In the Name of God Amen the fourteenth Day of December in the year of our Lord God One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fourty Eight I Robert Kirkum of the forkof James River and County of Augusta farmer Being very weake in Body But of perfect mind and memory Thanks be Given to God there fore Calling to mind the mortality of my Bodey And knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die when it Shall (pli..) you the Call Do make Constitute Ordain and Declare this my Last will and Testimony that is to say principaly and first of all I Give and Recomend my Soul into the hand of God who Gave it hoping through the merits of Jesus Christ to Enjoy Eternal happiness with him and as for my Body I Recomend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent Maner at the (Direction?)(Peferition?) of my Executors not Dobting but at the General Reformation I Shall Receive the Same again by the mighty power of God and as ( ..nching)(Tonching?)( )(Sneh?) ( ) (peretely?) Estate as it has pleased God to Bless me with in this life I Give Bequeath and Dispose of in the following manner and form.............(That is to say) first I will and order all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges to be paid and fully satisfied.................................Item I give and Bequeath unto Sarah my Dearely Beloved Wife fourteen head of Cows and Steers together with ( ) (too?) mares and one horse and one horse Coalt and Likewise all my household Goods Execept One Bed.ing of ( ) (Soolhs?)(Cloths?) and one spinning Wheel and She is to have and poses to Same During her life and at her Death what wordely Goods Shall Be in her possession that is to say what Shee Can Claim a Right to and propriety in Both those Goods and Chattles which I now Leave to her and the ( ) (Inor.a.?)of them. I will and order the same to be Sold by publick ( ) (Vandue?) by ( ) by her apppointed and that the money arising by Such a Sale Shall be Divided amongest my Children at () (her?) Discration and Shee ( ) (..beasith)..............Item I Give and Bequeath to my wll beloved Son Henery one English Shilling or the value thereof...NOTE: Go to Photo's for a copy of this Will
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Nancy one English Shilling or the value thereof......
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth on English Shilling or the value thereof...
Item I Give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter Margaret Three Cows and One Black Mare with a ( ) (Blaze?) face Distinguished and Known from the others of my Horse kind by the name of ole boney and one Spinning Wheel and her Bed Cloaths and one Bedding Cloaths..........
Item I Give and Bequeath to Elizabeth Summers (Six?)( )( ) ( )of (S..)pennies Eleven Shillings ( )(orther.?)( ) onto Pensel.evenia (Pennsylvania?) money of James ( ) ( )................
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah one English Shilling or the value thereof...
I Do Consititute make appoint and Ordain my Dearely Beloved Wife Sarah Kirkam my onley and Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament and I Do hereby Utterly Disalow Revock and Disanull all and Every other Will and Wills Testament or Testaments ( )or Executors by me made at any Time Before this Time Named Willed and Bequeathed Ratifing and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In ( ) whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above written.....
Signed, Sealed published and Declared by the Said Robert Kirkum to be his Last Will and Testament in presence of us the Subscribers, viz (signed) John Moore, Robert Moore, Samuel McClure, James Trimball
Robert Kirkam (his Mark)
At a Court continued and hold for Augusta County the 23rd day of August 1749
this Inventory and apparaisement of the estate of Robert Kirkam dec'd being ( ) into court is admitted ( ).
John Madison
In the 23rd day of august in the year of our Lord 1749. (signed) Joh Lapesly, John Moore, Samuel McClure.
| Item | Value |
| A Gray mare and Colt | 03 10 00 |
| A young Bay Horse | 03 00 00 |
| Eight shoats | 00 16 00 |
| Five barrows | 03 10 00 |
| A Brindle Cow & Bell & Collar | 02 00 00 |
| A White Heifer | 01 05 00 |
| A White Yearling Heifer | 00 10 00 |
| A Red & White Stear | 00 15 00 |
| A White Yearling Stear and A Brown Yearling Stear | 00 15 00 |
| A Brown Stear | 00 12 00 |
| A Red Stear | 01 08 00 |
| A Brown Cow & Red Calf | 01 08 00 |
| A Bay Horse & Bell & Bellcollar | 01 10 00 |
| A Black Yearling Fillie | 02 10 00 |
| A Sow & pigs | 00 10 00 |
| A Brown Cow & ()Calf | 01 18 00 |
| A Grubbing hough & Ax | 00 04 06 |
| A Smoothbore Gun | 01 00 00 |
| 3 Iron pots & a pair of pothooks | 00 10 00 |
| A pewter Dish & six Spoons | 00 06 00 |
| 6 noggins, 3 platters, a Bucket, 2 piggings, and a Strainer | 00 04 06 |
| A frying pan | 00 03 00 |
| 6 Bottles & a Quart mug | 00 01 06 |
| 4 Bags | 00 16 00 |
| A little wheel & Box | 00 03 00 |
| A looking glass, a Sickle, a knife, a smoothing iron, a Candlestick, a grid Iron, a small piece of Iron and a Crook | 00 03 06 |
| A Churn & Churnstaff, a washing tub, one 8 gallon keg & a small keeve | 00 06 00 |
| A hough | 00 01 00 |
| A Saddle & Bridle & halter | 00 05 00 |
| Plow gears & a Riddle | 00 03 00 |
| A Loom | 01 10 00 |
| Four acres of Wheat | 03 00 00 |
| In Bonds and Ready money | 11 12 06 |
| Total | 45 14 06 |
John Ruckman's appraisement, by Joseph Long, John Hanna, James Bets, Henry Kirkum.
