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Note: ABSTRACTS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS, INVENTORIES, AND ACCOUNTS, 1759-1800 BY JOHN K. GOTT. Will Book No. 3, pages 1-2: Evan Griffith of Parish of Leeds (Will) Date: 10 September 1795 Son: John - all my wearing apparrel. Son: Elijah - land and plantation whereon he now lives (60 acres). Son: Willoughby - one bed & furniture, one cow & calf, 500 acres in the State of Kentucky, having the first choice in one piece out of 2050 acres. Son: John - 500 acres of land in Kentucky, adjoining to the lands of his brother, Willoughby. Daus.: Amelia Owens, Rachael Creel, Peggy Griffith, & Susanna Griffith - the remainder of said land in Kentucky (1050 acres). Dau: Peggy Griffith - one bed & furniture, one cow, one ewe & lamb, 6 pewter plates. Dau: Saraianne - one bed & furniture, one cow, one ewe & lamb, 6 pewter plates. Son: Dennis Griffith - horse called his, one cow, one ewe and lamb, one bed & furniture - after his mother's death the plantation on which I now live and land adjoining (163 acres), if he should die in the lifetime of his mother without heirs, plantation to be sold and money equally divided among my then surviving children. Wife: Sarah - plantation whereon I now live - the remainder of my movable estate. Exor.: Son Elijah Griffith and wife. Signed: Evan Griffith. Wit.: Benjamin Goldsmith, Rachel Flynn, William Flynn. Proved: 25 April 1796 by o. of witnesses. Esecutors made oath and granted cert. to obtain probate (27 June 1796). Account of Sales of William Sanford Pickett , 12 Sept 1798 , purchasers Valentine FLynn, Sara Griffith, Elijah Griffith, Phillip Fishback, Joshua Owens . Immigration: 1751 Wales to Virginia He indentured himself for five years as a husbandman to pay his passage to the colonies. During the 1780's He owned two slaves, but they were not listed as property in his will. Will Book No. 3, pages 1-2: Evan Griffith of Parish of Leeds (Will) Date: 10 September 1795 Son: John - all my wearing apparrel. Son: Elijah - land and plantation whereon he now lives (60 acres). Son: Willoughby - one bed & furniture, one cow & calf, 500 acres in the State of Kentucky, having the first choice in one piece out of 2050 acres. Son: John - 500 acres of land in Kentucky, adjoining to the lands of his brother, Willoughby. Daus.: Amelia Owens, Rachael Creel, Peggy Griffith, & Susanna Griffith - the remainder of said land in Kentucky (1050 acres). Dau: Peggy Griffith - one bed & furniture, one cow, one ewe & lamb, 6 pewter plates. Dau: Saraianne - one bed & furniture, one cow, one ewe & lamb, 6 pewter plates. Son: Dennis Griffith - horse called his, one cow, one ewe and lamb, one bed & furniture - after his mother's death the plantation on which I now live and land adjoining (163 acres), if he should die in the lifetime of his mother without heirs, plantation to be sold and money equally divided among my then surviving children. Wife: Sarah - plantation whereon I now live - the remainder of my movable estate. Exor.: Son Elijah Griffith and wife. Signed: Evan Griffith. Wit.: Benjamin Goldsmith, Rachel Flynn, William Flynn. Proved: 25 April 1796 by o. of witnesses. Esecutors made oath and granted cert. to obtain probate (27 June 1796). ABSTRACTS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS, INVENTORIES, AND ACCOUNTS, 1759-1800, BY JOHN K. GOTT. Flynn William, John pays his taxes in 1790-91. in 93-95 he pays his own in 1799 Evan Griffith pays them. William Flynn marriage to Sarah Flinn 1-19-1796 she is "fatherless and motherless and upwards of 21 years" witnesses John Griffith bond posted by Dennis Griffith Will: 10 SEP 1795 Left land in Faquier County to his wife and sons Elijah and Dennsi. Left land in Kentucky to Willoughby (500 acres), John (500 acres), Amelia (250 acres), Rachel (250 acres), Peggy (250 acres), and Saraianne (250 acres).
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