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Pocahontas County WV |
Pocahontas County, WV
Wills and Probates
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Pocahontas County WV |
Michael Cleek
Will Book 1 Pg 353I, Michael Cleek of the county of Pocahontas and state of Virginia being week in body . . . do make this my last will and testament . . . first I give . . . my beloved wife Margaret my two negro woman Betty and sally . . . and one good quiet Horse . . . at the death of . . . margaret I give and bequeath to my son William my black woman Betty . . . to my son John . . . my black girl sally . . . to my Daughter Elizabeth Hull seven Hundred dollars . . . affixed my seal this 12th day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three . . .
Pocahontas County March Court 1834
This last will and testament of Michael Cleek dec'd proven by Joseph Moore at January Court last . . . and . . . George Gay . . . Testee of H. M. Moffett Clk
Nathan Gilliland
Will Book 1, Page 206... Transcribed by Cathy Schultz
Pocahontas County to Wit This is to Certify to the Court of said County that Isaac Moore who was by the Court appointed a commissioner of the Revenue at the preceeding term of said County for the Ensueing year (in and for the county of Pocahontas) personally appeared before me an acting justice for said County and took the oath by Law prescribed for commissioner of the revenue to take before entering on the duties of their said office given under my hand this 5th day of October 1829
---- Nathan Gilliland
Pocahontas County October Court 1829
This certificate of the qualification of Isaac Moore as commissioner of the revenue was presented in Court and ordered to record.
TESTE Josiah Beard Clk
Jacob GillaspieWill Book 4 Pgs 164 & 165
I Jacob Gillaspie . . . to my son William all my land containing 81 1/4 acres . . . one half of the sheep . . . all farming utensils and my household and kitchen furniture with the exception of two beds . . . he . . . take care . . . my wife . . . and pay to my three daughters Emily Elizabeth & Isabel, each twenty five dollars and to my three sons Uriah, Squire & Charles each twenty five dollars and to my son George & daughter Sarah each five dollars . . . this 5th day of April 1872 . . . Witness: Wm L. Brown S. L. Brown
Pocahontas County Court 5th day of August 1879 . . . will proven
Pocahontas Co Will Book 1, Pages 205 & 206... Transcribed by Cathy Schultz
Agreeable to an order to us Direct from the Worshipful Court of Pocahontas to appraise the personal Estate of Jacob Gillaspie Deceasd after being first duly worn we have proceed to appraise the same
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| One brier scythe & hand saw | 50 | |
| Sundry Bocser Tools | 1 | 37 ½ |
| Two axes | 1 | 0 |
| Sundry sprouting hoes | 75 | |
| One pair of Compasses & frow | 62 ½ | |
| One shovel shear & scythe anvil | 25 | |
| One pair of steelyards | 50 | |
| One hoe and shovel & pot trammels | 1 | 25 |
| One Inch augur & chisel | 12 ½ | |
| One Cross cut saw and fox trap | 2 | 0 |
| One pare of fire Irons log chain & shovel | 1 | 37 1/2 |
| One pot and spider and skittle | 2 | 75 |
| Two dutch ovens | 2 | 50 |
| One hackle and fire shovel | 50 | |
| One coffey mill and Lanthorn and thre chairs | 1 | 0 |
| One Iron tooth harrow and grindstone | 1 | 37 ½ |
| Two Barrels and two tubs | 2 | 75 |
| One Large cittle Bails and pot | 6 | 0 |
| One Briddle and two Jars | 75 | |
| One corner Cupboard and chest | 4 | 0 |
| One Bed and bedstead and bed cloths | 15 | 0 |
| One Check reel and wheel | 75 | |
| One gun and shotpouch | 3 | 0 |
| One saw and sisc of sheats | 3 | 50 |
| One black weather and bell | 1 | 25 |
| One red cow and calf | 7 | 0 |
| One cow | 8 | 0 |
| One spotted cow | 7 | 0 |
| One heifer calf | 2 | 0 |
| One three year old filly | 30 | 0 |
| One hand _____ and pick | 1 | 0 |
| Two cast wagon boxes | 25 | |
| One loom and tacklings | 5 | 0 |
| Two Iron wedges | 50 | |
| One Great Coat and Case bodied Coat and pantaloom | 5 | 0 |
| One pair spectacles and case | 12 ½ | |
| Account on Wm Arbogast | 13 | 36 |
April the 17th 1829 - William Hartman, Patrick Bruffey, John Wooddell
Pocahontas County November Court 1829
This appraisment bill of the personal estate of Jacob Gillaspie, decd, was returned to Court and ordered to record. Teste Josiah Beard Clk
John Smith
Will Book 1 Pg 335. . . I John Smith of the county of Pocahontas state of Virginia . . . 1st . . . to my wife Sarah Smith the house I now Live in with all other buildings attached to the farm also all the cleared Land . . . except the big room in the house I leave for the use of my two girls, Hannah and Sarah so long as they live in the family . . . to my wife Sarah all my farming utensils and one teem of work horses together with the cattle sheep and hogs . . . I give and Devise to my son Andrew Smith the tract of land I now live on containing two hundred and thirty acres to go . . . at the decease of his mother . . . to my son John Smith . . . the tract known by the . . . Naylor Place . . . one hundred eighty acres . . . at the age of Twenty one years . . . I also allow . . . Saml Young two years longer to live on the Land that I have leased him . . . also . . . to my five daughters Elizabeth Hannah Martha Rebecca & Sarah the full sum of Seventy five Dollars each . . . I give to my Daughter Sarah one Horse and saddle . . . Sarah Smith Andrew Smith and William Young as my faithful Executors . . . this Thirtyeth day of April . . . one Thousand eight Hundred and Thirty three . . . signed in the presence of: William Erving, James E. Moore & Lawrence D. McCollam
Pocahontas county August Court 1833
. . . proven by William Erving, James E. Moore and Lawrence D. McColland . H. M. Moffett Clk