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Note for: Joseph Capt Doniphan, ABT 1761 - 1813
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Individual Note: Tyler's Quarterly Magazine Volume 26 1944-1945
page 283
Joseph Doniphan was born in Overwharton Parish about 1757. He is said to have served in the Revolutionary War after which he ventured to Kentucky, but returned in 1780. He married Ann Smith, sister of William Smith who married Elizabeth Doniphan, and they settled in Mason County, Kentucky where Joseph died in 1813. There were the parents of General Alexander William Doniphan 1808-1887 prominent in Missouri History.
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Note for: James Jackson Robinson, ABT 1860 -
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Individual Note: Father - William ROBINSON
Mother - Rose ROBINSON
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Note for: Sumpter Smith, 1861 -
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Individual Note: May have married Mr. Quniby
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Note for: John Withers, ABT 1774 - 1884
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Individual Note: This will must be his grand father's will
In the name of God, Amen I James Withers of Stafford CountyPlanter
being Sick of Body but of Sound Sence & Perfect memory thanks to
Almighty God and Calling to Remembrance how frail all flesh is have
thought fitt to make this my Last will & Testament in manner & form as
follows. I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God
who gave it, hoping for forgiveness of all my Sins through the merits
and mediation of Jesus Christ my Savior and Redeemer. My body I desire
may be Decently buried at the Discretion of my Exors hereafter Named.
After all my Lawfull Debts are honestly paid, [page 469] What Temporal
Estate it hath
pleased God to bless me with I Desire may be Disposed of as followeth.
IMPRIMIS I give to my Son James Withers & his heirs for Ever a
Dividend or part of that Land which I bought of Rice Hooe Lying in Prince
William County containing four hundred acres and bounded as
follows beginning at the beginning tree of the said Patent and running
ESE three hundred & Twenty poles thence NE one hundred & Eighty five
poles thence North Sixty four Degrees West three hundred & Ninety Six
poles to the west Line of the said
Patent & from thence along the Line of the said Patent to the first
beginning as also negro Robin now in his possession a Negro ...man Called
Breechy & a feather bed & furniture.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Son in Law Henry Mauzy & his wife
Ann & their heirs for Ever another part of the said Land bought of
Rice Hooe Containing Five hundred acres to begin where the Second Course
of the said James's Ends to Run up the main line of the Patent so far
as a Line acroŸs the same may Include that Quantity as also a Negro man
named George a featherbed and Furniture and four Cows & Calves & the
half of the hoggs that he
raises where he now lives.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son in Law Jas. Hudnall and his
heirs for Ever two hundred acres of Land whereon he now Lives lying in
the upper Part of that land which.....I bought of Rice Hooe bounded on
the North Side by the Line wch Divides John Hooes Land and mine & on the
South Side by a Parralel Line quite across the said Patent and a negro
boy named Frank in his Possession.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Withers and his heirs
for Ever a Dividend or part of my Land on licking run in Prince Wm
County to be Laid off according to the Survey made thereof by John
Allan and at the same time marked from Raccoon branch to the Back Line
of the main Patent also the following Negros Sam, Denboro, Flory &
her last Child Will & all of their Increase.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son Keene Withers & his heirs for
Ever a Dividend or part of my Land on Licking Run in the Southwest
Part of the said Patent & bounded [page 470] As fol lows, Beginning
at the beginning White oake of the Said Patent and running North along
the Line of his Brother Thomas One hundred and thirty Eight Poles
thence north forty Seven Degrees west till it Intersects the out Lines
of the main Patent thence along the lines of the Said Patent Revening
them to the first Beginning including the old mannor plantation as
also the following Negroes Ned, Famine, Nan, Phillis Easter and their
Increase and a set of Blacksmiths Tools & a featherbed & furniture and
it is my will & Desire that my Son John take into his Care my said Son
Keene and his Estate till he arrive to the age of Twenty-one
