Testament
of
John Hash
perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it, and, therefore, calling to mind
the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die, do
make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament:
And first, I give my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my body to the
earth to be buried in a Christian manner, at the discretion of my executors, and as
concerning such worldly estate as God hast given me, I give and bequeath in the
following manner:
I give and bequeath to my son John, who I had by my first wife, 5 shillings.
I give and bequeath to my son William, a full and equal share with all my children of
all the remaining part of my estate, except one cow each to Enoch Osborne and
one to Francis Sturgill, or the price of a cow to each of them . . .
I give and bequeath to my son Thomas all my land lying on the side of the creek as
far as a small run that empties into the creek above the ford.
I give and bequeath to my son John, who I have by my second wife, all my land on
the lower side of said creek after the decease of his mother whom I have leave the
sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament. . .
I give to Richard Hall, my grandson, to two year old red heifer.
John Hash
SEAL
Signed, sealed, ratified and confirmed in the year of our Lord 1784, and in the
presence of:
Enoch Osborne, Thomas T. Vaughn, Robert Baker.
At a court held for Montgomery County (VA), May 27, 1784,
this Will was proven by witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
