Herewith follows copy of the last Will and Testament of Joshua Jones, taken from the records of the Wayne County Court, recorded on page 3 of Will Book A.

Will of Joshua Jones

I, Joshua Jones, calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life, have a mind to dispose of my property in the following manner:
I bequeath to my beloved son Alben Jones the land I now live on and I do request him to take care of my beloved wife during her life, and
I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Jane Hudson five hundred dollars out of a judgment that I hold on McDermod, and
I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Martha five hundred dollars of the said judgment on McDermod, and
I do bequeath to my beloved son Evan Jones five hundred dollars of the judgment I hold on McDermod, and
I do bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah Jones the benefit of the money that Lawyer Sheffey has in his hands to collect for me during her life, and at her death, I bequeath it to my beloved son Evan Jones; and if the money is not got from McDermod my daughter Martha is to have one-half of the money that Lawyer Sheffey has to collect for me in Virginia. I do bequeath unto my beloved daughter Martha Jones one bed and furniture and one cow and calf, and I bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah Jones the household furniture to dispose of as she thinks proper and also two cows and calves, and the balance of the judgment that I hold on McDermod is to be equally divided among all my children. And I bequeath unto my beloved son Joshua Jones my surveying instruments; and I do appoint my son James Jones and my son Alben Jones Executors to administer on my estate and to settle with Crockett about the Furnace land and to give the legatees an equal part of the balance of the Furnace land. This is my last Will and Testament made in my right mind but frail in body. Whereunto I set my hand this 18th day of October 1816.
Attest
John Beatty

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