1789 - Walker to slaves - Brunswick Co, VA
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Date
10/26/1789
Manumitter
Number of Persons
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Text of Freedom Document
In the name of God amen. I William Walker of the County of Brunswick and parish of Saint Andrews being desirous of disposing of such worldly goods as it has please god to endow me with. I give & desire as followeth, after my debts are paid & all accounts together with merchants accounts are settled & discharged by my Executors hereafter named.
I give my beloved wife Sarah Walker he land I now live on during her life; and all the stock of each kind & the household furniture until my daughter Sarah L. Walker & my son Leonard W. Walker come of age or marry; then I desire they should have as much of either of these articles together with stock of each kind as she can spare & the above land at my wife’s death to my daughter Sarah L. Walker and her heirs forever.
And the land on James River to my son Leonard W. Walker to him and his heirs forever. I also desire when my affairs are settled & all my debts paid that my negroes be emancipated according to law excepting one known by the name of Lud, whose service of two years I reserve longer than the rest, then he also shall be liberated. And those that are under age & over forty to be equally in the care of my beloved wife, daughter, & son. I desire that the above may be done by Capt. Benjamin Jones and my brother David Walker whom I appoint executors of this my last will and testament.
Given under my hand this 7th July one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight.
Thomas Carter Wm. Walker (seal)
Thomas B Walker
Stephen Brown
Brunswick County Court October 26th 1789
This will was proved according to law by the oaths of Thomas B. Walker, Thomas Carter and Stephen Brown the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Benjamin Jones, one of the Executors therein named, who made oath thereto and together with John Stith his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty ten thousand pounds conditioned as the law directs certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Test John Jones CBC
I give my beloved wife Sarah Walker he land I now live on during her life; and all the stock of each kind & the household furniture until my daughter Sarah L. Walker & my son Leonard W. Walker come of age or marry; then I desire they should have as much of either of these articles together with stock of each kind as she can spare & the above land at my wife’s death to my daughter Sarah L. Walker and her heirs forever.
And the land on James River to my son Leonard W. Walker to him and his heirs forever. I also desire when my affairs are settled & all my debts paid that my negroes be emancipated according to law excepting one known by the name of Lud, whose service of two years I reserve longer than the rest, then he also shall be liberated. And those that are under age & over forty to be equally in the care of my beloved wife, daughter, & son. I desire that the above may be done by Capt. Benjamin Jones and my brother David Walker whom I appoint executors of this my last will and testament.
Given under my hand this 7th July one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight.
Thomas Carter Wm. Walker (seal)
Thomas B Walker
Stephen Brown
Brunswick County Court October 26th 1789
This will was proved according to law by the oaths of Thomas B. Walker, Thomas Carter and Stephen Brown the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Benjamin Jones, one of the Executors therein named, who made oath thereto and together with John Stith his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty ten thousand pounds conditioned as the law directs certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Test John Jones CBC
Record Location
WB 5:337
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
Files
Collection
Citation
“1789 - Walker to slaves - Brunswick Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 21, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1700.