Land lying in Culpepper Countycontaining one thousand three hundred acres and Granted to me byPatent in the year one thousand seven Hundred & forty eight to her andher Heirs Lawfully Begotten of her Body forever, and in default ofsuch Heirs to my son Jacob Holtzclaw and his Heirs forever LawfullyBegotten of his Body.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Daughter Elizabeth Miller the wife ofHarman Miller three Hundred acres of Land whereon the said HarmanMiller now lives being Part of the above said Tract of thirteenHundred acres, to her & her Heirs forever Lawfully begotten of herbody & in default of such Heirs to fall to my son Jacob Holtzclaw &his Heirs Lawfully Begotten of his Body forever.
Item. I Leave to son Henry Holtzclaw two Hundred acres of land whereonhe now lives being part of a Tract of land of 496 acres lying uponBroad Run and taken up in the year 1724--during his natural Life andat his Death to his son Jacob Holtzclaw and his Heirs forever LawfullyBegotten of his Body and in default of such Heirs said Land to fall tomy son Jacob Holtzclaw & his Heirs forever Lawfully Begotten.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Grandson, Henry Holtzclaw, the son ofJohn Holtzclaw, one hundred acres of land lying upon the Branches ofHungar Run, being Part of a Tract of land containg three hundred andthirty-seven acres, to him & his Heirs forever.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Grandson, Joseph Holtzclaw, the son ofJohn Holtzclaw, the Remaining Part of the above said Tract of land of337 acres, being one hundred and thirty seven acres more or less, tohim & his Heirs forever.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Grandson Joseph Darnal, the son ofJere[miah] Darnal, three hundred & thirty five acres of Land lying inLoudon County near Williamses Gap joining the Land of George Carter,to him & his Heirs forever.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Daughter, Katherine Darnal, the wife ofJeremiah Darnal, Three Hundred and sixty two acres of land in PrinceWilliam County joining the land of the Heirs of John Fishback, to herand her Heirs forever.
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my son, Joseph Holtzclaw, abovementioned, one Negro Woman named Nan, one Featherbed 7 Furniture, onecow & calf, one Pewter Dish & Bason & two Plates & one Desk.
Item. I Give and Bequeathe to my son, Jacob Holtzclaw, one Negroe Boynamed Anthony, one Feather Bed & Furniture one Cloathspress, one cow &calf, one Pewter Dish & Bason and two Plates.
Item. I Give to my Daughter, Eve Wiley one negroe Girl named Hale nowin the Possession of Allen Wiley, Husband to ___Eve.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Daughter, Alice Katherine Hitt, oneNegroe Boy named Daniel.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Daughter, Eliz. Miller, one Negroe Boynamed Solomon now in the Possession of Harman Miller, Husband to thesaid Elizabeth.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my son, Harmon Holtzclaw, one Negro Wenchnamed Sarah now in his Possession.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my son Henry Holtzclaw one Negroe Boynamed Ned now in his Possession.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe unto my Grandson, Jacob Fishback, son ofFrederick Fishback, one Negroe Boy named Toney.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe to my Daughter, Katherine Darnal, one negroeman named Robin, one Feather Bed 7 Furniture, & one warming Pan.
Item. I Give & Bequeathe unto my Grandson, John Fishback, son toFrederick Fishback, one hundred & seven acres of land lying in LoudonCounty on Gooss Creek being the Remaining Part of the Tract of landwhereon a Part is Given to my Daughter Eve Wiley above mentioned, tohim & His Heirs forever.
Item. It is my Will & Desire that one Tract of Land containing fivehundred and eleven acres in Augusta County being in two Patents,together with all my Personal estate not herein before mentioned besold at Publick sale by me Executors hereafter mentioned and the moneyarising therefrom after paying my just debts to be Divided between allmy Children herein before mentioned.
Item. I Constitute & appoint my son in law Jeremiah Darnal & my sonJacob Holtzclaw my Executors to this my Las Will & Testament inWitness whereof I have here unto set my hand & seal this 15th Day ofJanuary Anne Dom. one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine.
Signed Sealed and Published In the first line of this page wasinterlined the word
in the presence of (estate) and in the second D the words (by myExecutors
Peter Hitt here after mentioned) before assigned as also was the other
(his mark) Interlineations.
Tho. Marshall
Henry Kamper
(signed) Jacob Holtzclaw
At a court held for Fauquier County the 29th Day of Feb. 1760 Thiswill was proved by the oaths of Thomas Marshall and Henry Kamperwitnesses thereto and was ordered to be recorded and on the motion ofJeremiah Darnal one of the Extrs herein named who made oath accordingto law Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat whereof indue Form and liverty is granted the other Extr. to join in the probatwhen he shall think fit.
Teste
(signed) Humphrey Brook, Clk
A Copy Test: H.L. Pearson, Clerk
Circuit Court of Fauquier County, Virginia
Will book 1, Page 10
(Note: This will of Jacob Holtzclaw was sealed with a Double HeadedEagle Signet.)
[Transcribed 29 July 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]
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