1793 - Moseley to Robin - Princess Anne Co, VA

1793 - Moseley to Robin - Princess Anne Co, VA

01/06/1794

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In the Name of God Amen:
I Hillary Moseley Son of Tully Moseley decd. of the County
of Princess Anne in Virginia being sick and weak but of
sound disposing mind and Memory thanks be to God
for the same, do make Ordain and Publish this to be my
last Will and Testament in manner and form follow-
-ing. Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my loving Wife
Anniss Moseley during her natural Life, the use of the
Land that was tended this Year in Indian Corn, being
the South part of the Plantation, whereon I now live, run-
-ning to the Cross Fence, adjoining my dwelling House,
Also, that piece or parcel of Land Lying between my Gate and
the Orchard running square with the Orchard to the Barn, the
Use of one half of my Garden and Orchard at my dwelling
House, the Ditch that runs through the said Orchard, to be
Considered as the division, she to have that part of it next
to my Dwelling House, Also I give her the Use of my Shed
and Store room, Parlour Chamber, my Old Kitchen, Hen House,
New Crib, the one half of my Stable, Half of the Old Barn my
Milk House, and liberty to Distill whatever Cyder she may
have of her own, the Use of my Old Meat House which I
desire may be repaired for her at the expense of my Estate, Also
I give her my said Wife the Use of the following Slaves during her
life, to wit, Robin, Arthur, Nancy and Tamer. I give and
bequeath to my said Wife Anniss Moseley the Use and Service
of the said Lands, Houses and Slaves during her natural
life only, to be in full satisfaction of Dower, in my Estate
Item I give to my said loving Wife and her Heirs for ever:
the following Legacies, to wit, her Choice of three Beds and
Furniture a Suit of Curtains, two Chests, two Iron Pots and
Racks, three Pewter Dishes, four Basons, half dozen Pewter
Plates, half dozen Knives and forks, a small looking Glass
that is in the Parlour, two pine Tables, half dozen flag’d bott-
-om Chairs, a Rum Case and Bottles, her Choice of my work
Steers, four Cows and Calves, her choice of a pair of young
Steers about three Years Old, a Bay Mare called Lucy, a young
Horse called Fearnought, Six Ews and Lambs, a pair of
[Hilary Moseley]
New Cart Wheels and Cart body that belongs to my old Cart, Six
bushels of dry Pease, also as much Corn and Pork as any two
Housekeepers may think necessary for her support for one
Year to commence from my Death. Also two Sows and their
Piggs, Ten young Hogs which are generally in the Home
Pasture, her choice of a Flax Hackle, one New and one Old
Plough and a Harrow, two Axes and a pair of Iron Wedges
I give the aforesaid Legacies to my said wife Upon Condition
that she maintain support and Educate my two Youngest
Children till my son John is capable of being bound out to
some Trade or Occupation. Item I give to my said Wife the Use
of a Hand Mill during her life, and after her decease to my son
Tully and his Heirs, Item, I give and bequeath to my son Tully
Moseley and his Heirs for ever, the following piece parcel or tract
of Land being part of the Land whereon I now live, to be bound
ed as follows, to begin at a Corner Chinkopen standing in John
Hopkins’s line and to Run through the Plantation to the South
line as the cross fence now Runs which divides the two Fields all
the Land with the Appurtenances that lies to the North and
West of the said line or cross Fence containing two hundred and
fifty Acres more or less. I give to my said son Tully Moseley and
his Heirs for ever, Also I give him a Negro Boy called America
my large Family Bible, a black Walnut Cupboard and two black
Walnut Tables, a large looking Glass and Twenty Pounds cur-
-rent Money. Item, I give to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth
Moseley Daughter of my son Tully, one Negro Girl, called Rose
and to her Heirs for ever. Item I give and bequeath to my
son Christopher Moseley and his Heirs two Slaves, to wit,
China and her child Isaac, also One Hundred and Twenty
Pounds current money, to be paid him out of my Estate
by my Executors hereafter named. Item, I give and bequeath

to my son Hillary Moseley and his Heirs for ever all the
Remainder of the Tract of Land and Houses whereon I
now live, that lies to the Eastward of the cross Fence or line
that I have made as aforesaid between his brother Tully’s Land
and runs through the Plantation to the Southward which con-
-tains One hundred and Fifty Acres of Land more or less [inserted: and is the same land which]
Tully
[Hilary Moseley]
Moseley Father of the said Hillary bought of one John Shipp
decd. I also give him my said son Hillary Moseley and his
Heirs a Negro boy named Jim, a bed and furniture, a Negro
Girl called Hannah, one Chest, one Horse called Dreadnought
four Head of Sheep all my Hogs that are under two Years
old, belonging to the [inserted: two large hiefers] Pasture over the Road; also a Sow and
Piggs on the same place, all my Shoemakers tools except one
Currying Knife, Five Hundred Weight of Pork. Item, I
give to my Daughter Molly Hunter forty Pounds to pay,
or help to pay off a Bond debt which is due from her Husband
to my Brother Malachi Moseley’s Estate, also, I give her three
Silver Table Spoons: Item, I give to my Grandson Hillary
Hunter and his Heirs a Negro called Affrica. Item I give to my
Daughter Blanna Hunter and her Heirs one Negro Woman
called Amy and her Child Pleasant two Cows and Calves
four head of Sheep and also ten Pounds current Money. Item
I give to my son John Moseley and his Heirs for ever Fifty
Acres of Land lying in the Gum Swamp, Fifty Pounds current
Money to be raised out of my Estate, also one Negro Boy
called Bob and one Girl called Edy. Item, I give to my
Daughter Frances Moseley and her Heirs one Negro Girl
named Bridgett and a Negro Boy called Jemmey. Item, after
the death of my Wife, I give the Land and Appurtenances
herein devised to her for life to my said son Tully and his Heirs
for ever, and the Negroes devised to her for life to be after her
death equally divided between all my Children except Robin
who I liberate and set free. I give to my said daughter Frankey
a half dozen Silver Tea Spoons. Item, all the rest and Residue
of my Estate not before given away or bequeathed I desire may
be sold by my Executors and after my Just debts and funeral
charges are paid I give the one half of the Money arising from

the Sale to my Daughter Frances and the other
[Hilary Moseley]
half to be divided between my son John and Daughters
Molly and Blanna Hunters, And Lastly, I
nominate and appoint my son Tully and Son in Law
William Hunter Executors of this my last Will and Testa-
-ment In Witness whereof I have hereto set my Hand
and Seal the Second Day of November One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Ninety three . . . . . . . . . .
Signed Sealed and Published }
by the Testator for his . . }
last Will and Testament }
In Presence of Us . . . . . } Hilary Moseley {LS}
George Edmonds
Malachi Whitehurst
Malachi [mark: X] Whitehurst
At a Court Held for Princess Anne County the 6th day of January 1794.
The above last Will and Testament of Mr. Hillary Moseley
decd. was proved according to Law by the Oath of George Ed-
-monds and Malachi Whitehurst two of the Witnesses to the
same and is Ordered to be Recorded, and on the Motion of
Tully Moseley and William Hunter the Executors herein
Named who made Oath and gave Bond with Security accor-
-ding to Law Certificate is Granted them for Obtaining
Probat thereof in due Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Test,
E. H. Moseley Clk

WB 1:220

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