The following transcription was submitted by
Rebecca Davis Pauley of Washington,
Pennsylvania for inclusion at the Genealogy
in Washington Co., PA web site in May 2000.
1813 WILL OF REV. ROBERT DAVIS
It
being my desire, I do appoint Dr. Charles Wheeler and William
Taylor both
of Washington Co., Pennsylvania to conduct, and dispose
of such
goods & chattels I may dis_ _ _ _ of in order to defray all my
lawful debts
and expences, which being fulfilled by them it is my desire
that any
residue of Cash more or less shall be given to William Willson
of the Town
of Washington, Washington Co., Pa., the remainder of my
personal
property and a lot in the Town of Waynesburgh. I leave to
William
Davis Willson, son of the above William excepting my bed and
clothes
belonging to Sidney Willson, also my gun and sash I bequeath to
Elenor
Willson as witness my hand this 19 day of January 1813.
Rt. Davis
Witness: Ebenezer Major & Nathan Byle
Written 12
Jan 1813; registered 26 March A.D.1813, Isaac Kerr, Register
1821 WILL OF JOSHUA DAVIS, deceased.
I, JOSHUA
DAVIS of Pike Run township, Washington County and State
of
Pennsylvania being weak in body but of sound mind and memory
and being
mindfull of the uncertainty of this life do make constitute
and ordain
this my last will and Testement.
First
It is my desire that my just debts and funeral charges be punc-
tually and
first of all paid. Secondly I bequeath all my property &
outstanding
debts to my son MILES on his paying the following legacies
viz To
my daughter HANNAH Twenty dollars also to my daughter in law
my son
Joshua's wife ELIZABETH the sum of Twenty dollars at expiration
of seven
years. And I appoint AMOS GRIFFITH of Pike run Township
County and
State aforesaid as Trustee to receive said legacies and
THOMAS
BOWEN, Bedford County State of Pennsylvania and JOHN
LEWIS Knox
County State of Ohio to receive the same from Amos
Griffith and
apply as occasion may require. Also I bequeath to my son
DANIEL all
my interest in the North West quarter of section No eleven in
Township No
six of Range No Five in the district of lands offered for sale
at Marietta,
State of Ohio. My other children, RUTH, JOHN, MARMADUKE,
WILLIAM,
JACOB & JOSHUA, being other ways provided for. Lastly, I
make and
constitute my sons MILES and DANIEL DAVIS to be the sole
Executors of
this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking & utterly
disannulling
all former Wills by me made or Executors names, ratifying
and
confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In
Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of
the eighth
month in the year, one Thousand eight hundred & twenty one.
Published
pronounced and declared
Joshua X Davis, his mark.
by the said
Joshua Davis to be his last Will and Testament in the presence
of us who in
his presence and that of each other have subscribed our names
as
Witnesses. JACOB GRIFFITH ABNER PARSON JOHN REID
Registered
and Compared with Original August 28th A.D. 1821
Sam'l
Cunningham, Deputy Register
1822 WILL OF DAVID DAVIS, dec'd
Will Book No. 3, pg 534-535
In the name
of God amen I DAVID DAVIS of Washington County
and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania being weak in body of a sound
mind and
memory Blessed by almighty God for the same to make and
publish this
my last Will and Testament in manner and form following,
that is to
say, First I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife ELIZABETH
DAVIS, one
Horse, one Cow and one bed and beding Such as she may
choose and
after my debts are paid to have the whole of my Real and
personal
estate, except the bottom that my son GEORGE has cleared
which he is
to have four years from the first of April next for the clearing;
my real
estate she may either have farmed or rented as She may think
most to her
advantage untill my Son WASHINGTON is eighteen years of
age, then my
real and personal Estate to be sold and the Money to be
devided
between all my children except DAVID, NANCY, and GEORGE,
who have all
got something that they each have fifty Dollars less then the
Prest (sic)
of my children, that is ELIZABETH, THOMAS, ELIJAH,
REBEKAH,
POLLY, AMON, ELSA and WASHINGTON have fifty dollars
each, and
the residue and Remainder of my estate of what kind and nature
Soever
Equally devided between all my children. And if my beloved Wife
should
remain my Widdow at the Sale of my Real Estate the heirs to be
bound to
provide for hir (sic) a comfortable living during hir (sic) natural
life, But if
she marrys before my son WASHINGTON is eighteen years of
age then my
property to be sold and disposed of as above directed.---
and lastly I
do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my son DAVID
DAVIS and my
Son in law GEORGE POAG Executors of this my last
Will and
Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. ---
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF I have hereunto Set my hand and seal this
Eighteenth
of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.----
Signed
sealed published and declared by the_________David Davis (seal)
above named
David Davis to be his last Will and Testament in the presense
of us who
have hereunto Subscribed our names as Witnesses in the
presence of
the testator. GEORGE PLUMMER GAIWN SHAW ----
Washington
County SS. Be it remembered that on the Sixth day of Feb.