years.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Son William Withers & his heirs
for Ever the remaining Part of my Licking run Land not yet bequeathed
with this Proviso that if Henry Mauzy is obliged to
remove from where he now Lives he shall have the Liberty of Living
upon the mill plantation on the said Land til he has Time to Clear a
plantation on the Land already bequeathed to him as also the following
Negroes Peter James Sarah Moll & Jack & their Increase and a featerbed &
furniture.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Son John Withers and his heirs for
Ever two hundred and fifty acres of Land whereon he now Lives bought of
Henry Field as also two hundred acres of Land bought of William Waugh
lying on the South Side of rocky run and fifty acres which I bought
of Snodal Horton as also the following Negroes to wit Matt, Harry &
a negro boy named Cesar.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son in Law William Allan &
Bridgett his Wife and their heirs for Ever a Tract of Land Containing
three hundred & Sixty-five acres Lying on the North Side of Potomack run
bought of Bryant Young.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Loving wife Elizabeth during the
time of her natural Life only all the household goods & furniture which
she brought from her father & what kind So ever of
Cattle with the Mill on Potomack run as also the tract of Land onwhich I
now Live & have the following Negroes Tom, Dick, Pegg,Dinah, Roger,
Bess, Sugg. Hanah Winny, Paige & Daniel and after her Decease the said
Negroes and their future Increase to be
Equally Divided Between my five Sons or such of them as shall be then
Living.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my said Son James [page 471] A negro
woman Jenny and her Child in full Satisfaction of his part of the
Negroes which are to be Divided at his Mother's Death.
ITEM I give to my Loving wife Elizabeth a Negro man Named Ben
during her Natural Life and after her Decease to be Equally Divided
between my four Sons John, Thomas, Wm & Keene.
ITEM I give to my said Son Keene a Negro girl Named Sue to him and
his heirs for Ever
ITEM I give to my Daughter Ursilla the wife of John Allenthe two
following negroes Lydia & Nan now in their possession
ITEM I give to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Abraham Field
Twenty Shillings to buy her a ring
ITEM I give to my Daughter Martha the wife of James
McDaniel twenty Shillings to buy her a ring
ITEM All the rest of my Estate moveable & Immoveable I give to be
Equally Divided among my five Sons immediately after my Decease
ITEM whereas there is an action Depending in the General Court
between Edward Herndon & me about a Negro my intention is that if I am
Last in the said Suite my wife Shall Pay the money Debt and I desire
that my said five Sons Shall Equally pay the Tobacco that shall be due
for the costs & charges attending it and that if any of them shall
fail to pay their Equal partthereof they shall forfeit their
Legacies already Bequeathed them to the others willing to Perform it.
ITEM the remaining part of the Land bought of Rice Hooe not yet
Bequeathed I give to my Sons William & Keene to be Equally Divided
between them.
ITEM I give to Each of my five Sons twenty Pounds Current money &
the remaining part of my Cash I Give to my Wife to pay of my Cash Debt
the money to Herndon if he recovers any agst me
ITEM I give to my said wife During her Natural Life one hundred
acres of Land Lying on the South Side of Potomack runbought of Joseph
Waugh where my Quarter now Stands and after her Decease to my Said Son
John and his heirs for Ever.
ITEM I Do appoint my Loving wife Eliza. & my Sons John,Thomas &
William Exercutrix & Exors of this my Last Will & Test a revoking all
former wills by me here to fore made Declaring this only to be my Last
will and Testament
IN WITNESS whereof I have herewith to Set my hand & seal
this 7th day of June 1746
James Withers
[page 472]
Signed, Sealed & Published / the word / from / in the fourth Line
from the Top on the SEcond Side Interlined before Signing / in
his mark her mark
___?___ Andw Ross, Chas + Hinson, Joyce + Hinson
Ja O O Oneal, H Tyler
At a Court held for Stafford County July the 8th 1746 THE within
Last will and Testament of Jas. Withers Dec'd was Presented into
Court by Elizabeth Withers, John Withers, Thomas Withers, & Willm
Withers Exors Therein named who made Oath
thereto according to Law and Being Proved by the Oaths of Andrew
Ross, Jas Oneal & Henry Tyler three of the witnesses thereto Sub-
scribed is Admitted to record & on _____ of the said Exors & they
Preforming what is Usual in such Cases Certificate is granted
them for Obtaining a Probate thereof in Due form.
Teste Hy. Tyler Ct Clrk