Will of John Cartmill
Item
- Title
- Will of John Cartmill
- Date
- 1858-8-23
- Description
- This record contains four document pages of the will of John Cartmill and includes a handwritten portion as well as inventory charts from the 1850 US Federal Census.
- Image 1: A handwritten page from the will of John Cartmill. It reads, “I John Cartmill of Botetourt County and State of Virginia do make this my last Will and Testament revoking all others. In the first place I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. In the second place I give and bequeath to my niece Ann Sisson all my interest in the Homeplace comprising summary parts of lands lying and attached to the home place also all the stock, plantation, utensils, carts, and my carriage and buggy in fact every thing on the place, also all my interest in the Negroes and also all my interest in the debts due me and any money that may be on hand at the time of my death. In the third place I give to James Sisson’s heirs by Polly Cartmille my interest in the Bridge between Petersburg and Buchanan to be distributed equally between them. In the fourth place I give and bequeath to the heirs of Thomas Brown by Ann Cartmill the Robinson and Smith Lock of Land lying in Botetourt County about three miles from Petersburg also all my property in Petersburg and Buchanan as well as all of my property not bequeathed elsewhere. It is my wish that my niece Ann Sisson shall receive…”
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Image 2: “...her portion of my Estate and to have the sole control and management of the same and also to control and manage that portion of my Estate bequeathed to James Sisson’s heirs and I do hereby constitute and appoint Ann Sisson Executrix to this portion of my Estate. I do further more constitute and appoint Francis Henderson and Thomas Brown Executors to that portion of my Estate bequeathed to the heirs of Thomas Brown [illegible]. In [illegible] whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 23rd of August, 1858. [Signed] John Cartmill [seal].
[Illegible signature]
[Illegible signature]
William Mitchell
At Botetourt County Court 1858. This instrument of writing [illegible] to be the last will and testament of John Cartmill did on this day exhibited in [illegible] by the oath of [illegible signature] and William Mitchell and ordered to be recorded. [Illegible signature].” - Image 3: An inventory chart from the 1850 US Federal Census containing records of the enslaved people owned by John Cartmill, including information such as their age, gender, and appearance.
- Image 4: An inventory chart from the 1850 US Federal Census containing records of the enslaved people owned by John Cartmill, including information such as their age, gender, and appearance.
- Contributor
- Worthen, Rena
- Format
- Image/jpeg
- Subject
- Wills
- Last Testament
- Estate Inventory
- Enslaved People
- Buchanan
- Botetourt County
- Type
- Text
- Coverage
- Buchanan, Botetourt County
- Identifier
- Grayledge Property
- Item sets
- Wills and Last Testaments
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