Thomas Tredway of Maryland Treadway Wills
Thomas Tredway Will
14 Jun 1856
Prince Edward Co., Virginia Will Book 11
Donated by Jared Treadway
Prince Edward Co., Virginia
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In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Tredway of Prince Edward Virginia, do make this my last will and testament.
1st – I direct that there shall not be made my appointment of my estate.
2nd – I direct all my just debts be paid as soon as possible.
3rd – I give to my brother Moses Tredway twenty acres of land lying on the North side of the road as you go Bakers bridge across Buffalo river to Prince Edward Court house, purchased by me at the sale of Martin Taylor’s land bounded as will applies from reference to deed from Taylor’s Exer’s to me.
4th – I confirm to Eliza Jane Graham, now the wife of William D. Ransom in Buckingham County, the Tract of land I purchased of the Commissioners appointed by Prince Edward Court to sell the land of William Lindsey, the younger deceased the deed for which is recorded in the clerks office of this county, said land lying on fort creek and by survey said to contain Two hundred and sixty eight acres, also the right to a negro woman named Sally and her increase, said Tract of land and negroes now in the possession of William D. Ransom.
5th – I confirm to my son Thomas T. Tredway the gift of the mill seat and canal, I give to my son all my land lying North of the road leading from the Court house of the county to Pamplins depot, on South side rail road, in for simple?, known to the family as Martins, supposed by me to contain about six hundred acres.
6th – I give to my wife Mary Tredway in absolute right my carriages, harnesses, and carriage horses, and also all of the household and kitchen furniture of every kind to be used and disposed of as she chooses.
7th – I have the mansion house Tract of land and its appurtenances, with all of my slaves and other property not other wise disposed of, to be held together as one estate, under the management of my son, for the
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use and support of my wife Mary during her life. – I direct that all the new pay expenses required for keeping up and supporting the plantation, be paid out of the crops which may be annually reset or grown thereon, and that any supplies remaining after the expenses are paid, be divided, one half to my wife, for her personal use, the other half to my son. At the death of my wife, all my property of every kind, to be my son Thomas T. Tredway’s.
8th – Should my wife Mary Tredway desire at most for her comfort to marry again. I direct that all my mansion house Tract of land, from a bottom east of a hill beyond my spring known in the family as Curran hill and on which run or hill there are now five houses, inhabited by some of my servants, be divided by a line to commence where my land joins Mr. William H. Venables tract on the North at the head of the bottom mentioned above, and to run along the bottom South, till it shall get to the fence as it now encloses that part of the open land, and thence as the fence runs to what is called in the family, the double gates, from the double gates to run with the fence South to the canal which supplies T. T. Tredway’s mill with water, thence along the mill canal till it gets opposite and just above a place in the creek flat called the round hole, and thence across the flat so that the round hole may be left to the left hand as the line crosses over to William Harpers line, all the land and houses west of the line to be run as named above, I leave to my wife, during her life, and after her death to my son Thomas as stated in the seventh clause of this will – that part of my mansion house Tract of land east of the line divided to be run, in the event of my wife marrying to go at once unto sons possession. I direct that the slaves and all the other property of every kind be divided as equally as possible by appraisement, and one half to be allotted to my wife during her life, the other half to my son and at her death to belong to my son.
9th – I leave to my son the management of all my estate as Executor as he may prefer, without compensation , and I direct that he shall be required to give on his qualifying. In testimony whereof I hereto put my hand and seal this 14th day of June 1856. In the 19th line the name “Sally” on front page, and on 2nd page 10th line the word “my” were added before ongoing.
Thomas Tredway {Seal}
Codicil, Viz ~ Having failed to say anything about my lot in Farmville, purchased from Abraham Z. Venables trustee in May 1841 – I add to my will this Codicil Viz ~ I give the house and lot of ground, bought as stated above, in absolute right to my wife Mary, to rent or sell, and for her sole benefit, and in place giving to my wife as mentioned in eighth clause, one half the next proceeds of the plantation, I direct that only one third of the proceeds of same, be paid to her – the remaining two thirds to my son. In Testimony to whereof I hereto affix my hand & seal this fourteenth day of April 1858.
Thomas Tredway {Seal}
At court held for Prince Edward County June the 20th 1861, This last will and testament of Thomas Tredway, dec’d, with a Codicil annexed, was presented in court for proof, and there being no witnesses to the same, Thomas B. Rice and John B. Dolby were sworn, and each said they were acquainted with the hand writing of the Testator, and that the said will and Codicil with the signature thereto, is wholly written by the Testator, ordered that the said will and Codicil be recorded. On the motion of Thomas T. Tredway executor herein named, no security being required by the will, he entered into land in the penalty of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned according to law, and took the oath required by law, certified for obtaining a probate thereof in due form is granted him.
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B. J. Worsham, Cle