In
the Name of God ____ Amen I Jacob Sowder of Montgomery County and state of Virginia
Do hereby Make my last will and testament In the manner and form Following that
is to say --- ----------- 1st I Desire all my just Debts to be paid 2dly
after all my Debts and funeral Expences are paid I give and Bequeath to my wife
Anna Sowder all my Estate Both Real personal duren her Natural Life if She Remains
a widow and if She marries again after My Death My will is that she shall only
have the Third part of my Estate During her natural life and then to be Divided
among my Chidren hereafter Directed 3rdly I give to son Adam Sowder one dollar
4thly I give to my son Jacob Sowder one Dollar 5thly I give to my son
Christian Sowder one Dollar 6thly I give to my Daughter Polly Deweese one
dollar 7thly I give to my Daughter Berbary Beckett one dollar 8thly I
give to my son Micheal Sowder fifty Dollars after my wife's death or marie again
9thly
I give to my Daughter Betsy Bond to have ten pounds cash after my Wife's death
or marriage again 10thly I give to my son Anthony Sowder one Dollar 11thly
I give to my son Daniel Sowder, two hundred Dollars 12thly I give to my Daughter
Sally Poff one Dollar 13thly I give to my Daughter Anna Terry one Dollar 14thly
I give to my Daughter Caty Sowder one Dollar 15thly I give to my Daughter
Cina Sowder one Hundred Dollars 16thly I give to my son John Sowder two Hundred
Dollars 17thly I give to my Daughter Rebeckah Sowder one Hundred Dollars 18thly
I give to my Son Joseph Sowder two hundred Dollars For them to Have and to
Hold them their Heirs forever and my will is that my Executors shall make a Right
to my Land sold ___ or is to sell one hundred acres to ___ and all
or any Land or Lands is sold or is to sell it is my will that my Executors may
make a right to said land or lands if it lawful And my will is that if any money
or property left after my wife's death That it shall be divided amongst all my
Children and I do appoint my wife Anna and my son Michael Sowder to be my Executors
and I do hereby Disannul all and Every will or wills gifts ___ of ____ Date ___
this my Last will and testament and I do revoke all other wills and testaments
and By me any other them This only to stand forever In witness whereof I
do here by set my hand and seal this 25th day of November one hundred eight hundred
and eighteen
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