Will of Richard Parsons
Court Orders Book 5, page 139 Pittsylvania
County,VA
December 22, 1783
In the Name of God Amen I Richard Parsons
of the County
of Pittsylvania being old and weak in body
butenjoying my usual reason and
memory and calling to mind the mortality of mando
make and ordain this my
last Will and testament in manner and form
following, to wit, First my
desire is that my Soul assends and rest withGod
that gave it and secondly
my desire is that my body be decently buriedThirdly
I give and bequeath to
my well beloved daughter Hannah Madkiffand
her husband Joseph Madkiff one
shilling Sterling to them my said daughter
HannahMadkiff and her husband
Joseph Madkiff and their heirs forever. Forthly I
give and bequeath to my
well beloved daughter Agness Madkiff and to
herHusband John Madkiff one
shilling Sterling to them my said daughter
AgnessMadkiff and her husband
John Madkiff and their hiers forever. Fifthly
I give and bequeath to my
well beloved son George Parsons one shillingSterling
to him my said Son
George Parsons and his heirs for ever, SecondlyI
give and bequeath to my
well beloved son Joseph Parsons one
shillingsterling to him my said son
Joseph Parsons and his heirs forever, SeventhlyI
give and bequeath to my
well beloved son John Parsons one shilling sterling
to him my said son John
Parsons and his heirs for ever Eighthly I giveand
bequeath to my well
beloved son Samuel Parsons the land whereon henow
lives to be divided by a
line which my said son Samuel and my son
Williammarked themselves to him
my said son Samuel Parsons and his heirs
andassignes for ever Ninethly I
give and bequeath to my well beloved son
WilliamParsons the land whereon
he now lives to be divided as above mentionedto him
my said son William
Parsons and his heirs and assignes forever
Tenthlyon the land above
mentioned is mortgage for which my son
SamuelParsons is liable to pay said
mortgage if he does not then my will is thathis
part of the land that is
to say the land whereon he now lives is to besold
by my executors to off
said morgage Eleventhly I give and bequeath tomy
well beloved daughter
Lydia Yates and her husband Stephen Yatesall
my Black Smith tools to her
my said daughter Lydia Yates and her husbandStephen
Yates to them and
their heirs for ever Twevlthly and lastly asI and
my wife is now living
with my daughter Lydia Yates and her husbandStephen
Yates and they using
us with the greatest kindness my will and desireis
that they the said
Lydia and Stephen Yates to have all the remainderof
my estate that is to
say my cattle and my black mare and also allmy
household furniture which
is now in their possession but not til aftermy
decease and the decease of
my Wife. Furthermore I revoke all formerwills
by me made and do confirm
this my last will and testament. I do appoint
and constitute my loving
sons Joseph and William Parsons executors ofthis my
last will and
testament Witness my hand and seal.
Richard (his mark) Parsons SS
Test
John Parks, Samuel Parks, RichardJohnson
At a Court held for Pittsylvania County February
the 21, 1785 This last
Will and Testament of Richard Parsons deceasedwas
presented in Court and
proved by the Oathes of two of the witnessesHands
and by the Court ordered
to be Recorded
Teste Will Turnball (?)