1857 - Glascock to slaves - Fauquier Co, VA
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Date
02/23/1857
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
3
Text of Freedom Document
I William Glascock of Fauquier County in the State of Virginia do make and design this instrument to be my last will and testament.
I give and bequeath to my Bro French Glascock all that parcel of piece of land purchased by me of the heirs of Hezekiah Glascock containing by supposition about one hundred and twenty six acres together with one hundred acres adjoining to the same to be taken from the piece of land deeded to me by my father and afterwards confirmed by his will said piece designed to be given is to extend across the tract aforesaid and be of equal width at the east and west and I also give to the said French Glascock three of my slaves, one named John, another named Zachariah, and the third one is to be of his choice.
Secondly I give to my nephew French Glascock son of sister Anna Glascock her female slaves one of them named Mary and other Sarah.
Thirdly I bequeath to my servant Catharine and her two children the sum of three thousand dollars to be held or managed by my Executor hereinafter named for their use and benefit and after their deaths to go absolutely to their respective heirs. I wish and desire my executors to sell at private sale on a credit all the remainder of my slaves allowing to each who is old enough to choose his master the liberty of doing so and those who from their juvenile situation one incapable of doing in like manner. I desire my Executors to choose good and humane masters for all such young slaves and cause them all old & young to have as good masters as can be procured under similar circumstances, and not in affecting sales to be governed by prices too high.
All the rest and residue of my estate both real personal and mixed I desire sold at public auction on such credit as my Executors shall deem most advisable, and the proceeds of such sales including the sale of slaves together with all moneys that may be due, shall together make a fund which I bequeath as follows that is to say after deducting the three thousand dollars given to Catharine and her two children, and the expenses which my Executors may incur in removing them out of the Commonwealth of Virginia to some place they deem suitable to settle said Catharine and her two children as free people at together with such expenses and the expenses of administering is all to be deducted and the balance of said funds to be given as follows one sixth to the heirs of sister Susan Glascock, and another sixth to the heirs of sister Sallie Glascock, and another to the heirs of sister Rebecca Shearman, and another sixth to the heirs of sister Ann Glascock, and another sixth to the heirs of brother Charles Glascock, and the remaining one sixth part to be given to the children of French Glascock (my brother).
The share of Nancy Peck the wife of William Peck and the share of Nancy Glascock wife of Tho W Glascock, and the share of Sarah Butcher the wife of Edgar Butcher, I give to a trustee for their own use and benefit in trust to be applied by him to their support respectively during their lives and at their death to belong absolutely to their heirs respectively.
I hereby constitute and appoint my brother French Glascock my nephew Hiram Glascock and my nephew French Glascock (son of Ann Glascock) executors of this my last will and testament and its my will that when they qualify each or all together they be required to give only half the security required by the laws of Virginia in like case.
In witness whereof I have hereunto as to my last will and testament signed my name and affixed my seal this 14th day of August 1856.
William Glascock (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Wm Glascock as his last will and testament in our presence, we signing as witnesses thereof in his presence.
FW Powell
Sam H Halley
Geo H Dawson
Thomas M Triplett
Fauquier County Court February 23 1857
This paper purporting to be the last will and testament of William Glascock deceased was this day produced to the court and proved by the oaths of Samuel Halley and Thomas M. Triplett two of the subscribing witnesses thereto thereupon said paper writing is ordered to be recorded as and for the true last will and testament of the said William Glascock.
French Glascock (the brother of the testator) one of the Executors therein named qualified and gave bond and security according to law, the security having justified and at a court held for said County on the 23rd day of March 1857, French Glascock (son of Ann Glascock) and Hiram Glascock, two of the executors named in the last will and testament of William Glascock deceased qualified and gave bond and security according to law, the security having justified.
Teste, William H Jennings C.C.
I give and bequeath to my Bro French Glascock all that parcel of piece of land purchased by me of the heirs of Hezekiah Glascock containing by supposition about one hundred and twenty six acres together with one hundred acres adjoining to the same to be taken from the piece of land deeded to me by my father and afterwards confirmed by his will said piece designed to be given is to extend across the tract aforesaid and be of equal width at the east and west and I also give to the said French Glascock three of my slaves, one named John, another named Zachariah, and the third one is to be of his choice.
Secondly I give to my nephew French Glascock son of sister Anna Glascock her female slaves one of them named Mary and other Sarah.
Thirdly I bequeath to my servant Catharine and her two children the sum of three thousand dollars to be held or managed by my Executor hereinafter named for their use and benefit and after their deaths to go absolutely to their respective heirs. I wish and desire my executors to sell at private sale on a credit all the remainder of my slaves allowing to each who is old enough to choose his master the liberty of doing so and those who from their juvenile situation one incapable of doing in like manner. I desire my Executors to choose good and humane masters for all such young slaves and cause them all old & young to have as good masters as can be procured under similar circumstances, and not in affecting sales to be governed by prices too high.
All the rest and residue of my estate both real personal and mixed I desire sold at public auction on such credit as my Executors shall deem most advisable, and the proceeds of such sales including the sale of slaves together with all moneys that may be due, shall together make a fund which I bequeath as follows that is to say after deducting the three thousand dollars given to Catharine and her two children, and the expenses which my Executors may incur in removing them out of the Commonwealth of Virginia to some place they deem suitable to settle said Catharine and her two children as free people at together with such expenses and the expenses of administering is all to be deducted and the balance of said funds to be given as follows one sixth to the heirs of sister Susan Glascock, and another sixth to the heirs of sister Sallie Glascock, and another to the heirs of sister Rebecca Shearman, and another sixth to the heirs of sister Ann Glascock, and another sixth to the heirs of brother Charles Glascock, and the remaining one sixth part to be given to the children of French Glascock (my brother).
The share of Nancy Peck the wife of William Peck and the share of Nancy Glascock wife of Tho W Glascock, and the share of Sarah Butcher the wife of Edgar Butcher, I give to a trustee for their own use and benefit in trust to be applied by him to their support respectively during their lives and at their death to belong absolutely to their heirs respectively.
I hereby constitute and appoint my brother French Glascock my nephew Hiram Glascock and my nephew French Glascock (son of Ann Glascock) executors of this my last will and testament and its my will that when they qualify each or all together they be required to give only half the security required by the laws of Virginia in like case.
In witness whereof I have hereunto as to my last will and testament signed my name and affixed my seal this 14th day of August 1856.
William Glascock (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Wm Glascock as his last will and testament in our presence, we signing as witnesses thereof in his presence.
FW Powell
Sam H Halley
Geo H Dawson
Thomas M Triplett
Fauquier County Court February 23 1857
This paper purporting to be the last will and testament of William Glascock deceased was this day produced to the court and proved by the oaths of Samuel Halley and Thomas M. Triplett two of the subscribing witnesses thereto thereupon said paper writing is ordered to be recorded as and for the true last will and testament of the said William Glascock.
French Glascock (the brother of the testator) one of the Executors therein named qualified and gave bond and security according to law, the security having justified and at a court held for said County on the 23rd day of March 1857, French Glascock (son of Ann Glascock) and Hiram Glascock, two of the executors named in the last will and testament of William Glascock deceased qualified and gave bond and security according to law, the security having justified.
Teste, William H Jennings C.C.
Record Location
WB 26:411
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
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Citation
“1857 - Glascock to slaves - Fauquier Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 26, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1655.