David Graham's 
History of the Graham Family (1899)
John Graham's Will

In the name of God, Amen! The 29th day of July, A.D. 1771, I, John Graham, being sick in body but of sound mind and memory, thanks to God Almighty, and calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this transitory life, and that all flesh must yield to death, when it [18] pleaseth God to call, I do make, constitute and ordain and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, revoking and annulling by these present all former wills and testaments either written or by word of mouth; this to be my last and none other. I first recommend my soul to God, my Savior and Redeemer, and my body to the dust, to be decently buried, at the discretion of my executors hereafter named and appointed, and as to my worldly goods which God hath granted to me, I leave and bequeath in the following manner; viz: To my oldest son, Lanty, I devise and leave my plantation whereon I dwell, to him and his heirs forever, upon his allowing my beloved wife her living off it, with what stock she pleases to keep; also the said Lanty is to give six pounds to James Graham’s son, John; and six pounds to his brother John’s son, John; also to my daughter, Anne, I leave thirty pounds, besides my roane horse and chest drawers; to my beloved wife, Elizabeth Graham, I leave 20 pounds, my bay mare, two cows, her choice of the flock, and all the household plenishings; to Jane Lockridge I leave fifteen pounds; to Rebecca, my Buckels, and to her son, [19] John, one cow; also to Robert Graham half the mill that belonged to me; to my two daughters, Florence and Betty, ten pounds each; to my two sons, Robert and John Graham, ten pounds each; to Rebecca, Lanty’s daughter, I leave ten pounds; all the rest of the estate remaining to be enjoyed by my wife whilst unmarried, but if married to be divided equally between my daughters, Flora, Jane, Betty and Anne, and if she never marries to be left by my said wife to her four daughters here named, at her death. I also appoint my beloved wife and my son, Lanty Graham, to be my Executors. I hereby revoke all other wills and testaments, appointing and making this my last, in the eleventh year of our Sovereign Lord George, King of Great Britain, &c. And in the year of our Lord, God, 1771. Signed, sealed and published and pronounced in the presence of

JOSEPH ROBINSON. 
JOHN KINKEAD. 
JOHN ARMSTRONG.

And on motion of Lanty Graham and Elizabeth Graham, the executors therein named, who made oath according to law, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, they having with security entered into and acknowledged their bond according to law 

Teste:                           WM. A. BURNETT, Clerk. 

The writer’s great grandmother lived until after the year 1779, for in that year he has an account of her and her son Lanty’s settlement of their executorship with the court which showed that they had paid out L240, lls, 3d — $1200. This was the personal property besides legacies. 

In addition to the bequeaths mentioned in the foregoing will, the records of Augusta county show that John Graham, in the year 1763, deeded to each of his three sons, John, James and Robert, considerable quantities of land on the Calf Pasture River, and it is to be presumed that he [21] shared a like portion of his estate to each of his daughters, prior to and in addition to that named in his will.