Colonel James Patton's estate; appraised by Thomas Stewart, John Ramsey, Edward Hall. List of bonds, bills, &c., due the estate Robert Kirkham, 18th February, 1753
Henry Kirkham's will--Wife, Mary; son. Robert, the land at the Great Spring; son, Samuel, a mare bought from Edward Gill; son, Michael, 50 acres between John Collier (Colyer) and John Wiley; son, John, 100 acres near John Collier's (Colyer) on the Dry Creek side; sons, Henry and Joseph, infants, land testator lives on to be divided by Richard Woods and Jno. Summers; to daughter Jane; to infant in wife's womb; daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth. If any of the heirs by former wife die infants. Executors, wife, Peter Wallace and Jno. Summers. Peter Wallace has authority to bind son John to his brother Samuel. Teste: Robt. Kirknam, Alex. Collier, Michl. Kirkham. Proved, 30th August, 1765, by Robert and Michael Kirkham. Peter Wallace refuses to execute. Others qualify, with Alex. Dale, Wm. Scott, Robt. Young.
James McDowell's bond (with William Bowyer, Alex. McClenachan) as guardian (chosen) to Jno. Kirkham, orphan of Henry Kirkham.
Henry Kirkham's estate appraised, by Jno. Wiley, Peter Wallace, Wm. McKee.
Robert Kirkham's will--Wife, Sarah; son, Henry; daughter, Nancy; daughter, Elizabeth; daughter, Margaret; daughter, Sarah. Debt to be paid to Elizabeth Sommers. Executrix, wife Sarah. Teste: Jno. and Ro. Moore, Saml. McCluer, James Trimble. Presented 17th May. 1749, by Sarah, and proved by all witnesses.
Robert Armstrong's will--Daughter, Hannah Kircum. 1/3 of tract he now lives on bought of Col. Patton; daughter, Catherine Finney, 1 English shilling; sons, John and Robt., tract on Mill Creek bought of John Allison; sons (and daughters), infants, viz: James and Benjamin; daughters (under 18); to son, James, entry on head of McClure's Run; wife, Martha, executrix; daughters, Martha, Alice and Agnes, infants. Teste: John Mathews, Sr., William Woods, John Mitchell. Proved, 21st November, 1754, by Mathews and Mitchell, and Martha qualifies executrix, with sureties John and Joshua Mathews.
John Cloyd's estate sold at vendue George Poage, Thos. Arbuckle, John Man, Andw. Wilson, Josiah Crawford, Robert Kirkham.
Dr. the estate of Henry Kirkham in account with John Summers and Mary Evans, late Mary Kirkham, administrator c. t. a.--Cash paid Ann Long, Saml. Todd, Alex. Collier, John Wiley, James Bambridge, Abram Brown, John Hickman, Saml. Kirkham's legacy; Paul Whitley, for malt for the vendue; James Beats, for stilling liquor for the vendue; Robert Shannon, for crying for vendue. By Saml. Sharp's bond; Saml. Mann's account. By Jeremiah Seeley's note, insolvent. By Israel Burnley's note, insolvent.
AUGUST, 1756 (B Whitley vs. Kirkham.--Robert Kirkham, living on James River, died, leaving issue 3 daughters, infants, Martha, Jane and Elizabeth, and wife, Hanna Kirkham, guardian
Hannah, Jean and Elizabeth Kirkham, to Jonathan Whitley. Robert Kirkham, formerly of Augusta, had bargained to Wm. Cleghorn, and Cleghorn to Jonathan, but Robert died without making deed and Jonathan has brought suit. Conveys 30 acres on James River. Teste: Jno Semple, Jno. Gilmer.
Robert Kirkham qualified as Administrator of Michael Kerkham. Richard Woods, Joseph Lapsley, Henry Kerkham and Peter Wallace--appraisers.
Richd Woods' Will twenty third Day of June in the first year of the Commonwealth of Virginia & in year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven Signed, Sealed in the presence of us John Bowyer, Richd Woods (seal), Saml Wallace, Inventory of Richard Wood's Estate (Transcription) According to an Order of the Court to us directed to appraise the Est of Richard Woods Deceased The following is an Inventory of the same Viz To Michl Kirkham & Saml McNab Bond 1st Oct 1778..........150
His estate to his wife and children, Mary, Rose and Ruth. Executors: John Kirkham, Ann Hadden. Witnessess: Robert Kirkham Edward Thompson, John Kirkham Probated 18 Aug 1779
dtd 16 Sep 1786;proved 27 Feb 1787
Estate for life to wife Winifred; 1 negro each to sons Gerard,John, Peter and William; Grandson Peter, son of Gerrard; grandson Gerrard, son of John; grandchildren John and Nancy Kirkham; granddaughter Winny Lucas Garner; daughters Temperance Morgan, Dorcus Garner, Ann Sanford and Winifred Kirkham; one slave each to daughters and grandchildren and rest of estate at death of wife.
Will of John Lathbury, citizen and pewterer of London, intending to take a sea voyage. To his brother Thomas Lathbury 5s; to his brothers Robert and Richard Kirkham 5s apiece. The rest of his estate to John Drury, citizen and pewterer of London. Appoints John Drury as sole executer. signed 9 Sep 1654. Witnesses John Pearl, Nathaniell Hudson Scrivener, William Parker. Proved at London 26 Jul 1655 to John Drury. Index notes "at Virginia beyond seas(P.A.B.)