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Will of Robert Rowland
16 January 1777 Botetourt County Circuit Court: Will Book A, Pages 159, 160 (Transcribed
by Mary Rowland from a copy of the original.)
In the name of God Amen....this Sixteenth of January 1777, I Robert Rowland of Botetourt County & Parish of Botetourt, being at this time in perfect memory. Thanks be to Almighty God for all his Mercies; and calling to Remembrance the uncertain Estate of this transitory life; that all flesh must yield to Death when it shall please the Almighty God to call; I therefore do make, confess and ask, and declare this my last Will and Testament, in Manner and form following: Revoking and annihilating by these presents all and every Testament & Testaments, Will or Wills heretofore by me made or declared either by word or writing; and this is to be taken for my Last Will and Testament and no other: And first calling to theremembrance the Mortality of my Body, I being heartily sorry for my many sins past, I most humbly implore the Almighty God for forgiveness of the same, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and I do recommend my body to be decently buried in sure and certain hope of a general Resurrection at the end of the World.... And Secondly, and in order to settle my temporal Estate, which it hath pleased God to endow me with, I do order give and dispose the same in manner and form following: That is to say first, I will that all my Just Debts be Lawfully paid. Secondly, I will that my two sons James Rowland and Thomas Rowland be my Executors of my whole Estate. Thirdly, I will my whole Estate all bills and bonds and booked Debts and all and every part of Movable part of my Estate be fairly and impartially collected by the above Executors, and fairly and equitably divided between my three sons, James Rowland, George Rowland and Thomas Rowland, and Fourthly, I will that all costs of Suits and all funeral expenses be reduced out of my whole Estate and equally divided between James & George & Thomas Rowland; Fifthly, that one fourth part of my whole Estate with expenses reduced out, be equally divided between William Rowland, deceased's children, his oldest son Robert excepted, upon condition that he make an equal division of his Father's land to his Brothers, then the above condition to be void if not, to remain in full witness. Given under my hand this day as above written. Robert Rowland [Seal] Witness's Present: James Hutchison James Mull Robert Burdwell John Jackson February Botetourt Court 1782 This Instrument of Writing was presented in Court & proved by the Oath of Jas. Mull,one of the witnesses and at another Court held for the said County of Botetourt, 8th day of August, 1782. The same was proved by the oath of James Hutchison another witness & ordered to be recorded, and on the Motion of James & Thomas Rowland, the Executors herein named, who made oath according to Law, Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, whereupon they entered into & acknowledged Bond in One Hundred Pounds with Security according to Law Teste: D. May, C.B.C. Examined nbsp; (Clerk Botetourt Court) Recorded in Will Book A page 159, 160 Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office Back to Rowland Archives Home Page |