John Ghent
Pigg's Will
Will of John Pigg
recorded D & W Book 11, Page 145-147
Pittsylvania County, VA
Dated October 10, 1782,
Proven February 21, 1785
In the Name of God Amen the 10th day of
Octoberone thousand seven
hundred and eighty two. I John Pigg ofthe
County of Pittsylvania being
sick in body but of good and sound memory, thanksbe
to Almighty God and
calling remembrance the uncertain Estate of
thistransitory life and
that all flesh must yield to death when it
shallplease God to call, do
make, constitute, ordain and declare this mylast
Will and Testament in
manner and form following, revoking and annullingby
these present all
and evry Testament or Testaments Will and
Willsheretofore by me made
and declared either by word or Writing and thisis
to be taken only for
my last Will and Testament and none other andfirst
being penitant and
sorry from the bottom of my heart for my Sinspast
most humbly desiring
forgivness for the same, I give and commit mySoul
unto Almighty God my
saviour and redeemer in whom and by the Meritsof
Jesus Christ I trust
and assured by to sav'd and to have full
remitionand forgivness of all
my Sins and that my Soul with my body at a
generalday of the
resurrection shall rise again with joy and
throughthe merits of Christs
death and passion possess and inherit the Kingdomof
heaven prepared for
his elect and Chosen and my body to be buriedin
such a place where it
shall please my Executors hereafter named Soappoint
And now for the
setling of temporal Estates and such Goods Chattles
and debts as it hath
pleased God far above my desarts to bestow uponme I
do order give and
dispose the same in manner and form followingThat
is to say, first I
Will that all those debts and dues as I owe inright
or conscience to
any manner of person or persons whatsoever shallbe
well and truly
contented paid or ordained to be paid
withinconvenient time after my
deceas by my Executors hereafter named.
Item: I lend to my beloved Wife Anne Piggall
my real and personal
Estate during her life or widowhood Except halfthe
Mill I lend to Son
Hezekiah Pigg during my Widows life eachto atend with their hands to
keep the Mill in good repair. I give and bequeathto
my son Hezekiah
Pigg, to wit, two negroes named Joe and Ned,also
two guns one Rifle and
one smooth boar, also one set of
SilverBuckles, Shoe, N____ and Stock,
I give and bequeath to my daughter KeziahHubbard
two Negros named Simon
and Rose to her and heirs of her body
lawfullybegotten, also all the
land I hold on the North side of Barskin CreekI
give to the same heir
to be disposed on as before directed I give
andbequeath to my daughter
Eady Owen
two Negroes named Luce and Nellto her and the heirs of her
body lawfully begotten Also all the Land I holdon
the south side of
Barskin Creek Except a peace I give to my
SonHezekiah Pigg agreeable to
Contract between him and me for a peace againstthe
Mill I give and
bequeath to my Grandson Field Robertson oneNegroe
named Jack and if he
dies without heir lawfully begotton then to
returnto the heirs of my
body I give and bequeath to my daughterElizabeth
Robertson two Negroes
named Fisher and Ned to her and to the heirsof her
body lawfully
begotten And in case any of the Legusyes shoulddie
negroe harry shall
supply the place or places, if not to be
equallydevided. I give and
bequeath my Watch to Jesey Robertson aftermy
Wifes decease, and all the
Estate after my Wifes decease not bequeathedto be
equally devided
amongst my Children, and I do constitute andordain
Anne Pigg and
Hezekiah Pigg sole Executors of this my lastWill
and Testament. Given
under my hand and Seal the date above
writtenSign'd, Sealed and
acknowledg'd
John
Pigg, S. S.
r his
Wm. Short Sn., James X Allen, William Short
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