1791 - Jones to John Lackus - King George Co, VA
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Date
04/07/1791
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
In the name of God Amen. I Calvert Jones of King George County being in senses, health & memory praised be God for the same, do make this my last will & testament.
Item. I give unto my nephew Nathaniel Jones one hundred pounds cash & half my cattle, hogs, & horses.
Item. I give unto my sister Frances Jones one bed & furniture her choice, also I give her ten pounds cash at my death & ten pounds cash for every year she shall live after my death to be paid by Executor yearly.
Item. I set my mulatto boy John Lackus free at my death.
Item. I give unto my nephew Charles Grigsby Jones the use of all my land during his life, but at his death I give all my land to his eldest son then living, to him & his heirs forever. Also I give unto the said Charles Y. Jones all my other estate which I have not given away all ready – my desire that my estate shall not be appraised. I have sold unto my neighbor John Price a slice of my land at the west end beginning at a marked [illegible] at the head of his meadow thence up the westward bottom to his ditch, thence straight as the ditch goes to the meanders of the dam between me & Bennett’s Land. Lastly, I appoint Charles G. Jones Executor of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 29th August.
Signed, sealed & published by me Calvert Jones (seal)
Calvert Jones in presence of
Robert Tow’d Dade John Peace
Benj’n Brown
At a court held for King George County the 7th day of April 1791. The last will & testament of Calver Jones dec’d (as aforegoing) was then presented into court by Ch’s G. Jones Exor therein named who made oath thereto according to law, and being further prov’d by the oaths of two of the witnesses thereto subscribed was ordered to be recorded, & on motion of the s’d Exor, he performing what the law in such cases require, certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form.
Teste, Law. Berry Clk
Item. I give unto my nephew Nathaniel Jones one hundred pounds cash & half my cattle, hogs, & horses.
Item. I give unto my sister Frances Jones one bed & furniture her choice, also I give her ten pounds cash at my death & ten pounds cash for every year she shall live after my death to be paid by Executor yearly.
Item. I set my mulatto boy John Lackus free at my death.
Item. I give unto my nephew Charles Grigsby Jones the use of all my land during his life, but at his death I give all my land to his eldest son then living, to him & his heirs forever. Also I give unto the said Charles Y. Jones all my other estate which I have not given away all ready – my desire that my estate shall not be appraised. I have sold unto my neighbor John Price a slice of my land at the west end beginning at a marked [illegible] at the head of his meadow thence up the westward bottom to his ditch, thence straight as the ditch goes to the meanders of the dam between me & Bennett’s Land. Lastly, I appoint Charles G. Jones Executor of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 29th August.
Signed, sealed & published by me Calvert Jones (seal)
Calvert Jones in presence of
Robert Tow’d Dade John Peace
Benj’n Brown
At a court held for King George County the 7th day of April 1791. The last will & testament of Calver Jones dec’d (as aforegoing) was then presented into court by Ch’s G. Jones Exor therein named who made oath thereto according to law, and being further prov’d by the oaths of two of the witnesses thereto subscribed was ordered to be recorded, & on motion of the s’d Exor, he performing what the law in such cases require, certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form.
Teste, Law. Berry Clk
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
WB 2:128
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Citation
“1791 - Jones to John Lackus - King George Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3000.