A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and twenty three, Before me Sam'l
Cunningham
Deputy Register for the probate of Wills and granting letters
of
Administration in and for the said County Came GEORGE PLUMMER
GAWIN SHAW
the subscribing Witnesses to the Within last Will and
Testament of
David Davis deceased who on their Solemn oaths repectively
do say that
they were present and did see and hear, David Davis the
testator
thereof Sign Seal publish and pronounce and declare the Same as
and for his
last Will and testament And that at the time of his so doing he
was of sound
and disposing mind memory and understand to the best of
their
knowledge observation and belief.
And Sworn to
and Subscribed................................Geo Plummer
before
me.---------Sam'l Cunningham Deputy Regr---------Gaiwn Shaw
Registered
and Compared with original Februay (sic) 6th 1823
For
resignation of David Davis, see Will Book No. 5, page 61
July 16th
1834 Letters Testamentory with copy of the will and probate
annexed
issued to George Poag, one of the executors therein (the other
having
resigned) who on same day was duly sworn. JONATHAN GRAYSON,
Reg'r.
1823 SAMUEL DAVIS
Will Book 3, pg 524
Will of Samuel) In the name of God amen, I Samuel Davis Sr. of
Finley
Davis, dec'd) Township Washington County & State of
Pennsylvania being
sick and
weak in body but of sound mind memory and understanding
(praised be
God for it) and considering the certainty of death and the
uncertainty
of the time thereof, and to the end that I may be the better
prepared to
leave this World, whenever it should please God to call me
hence, do
therefore make and declare this my last Will and testament
in manner
following, that is to say, first and principally I commend my
Soul into
the hands of God who gave it, hoping for a free pardon and re-
mission of
all my Sins, and to enjoy everlasting happiness in the heavenly
kingdom thro
Jesus Christ my Saviour; my body I commit to the earth at
the
discretion of my after named Executors.------I Will that all my Just
debts and
funeral Expences, and all charges touching the proving of or
otherwise
concerning this my last Will Shall in the first place out of my
personal
estate and effects be fully paid. & Satisfied as soon as money
can be
collected or made from the proceeds of a publick Sale of my said
personal
estate by my Executors.---and from and after payment thereof
and Subject
thereto then my last will, is that my real Estate Shall be
Impartially
appraised by three men, viz. JOHN MCCOY, WILLIAM DANLEY,
JR AND JAMES
DAVIDSON which shall be divided into three parts viz. the
Improvement
on which I now live including my mansion house to contain
about one
hundred and thirty acres which I Will and devise to my son
WILLIAM, the
hill place whereon my son SAMUEL lives, I allow to contain
about
Seventy acres I Will and Devise to my son SAMUEL-----the place
whereon my
Son THOMAS Lives, Supposed to contain about one hundred
acres I will
and devise to my son Thomas, Subject to the provision herein
after
mentioned--------Be it understood nevertheless, that I Will that my
Sons,
THOMAS, RICHARD, SAMUEL and WILLIAM, and my Daughters,
SALLY Shall
be made equal Sharers of all my Real estate &c. That is
those of
them to whom I devise my real Estate, Shall pay to those to whom
I devise no
real estate a sum or sums that Shall make them equal in Shares
and I Will
and devise unto my Son JOSHUA the sum of one dollar, and to
my daughter
NANCY OLDHAM a horse worth Sixty dollars, of the horses
I leave and
no more & further be it understood that if my Son THOMAS will
not be able
to pay the surplus over his share in the land to him devised to
to the
legatees who may not then be made equal Sharers within the term
of three
years from the Said appraisement of the real estate which shall be
as soon it
shall be asertained by my Executors whether my personal pro-
perty shall
Satisfy my Just debts &c. then in such cases of Said disability
to pay Sd.
