1804 - Alexander to Mingo & Jack - King George Co, VA
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Date
02/02/1804
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
In the name of God Amen. I John Lewis Alexander being of weak body but sound mind, do make this my last will and testament after all my just debts are paid, I give and bequeath my whole estate both real and personal to the use of my brother Philip Thornton Alexander and his wife during their natural lives, and to the use of the survivor of them and after the decease of my said brother and his wife to such child or children as they may leave to them and their heirs forever. It is my will and desire that my two negro slaves named Mingo and Jack be manumitted and set free by my Executors and that my estate be burdened with their maintenance agreeable to law.
It is my will and desire that my estate both real and personal should go and descend to the children of Doctor Gibeon Stewart, late of King George County to them and their heirs forever in case my brother Philip should die without issue. I give my gold watch that my grandfather Willis now wears to my cousin Hannah Battaite. Lastly, I appoint John Taliaferro Jun’r and Will’m Thornton Alexander Executors of this my last will and testament and trustees to carry the uses of the same into effect. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11 May 1802.
Signed, sealed & delivered as the Jno. L. Alexander
last will & testament of John
Lewis Alexander in our presences
Gavin Corbin Turberville
John Benson
Byrd C. L. Willis
At a monthly court held for King George County the 1st day of December 1803. This foregoing last will and testament of John L. Alexander deceased being then produced in court and proved by the oaths of Gavin Corbin Turberville and Byrd C.L. Willis, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto was ordered to be recorded.
At another court held for the said county the 5th day of January 1804, John Taliaferro, one of the executors named in the said will having made oath in the form prescribed by law and moreover with Francis Taliaferro his security having entered into and acknowledged in court a bond in the penalty of 20,000$ conditioned as the law directs in such cases & certificate was granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form. And at another court held for the said county the 2nd day of February 1804, Wm. Thornton Alexander, the other executor named in the said will having made oath in the form prescribed by law, and with John C. Stuart his security being entered into and acknowledged in court a bond in the penalty of 20,000$ conditioned as the law directs in such case, certificate was also granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form.
Teste Law. Berry Clk
It is my will and desire that my estate both real and personal should go and descend to the children of Doctor Gibeon Stewart, late of King George County to them and their heirs forever in case my brother Philip should die without issue. I give my gold watch that my grandfather Willis now wears to my cousin Hannah Battaite. Lastly, I appoint John Taliaferro Jun’r and Will’m Thornton Alexander Executors of this my last will and testament and trustees to carry the uses of the same into effect. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11 May 1802.
Signed, sealed & delivered as the Jno. L. Alexander
last will & testament of John
Lewis Alexander in our presences
Gavin Corbin Turberville
John Benson
Byrd C. L. Willis
At a monthly court held for King George County the 1st day of December 1803. This foregoing last will and testament of John L. Alexander deceased being then produced in court and proved by the oaths of Gavin Corbin Turberville and Byrd C.L. Willis, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto was ordered to be recorded.
At another court held for the said county the 5th day of January 1804, John Taliaferro, one of the executors named in the said will having made oath in the form prescribed by law and moreover with Francis Taliaferro his security having entered into and acknowledged in court a bond in the penalty of 20,000$ conditioned as the law directs in such cases & certificate was granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form. And at another court held for the said county the 2nd day of February 1804, Wm. Thornton Alexander, the other executor named in the said will having made oath in the form prescribed by law, and with John C. Stuart his security being entered into and acknowledged in court a bond in the penalty of 20,000$ conditioned as the law directs in such case, certificate was also granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form.
Teste Law. Berry Clk
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
WB 2:315
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“1804 - Alexander to Mingo & Jack - King George Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3006.