1812 - Magruder to Eleanor, et al - Fluvanna County
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
09/28/1812
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
4
Text of Freedom Document
In the name of God Amen. I Mary Magruder of the County of Fluvanna being weak in body, but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to [illegible] of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, do make ordain and declare this instrument to be my last will and testament, revoking all others. Imprimis All my just debts and funeral expenses are to be punctually and speedily paid.
Item. To my son John Bowie Magruder and his heirs I give and bequeath the following negro slaves, to wit Dunbo and his wife Nancy and Harry Charles and Aaron to be possessed and enjoyed by him or them during the [illegible] and respective terms herein mentioned that is to say the said Dunbo and his wife Nancy until the first day of August eighteen hundred and twelve, the said Harry until the first day of October eighteen hundred and twenty two, the said Charles until the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and the said Aaron until the first day of May eighteen hundred and thirty two. And also another named Sandy until the first day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two; and my will and desire is that each of the said negroes at the expiration of the term aforesaid allotted him or her to be enjoyed and possessed by my said son, shall receive his or her freedom, and thenceforth enjoy their liberty; and if it should happen that the said negro Nancy should have a child or children within the term allotted as aforesaid for her to remain in the possession of said son or his heirs, my will and desire is that my said son and his heirs shall possess such child or children until they shall respectively arrive to the age of thirty five years and that each of them as they arrive to that age shall receive their freedom. I also give and bequeath to my son John Bowie Magruder and his heirs forever my negro woman Hagar, not for any service that I expect she can render, she being old and infirm, but from a desire that she may be provided for and maintained; I also give to my sd son and his heirs forever my desk and great Bibles, and a silver watch now in his possession which was formerly the property of his father, and also the rest of the land and plantation which I hold in the state of Maryland which may become due for that particular year in which my deceased may happen; and whereas a contract is existing between my said son and myself, by which I was entitled during life to the benefit of a certain part of the land and plantation whereon I now live in the County of Fluvanna (the legal title whereof is vested in my sd son) for which he pays me an annual rent, my will and desire is that whatever sum may become due to me in consequence of the said contract for the rent of the sd land for that particular year in which my decease may happen, my said son be released and exonerated from the payment thereof.
Item. To my daughter Rachael Thrift wife of Robert Thrift and her issue I give and bequeath the following negroes to wit, Frank and Minta, the said Frank until the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty seven, and the said Minta until the first day of April eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and I will and direct that the said negroes shall then receive and enjoy their freedom. But should the said Minta have any child or children during the time of her being the property of my said daughter or her issue my will and desire is that my said daughter or her issue should possess them until he, she, or they shall arrive to the age of thirty five years respectively and that they shall thenceforth enjoy their freedom.
Item. I give to my daughter Mary Boyd my wearing apparel.
Item. My will and desire is that immediately after my decease my negro man Nacy and my negro woman Elenor shall receive and enjoy their freedom.
[illegible] to my daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Anna they being already provided for, all the rest of my estate [illegible] value or hinds ever I desire may be equally divided between my son John Bowie and my daughter Rachael Thrift and in case my son John Bowie Magruder or my daughter Rachael Thrift should die without issue before a division of my estate should take place agreeable to my will, I desire and direct that the survivor shall enjoy all his or her part of my estate herein to him or her given that shall so die. Lastly, I appoint my son John Bowie Magruder my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of August eighteen hundred.
Signed, sealed Mary Magruder (seal)
Published and declared
by the said Mary Magruder
to be her last will and
testament in presence of
John Timberlake
Horace Timberlake
John Howard
At a court of quarterly sessions held for Fluvanna County on the 28th day of May 1804. This will was this day produced in court and proved by the oaths of Horace Timberlake and John Howard two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of John B Magruder the Executor therein named who made oath thereto as the law direct and entered into bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars with Sanford R Connelly and John M Harin his securities conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste,
[illegible]
Item. To my son John Bowie Magruder and his heirs I give and bequeath the following negro slaves, to wit Dunbo and his wife Nancy and Harry Charles and Aaron to be possessed and enjoyed by him or them during the [illegible] and respective terms herein mentioned that is to say the said Dunbo and his wife Nancy until the first day of August eighteen hundred and twelve, the said Harry until the first day of October eighteen hundred and twenty two, the said Charles until the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and the said Aaron until the first day of May eighteen hundred and thirty two. And also another named Sandy until the first day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two; and my will and desire is that each of the said negroes at the expiration of the term aforesaid allotted him or her to be enjoyed and possessed by my said son, shall receive his or her freedom, and thenceforth enjoy their liberty; and if it should happen that the said negro Nancy should have a child or children within the term allotted as aforesaid for her to remain in the possession of said son or his heirs, my will and desire is that my said son and his heirs shall possess such child or children until they shall respectively arrive to the age of thirty five years and that each of them as they arrive to that age shall receive their freedom. I also give and bequeath to my son John Bowie Magruder and his heirs forever my negro woman Hagar, not for any service that I expect she can render, she being old and infirm, but from a desire that she may be provided for and maintained; I also give to my sd son and his heirs forever my desk and great Bibles, and a silver watch now in his possession which was formerly the property of his father, and also the rest of the land and plantation which I hold in the state of Maryland which may become due for that particular year in which my deceased may happen; and whereas a contract is existing between my said son and myself, by which I was entitled during life to the benefit of a certain part of the land and plantation whereon I now live in the County of Fluvanna (the legal title whereof is vested in my sd son) for which he pays me an annual rent, my will and desire is that whatever sum may become due to me in consequence of the said contract for the rent of the sd land for that particular year in which my decease may happen, my said son be released and exonerated from the payment thereof.
Item. To my daughter Rachael Thrift wife of Robert Thrift and her issue I give and bequeath the following negroes to wit, Frank and Minta, the said Frank until the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty seven, and the said Minta until the first day of April eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and I will and direct that the said negroes shall then receive and enjoy their freedom. But should the said Minta have any child or children during the time of her being the property of my said daughter or her issue my will and desire is that my said daughter or her issue should possess them until he, she, or they shall arrive to the age of thirty five years respectively and that they shall thenceforth enjoy their freedom.
Item. I give to my daughter Mary Boyd my wearing apparel.
Item. My will and desire is that immediately after my decease my negro man Nacy and my negro woman Elenor shall receive and enjoy their freedom.
[illegible] to my daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Anna they being already provided for, all the rest of my estate [illegible] value or hinds ever I desire may be equally divided between my son John Bowie and my daughter Rachael Thrift and in case my son John Bowie Magruder or my daughter Rachael Thrift should die without issue before a division of my estate should take place agreeable to my will, I desire and direct that the survivor shall enjoy all his or her part of my estate herein to him or her given that shall so die. Lastly, I appoint my son John Bowie Magruder my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of August eighteen hundred.
Signed, sealed Mary Magruder (seal)
Published and declared
by the said Mary Magruder
to be her last will and
testament in presence of
John Timberlake
Horace Timberlake
John Howard
At a court of quarterly sessions held for Fluvanna County on the 28th day of May 1804. This will was this day produced in court and proved by the oaths of Horace Timberlake and John Howard two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of John B Magruder the Executor therein named who made oath thereto as the law direct and entered into bond in the penalty of five thousand dollars with Sanford R Connelly and John M Harin his securities conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste,
[illegible]
Record Location
WB 1:259
Document Type
LW&T
Files
Collection
Citation
“1812 - Magruder to Eleanor, et al - Fluvanna County,” Manumission Project, accessed March 26, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1518.