Legatees, by my Son THOMAS the said one hundred acres
Shall be
sold, and the said shares made Equal himself being one the said
JOSHUA,
NANCY, & RACHEL excluded except as is for them otherwise
provided.
and I devise unto my Daughter RACHEL LAWRENCE the sum
of one
Dollar and no more. It is now also my Will the same time Shall be
Given, or
allowed to WILLIAM my son as I allow to THOMAS to pay the
ballance in
his hands to the other Legatees, vis that he have one year
from said
appraisment, before he pay any payment and then to make it
in two
yearly payments thereafter. And I Will and Devise that my beloved
Wife MARY
Shall have the possession of my dwelling house together with
any Part of
Kitchen furniture that She may see proper to reserve for her own
use &
comfort, one Good riding, & Saddle, and two Cows and the beds
and bedding
belonging to the house, and my son WILLIAM Shall render
unto her a
comfortable Support during her Natural Life if She Should Survive
him She is
still to be Supported by the proceeds of Sd place together with
the
creatures above refered to in Summer and Winter.
and I allow
my Executors to attend to Giving and making a title to my Son
JOSHUA
agreeable to Survey made and also to JOHN JAMESON for Land
sold him and
I make and ordain my Son SAMUEL and JOHN MCCOY,
Executors of
this my Last Will and Testament. Hereby revoking all other
Wills
Legacies and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this
and no other
to be my Last Will and Testatment. In Witness whereof I
have hereto
set my hand and Seal this eighteenth day of January in the
Year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Signed
Sealed published pronounced and declared by the
said
testator as his last will and testament in presence of us who in his
presence and
at his request have subscribed as witnesses.
Samuel Davis (Seal)
DAVID
FRAZIER, WILLIAM MCFARLAND, Washington County Ss.
Registered
28 Janurary 1823 before Sam'l Cunningham Deputy Register
Letters of
Testamentary with copy of the Will and probate annexed issued
to SAML.
DAVIS and JOHN McCOY, Executors.
1830 JAMES DAVIS, Decd.
Will Book No. 4, pgs 499-500
In the name
of God Amen I James David (sic) of Washington County Penn-
sylvania do make publish and declare this my last Will
and Testament in
manner and form following, Just I resign my soul
into the hands of Almighty
God, hoping and believing in the remission of my sins
through the merits and
meditation of Jesus Christ. And my worldly estate I
give and devise as
follows. First I give and devise unto my loving wife
CELIA my daughter POLLY
DAVIS (sic) and son EZEKIEL DAVID (sic) all my real and
personal estate lying
and being in Hopewell township not herein otherwise
disposed of share and
share alike during the natural life of my wife CELIA
and from and after her
decease, I give and devise her share unto my daughter
POLLY and son EZEKIEL
aforesaid and from and immediately after the decease or
marriages of my
daughter POLLY. I give and devise her share or
share and one half as the
case may then be to my son EZEKIEL DAVIS (sic) his
heirs and assigns forever
I also give and bequeath unto my daughter REBECCA
FRANCIS a horse creature
worth worth (sic) fifty dollars. Also I give and
bequeath unto my daughter
SARAH HAMILTON a young mare now in my possession named
Betz. Also I give and
bequeath unto my daughter SUSAN CAROTHERS a young mare
now in my possession
names Jin I also give and bequeath unto my
daughter ELIZA TWEED a grey mare
now in my possession I also give and
bequeath unto my son JOHN DAVIS fifty
dollars. I also give and bequeath unto my
daughter POLLY DAVIS, provided she
marry the bed bedstead chairs, bureau &c now in her
possession or claimed by
her together with a horse worth fifty dollars and four
hundred dollars to be
paid by my son Ezekiel Davis in four equal annual
payments commencing six
months from the date of her marriage. My express will
and desire is that my
wife Celia daughter Pollyand son Ezekiel shall dwell
together as formerly.
Also that my son Ezekiel shall have the whole care and
management of the farm
and out of doors personal property, for which extra
care and management my
said wife and daughter shall allow and pay to him a
sufficient recompense as
mutually agreed upon by the parties my will is
also that in case my son
Ezekiel should not survive his present illness or if he
should die unmarried
or married and without issue previous to the decease of
my wife Celia and
previous to the decease or marriage of my daughter
Polly then and in such
case I give and devise his share excepting his wife's
dower as the case may
be to my wife Celia and daughter Polly during the
natural life of my wife
Celia and so long as my daughter Polly remains single
or unmarried share and
share alike and at the decease or marriage of my
daughter Polly if after the
decease of my son Ezekiel then and in such case the
share and one half share
allotted to her I give and devise to my wife Celia and
at the decease of my
wife Celia if after the death of my son Ezekiel I give
and devise her share
as the case may be to my daughter Polly And my
will is also that at the
decease of my wife Celia if after the death or marriage
of my daughter Polly
and after the death of my son Ezekiel then the share or
shares allotted to
her to be equally divided amongst my four daughters and
son JOHN and daughter
Polly if she is then married. And in case my daughter
Polly should die
leaving no issue during the four gears (sic) in which
she is entitled to the
four hundred dollars as above my desire and
will is that my son Eziekel or
wife Celia shall retain in his or her hands any part of
the four hundred
dollars that may then remain unpaid. And now my express
will and meaning is
and I do hereby order and appoint that if any
difference or dispute shall
arise or happen concerning any gift matter or thing in
this my will that then
no suit or suits in law or equity shall be brought or
prosecuted for and
concerning the same but the same shall be referred
sholly to the award and
determination of my friends THOMAS M. CALL and
DAVID CRAIG, Regr of West
Middletown or any other two or three persons to be
mutually chosen by the
parties for such purpose and what they shall order
direct and determine
therein shall be binding and conclusive to the parties
therein concerned And
lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint JAMES M. FADDEN
and my son Ezekiel
David (sic) to be executors of this my last will and
testament. In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th
Feby 1830.
James Davis (seal)
Signed sealed and published & declared in our
presence
Robert Lowry
James M. Fadden
Codicil: Whereas I James Davis have made my
last Will and Testament as
above now I do by this writing which I hereby declare
to be a codicil to my
said will to be taken as a part thereof. Will and
direct that if in case my
daughter Polly Davis should survive my wife Celia and
my son Ezekiel Davis
and die unmarried or married with issue then and in
such case I will and
devise all my real estate aforesaid together with two
thirds of my personal
estate unto my daughters REBECCA, SARAH, SUSAN, ELIZA
and my son JOHN DAVIS
their heirs and assigns. And lastly it is my desire
that this my present
codicil be annexed to and made a part of my last will
and testament to all
intents and purposes. IN WITNESS whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
this 27th July 1830.
Witnesses the same as for his Will)
James Davis (seal)
Registered on 23 March 1830, John Grayson, Reg'r
Probated on the same date for James Davis "dec'd"
- how can that be when he
wrote out the Codicil in July of 1830??
1839 RHODA DAVIS, Dec'd
Bk & pg not given.
The last
will and testament of Roda (sic) Davis of Somersett Township
Washington County Pennsylvania considering the
uncertainty of this mortal
life and being of sound mind and memory Blessed be
Almighty God for the same,
do make and publish this my last will and testament in
manner and form
following that is to say I give and bequeath to my
three youngest daughters
RODA ELMIRA, HARRIOT CARLINE AND EMELY MARIAH DAVIS a
house and two lots of
ground in the town of Beallsville to be sold and the
proceeds to be equally
divided alike as they severally arive at the age of
twenty one years or
otherwise they should get married my household and
kitchen furniture and all
other property that may belong to me I desire to be
sold by my executor as
soon as convenient after my deceass Except my wearing
apparel which I wish
devided betwixt my four daughters the moveable property
after sold I wish my
executor to pay out of the proceeds thereof all debts
and demands together
with my funeral Expenses that may be left unpaid
against me and the residue
if any after paying all expences to be divided equally
amongst my four
daughters MARY E. DAVIS, RODA ELMIRA DAVIS, HARRIET
CARLINE DAVIS & EMALY
MARIAH DAVIS I hereby appoint JOHN FREEMAN
Executor of this my last will and
Testament hereby revokeing all other wills by me made
heretofore. In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 24th day of May
1839.
Rhoda Davis (Seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
SHESHB (sic) BENTLEY CYRUS
NEWKIRK and JOHN FREEMAN
Registered and compared July 22, 1839, J. GORDON, Regr.
1842 CHRISTOPHER DAVIS, DEC'D
Bk, pg not given.
In the name
of God amen, I Christopher Davis of West Middletown, Pa.
being weak in body but of sound and disposing memory
and will do write and
ordain this my last will and testement as follows viz.
After payment of my
just debts and funeral expences I give and bequeath to
my son PETER DAVIS,
twenty dollars. To my son BAZELE DAVIS twenty dollars,
to my son RICHARD
DAVIS twenty dollars. I give and bequeath to my
daughter SARAH HENDERSON
fifty dollars under restrictions hereafter mentioned to
my daughter MARTHA
PATTERSON fifty dollars under the same restrictions
hereafter mentioned and
to my daughter HELEN SLEIBY (?) fifty dollars under the
same restrictions and
to my daughter RACHEL DAVIS one hundred dollars under
restrictions hereafter
mentioned. I give to my daughter CATHERINE SHRUGGS
fifty dollars under the
same restrictions and to my daughter POLLY MILLER the
remainder of my estate
of which kind soever supposed to amount to three
hundred dollars or upwards
the increase to her as in expectation of her taking
care of me while I live
and I hereby direct my executors hereinafter to be
named to invest the money
and property left to my daughter POLLY in real estate
in such place as they
may thing best for a home for her and her husband
during their lives and at
their death to go to her children their heirs and
assigns for ever and the
moneys left to all my other daughters. I direct my
executors to keep at
interest and to pay them the interest during life
annually but in case of
sickness of in the judgement of my executors it shall
be thought best or
needful to pay over the principal in whole or in part
to any of them they may
then do so. I hereby constitute and appoint THOMAS
MCKEEVER and THOMAS J.
ODENBAUGH of West Middletown my Executors of this my
last will and testament
hereby revoking all former wills . In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 2nd day of August 1842.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the
Christopher X
Davis (Seal)
testator to be his last will and testement
in the presents of us---JAMES HARDY-----J. D. MCGUGIN
Washington County Ss. Be it remembered that on the
fifth day of October 1842,
Before me, JAMES BROWN, Deputy Reg'r for the probate of
wills and granting
letters of Administration in and for said County came
James Hardy and J.D.
McGugin, the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
last will and testement
of Christopher Davis deceased who being duly sworn as
the law directs dipose
and say that they were personally present and did see
the testator therein
named sign this will by putting his mark thereto and
did hear him publish
pronounce and declare the same as and for his last will
and testement that at
the time of his so doing he was of sound and disposing
mind, memory and
understanding to the best of his knowledge observation
and belief.
October 20th, 1842 Letters Testimentury with copy of
will and probate annexed
issued to Thomas McKeever and Thomas J. Odonbaugh
within named within named
who on same day were duly sworn.
George Morrison, Register
Registered and compared with original October 5,
1842.....George Morrison,
Register
1851 WILLIAM DAVIS
Bk, pg. not given.
I William
Davis of Washington County and township of Hanover do
hereby make and declare this to be my last will and
testament. .....After the
payment of my just debts I dispose of my Estate as
follows to wit: I give
and bequeath to my dear and lov'd wife, Margaret (sic)
item first the farm
(?) on which I now live for her use for the terms of
ten years from my
decease, and for her support of the children;.....and
also my wife to have
all the household and kitchen furniture.........and if
my wife Margaret shall
die or marry, and I direct my Executor to sell the
farm....but if she does
marry I allow her to take one third of household and
kitchen
furniture.......Then, I give to my son JOHN DAVIS ten
dollars......Then I
give to my son RUBILL, as follows; one hundred and
fifty seven dollars one
year after he is married; the other seventy five in two
years
after........And to my son, WILLIAM DAVIS I give fifty
dollars, when he
arrives at the age of twenty-one......And to my son
ANDREW DAVIS I give fifty
dollars when he arrives at the age of
twenty-one.....Then I give and bequeath
to my three sons, JACOB DAVIS, JAMES DAVIS AND GEORGE
WASHINGTON DAVIS one
hundred dollars each......Then I bequeath to my three
daughters MARTHA ANN,
JANEY AND MARGARET three hundred dollars each. But if
my wife Margaret at the
end of ten years remains a widow it would be better by
her and the Executors
to live on the farm, and I direct my Executors not to
sell the farm here
above mentioned but to remain for the support of my
widow and children, so
long as she remains my widow or during her natural
life.....I direct my
Executors to sell the above farm at my wife's death, or
marriage and
distribute as herebefore mentioned......Furthermore I
give and bequest my
wife Margaret one horse and saddle and three head of
Cow cattle, and twelve
head of Sheep and all of the hoggs. ....Also,
Vallon-Rupill Davis to have my
saddle and bridle to by tending to the beast til
disposed of...Lastly, I
truely constitute and appoint my two friends JOHN
HANNIN and BARNET MCDONNELL
Executors of this my last will and testament.....In
testimony which I
hereunto set my hand and seal this twelth day of
January. A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty two.
William Davis (Seal)
In presence of JAMES MCCRACKEN
and WILLIAM ANDERSON
Registered 28 Feb 1852
JOHN GRAYSON, JR. Reg'r
1858 HESTER DAVIS, dec'd
Bk 8, pg 30-31
I, Hester
Davis of the town of Bellsville (Beallsville) in the county
of Washington and state of Pennsylvania, being of sound
mind, memory and
understanding, do make and publish this my last will
and testament, hereby
revoking and making void all former wills by me at any
time heretofore made.
As to such estate as it hath pleased God to intrust me
with, I dispose of the
same as follows.. viz: I give and bequeath to my two
daughters MARTHA DAVIS
and MARY JANE DAVIS my entire estate, both real and
personal, each to share
alike. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my said
above named two
daughters, Martha and Mary Jane Davis my executrixes of
this my last will and
testament. I witness whereof, I, Hester Davis,
the testator, have to this,
my last will and testament, set my hand and seal, this
Sixth day of January,
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
Hester X Davis (Seal)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above
named Hester Davis in the
presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names
as witnesses thereto,
in the presence of the said testator (and by her
request) in the presence of
each other.
Morgan Hartman Samuel J. Rodgers
Probated February 13, 1858 before H. J. Vankirk,
Register
Ltrs of Admin. - Mary Jane Davis renounced;
Martha received Lts. of
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